We think there’s a word for this. “Hypocrite” comes to mind.
Republicans – led by Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell – are currently holding America’s economy hostage. They are simply refusing to raise the debt limit – threatening the nation with a disastrous default – until Congress makes severe and lasting spending cuts. And gives tax breaks to the wealthy, of course.
But as usual, these Republicans are refusing to hold themselves accountable for their own actions. During the Bush Administration, these leaders were more than happy to flip open the national checkbook. Each one of these Republican leaders VOTED IN FAVOR of the largest drivers of the nation’s debt in the past decade, according to an analysis by Bloomberg. Now that the bill has come due, they’re refusing to pay up. That’s not leadership. That’s hypocrisy.
Here’s a summary of their hypocrisy:
Republicans – led by Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell – are currently holding America’s economy hostage. They are simply refusing to raise the debt limit – threatening the nation with a disastrous default – until Congress makes severe and lasting spending cuts. And gives tax breaks to the wealthy, of course.
But as usual, these Republicans are refusing to hold themselves accountable for their own actions. During the Bush Administration, these leaders were more than happy to flip open the national checkbook. Each one of these Republican leaders VOTED IN FAVOR of the largest drivers of the nation’s debt in the past decade, according to an analysis by Bloomberg. Now that the bill has come due, they’re refusing to pay up. That’s not leadership. That’s hypocrisy.
Here’s a summary of their hypocrisy:
- All four voted “AYE” to the war in Afghanistan.
- All four voted “AYE” to the war in Iraq.
- All four voted “AYE” to the 2001 Bush tax cuts.
- All four voted “AYE” to the 2003 Bush tax cuts.
- All four voted “AYE” to prescription drug benefits that weren’t paid for.
- And all four voted “AYE” to the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, which helped rescue the American auto industry and banks.
The cost of these programs? $3.4 trillion.
So let’s just be clear about one thing: When these Republican leaders run around claiming the mantle of “fiscal responsibility” and blaming President Obama for the bulk of our nation’s debt, they are lying. They pushed through the spending that ran up the nation’s credit card. They had no problem spending money when President Bush was in the White House. They are partisan hypocrites.
They’re trying to erase their records and pin the blame on everyone but themselves. We won’t let them.
So let’s just be clear about one thing: When these Republican leaders run around claiming the mantle of “fiscal responsibility” and blaming President Obama for the bulk of our nation’s debt, they are lying. They pushed through the spending that ran up the nation’s credit card. They had no problem spending money when President Bush was in the White House. They are partisan hypocrites.
They’re trying to erase their records and pin the blame on everyone but themselves. We won’t let them.
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