Of all the irritating double talk coming out of the Republicans the one that bothers me the most is their fake concern over the deficit. In debate over extending unemployment yesterday Republicans claim they will not vote for something that increases the deficit. Bullshit! Republicans are pushing to extend the Bush tax cuts which will increase the deficit significantly. Apparently Republicans are so entranced by their own rhetoric that they are choosing to ignore the fact that unemployment checks have a much greater stimulative affect on the economy than tax cuts. Scott Brown made the following statement yesterday:
"We should have spent seven days working on the one thing that the people in November sent a very powerful message -- and that is getting our economy moving again. Focusing on jobs, jobs, jobs.”
Well Mr. Brown, unemployment adds less to the deficit and increases jobs more than your precious tax cuts. If only Democrats could get Americans to understand this, we could start moving the country in the right direction.
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