Friday, November 29, 2013

Other Ways the GOP is trying to Achieve a Failed Government

I really believe the Republican Party wants to destroy the federal government in order to make President Obama a failed President.  I am not sure why that is a goal.  He has won reelection and history will judge him.

But that does not stop the GOP from preventing the passing of any law.

Just in November, the GOP has:

(i)  failed to agree to unanimous consent for routine approval of the President's uncontested nominees;

(ii)  failed to complete a Farm Bill that every politician representing farmers wants (I don't have a problem with that myself, but it is emblematic of that all compromise is opposed if the President wants something);

(iii) are filibustering the annual defense authorization bill;

(iv) refusing to discuss immigration reform in the House after a compromise bill passed the Senate;

(v)  in the Conference Committee on the Budget continued to refuse ending tax loopholes that help the rich avoid taxes and use the money replace the worst effects of the sequester, which include the Department of Defense;

(vi) criticized the efforts to negotiate with Iran implying they would rather go to war with Iran (if Afghanistan is taking 12 years to exit, Iraq 10 years, who long would it take to exit Iran?  How would we pay for a war with Iran, a bigger budget deficit or higher taxes?)

and (vi) continued to filibuster any number of Presidential nominees motivating the Democrats to invoke the nuclear option on nominee approvals.

Where is GOP policy coherency?  How do they want to balance the budget?  How do they want to control the cost of healthcare?  How do they want to fix infrastructure?  How do they want to deal 11mm undocumented residents (deporting them will put the economy in a recession)?  I don't have any idea what the GOP stands for except opposing Obama and not allowing government revenues to be increased to pay for the government.




1 comment:

  1. "I don't have any idea what the GOP stands for except opposing Obama and not allowing government revenues to be increased to pay for the government."

    How about a smaller government that does not require "increased revenues" to pay for itself?

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