About Me

In writing the "About Me" portion of this blog I thought about the purpose of the blog - namely, preventing the growth of Socialism & stopping the Death Of Democracy in the American Republic & returning her to the "liberty to abundance" stage of our history. One word descriptions of people's philosophies or purposes are quite often inadequate. I feel that I am "liberal" meaning that I am broad minded, independent, generous, hospitable, & magnanimous. Under these terms "liberal" is a perfectly good word that has been corrupted over the years to mean the person is a left-winger or as Mark Levin more accurately wrote in his book "Liberty & Tyranny" a "statist" - someone looking for government or state control of society. I am certainly not that & have dedicated the blog to fighting this. I believe that I find what I am when I consider whether or not I am a "conservative" & specifically when I ask what is it that I am trying to conserve? It is the libertarian principles that America was founded upon & originally followed. That is the Return To Excellence that this blog is named for & is all about.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Payroll-Tax Cut Extension Vote

Last Friday both houses of Congress passed "a bill to extend the payroll tax holiday, unemployment compensation, Medicare physician payment, provide for the consideration of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes."  Of course this is just another bill with no fiscal responsibility for those who voted for it like NJ's Frelinghuysen, Lance, Runyan, & LoBiondo.  Republicans once again showed they are Democrat–lite amateurs in the give away game. 
 
The biggest disappointment on the Senate side is FL Senator Marco Rubio who voted for the bill.  The many who are touting Rubio as a VP candidate should ask what is he thinking here? – or ask themselves what are they thinking endorsing Rubio who has several other suspicious votes I have exposed.
 
In summary the bill will extend a cut in workers' payroll taxes through the end of calendar year 2012 (& most likely forever as the Social Security funding problem grows worse), renews expiring unemployment benefits, & once again stops a drop in doctors Medicare compensation.  The bill does not follow one sound economic principle but surely panders for votes from the weak who will be more than happy to take from the strong for as long as the gravy train lasts for them.
 
Below are the lists of "nay" votes in both the House & Senate lead by the usual people we can count on including Michele Bachmann whose voting record of consistency we can only wish we had with Mitt, Newt, or Rick.  Michele joins Sarah Palin as the two most dangerous people in America that the statists have to destroy.  These two marvelous women exude life as bestowed by our Creator & that is why the statists have to destroy them.
 
---- NAYS 132 ---

Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Amash
Bachmann
Bachus
Barton (TX)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Boustany
Brooks
Broun (GA)
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Capuano
Cardoza
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Chaffetz
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Costello
Cummings
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DesJarlais
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Farenthold
Farr
Filner
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Fudge
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith (VA)
Gutierrez
Hall
Harris
Hastings (FL)
Hoyer
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jordan
Kind
King (IA)
Kingston
Labrador
Lamborn
Landry
Lankford
Lee (CA)
Lummis
Lynch
McClintock
McCotter
McDermott
McKinley
Mica
Miller (FL)
Moran
Mulvaney
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Olson
Pearce
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Quayle
Reyes
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Ross (FL)
Royce
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Sarbanes
Schmidt
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Simpson
Smith (WA)
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thornberry
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walberg
Welch
West
Whitfield
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Woodall
Woolsey

---- NOT VOTING 8 ---

Bono Mack
Brown (FL)
Campbell
Gosar
Paul
Payne
Rangel
Shuler

 
 
NAYs ---36
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Cardin (D-MD)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Enzi (R-WY)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lee (R-UT)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCain (R-AZ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Sanders (I-VT)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Warner (D-VA)
Not Voting - 4
Bingaman (D-NM)
Kirk (R-IL)
Roberts (R-KS)
Vitter (R-LA)

 

1 comment:

  1. Many Republicans who voted for payroll tax holiday likely feared vicious Dem and media attacks. These include attacking conservatives as heartless, hating poor and elderly, as racist, immoral. In essence these attacks are against an "alleged" ideology.

    Conservatives must strongly argue the merits of free markets. This is lacking now. But even it were ramped up few notches, it likely would not suffice. Why? The current US mindset is economically illiterate, with limited understanding of debt dangers, but with high expectations of freebies and a Nanny state that the rich should support.

    What to do?

    Dems "allege" our ideology is racist, anti poor, anti elderly but with no proof. Conservatives have a strong counterattack. We can do more than "allege" BO'S ideology. I hypothesize that BO and some key Dems are Marxist. We have strong facts to back this up. These include ObamaCare, Dodd Frank, Cap n Trade, continued Freddie and Fannie support, blocking virtually all new private initiatives, ordering companies where to expand, insurance companies what to provide for "free", snatching parents lunches from kids in school.

    So we should passionately and relentlessly educate our populace as to what a Marxist USA will look like in several years left unchecked. Then watch BO body language trying to refute.

    Yes - call him a Marxist and provide facts to back it up.

    One misses all shots one does not take. Lets take our best shots and beat BO.

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