Obama announces debt agreement - politics - Capitol Hill - msnbc.com

Obama announces debt agreement - politics - Capitol Hill - msnbc.com

I am baffled at the time it has taken the two party worthless government to settle on an agreement, that still isn't settled. I am curious if anyone in Washington remembers this brieft statement:

" . . . endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

A little thing called the Declaration of Independence. The last time I checked, lawmakers were supposed to be working for all citizens of the great United States, not those who are the wealthiest of the wealthy that will have a fit an cry if they have a meazly 3% taken away from their constant inflow of old money cashflows. It is sickening. Never mind that the country is about to be embarrassed beyond belief. I guess the tea baggers don't consider themselves a part of this country and I guess if the country defaults and it's credit rating falls, and interest rates skyrocket, they just don't give a damn. Must be nice to be protected. I almost cried when the republicans tried making the argument that if President Obama raised taxes as a part of the debt deal that jobs would be lost. I bewildered, if you are taxing people on personal income over $250,000, what jobs are at stake. As a gentleman on NPR put it one day, what jobs will be lost if the CEO of GE gets taxed on his personal income. What in hell does that have to do with jobs? The man is a gazillionaire, you mean that little bit of tax on his personal income will shut GE down, WOW!!!

Washington needs to wake up. They are playing chicken with the government that I don't like it. Can you imagine, I have debts out of the wazu and if we go into default I can see what little paycheck I get now just go up in smoke. But the wealthy boys don't have to worry, they gon be alright. Interest rates can go up, just as long as long as I don't have to sacrifice my country club membership or my Lamborghini or my 17 mansions or my teeth whitening appointments or my . . . .