Why are Republicans Making Policy?
After eight years of failed Republican policies that have led our Nation to the brink of economic catastrophe, it is rather strange that the Republican Senators are still able to influence economic policy to the point of changing the stimulus bill into a tax cut for the rich. The purpose of the bill was to put spendable money into a cash-starved economy. The Obama Administration allowed the Stimulus Bill to be twisted by the Republicans into their failed vision that tax cuts for the wealthy somehow benefit the American Family and the economy. Senator McCain had the gall to stand there and say that the Bill is "generational thievery", and that is is a crime that the debt will be passed on to the next couple of generations. This from a Republican Leader who fully supported the policies of George W. (Hoover) Bush who took office with the largest US surplus and left office with a $ 5 Trillion deficit, who does McCain think will pay this back, this generation? The Stimulus Bill is...