Politics

Mr. Boehner Will Say What?

By Speaker's Press Shop

Today in Ohio, House Republican Leader John Boehner is making his ?closing argument? (again). According to released excerpts, Mr. Boehner will say that the government is ?disrespecting? Americans and that the American dream is ?under siege.?

The speech today by Mr. Boehner demonstrates that when Republicans pledge to go back to the ?same exact? failed policies, their leader can only resort to empty rhetoric.

THE REPUBLICAN RECORD:
Congressional Republicans have offered no new ideas and opposed all efforts to move America forward and create jobs. The Congressional Republicans are still championing policies that put the corporate special interests ahead of the middle class, destroyed our economy, and put us in the ditch.

Congressional Republicans voted against 15 of the 16 small business tax cuts enacted by this Congress.

Congressional Republicans have pledged to raise taxes on more than 110 million American families by repealing the Recovery Act; and they are holding President Obama?s middle class tax cuts hostage to give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires.

The top three House Republican leaders ? Republican Leader John Boehner, Republican Whip Eric Cantor, and Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence ? voted against the landmark China currency bill that would create and preserve 1 million manufacturing jobs in America.

Over the last four years, Republicans have voted 11 times to protect tax breaks for corporations that ship American jobs overseas, keep off-shore tax havens for corporations and the wealthiest Americans, and other similar tax loopholes. These tax breaks cost American taxpayers more than $60 billion.

Under President Bush, Republicans voted 8 times to expand tax breaks for outsourcing and protect offshore tax havens.

And under Republican control, U.S. multinationals eliminated 1 million American jobs, while adding 2.5 million jobs abroad (1999- 2007).

Republicans got rid of PAYGO when they were in charge, opposed reinstating it, and voted against making it the law of the land, even as they claim to be committed to fiscal responsibility.

Mr. Boehner is hoping the American people have forgotten the Republicans were responsible for bringing our economy to the brink ? more than 8 million jobs lost, national debt nearly doubled, the foreign-held debt more than doubled, $17.5 trillion in household wealth and retirement security lost, and the worst private sector jobs record of any Administration in 75 years.

Full post as published by The Gavel on October 08, 2010 (boomark / email).