The obsurdity of the right-wing

[peacepipe]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/11/tea-partiers-move-office/


A Christian civil liberties organization on Thursday asked centrist Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) to move his district office to a location more favorable to protesters

:spit:

[watermock]

So he's in hiding. Big deal.

So is Tiger Woods.

Difference is, he's an elected representative, duh.

[Bronco Bob]

So he's in hiding. Big deal.



Perriello’s district office in the Glass Building in downtown Charlottesville.

The frequently crowded and boisterous rallies by both Perriello supporters and opponents had started to harm the business of a next-door spa and salon called Three Esthetics and Hair Care.
As a result, the building’s landlord asked the Charlottesville Police Department to tell any protesters to stay off the private parking lot and instead convene on a nearby sidewalk.

Yep, how dare he hid out next to a beauty party in the middle of downtown
Charlottesville.

Hey, maybe we should look for bin Laden in a beauty parlor,
seems to be a great hiding place after all.

http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/group_urges_perriello_to_move_office/49904/

[snowspot66]

Excuse me sir. Would you move a little closer and more to the right? Your present position aggravates my tennis elbow when I attempt to punch you in the face.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Steele’s Economic Plan: Take Away Unemployment Benefits (http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/14/steeles-tunemployment-benefits/)

Today President Obama will meet (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/14/politics/main5976673.shtml) with the nation’s top bank executives (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/background-president-obamas-meeting-with-members-financial-services-industry) in the President’s “latest push for lenders to take greater responsibility as the nation combats an economic crisis that began on Wall Street.” “The president is looking forward…[to discussing] the need to increase small business lending (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/09/AR2009120901470.html) and the Administration’s plans for financial reform,” a White House spokesperson said.
This morning on NBC’s Today, RNC chair Michael Steele said that in order for banks to start lending to small businesses, the federal government should reduce the unemployment tax:STEELE: Well, I think, first off, he should recognize that banks aren’t going to lend money to people who can’t pay them back. … So there’s — there’s this whole cycle of not understanding exactly how the economy works with respect to small-business owners. Take that pressure off of them. Let’s — let’s eliminate the capital gains tax. Let’s reduce the unemployment tax.
Watch it:
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The [URL="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=104985,00.html"]unemployment tax (http://www.youtube.com/v/3MaejYHIze0&hl=en_US&fs=1&) is a tax levied on employers in order to provide payments of unemployment compensation to workers who have lost their jobs. Unemployment insurance provides a (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/us/02unemploy.html?hp) vital lifeline (http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/08/11/cnbc-unemployment-fraud/) to more than 10 million Americans currently looking for work in an environment where jobs are scarce. Moreover, the benefits also provide fiscal stimulus as they are almost certain to be spent and put back into the economy quickly. Economists estimate that one dollar put towards unemployment benefits contributes about $2.15 to economic growth (http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/pdf/unemployment_insurance.pdf).

So Steele’s solution to fixing the economy is to take away benefits from those who have lost their jobs. If these taxes are reduced, who will pay? Rather than raid unemployment benefits, the Obama administration is proposing to assist small businesses through funding from the TARP program (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/10/AR2009121003931.html), which Republicans also oppose (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/12/obama-republicans-and-the-battle-over-tarp/1).

This isn’t the first time Republicans have sought to limit funds to unemployed Americans. Before the Senate passed its jobless benefits package last month, Senate Republicans held up the bill for four weeks (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/03/as-gop-holds-up-unemploym_n_343828.html), which prevented more than 200,000 Americans (http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/05/news/economy/Extending_unemployment_benefits/index.htm) from receiving the benefits.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

"Typical GOP solution. Take MORE from the poor and working class, give MORE to the rich.

Afflict the afflicted and comfort the comfortable. Isnt that the GOP motto?"

- EugeneDebs Link (http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/14/steeles-tunemployment-benefits/)

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

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