Some how, the Republicans have got it in their head that "Bipartisanship" means the Democrats should roll over on their backs and do what ever the Republicans want. Worse still, they are pounding away at the nations news outlets, pathetically bleating to anyone with a microphone about how horrible they are being treated. They are doing a hard sell to the American people who tend to believe who ever gets the last word in.
Let's make this clear. The country picked Obama to be their President because they WANT to go in the direction he has put forward. "Bipartisanship" DOES NOT MEAN that he should abandon his plan in order to follow the Republican's in the direction THEY wanted to go in.
What "Bipartisanship" does mean, is that the Republicas have a say in how we proceed in the direction that the President has chosen. It's a pretty clear distinction.
What is really going on here, is that the Republicans want to spend just as much money as the Democrats do ... the Republicans just don't like who the money is going to. President Obama has decided that we need to spend 1/3 the money on Tax cuts for small businesses and the lower/middle income tax payers. This isn't a "rebate". It is actually an emediate reduction in the amount that the Government takes out of your paycheck. The other 2/3rds he wants to spend on infrastructure projects (creates jobs, helps make the country safer, helps us face our energy needs) and for things like helping working Americans keep their homes. This is intended to insure our country continues to not only recover but get financially stronger and quite frankly, safer from foreign interests.
The Republicans, on the other hand, are insisting that ALL the money go for tax cuts for industries, major corporations and the top 2% income earners in America. Does that sound familure ? It is the same course they had us on for the last 10 years. The course that ran us right into an economic iceburg. A course they promised to continue if we voted for their candidate for president.
We didn't.
Let's make this perfectly clear to these people. WE VOTED YOUR IDEA DOWN SO QUIT TRYING TO SHOVE IT DOWN OUR THROATS!!!!!
President Obama is following the course that "we the people have voted on" so it's time to quit pouting and acting hurt because he won't follow your plan and start acting like the adults this country needs right now.
This 1/3 - 2/3 split in spending is the plan - so how about putting on your "big boy pants" and serving this country by helping to insure the infrastructure projects and the homeowner assistance projects and such, are the ones that are going to give us the best bang for the money spent.
The election is over. We have chosen someone ELSE to lead us. Your job now is to help make the President's plan the best it can be ... not to decide which plan we follow.
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