10 Ways Right-Wingers Will Try to Wreck Any Economic Recovery

[butterfly77]

http://www.alternet.org/story/149333/10_ways_right-wingers_will_try_to_wreck_any_economic_recovery/

1. Repeal of Health-Care Reform

Republicans have placed "repealing Obamacare" at the top of their legislative agenda for 2011. If they succeed, the economy is going to come down with multiple serious illnesses—at least 24, according to a report released this month by Rep. Peter Stark of the House Ways and Means Committee.

2. Diminish the Federal Government's Ability to Support Job-Creation

Conservatives are poised to execute a strikingly broad assault against federal spending, particularly programs that help jump-start and steer the nation's job-creation engine. It includes the expected targets—such proven programs as Community Development Block Grants—as well as some new ones, such as the Small Business Administration (there goes all that Republican fealty to "small business") and even the requirement that the Federal Reserve take emplo


3. Slash Federal Infrastructure Spending

The departing chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. James Oberstar, offered some rare frank talk earlier this year when he said the country's transportation network "was once the envy of the

[Cleita]

1. Seems like they already have accomplished

2 and 3.

[Clio the Leo]

2. Further proof the GOP did NOT get the message this fall.

If they honestly think the public WANTS more time spent on the health care bill then they're even dumber than I thought.

[butterfly77]

3. They want to waste away..

2 more years playing games,investigations on nonsense,and blackmailing or holding the American people hostage.

[hayu_lol]

4. They have had their playbook(new and improved over the old ...

'contract on America'ready to go as we can tell from what their talking heads have been declaiming from every stump.

Wonder if our people have a counter program ready to launch.

[butterfly77]

5. I have been thinking about that..

every since they went on vacation. I know damn well they know what they will be facing from these nutcases.

I think that the problem with Democrats is that they don't work together to map out stategies,they wait and then all of them start showing up on televison going in 7 different directions.

Lindsay Graham was talking big shit today and Kaine is talking tough as though he's got some ammuniton in his bag, I hope I don't see a lot of deer caught in the headlights shots, we will see.

You just reminded me of something I have been meaning to do since they went on vacation and that is writing Harry Reid to tell him what we expect out of him none of the mealy mouth bullshit,it is time to fight!!!

[Exilednight]

6. Yep, and Obama will shoot the hostage while giving in to GOP demands. n/t