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Those Crazy GOP Races

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Written by Monkerud Don   
Tuesday, 26 April 2016 03:57
Let’s hear it for our great wonderful conservatives!

My worst complaint is the GOP has put an end to political satire. How can one write satire when they say what they do? It appears nothing is too far fetched for today’s GOP, including the size of one’s penis.

Just in the last few days Ted Cruz, who boasts of his conservatism, said the country has “gone off the deep end” with the idea of unisex bathrooms, which is “absurd,” and “simply crazy.” This comes after North Carolina abolished protections for GLBT people, hidden in a bill that declared some will need a birth certificate to use a bathroom in the Tar Heel state. Despite his often outlandish statements, Cruz’s rival Trump pointed out that there are currently no problems, so why make them up? What imaginations these conservatives have about what goes on in a bathroom!

We have more wackos in Texas, where Houston is experiencing serious flooding. In a state that praises itself for a lack of regulation, no-wage-is-too-low wages, and the lowest education standards in the nation, the mayor said “there’s nothing you can do,” about flooding. This comes despite years of warnings that lax building codes and ignoring the science of global warming would result in catastrophic flooding. This is the third year that serious floods hit the city. Meanwhile, the mayor sits on his hands and does nothing.

Don’t overlook our wonderful heads-in-the-sand Congress. After voting 60 times to abolish Affordable Healthcare for the poor, the House continues its efforts to shut down the government, and recently called again for impeachment and jailing President Obama. A backlash from voters caused the GOP to dial down this issue, but Cruz is running on a platform to abolish the IRS, which is responsible for collecting the nation’s taxes as ordered by Congressional law.

Not only has the GOP-controlled Congress cut the budget of the IRS by $1 billion, laid off 17,000 agents, and threatened to impeach the head of the IRS. House GOP leader Paul Ryan claims he can’t understand the tax code and no one trusts the IRS, which he finds useless. In his short, failed presidential run, he proposed a flat tax, with everyone paying an equal percent of taxes.

The GOP flat tax means those who make $40,000 will pay 10% of their income in taxes, which leaves $34,000. (Those currently making below $40,000 receive 1.9% back from the government.) Those making $1 million will pay 10% of their income in taxes, which leaves $900,000, and adds up to a 17% cut in current taxes. A flat tax would be a boon to the wealthy, and raise taxes on the middle class.

Public polls reveal that most Americans believe the rich and corporations pay too little in taxes, but only the most conservative claim the GOP is in step with the rest of the country.

Face the facts: the GOP is not known as the party of the rich for nothing. By cutting back the IRS and limiting tax investigations, only 1% of taxes are audited. As taxes are simple for most low income people, it’s the rich who pay less tax. Last year, tax cheating accounted for a loss of an estimated $8 billion in taxes, and $6 billion in 2014. The IRS collects $4 for every $1 it spends on investigations, so there’s no reason to stop investigations, expect to allow the rich to evade taxes and become richer.

With the gang of conservatives we have currently, one rube suggested this election cycle will lead to electile dysfunction.

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