Regarding the Tax Cut Bill passed by the House (extending the cuts for everybody on the first $250k in annual income): The Senate voted in favor of proceeding to the debate yesterday by a margin of 53-36.
You might think this means the majority of the representatives of US citizens have voted in favor of the proposition that we need to get back to a reasonable position on the question of taxation; and that we need the people who're enjoying the greatest benefits of the economy to pony up and to pay a bit more for those benefits (and btw, when I say "majority of the representatives", it means a total of both houses equaling 287 in favor and 224 against - that's 56% In Favor); and ya might think it means we've settled that little piece of business, and now we can move on to the next item on the agenda. Well, think again.
In Congress Land, it doesn't really matter how the votes line up. It only matters what kind of special deals you can make. It matters that you can maneuver and manipulate the process. It only matters that you can completely sell out to the interests of Big Money, and still have Dumb Fux News puffing up your image as being "on the side of the little guy".
Here's today's Political Snark:
I need y'all to grow some opposable thumbs and climb down outa the Stupid Tree.
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