Have decades of widening wealth inequality created a chattering class of reporters, pundits and lobbyists who’ve lost their connection to mainstream America? Has the collapse of the union movement removed not only labor’s political muscle but its beating heart from the consciousness of the powerful? Has this recession, which has reduced hiring more than it has increased layoffs, left the kind of people who converse with the powerful in Washington secure in their jobs and thus communicating calm while the unemployed are engulfed in panic? Are we passively watching an unrepresented underclass of the long-term unemployed created before our eyes?Short answer, yes.
Long answer, do you think the GOP is going to actually do anything to make the economy better when they can let it burn, make sure nothing happens, blame Obama when we plunge into the second half of this recession, and then benefit at the polls?
If you were the Republican Party, why would you lift a finger to do anything to improve the economy right now when by doing nothing, you stand to gain House and Senate seats?
Why should the GOP agree to do anything to reduce unemployment right now?
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Wouldn't that be called partisan politics? The Democrats would never do that themselves if they were in the situation, would they?
Now that the rhetorical part is out of the way, personally I don't think it's good for the GOP to leave the economy like this either, because if they were offering nothing and doing nothing that would be more than enough for the Dems to finger point and say "Hey we're trying they're being obstinate pricks!"
They can't do that because the GOP is making suggestions, much like when you asked the question "Where is their HCR Bill?" and I linked it to you. It wasn't in any of the liberal blogs you were reading but a quick 5 seconds on Google turned up gold.
Think. For. Yourself.
"Think."
Baby steps. Try this first.
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