Careful what you wish for

[SHRED]

Too bad Americans are so uneducated and have such memory loss.

Careful what you wish for: What GOP victories would really mean for America
From Republicans' blocking unemployment insurance and healthcare for children to protecting the oil industry and cutting Medicare – do Americans really know what they’re getting?

By Don Monkerud / November 1, 2010
Aptos, Calif.

As the midterm election winds to a dramatic close, pollsters predict game-changing gains for Republicans. Though it’s down to the wire in many hotly contested races, these forecasts speak to the appeal of the GOP’s fiery “less government, less spending” rhetoric this campaign season. The problem is that beyond rousing slogans, not enough Americans understand the real policy changes that a Congress effectively controlled by the GOP will aim to bring about – the real consequences that would hurt real Americans.

Under the Republican Party’s blueprint for America, BP might no longer be required to fully clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and donors will be allowed to keep their contributions to political campaigns secret.

The GOP future for America

These positions, based on recent votes in Congress, foretell how the Republicans will govern if they win in today’s elections.

Republicans have voted against extending Medicaid to the unemployed. They effectively killed a bill that would provide treatment, screening, or compensation for Americans who assisted during the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. They tried to block extensions of basic unemployment insurance. They allowed the oil industry to virtually write its own rules for oil exploration and clean up. They have called for opening up off shore areas to oil wells. And they have tried to stop funding to state governments to stimulate the economy.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1101/Careful-what-you-wish-for-What-GOP-victories-would-really-mean-for-America

[Crazy Dave]

1. More republicans in office who will wreck the country even further

And fewer democrats who usually go along with and vote with them anyways.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Not discussed (enough): What makes you think you'll be able to vote the republicans out

in two years?

This may be the point of Rove's permanent republican majority.

[OneGrassRoot]

3. Excellent. Sharing! Thanks. :) n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

4. No, Americans are too busy with 'American Idol' and 'Survivor' to know how the votes play

out in Congress. And then we have the 'media' that instead of saying, "The extension of unemployment benefits was blocked by Republican members", say, "The Democrats failed to pass their extension of unemployment benefits".