What's wrong with these people?

ideo·logue

 noun \ˈī-dē-ə-ˌlȯg, -ˌläg\

1

: an impractical idealist : theorist

2

: an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology

That's what Republicans in the US House of Representatives are; "impractical idealists".  It's their way or the highway, baby.  


I'm an independent voter, sometimes siding more with one political party or the other depending on the issue, but never consistently enough to proclaim myself a Democrat or a Republican.  IMHO there are indeed a few places where compromise is NOT an alternative:  Faith, honesty, integrity....but politics isn't one of them.  I'm fed up with the Republican ideologues in Congress. 

Through [mainly] their efforts they have empowered the financial services industry (think big banks) to rob us blind and ultimately take the world to the precipice of a financial abyss.  Over the past 30 years the middle class has seen their fortunes stagnate (fact) while the upper class has seen theirs reach unprecedented highs (also a fact).  When is enough, enough?  Now the Republican House of Representatives won't even give the working stiffs a simple payroll tax cut extension to help mitigate the financial misery we're all experiencing?  (Well, not all...see above.)  Merry Christmas to you, too, jerks!

When are these guys going to come off their ideological high horses and work with the Democrats to put in place a FAIR tax policy and a realistic, sustainable spending plan?  If the rich can't be taxed any more because they're using their trillions of dollars to create jobs, where are they?  China?  Vietnam?  Indonesia?  In fairness, the Democrats can't keep upping their social program expenditures either.  They all need to be realistically reviewed.

Come on, Speaker Boner....er....Boehner.  LEAD!  (Oooo...new nickname:  "Viagra John")  So where does this leave us?  Screwed.  (Pun intended)

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