Comments on: House Republicans Block Medical Help for 9/11 Heroes

By: williamrayson

williamrayson — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:01:00 +0000

Yes, it is quite obvious, but many workers continue to vote for them, even union members, even though that is the equilvalent of a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders. This fall, it will happen again, because many voters will just want to throw out incumbents, or vote for ‘independent’ millionaires, and perhaps will put even less thought into the process than the chicken. This will continue until a real alternative is posed. Until then, we are stuck in this pattern of decline: long, tortuous periods of Republican domination, supplanted by a smooth talking Democrat for a while, whose implementation of a modified Republican policy will pave the way for the Republican return. The only constants are :

1) steady decling in standard of living of the working class

2) steady export of union jobs, and manufacturing jobs in general

3) more and more imperial US military missions around the globe – endless occupations and the militarization of our youth, who see no other work available than war, and return from war injured and damaged by the experience.

This will never change until we form a Labor Party and stand up and tell our tired, aging, incurious, out of shape class that this governent is not, nor was it ever, a democracy – it is a brutal dictatorship of the superrich, with a phoney, limited electoral windowdressing. The working class has no true reliable tribune in Congress – only fair-weather “friends” in one rich man’s party or the other. We are at 7 % in the private sector, and the public sector is under massive attack. I hope we do not wait until it is too late.

By: momsablogger

momsablogger — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:02:17 +0000

Let’s hope these amoral agents of hatred of the common man are cutting their own throats politically. That will only happen, though, if the rank and file citizenry wake up to the truth, and that’s an iffy proposition.

By: Kent

Kent — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:00:22 +0000

Why did they need 2/3 of the vote to pass this bill? What’s with Congress? In the Senate you need 60 votes just to vote on a bill. Since 82 senators are from states that together have the population of the nine largest states, with only 18 senators, how can we call this country democratic? For that matter, do we really need a senate? New Zealand has done pretty well without one.

By: unionman14

unionman14 — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:30:18 +0000

Oh, I wish I had a Rep. like Anthony Wiener. Not the no man Scott Garrett. He used to be my Rep. Then, I moved to NJ. Wiener tells the truth!

By: Retired nurse

Retired nurse — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:20:45 +0000

Would love to see a list of all the 159 nay sayers. Since these folks get wonderful medical care, guess they don’t care about people who put themselves in harms way to help the victims.

By: Timufcw

Timufcw — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:16:31 +0000

Folks, you need to understand why the Republicans always vote agains the Democrats. They think we are socialists(communists) and therefore a threat to this country. They are NOT going to vote for any bill that strengthens socialists(communists). Period!

By: editorialchick

editorialchick — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:35:06 +0000

Republicans blocked ending the subsidies given Big Oil. They oppose ending the tax breaks corporations get to ship jobs overseas. And they oppose making foreign companies pay their fair share of taxes.
They want to extend Bush’s tax breaks for the rich. Republicans want only the working class to pay!

By: bikini28

bikini28 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:26:53 +0000

THIS IS SURE AN INDICATOR OF WHAT REPUGNICANS CARE ABOUT, THE RICH! AND NOTHING ELSE!