This Just In: GOP Would Deny Food Stamps & Jobless Benefits . . . To Millionaires
For House Republicans determined to coddle the rich and kneecap the middle class and the poor, it’s a new week but the same old spit.
In conceding that the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits be extended for another year, the GOP’s latest spending bill would cut social spending more deeply than is already anticipated under current budget caps and basically put the Environmental Protection Agency out of the business of regulating the environment.
The bill would also impose onerous and unnecessary requirements on people who apply for jobless benefits, allowing states to drug test applicants and requiring recipients to be high-school graduates or working toward an equivalency degree.
Wealthy Americans are not being asked to contribute a penny in new taxes, although the bill would deny anyone making $1 million or more food stamps or jobless pay.
What a concession!
5 Responses to “This Just In: GOP Would Deny Food Stamps & Jobless Benefits . . . To Millionaires”
Link, please. Not that I distrust your interpretation, but I’m prone to want to read these things myself. Just a personal quirk.
GOP attitude toward the EPA, environmentalists, and the environment has long been one of backwardness and myopia. Find sand, insert head, and apply downward pressure. Not much new in that mindset… not since Teddy Roosevelt, who was probably the last republican environmentalist.
The_Ohioan:
The New York Times has two stories today, one of which will be updated if there is a vote on the bill.
This is very reminiscent of the GOP saying they would help cover the payroll tax cut by raising medicare rates on the wealthy, who don’t use medicare. Great job GOP of showing how out of touch you are.
By the way, this is what they will call “Compromise”, and when the dems rightfully laugh it away they will say its because democrats aren’t willing to negotiate. Until the GOP is willing to raise taxes, they are never getting my vote. This whole religion around never raising taxes is a new thing, one they have gotten millions of americans to swallow hook, line, and sinker. It wasn’t always this way with the GOP.
I’m a staunch member of the Republican Base, or I once was, but I’m really starting to agree with you, Slamfu. I believe that low taxes is something good for the economy, but I acknowledge reality. The reality is that we are going to have to raise taxes. I also think that we can be reasonable about disagreeing on the taxation methods…so long as we all are willing to negotiate in good faith.