The Republicans have continued to block an extension of unemployment benefits. Sen. McConnell and the Republicans have asked for tax cuts. The Republicans say they'll pass the unemployment benefits if there are cuts somewhere else. Shame on the Republicans. As I recall they gave Bush every single penny he wanted.
Donna Brazile explains it all in the Daily Democrat Online:
....Meanwhile, these fiscally responsible Republicans undertook two wars they refused to finance. Additionally, small-government advocates (like McConnell and Kyl) put a Medicare drug-payment plan in place that drains the treasury of billions -- and they didn't pay for it.
But Mitch McConnell told reporters this week that there is "no evidence whatsoever that the Bush tax cuts (for the wealthy) actually diminished revenue."
....The Congressional Budget Office says the Bush-era tax cuts increased the National Deficit by $539 Billion just in 2005. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that between 2011 and 2018, these tax cuts will cost the government $3.28 trillion in lost revenues....
The Republican Party remains the party of, for, and about being rich. Apparently, the unemployed need not apply.
