Who's looking out for the little guy?

Republicans are too busy looking out for zygotes and praying away the gay. People are wising up to their game, and the voting booth should take care of many of the fanatics.

Susan Lersch
susan.lersch@yahoo.com

Mario, I agree. Let us pray and work for a better way of living, serving and celebrating the common good.

Well that gives you the liberal Democrat talking points. George H. W. Bush, when he was president bought a deal like that Obama and the Democrats are offering. I did not work and it cost him the next election. That deal like this one called for tax increases immediately but the spending cuts were merely promises for years down the line. When they were supposed to happen they didn't.

You want to help the little guy, get the economy going. Obama's socialist economic plicies have produced the absolute worst recession recovery since the thirties. The so called wealthy already pay 40 to 60 percent of all income taxes and 47% at the lower level pay nothing. Steve Wynn, a Democratic businessman, in his rant against Obama got it right. Businesses are not growing because of all the demagoging and hate directed at them by Obama. The people you want to tax are the ones who create jobs. Keep spewing out your hate for them and we never will get this economy going.

One quick, easy thing to get the economy going and help the little guy? Most countries do not tax or tax very little income earned abroad, maybe 1 or 2 percent. The U.S. taxes it at 35%. There is about 2 trillion like that overseas. It won't come back here because of the tax and instead will be invested overseas. Eliminate that tax and 2 trillion will return quickly to this country and be put to work immediately. That would be a real stimulus.

since the Sixties, no one.

The house of cards collapses under its own corrupt weight, and can not stand.

Mario, keep in mind that 47% of US households pay NO, let me say it again, NO, federal income tax. In addition, 43% of households receive some sort of federal benefits payments. Presumably, essentially al of those are Democrats who have learned how to vote themselves a pretty good featherbedded way of life. We are in a serious decline due to adoption of failed European socialist models. To say that Obama and his far Left big government policies are going to shortly reduce the US to mediocracy or worse is an under statement. We need to immediately STOP spending more than we take in taxes. And, we need to dig into that 47% who pay zero taxes for a little of the skin that keeps them into being very wealthy by comparison in most of the rest of the world.

There are two sides to the deficit problem. One side is spending and the other is income. I resent the lies and distortions of those who play political games with this problem - most of whom are Republicans.

Enough. We need the Church to stand up for those who have the least. THAT is the most important issue facing millions of people. That is the critical issue - it is about food, shelter, clothing, basic health care. As important as it is to stop wholesale use of abortions as a form of birth control, and to work to make marriages strong and healthy, neither puts food on the table of hungry people, or pays for medication to control high cholesterol or high blood pressure. We have two Catholic politicians leading the charge that will leave people vulnerable - they rip apart health care, social security, and the safety net that protects all of us. What gives with our Church leadership not slapping them down?

Some numbers for you: 40% of all children born in the US are born to women on food stamps; 47% of adults in the US pay zero income tax; 43% of all US adults receive some kind of federal aid; 42 cents of every dollar that the federal government spends is borrowed money. The Republicans are sick and tired of this and the Democrats love it because the situation makes their base even more dependent on a large government. The trajectory of all these numbers is obvious and the GOP is our only hope.

I suppose eventually 100% will pay no taxes. 99.5% of Americans will be dirt poor, and 0.5'% will have loopholes. That 47% number just shows that we're on the way there.