WHY DON'T REPUBLICANS WANT TO EMPLOY THE UNEMPLOYED?

Stop trying to help the rich, Republicans. They don't need it from you or anyone else.

In fact, several members of this minority of citizens have stood up and stated clearly that they don't need the help or tax cuts. They're doing just fine. As if any one of us that isn't in that group had any doubts about that.

Can someone tell me how it is possible that Obama's jobs bill failed the vote in the Senate? Solid Republican rejection can usually be counted on, but can someone tell me what in the hell the two Democrats who joined in with the Republicans thought they were doing? Did they get lost on their way into the chamber, end up on the wrong side of the aisle, and when everyone on that side voted No, they thought they were supposed to do the same?

Can someone also tell me why it hasn't gained more page space in papers like the New York Times and Washington Post? After the vote killed the bill, coverage of the vote took up one or two articles, and the rest was about the iPhone and the upcoming GOP debate.

Why am I supposed to care more about the newest iPhone than the fate of the unemployed teachers, police officers, firefighters, and construction workers? Guess what - they aren't getting an iPhone anymore than I am. THEY'RE BROKE.

The Republicans claim that they killed the bill because of the "stimulus-like spending" included in the bill. How else are we supposed to pay for roads, and the salaries of educators and civil servants? Maybe we should ask construction material manufacturers to donate the materials on good faith and the teachers to donate their time. When we can't even get the two halves of Congress to agree with the rest of the citizens of the United States that it's time to stop monkeying around and get jobs to the unemployed, there's not much good faith left over.

And, what the Republicans really meant was they didn't want to sign on for what would have paid for the spending in spades - taxes on earners who take home more than $1,000,000 per year - aka. their donors.

Grow some balls, boys. Time to help the country, not your bleak re-election chances.

-- Statler, moderator