3 Reasons Why The Entire Republican Party Is Responsible For Our Current Problems

  

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I’ve been watching the news and listening to coverage lately.  To my surprise, nothing is changing. It’s amazing and evident to me, that news reporters and talk show hosts –(and more likely the network themselves) have some type of affinity to politicians.

It is always a “both sides” comment added to try to shade or bias the actions of the conservative right (Republicans). And ironically Democrats usually don’t seem to have the backbone to stand up for themselves.

Maybe it’s because Republicans still try to hold on to the old but faint truth that they were the party of Lincoln; and Democrats use to be the party of the Dixiecrats before they all went over to the Republican party.  Whatever the reasoning, in my opinion, it has been a very long time since Republicans have done anything that was good for the American people.  And, these are 3 reasons why I think Republicans are mostly responsible for problems we have in America now.

1.       Anything we try to do for people collectively, Republicans try to tag it as “socialism” and welfare. Technically a lot of things that are done in America for the common good could probably be described that way. In doing so, they block and discourage anything that is meant to help the poor and middle class while at the same time they are glad to help the wealthy and wall street get anything they can from the government in the form of loans, contracts or breaks (which is also "socialism") because they are the ones who normally donate to their campaigns the most.

2.       Though they try to say they are fiscally responsible and morally beyond reproach, they be doing the most to disrupt government and the American way of life. Often their tax breaks and give aways to the wealthy explode the fiscal budget and cause more problems in the long run. They want to cut social programs like Social Security or Medicare all while blocking legislation to get the wealthy to pay

their fair share.  History shows that even with a high tax rate, the wealthy still did well and actually paid their fair share; which helped the overall economy. The more tax revenue collected, the more money available to help with common use areas and infrastructure. And the burden would be shared by all.  Much of the damage done to roads and environments are done by industry—large corporations who seemingly over use available resources; yet at the same time, avoid paying every cent they can for the use of those resources.

3.       They do everything they can to block or interfere with the civil rights and privileges of other Americans. For some reason, I don’t think Republicans understand the job of being in Congress. It is not to be a foil; just being in opposition to what the other side wants. It is not to be a lobbyist for big business. And neither is it to be deacons or morality police for the church.  Their jobs are to be like all other elected officials and to find answers to “provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty”  while trying to form a more “perfect union”.

If they can’t do that, while being truthful and civil—then they should find something else to do.  Fire them all this November, enough is enough.