Markey: Republican Budget reads like the legislative version of the "Hunger Games"

http://markey.house.gov/press-release/markey-republican-budget-reads-legislative-version-hunger-games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOu86DK4Vbc&feature=player_embedded

“The Republican Budget reads like the legislative version of the “Hunger Games”, pitting American families in an unfair and losing battle against billionaires and big oil.

“The Republican Budget:

One, dolls out tax breaks that the wealthiest don’t need and we can’t afford.
Two, gives away $4 billion in annual tax breaks for oil companies.
Three, abandons Grandma and Grandma, forcing them to pay more for healthcare or forgo coverage altogether.
Four, takes food out of the mouths of hungry children.

“Just yesterday, Senate Republicans refused to fix a broken system that allows CEOs to pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries.

“And here in the House, the Republican leadership has called the Buffet Rule a ‘hoax’. But the real hoax is the Republican budget.

“G.O.P. used to stand for the Grand Old Party.

“Now it stands for Guaranteed Oil Profits.

“Now it stands for Get Old People.

“Now it stands for Greed Over Principle.

“One hundred years after the Titanic sank, the Republican Budget throws working Americans overboard, while saving the lifeboats for the wealthiest.

“The Hunger Games, that’s what the Republicans are playing. For the entertainment of the billionaires and oil companies we are now going to sacrifice the programs for the neediest children in our country.

“I urge my colleagues to vote no.”

Wonder how long it took him to come up with all that. Gotta love those classy Dems.

This is precisely the sort of blatant lies that the Dems constantly tell to demogogue the right and any attempts at restoring any semblence of fiscal sanity.

There isn't a single true thing in that Marxist screed.

Sadly, far too many Americans are just ignorant enough to buy it.

He's got the nerve to say any of this shit when they haven't done a budget themselves.

Oh yeah... they did, didn't they? It got trounced by both parties.

Mark85la wrote: broken system

Mark85la wrote: broken system

Mark85la wrote: broken system

I just thought if I posted it more than once, folks might get the gist of it.

Look, here's the deal...
One side wants to change things up so that it's legitimate while the other side wants to keep everything the way it is because they don't want change.
Maybe it's too much work and they don't want to bother with it or maybe they refuse to change because it would cause them to give up their "power"

TheNextPrez2012 wrote:

Mark85la wrote: broken system

Mark85la wrote: broken system

Mark85la wrote: broken system

I just thought if I posted it more than once, folks might get the gist of it.

Look, here's the deal...
One side wants to change things up so that it's legitimate while the other side wants to keep everything the way it is because they don't want change.
Maybe it's too much work and they don't want to bother with it or maybe they refuse to change because it would cause them to give up their "power"

That's BS. Obama submitted a budget and it was 86'd by a vote in the House of 0-414 on March 28th.

The Senate won't even take up a budget. Harry Reid is on record saying so.

So, who's playing games?