News and Notes: December 1, 2010

News and Notes for December 1, 2010:

Governor Ted Strickland, Ohio, said today that if the democrats can’t get their act together over defeating the tax extensions for millionaires, then “…they should pack it up!”

Mitch McConnell said in a speech today that he had received assurances from other republicans in Congress that nothing will be approved until they get what they want. That means, unemployment extensions and the Start treaty will be held hostage until the democrats agree to go along with republican tax extensions for the rich in the over
$250,000 category….

Adam Green, Bold Progressives.Org said that president Obama has not said one word in the one month since the mid-term elections as to what exactly he would find important enough to fight for….and this is very troublesome for his base.

Bold Progressives ran an ad today that said that president Obama should not forget his promise to those who voted him into office.



Big Ed, on MSNBC, said that many democrats are ready to bolt if Obama agrees to extend tax breaks for the rich.

A Republican spokesman stated that president Obama admitted to being a Blue Dog Democrat. Dear Mr. President, may we remind you that the Blue Dogs were successfully defeated in the mid-term elections.

The GOP has made clear their goals which include raising retirement to 69, meddling with health care, and SS, and dropping the tax rate from 35% max to 29% for the wealthiest people in America. It is clear that they although they preach fiscal responsibility, they are out to destroy government.

Leo Gerard of the United Steel Workers said that the Right Wing is holding a gun to the head of democrats who are, in effect, saying give us what we want or we’ll bankrupt America.

We must remember that they said nothing when America closed down 40,000 plants and cut back on 8 million jobs! Now, they want to abolish taxes on multi-national firms!


Senator Simpson attacked democrats over wasteful spending on things like Medicare and Social Security. Leo Gerard asks where was he when Bush was running the biggest deficits of all time.

Robert Reich says that the Republicans can’t have it both ways . They want fiscal responsibility and continued tax breaks. Reich says that the president has to stand firm and not extend tax cuts. The rich are already taking home one quarter of all income and not contributing anything to paying down the debt.

.
Racial Discrimination Reinforced by two Republican Representatives: Republicans Steve King and Michelle Bachmann attacked black farmers today in reaction to the settlement of Dept of Agriculture claims.. King said that they were drug addicts making dishonest claims who were encouraged by an Urban Senator who became president.. And Bachmann accused them of black farmers being “frauds” in making claims to the government. In truth, the payment of claims was made after a settlement with the Department of Agriculture that admitted that they had been guilty of discrimination in denying loans to black farmers.