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Saboteurs, Traitors and Economic Terrorists ... Oh My!

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Written by Diane Straub   
Saturday, 18 January 2014 13:25
MA Senator, Elizabeth Warren has some fiery words aimed at GOP efforts to sabotage the economy to gain political advantage over Democrats, particularly President Obama.

“The Republicans are so caught in in playing political games at every single turn,” she continued. “This is about America saying to the Republican Party, you can’t keep blocking everything that moves this country forward. This has to stop.” (Warren)

The GOP has proven time and time again that no sacrifice is too steep as long as they can gain political advantage. Of course, they are talking about YOUR sacrifices. Absent from all the discussion about "shared pain" is their share. They are adamant about never raising taxes and point to the pledge they signed with an unelected and self-serving muppet as proof they are acting according to the will of their constituents. It's a Mad, Mad World indeed where those most hurt by these machinations and lies buy them and then vote for their own tormentors.

What is the answer to Long-Term Unemployment according to the GOP? Why simple. Get a job! A quick look at the facts of the dire predicament the unemployed find themselves in speaks to the stupidity of this "strategy"..

" While the labor market has healed considerably since the recession, the situation remains dire for many long-term unemployed. The unemployment rate has fallen to 7.0 percent. However, the share of the unemployed who have been out of work remains in unprecedented territory. Those who have been out of work for 27 weeks or more account for roughly 37 percent of the unemployed,, a higher rate than ever seen prior to the recession. That rate is down from a post-recession peak of nearly 46 percent, but is well above the nearly 26 percent seen in the early 1980s, after a recession."(US News & World Report)

Senator Warren has been fighting for recognition of these problems and also concrete solutions. At every turn, she comes up against GOP intransigence and obstructive tactics aimed at this President since BEFORE he swore his oath of office in his first term (see secret Cantor meetings). The admission “If he (Obama) was for it,” former Ohio Senator George Voinovich explained, “we had to be against it;" paints an ugly and accurate picture of a party leadership willing to destroy their country to gain political advantage and protect the interests of their privileged donors and friends. We used to call such people "traitors" but now we are supposed to call them "leaders?" Sure. They are leaders from The Pied Piper School of Management.

We need more Elizabeth Warrens, an entire House and Senate of them would be the ticket. Senator Warren has a long history of action on behalf of the American people. The Republicans, on the other hand, talk about job creators with a special reverence usually reserved for saints and martyrs. But in reality they have no interest in what these creators create for our society..just what they create in their own (and their) stock portfolios.

I leave you with Senator Warren's words and the reminder that the party of "Family Values" and protectors of God and Christmas do not read their Bibles enough to know "you will know them by their fruits." Talk is cheap and GOPspeak is a Basement Bargain.

"These people – our friends, our families, our neighbors – they weren't the ones who broke our economy. So many people worked hard, played by the rules, and did everything we told them to – and now struggle to find work. They need our help."(Warren)

- See more at: http://crooksandliars.com/2014/01/elizabeth-warren-moment-fight-back-economy#sthash.AR8X3kvv.dpuf
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