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ellisonz

(27,737 posts)
Wed Dec 14, 2011, 07:03 PM Dec 2011

Republicans want a Frickin Unicorn

ellisonz,

Oh those crazy Republicans.

They love to talk about tax cut this and tax cut that. They love to pretend that only they pass them. And they love to frame any attempt to increase revenue as a job killer.

But last week, when Democrats tried to extend the payroll tax cuts Obama passed last year -- you know, the tax cuts that actually benefited poor and middle class workers -- Republicans blocked it. They said paying for the cuts by raising taxes on millionaires stops job creation. Senator Harry Reid had a great response:

"Millionaire job creators are like unicorns. They are impossible to find and don't exist."

Frankly, Republicans are hypocrites that only care about lining the pockets of their big-money friends and it's time we called them out for it.

We're demanding answers and we need your help. Ask your friends on Facebook to join us and ask Republicans in Congress -- Why do you hate tax cuts for working families?

Republicans are playing games with your money.

The payroll tax cuts are set to expire this month, but rather then pass tax cuts that mean real money in the pockets of working people, Republicans would rather grandstand and let them expire.

Just yesterday, the Republican House passed an extension they know Obama would veto if it made it to his desk. They loaded the bill up with a wish list of Republican goodies that have nothing to do with tax cuts: the Keystone oil pipeline, roll backs to healthcare, you name it -- they probably included it.

Republicans have been getting a free pass on this for too long. It's time that we stand up and called them out for propping up the super rich while pushing working families down.

Build the campaign to demand answers.

Thank you for everything you do.

-Charles

Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
Democracy for America

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