As absurd as this may sound, an anchor from the Republican Ministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, had the audacity to claim that the reason Republicans are intransigent about their economic stance is that America does not have the money to do otherwise. Horse feathers!
On "This Week," Greta Van Susteren failed miserably in her attempt to explain Republicans’ ideological refusal to raise taxes…
…Let’s start with her claim that "people" don’t want to "take the safety net away" with the fact that Republicans have signed on to a budget which slashes the safety net to give tax cuts to rich people, authored by an Ayn Rand disciple who once complained that the nation’s "takers" outnumbered our "makers" and famously derided Social Security as a "hammock."
Oh, and by the way, the new chairman of the Heritage Foundation just went on Van Susteren’s network and basically called 70 million Americans welfare queens.
So to argue Republicans don’t want to get rid of the safety net is to literally argue that up is down…
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Here’s the video:
Of course, it’s standard for Republicans to say that they are not doing what they are doing, while projecting what they are doing onto Democrats.
As far as their poverty is concerned, I can not only say that Americans do have the money, but also, tell you where it is. Vulture capitalists have rat-holed enough money in offshore tax havens to pay off the entire national debt several times over.
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The Real welfare queens want more. They aren't broke. Their money is just in other countries.
Like Welfare Willard?
"Of course, it’s standard for Republicans to say that they are not doing what they are doing, while projecting what they are doing onto Democrats.
"As far as their poverty is concerned, I can not only say that Americans do have the money, but also, tell you where it is. Vulture capitalists have rat-holed enough money in offshore tax havens to pay off the entire national debt several times over."
You are so right TC! That is true of every country in the world! That brilliant video expose of offshore (and one in the Netherlands) tax havens a few days ago (by Kit B) gave us chapter and verse on the subject. I think the Vulture capitalists want to get stronger than nations – maybe they already are – the politicians certainly do their bidding all over the world
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Sadly that's all too true Pat. You Europeans have already demonstrated that austerity brings only pain, not prosperity, except for the 1%,
DeMint is a horse's ASS–
OOOOO! The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Horses' Asses is gonna getcha!
They oughta treat that one like a real anchor and throw her overboard.
LOL!! Funny one! However, that would pollute the seas.
"So Van Susteren is saying, in effect: Republicans are refusing to raise taxes because tax revenue is so low."
Or is she saying that the 1% and corporations can't afford to pay more? . . . which to me is more likely. Considering that American corporate profits have been very good, I think she has been into the insaniTea! That, and of course tax revenues are down because there is too much in off shore accounts and too many middle and working class workers either unemployed or underemployed.
I think you could put the full collection of Faux Noise employee's brains in a thimble, and still have enough room left to add those of all the Republican/Teabagger politicians.
I also think she meant the latter, as it's a 'we're kind because we want to, but we just can't' lie. InsaniTEA is al they serve at Faux Noise.
I'm not to sure. They are most skilled at deception. But that fits the viewers!