The Senate debates the economic recovery package

I can’t stand seeing the same tired old men, who haven’t spent even one day out of the last 20 years or so actually WORKING, debating the economic stimulus package. How can they know what is good for the country’s working people when they haven’t worked an honest day in the last 20 years? I think they all ought to resign, as they have abdicated their responsibilities to govern by going along with the failed policies of the Iraq war and tax cuts for the wealthy.

Where are all the jobs that the Bush tax cuts were supposed to create? Or the Taft tax cuts for that matter? To paraphrase Cuba Gooding’s character in “Jerry Maguire”, “Show me the jobs!”

I do know that thanks to the Taft tax plan of 2005, we are facing enormous deficits and cuts in Ohio as the income tax reductions have not been replaced by new jobs promised by that regime. I also know that as a result of the commercial activity tax (CAT) imposed by the Taft Administration we now pay a tax on groceries for the first time in Ohio since the great depression.

The bottom line is that the failed policies of the past have not worked, yet all the GOP can talk about is more and more tax cuts (for the wealthiest) to free up capital for job creation. It hasn't worked. We're tired of having the same old solutions bandied about. We all know that garbage which smells bad to begin with will smell worse with time. Please bring some new fresh ideas to the table, or resign your positions.