{"id":6282,"date":"2011-11-04T00:02:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T07:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/04\/gop-millionaires-si-you-no\/"},"modified":"2011-11-04T00:02:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T07:02:08","slug":"gop-millionaires-si-you-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/04\/gop-millionaires-si-you-no\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP: Millionaires Si, You No!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, the Senate voted 51-49 in favor of bringing the infrastructure portion of Obama\u2019s Jobs bill to the floor.  However, a majority of the Senate was not enough, because Republicans filibustered to obstruct the measure, so America\u2019s crumbling infrastructure will continue to rot and the thousands of Americans, who could have found work repairing it will continue sit idle, unemployed.  Why? Republicans object to a tiny 0.7% (seven tenths of 1%) surtax on income over $1 million.  All the Republicans goose-stepped together in opposition.  Two others joined them.  They were Traitor Joe LIEberman, (ASSHOLE-CT) and Benedict Nelson (DINO-NE).  If either is your Senator, express your outrage, nonviolently of course.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"filibuzzards\"There\u2019s nothing partisan about a road or a bridge or an airport; Democrats and Republicans have voted to spend billions on them for decades and long supported rebuilding plans in their own states<\/strong>. On Thursday, though, when President Obama\u2019s plan to spend $60 billion on infrastructure repairs came up for a vote in the Senate<\/a>, not a single Republican agreed to break the party\u2019s filibuster<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because the bill would pay for itself with a 0.7 percent surtax on people making more than $1 million. That would affect about 345,000 taxpayers<\/strong>, according to Citizens for Tax Justice<\/a>, adding an average of $13,457 to their annual tax bills. Protecting that elite group \u2014 and hewing to their rigid antitax vows \u2014 was more important to Senate Republicans than the thousands of construction jobs the bill would have helped create, or the millions of people who would have used the rebuilt roads, bridges and airports. <\/p>\n

Senate Republicans filibustered the president\u2019s full jobs act last month for the same reasons. And they have vowed to block the individual pieces of that bill that Democrats are now bringing to the floor. Senate Democrats have also accused them of opposing any good idea that might put people back to work and rev the economy a bit before next year\u2019s presidential election. <\/p>\n

There is no question that the infrastructure bill would be good for the flagging economy \u2014 and good for the country\u2019s future development<\/strong>. It would directly spend $50 billion on roads, bridges, airports and mass transit systems, and it would then provide another $10 billion to an infrastructure bank to encourage private-sector investment in big public works projects. <\/p>\n

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Republican of Texas, co-sponsored an infrastructure-bank bill in March<\/a>, and other Republicans have supported similar efforts over the years. But the Republicans\u2019 determination to stick to an antitax pledge clearly trumps even their own good ideas<\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The bottom line is simple.  Republicans place expanding the excess luxury 345,000 millionaires over the desperate need of everyone else.  <\/font>Ed Schultz calls out the GOP and interviews DCCC Chair, Steve Israel (D-NY).<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

There is little else to add except to remind you of this.  Republicans govern exclusively for the benefit  of millionaires, billionaires, and corporate criminals.  They do NOT represent YOU!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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