Even though we've left Milwaukee, I still have to read the letters to the editor, probably for the same reasons that I have to look at traffic accidents as I pass them by.
Today's letters were doozies, but this one takes the cake:
STATE OF THE UNION
Ryan rebuttal only supported the greedy
It was so refreshing to listen to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech and his concerns for the working class.
Then we had Rep. Paul "just give them the money" Ryan's (R-Wis.) rebuttal that consisted of typical Republican general tax cut statements that, in reality, stand for the wealthy and corporate greed. Smaller government means lack of regulations and tax cuts for corporations and is also the reason we had the Bush recession.
It is working-class spending that moves the economy. The United States already had an almost 9% unemployment rate after the tech meltdown in the early 2000s. As the decade went on, the Bush administration only made things worse for the working class.
The Republican insistence to continue the Bush tax cuts put us deeper in debt than Obama's health care program will, and the program will help more everyday people than just the wealthy. We need health care, and we need to control health care costs.
What we need to repeal is Ryan, who gave General Motors all the money it wanted while taking jobs out of his hometown of Janesville.
Eight years of the Bush administration and Republican rhetoric have put us in this financial mess, and all the Republicans want to do is go back to the same old rhetoric. Campaign donations are all that matters.
The "Bush recession"? Is he referring to today's economy, or a relative blip on the screen when GW was in office?
Working class spending moves the economy? The US had 9% unemployment in the early 2000's?
It was Paul Ryan who gave General Motors tons of money?
Why didn't I read all of this? The folks here on APS have been posting misleading news.
