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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
Yes I DO believe that the GOP would stall this forever if they felt it to be politically helpful to themselves to do it! Absolutely I do! Thats my whole point. They do this for themselves, and come up with stupid bullshit excuses. They WANT unemployed people to get angry with the government, so that they will get voted into that very government. That is the "strategy" of voting as a group of "R" to defeat the extension of benefits. They know their base  They know this will be easy to sell to them. |
So you're saying the democrats aren't playing to their base, it's called politics.
I'm sure after the vacation is over , the democrats will have a plan that will meet the approval from enough GOP's to pass the bill.
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Democrats may be "in charge" as you put it, but it takes 60 votes and right now the minority are sticking together to defeat benefits for the unemployed. Congrats.
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The democrats had GOP proof votes in the house and senate for a long time, 3 years, worked well for unemployment didn't it
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Originally Posted by marketsmart
and besides whining in every thread about the same issues, what are you doing to improve the situation?
and, do you believe this is a democrat/republican problem or just a problem with a fucked up government in general?
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Like most, you think I'm a die hard GOP, not the case, I'm an independent with mostly conservative views
build a wall on the border and protect it
that would employee a lot of people
give the illegal aliens a path to citizenship, but don't give it away and don't offer it to those that would be a burden on the economy
And get rid of sanctuary cities
Then get rid of NAFTA, the US can't compete with foreign labor cost, so level the playing field, give incentives for making the product in the US thru tax breaks and import tax.
Then we can make more of our own products and employee more people, better paying jobs and many more on company health insurance
Financial Reform, that scares me, putting the government in charge of the bank?
Healthcare, would be nice if we could afford it, government agencies are saying we can't
The economy, pretty easy, stop the wars, just pull out, it won't make a difference now or later at this point, cut foreign aid, get people working, pretty much all it would take, if the economy is better, then maybe they can come up with a healthcare plan that we could afford