GOP So Far In 2011

We all know that the election of 2010 was not a very good day for Democrats. At the federal level Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives and the numbers in the Senate was severely reduced. Here in Michigan, Republican Rick Snyder a businessman from Ann Arbor was as the governor of Michigan. Also in Michigan Republicans clean house, Republicans took control of the Michigan House of Representatives and further increase their majority in the state Senate. Not to mention placings to justices on the Michigan Supreme Court turning the court back into Republican hands.

But now the consequences of that election are being felt far and wide throughout Michigan and the rest of the country. In Michigan Gov. Snyder and his far right conservative allies in the state legislature has passed budgets that want to tax pensions, increased taxes on low income workers and cut taxes for businesses in the wealthy in Michigan. In April Gov. Snyder signed into law an emergency financial manager law that gives unchecked authority to a state appointed bureaucrat that strip cities and school districts of the right to determine their own financial future. These state appointed bureaucrats which the governor calls "financial managers"had the authority to walk into cities that are facing budget deficits, and be able to make decisions about those cities budgets and these "financial managers" even have the authority to fire legally elected city officials.

In Washington DC House Republicans have voted to repeal the long overdue healthcare reform legislation signed by Pres. Obama. Republicans in Washington has even introduce legislation that would completely destroy and eradicate Medicare and Medicaid. They continued to work on legislation that would strip planned parenthood of all of its federal dollars of which they use to help women. I for one do not believe that this is what the American people voted for. The American people since 2008-very clear that our priority is getting the economy back on track. Since the beginning of the year no Republican in Michigan or in Washington have passed one piece of legitimate legislation that would create more jobs in America.

Republicans have made it very clear that they are more interested in rolling back laws of which president Obama signed into law which help prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial industry collapse. Republicans are more interested in eliminating all taxes for the wealthy and cutting much-needed programs that actually help create jobs such as funding for college education and other job training programs. These are the same old Republican policies of which they have been trying to pass for years. It is very true that elections have consequences that there is a big difference between consequences and outright war on the middle class. As soon as Republicans took office they declare war on every program of which the American people have seen it we want to keep. Republicans need to stop pretending like they represent the average American. We already know Republicans represent the average wealthy CEO.