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I believe it was Shakespeare that said, "he who provide notheth is better than he who taketh"
Taking jobs and refusing to stop unfair laws is just as bad as stealing with tax rules. We have a president that should have been impeached several times and the legislators lack the courage to do it. I am being very selective of which incumbent I will be voting for next Tuesday. Maybe a good housecleaning is in order. If you want term limits, you can do your own eliminating of the old politician when you vote.
It's funny, the Republicans have won control of the House and the Senate and have also won the majority of governorships but they have absolutely nothing to show for in terms of results for their constituents. I remember in the 90s, the Republicans (who had control of the House and Senate like today) made life a living hell for the Clinton and forced him to sign onto their agenda on many occasions like the TANF reform and a capital gains cut. They also impeached him. I admit that I am extremely liberal but I do respect political parties if they deliver results to their constituents and these guys certainly delivered. The current clowns don't launch any initiatives and all they do is try to obstruct Obama.
I am asking this question because I noticed the Republicans have not delivered their constituents anything they promised:
1) Immigration - Establishment Republicans tell their constituents that they will control immigration. Instead they begin to expand it and have plans to give a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Republicans certainly have no intention of cutting down on H1B visas.
2) Gay Marriage/Transgender rights - Republicans more or less caved on this and are being steamrolled by the Democrats.
3) Trade - Republicans expand trade further and hurt their working class constituents. When their constituents complained, they are called socialists and told to shape up or stay unemployed.
4) Abortion - LOL is all I have to say about this.
5) Foreign Policy - Establishment Republicans want more war in the Middle East and possibly Asia while their constituents don't really care about these regions.
Call out the Democrats for their policies but you can't deny the Democrats have delivered on their promises to their constituents even if they are half baked. Gay marriage, health care reform, racial issues, expansion of welfare, and climate change/environmentalism have all made considerable progress under Obama while the Republicans have been on the defensive. Do conservatives want to continue to support a political party that is constantly on the defensive?
That is why Trump is leading the polls.
And you seem to deny that Democrats haven't done much either. Who are better off after 7-8 years of Obama, the poor or the wealthy?
BS - The Republican Party has delivered trillions of government dollars to the hyper wealthy that own the Party. They have also blocked, with the sole exception of Obamacare, policies that might have helped the middle and working classes. The Republican party does deliver the goods but only to the few and not the many.
If you work for someone else for your living you are a fool to vote Republican.
I voted for Kasich, because I believe he would be the best for the national debt, due to his track record as chairman of the budget committee in the 1990s and as governor of Ohio. I am liberal on some issues.
And you seem to deny that Democrats haven't done much either. Who are better off after 7-8 years of Obama, the poor or the wealthy?
Bingo!
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Originally Posted by GregW
BS - The Republican Party has delivered trillions of government dollars to the hyper wealthy that own the Party. They have also blocked, with the sole exception of Obamacare, policies that might have helped the middle and working classes. The Republican party does deliver the goods but only to the few and not the many.
If you work for someone else for your living you are a fool to vote Republican.
Ummm, Obama just delivered trillions of dollars, literally, to the hyper wealthy.
Obama out one side of his mouth condemns trickle down economics, while allowing more trickle down economics to happen on his watch than Reagan.
If Obama opposed QE trickle down, he could start by not making EVERY SINGLE FED PICK for a large or small post to a QE Trickle Down supporter.
Note that the REPUBLICAN dominated Congress blocked all of the Legislation, except ACA, that might have helped the mass of Americans. They know where the money is and they know how to steal most of it. And have.
Ummm, Obama just delivered trillions of dollars, literally, to the hyper wealthy.
How is that possible when GOP writes the laws, and controls the purse? What you just said is why people are turned off by GOP, because that kind of comment is the new standard form them.
IMO, the biggest reason for people being angry at GOP is the fact that they play people for idiots trying to blame Obama for everything, while accepting zero responsibility for anything even when they are neck deep in it. Most people are not that stupid. They are tired of hearing it.
Then you aren't corporate America, or a member of the military industrial complex.
Despite your assumptions, Democrats are not generally thinking about handouts, but rather many are thinking about what would be good for our country as a whole.
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