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babylonsister

(170,963 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 07:33 PM Apr 2015

Bernie Sanders Torpedos Republicans By Revealing GOP Budget Kills 2.3 Million Jobs

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Bernie Sanders Torpedos Republicans By Revealing GOP Budget Kills 2.3 Million Jobs
By: Jason Easley
Monday, April, 27th, 2015, 1:43 pm


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) dropped a bomb on Senate Republicans by revealing that their budget would kill more than 2 million jobs.

Sanders sent letters to the governors of all 50 states that broke down the cuts and job losses that each state would face if the Republican budget is enacted. The lowlight of the letters is that the Republican cuts to transportation, education, and other programs would kill more than 2.3 million jobs across the country.

In a statement, Sen. Sanders said:

The Republican budget moves this country in exactly the wrong direction. At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, it gives huge tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires while making devastating cuts to education, Medicare, affordable housing and prescription drug coverage.

Instead of creating jobs, it will lead to the elimination of more than 2 million jobs. Instead of making college more affordable, it will increase the cost of college for millions of Americans. Instead of eliminating hunger in America, it will add to the financial problems of low-income families with children and will create more hunger. This budget is the Robin Hood principle in reverse. It takes from the poor to give to the rich.

Some of the hardest hit states would be those that have Republican governors. Texas would lose 193,000 jobs. Florida would lose 141,000 jobs. Ohio would lose 84,000 jobs. Georgia would lose 70,000 jobs. North Carolina would lose 68,000 jobs, and Wisconsin would lose 46,000 jobs.

It is important that the American people understand exactly what the Republican budget does. Not only does the Republican budget lower taxes for the wealthiest people while raising them for everyone else, it also kills millions of jobs.

Republicans in Congress don’t want to talk about many services will be cut, and jobs lost because of their budget. Republicans especially don’t want to discuss the number of jobs that will be lost in red states due to their budget.

Sen. Sanders was put in the top Democratic seat on the Budget Committee for this exact reason. Sanders is exposing the things that Republicans don’t want to talk about. He is revealing the ugly truth behind the GOP’s economic ideology, and in the process, he is destroying any potential support for their economic ideas outside of the Republican Party.

Sanders has become the tip of the left’s spear that is striking back against failed Republican economic policies and income inequality.
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Bernie Sanders Torpedos Republicans By Revealing GOP Budget Kills 2.3 Million Jobs (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2015 OP
Sadly Facts Do Not Matter To Many Voters. Even The Ones Who Would Lose Their Jobs. TheMastersNemesis Apr 2015 #1
I didn't know Obama was running in 2016, learn something new every day. /nt Dragonfli Apr 2015 #4
reading comprehension? Duppers Apr 2015 #5
Writing ability, all that you've said would have to be inferred, more easily inferred is they'd vote Dragonfli Apr 2015 #6
that's fair Duppers Apr 2015 #7
k&R AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #2
^ Wilms Apr 2015 #3
 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
1. Sadly Facts Do Not Matter To Many Voters. Even The Ones Who Would Lose Their Jobs.
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 07:36 PM
Apr 2015

Also ask any senile senior voting GOP. If they know they will lose their SSA and Medicare benefits they will vote GOP because they hate Obama so much.

Duppers

(28,094 posts)
5. reading comprehension?
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 01:54 PM
Apr 2015

Poster did not say or even imply that the Pres. is running for office again. He did say that these voters hate him so much and that has tainted their decision to ever vote Democratic (at least for many years).



Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
6. Writing ability, all that you've said would have to be inferred, more easily inferred is they'd vote
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 04:51 PM
Apr 2015

Republican against Obama because they are assumed to hate him (not an incorrect assumption).

Not my fault the poster doesn't write very well.

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