12 August 2012 Stop
Romney/Ryan; Reject Norquist
With Ryan
pick, Romney doubles down on economic radicalism
By Greg Sargent
… “In picking
Ryan, Romney is confirming his commitment to full-flown economic radicalism —
something that he had kept well disguised until the Tax Policy Center study
unmasked it. The central idea driving the GOP ticket is not just that tax hikes
on the rich must be avoided at all costs. It’s that dramatically reducing the tax burden on the wealthy —
coupled with deep cuts to social programs and a quasi-voucherizing of Medicare
— is the route back to prosperity.
“Call it the “Ryan/Romney vision.”
Not the “Romney/Ryan vision.” The “Ryan/Romney vision.” The Ryan pick was urged
upon Romney by conservatives who wanted him to “go bold,” i.e., to confirm
beyond doubt that he will govern from the Ryan blueprint. “We want the Ryan
budget,” Grover Norquist said recently,
adding that the paramount requirement in the next president is that he have
“enough working digits to handle a pen” to sign it.
“ The Ryan pick is a triumph for
this wing of the party….”
Cassi Creek:
This is the
opportunity necessary to send a loud and clear signal to Congress that it needs
to remember who put them in office. It
is an opportunity to tell Grover Norquist that he was not elected by the populace
and to tell our elected officials that Grover Norquist should not be allowed to
enter their offices.
There are
enough voters who recognize the danger presented by Norquist and the people
whom he has intimidated with his no taxes pledge to vote people out of office
for signing it.
This
government, as do all governments, requires money obtained by taxation in our
instance in order to carry out its basic, discretionary, and emergency
functions. Despite the delusional thoughts
of Norquist, Ryan, and the GOP/teavangelists, our national economy cannot and
will not be repaired by spending cuts and further tax cuts for the super
rich. Taxation of the super rich must be
increased in concert with spending cuts and tax decreases for the middle and
working class citizens.
The super
rich do not and will not create the necessary jobs that this nation needs to
combat unemployment among the middle and working class. The super rich will not put and money from
tax cuts into our local economies. They
will spend it overseas or put it into long-term investments. They will pay for re-election campaign ads; nothing
will trickle downward to create new jobs.
The working
and middle class citizens who receive tax cuts will rapidly put those dollars
into local economies. They’ll buy food,
medicines, pay utility bills, and perhaps pay tuitions. Very little, if any, of tax cuts for your
friends and neighbors, will wind up lining an elected official’s pocket. Very little will be banked offshore; although
they may buy some new clothing being imported by the super rich corporation
owners from their new sweats shops being built in third world nations,
providing “new jobs” for the citizens of other nations.
Ryan and
Norquist believe the delusions that they share.
Romney is weak enough that they will both manipulate him. There in is the greatest danger. The GOP/teavangelists must not be allowed to
win Congressional and Senate seats in November.
Each candidate for Congress and Senate must be bombarded with demands
from his/her constituents to repudiate Norquist’s no tax pledge. He needs to be eliminated from his current
position as a lobbyist and put back into his locker. Unlike a Jinni, he can be re-corked. Moreover, unless one is an elected official
taking campaign funding from right wing corporations and lobbyists, he can
safely be ignored.
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