Dear Republicans,
Now that the "plan B - the morning after bill" has failed perhaps it is time you paused for a minute. If we go over the fiscal curb & and it is looking increasing likely that we will -then we have to prepare for the ramifications of the curb.
2.1 million families will lose their unemployment benefits and the sequester from our vaunted super congress will briefly rear its ugly head. The taxes of millions of American households will go up. You Republicans refuse to admit that simply doing nothing about letting the Bush tax cuts expire will drive down the deficit far more then gutting any earned benefit program.
Hopefully President Obama will immediately send to congress several bills that restore the tax cuts to the middle class - and with an unemployment benefit extension for 3 years -
I'm not one to harp on peoples personal indulgences - but this is a bit odd. In the coming days we are going to hear quite a bit more from Grover Norquist. His insane pledge calling for no increases whatsoever in the governments ability to collect taxes will be fore-front in the news.
You have decided that a man who collects barf bags and formerly collected rolls of toilet paper is your divine guru of tax policy. We have to take you fucking seriously? From the gossip blog rollcall.com
Norquist started collecting airsickness bags back in the mid-1980s and never stopped. “I have maybe 100,” he said.His pride and joy is one from Ariana Afghan Airlines, which he picked up in Pakistan. The bag has a beautiful flower sketched on it, he said, which he likes so much he had it framed. Often when friends and associates travel to Iceland, Nepal or Morocco, they’ll ask what he would like as a souvenir.
I won't begrudge anyone a bit of weirdness. Certainly it is important to have diverse interests and expand your human experience but give me a freaking break. You know you have an issue when you are forced to give up your collection of toilet paper and then lament sadly that Christopher Hitchens wiped his ass with them.
Regarding toilet paper, Norquist told HOH he used to have a pretty extensive collection of Eastern European toilet paper rolls, which looked and felt like sand paper.
“Much of that is gone away,” he said a little wistfully. His wife, apparently, was not a huge fan of the collection.
“I thought she would’ve supported me,” he said. He does still “have a nice collection of nice toilet paper from fancy hotels,” including some of the most expensive hotels in the world. “I would bring [a roll of fancy toilet paper] when I would go play with Christopher Hitchens,” Norquist says. “Instead of a bottle of wine … I think [Hitchens] just used them.”
Your wife made you give up your collection of toilet paper and that is something to be sad about. We are supposed to take you seriously republicans? This guy has not matured and his policy of no tax increases anytime is reminiscent of a petulant prepubescent 11 year old. Ad hominid attack? Yes - most certainly. Except there are peoples lives at stake and you republicans have elevated this guy to near sainthood. When you have someone speak at the Americans for Tax Reform you don't ask their politics - you don't ask what they will vote for - you don't ask if they will donate - you won't even look up from the table unless someone who addresses you states:
I'm a pledge signer.
Then you all pay attention.
Well this is serious and we can't afford you to keep going on like you have been. This is an intervention in thought. So please, pretty please - stop taking for gospel every word a man who has over 100 barf bags in his office says.
kthxbuhbye.