Boehner the Bully
The President wants it, the American people want it, but “Mr. No” doesn’t want to offend his wealthy friends.
John Boehner, whose title is “Speaker of the House of Representatives”, though no one knows what he really does, vehemently said “no” Sunday to any form of increased federal revenue.
Let me correct your errant thinking Mr. Speaker. We do not work to pay your salary and allow you to receive “perks” from your friends. YOU work for US, or at least you should be.
Your inaction will eventually cause grief to those actually affected by automatic federal spending cuts. You won’t feel any pain, but many of us will.
The Employment Development Department is reporting unemployed workers collecting federal extensions of unemployment benefits in California and across the nation could face at least a 10.7% cut in those weekly benefit amounts starting with weeks of unemployment beginning March 31, 2013.
That means that a check of 300 dollars a week will be reduced to approximately 270 dollars.
Could you live off that paltry sum? I don’t think so.
Republicans claim the effects of the Sequester are exaggerated. Well, they don’t really care either way, do they? They don’t have to worry, and wait and see if they cause additional financial difficulty for working class America.
Boehner and the boys act as if they’re trying to lower their approval rating even farther. There’s not much more room at the bottom.
Everyone is quoted as saying they are “disgusted” with continual bickering and posturing in Washington. That’s everyone but Congress who is quite happy with the status quo. Doing nothing means more time off for them to spend your tax dollars.
As Ben Stein, a staunch conservative, said on CBS Sunday Morning, “get back to work”.
James Turnage
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Who is this jerk, Turnage, who presumes to speak for me? I’m an American and I sure as hell don’t agree with Obama spending this country into bakruptcy. Obama wanted this sequester back in 2011 and threatened to veto any alternative bill sent him. This was just a ploy to get him through the 2012 election. Now he decides he doesn’t want the sequester and wants to add yet more taxes to the already overtaxed taxpayers who keep the economy alive and blame Republicans in the process. Just remember Obama’s background. He had no experience in governing. The only job he ever worked at before campaigning for President was that of “community organizer” — a polite term for rabble rouser. Rabble rousers always have to be victims and have to have adversaries, hence his continual need to make excuses and blame others for his failures. He is the worst president this country has ever had and the worst thing that has ever happened to this country.
Really!!!
So the wealthy want those receiving social security to have some of their benefits taken away. What about the billions(close to 1 trillion) that congress borrowed but never paid back and we are suppose to give even more???
Medicare is not free. You have to pay for it. I pay for it plus another 300 a month for the extra 20% of doctor bills it does not pay.
Take money children.. If you have a hungry child you go and rob someone who looks like they have money. You could be the next victim if you drive a nice car, live in a nice house.
Cut defense?? Now more than ever do we need defense. We have the whole middle east angry at us and want to change the the way we live.. or kill us and go to paradise.. automatic ticket to 72 virgins.
$270 per week is a paltry sum… so is $300! You’re not meant to “live off” either amount. Unemployment benefits are designed to be a stop-gap and encourage you to find another job, not be a substitute for a paycheck. It’s this kind of silly argument that distracts from the real issue. There is not enough incremental revenue out there to cover the hole – and we have already raised taxes and will likely close tax loopholes and limit deductions further. Much larger cuts are necessary and, yes, will be painful for all. But, there are no other long-term options. What the writer really needs to worry about is fixing the major fiscal issues we face over the next several decades. Otherwise, forget marginal unemployment benefit levels and learn to embrace systemic 10%+ unemployment and an uncompetitive, lackluster US economy that further decimates the revenue base.
I can’t believe this article was published. It reads as if it was written by an angry child pouting because they didn’t get their way. True journalism is dead.
really? have you been living in your cocoon of self absorption? or, have you just come out of your cave? when was the last time you actually did something for someone else?
Watch out Greece, here we come!!
This mess is Obama’s, he knew what the contract / agreement was but his EGO thought that he could change the rules at the last minute. His party controls the Senate and even they would not come through for him. After all, it’s only 2.4% for one year.
Someone needs to stop this idiocy of federal government overspending.
Obama cannot sit on the sidelines and then blame the Republicans. Continuous insults by Obama just means he will never get any help from the Republicans.
Change your approach and you may succeed.
What a bunch of drivel! Nothing is free. You cannot spend what you don’t have and expect more taxes to take care of it. With thinking like Turnage has, I don’t see a future for this country. You bunch of freeking idiots!
sounds like a bunch of repubs over dinner at the hiltion.
Lenny, you’re so pithy!
Can’t liberals ever saddle up with a logic and data-based argument to advance an adult position? And why would anyone dine at a Hilton?
I’m a staunch conservative and I prefer a taco joint on the corner.
Does your snide put-down mean you’re a liberal clinging to dead, unworkable redistribution ideas and can’t find a way to justify such a position? Ask Mr. Turnage what happened to the UK by the time the 1970s arrived after the Labor Party turned Britain into an entitlement state. The word “decay” comes to mind…
Speaking of elitists…I believe Mitt Romney is spending time with his grandchildren while President Obama is golfing with multi-zillionaire Tiger Woods. Did Obama sleep in a Motel Six that recent vacation?
Only a liberal could blind themselves to the desperate hunger for celebrity and unquestioning obediance their heroes of the proletariat so often exhibit in such a feckless way.
See my older comment below.
If ignoreThe anonymous columnist demonstrates an inordinate lack of knowledge of the social environment in the U.S. His apriori statement that “… all Americans want it… ” is a lie of the highest order. At most only 51% voted for the President. That was not a ringing endorsement of his party or his programs. By their own admission it was a coalition of the lowest social and economic strata of voter whom many consider the least enlightened. Intellectual honesty or demonstrated ability to be productive members of society are not hallmarks of his supporters. If ignorance is bliss being a columnist for the Guardian Express must be the most glorious occupation in the world.
AS A FORMER JOURNALIST, LET ME PICK APART HIS RANT AGAINST REPUBLICANS.
HE RANTS THAT REPUBLICANS REFUSE TO CONTINUE RECKLESS SPENDING SAYING: “The President wants it, the American people want it, but “Mr. No” doesn’t want to offend his wealthy friends.” MR. TURNAGE, CAN YOU NAME ONE OF THESE WEALTHY “FRIENDS? AND, BY THE WAY, MORE THAN HALF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT FEDERAL SPENDING REDUCED.
OF COURSE NOT TURNAGE CAN’T NAME A SINGLE WEALTHY PERSON THAT THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS FRONTING FOR. IT’S A PHONY STRAW MAN ARGUMENT DESIGNED TO HOODWINK UNINFORMED CITIZENS EAGER FOR SELF-DELUSION. CONSERVATIVES HAVE PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES WHICH ARE ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR ALL SECTORS ENCOURAGED BY SENSIBLE GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND LOW GOVERNMENT DEBT. IF GIVING GOVERNMENT MONEY AWAY MADE NATIONS GREAT THEN EGYPT AND THE FORMER SOVIET UNION WOULD BE THRIVING.
HERE’S A REAL BELLY LAUGH WHERE TURNAGE AIMS A WEIRD SLAM AT BOEHNER BASED UPON TURNAGE’S OWN IGNORANCE OF BASIC AMERICAN GOVERNMENTAL WORKINGS: “John Boehner, whose title is “Speaker of the House of Representatives”, though no one knows what he really does, vehemently said “no” Sunday to any form of increased federal revenue.
JOHN BOEHNER IS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. GET IT? WERE YOU IN THE DARK WHEN NANCY PELOSI WAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. WAS HER JOB A MYSTERY TO YOU THEN? THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES HAVEN’T CHANGED. IT SOUNDS LIKE A SCHOOLBOY PUTDOWN THAT ONLY REFLECTS BADLY ON THE INSULTER. BOEHNER IS PRESENTLY REPRESENTING HIS CONSTITUENTS WHO DEMAND THE REPUBLICANS REIN IN FEDERAL SPENDING.
TURNAGE THEN PLAYS THE THREADBARE OLD HOWL ABOUT HOW MEAN REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING: “Your inaction will eventually cause grief to those actually affected by automatic federal spending cuts. You won’t feel any pain, but many of us will.”
PERHAPS TURNAGE DOESN’T KNOW THAT A FRIGHTFUL AMOUNT OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ENTITLEMENTS OF ALL TYPES IS BEING BORROWED FROM FOREIGN NATIONS AND THE TREASURY ITSELF AND THAT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TIME AND AGAIN. PERHAPS TURNAGE SHOULD WRITE A COLUMN SHRIEKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. OF COURSE THIS MIGHT REQUIRE A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
BEFORE TURNAGE CALLS FOR THE GREAT GIFT OF UNFETTERED UNEMPLOYMENT SPENDING HE SHOULD PERHAPS REALIZE THAT IF THE UNEMPLOYED EVER DO GET BACK TO WORK, THE SWEAT OF THEIR BROW AND THE SWEAT OF THEIR DESCENDANTS WILL GO TOWARD PAYING OFF THE INTEREST ON THE DEBT FOR MONEY THEY WERE GIVEN.
AS FOR TURNAGE’S ADMONITION THAT THE REPUBLICANS GET BACK TO WORK, HE MIGHT CONSIDER APPLYING THIS CHASTISEMENT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AS WELL. THE PRESIDENT WENT TO SILLY EXTREMES TRYING TO SCARE AMERICA WITH THE SEQUESTER CONCEPT HE AND HIS TEAM ORIGINATED. HE FAILED. THE SEQUESTER IS COMING AND ITS EFFECTS WILL LIKELY BE MINIMAL.
THIS MGHT EXPLAIN WHY TURNAGE HAS PICKED UP THIS DEAD BALL AND IS TRYING TO RUN WITH IT.
NOW OBAMA REFUSES TO ACCEPT THE OFFERE OF FLEXIBILITY TO AVOID THE PROBLEMS TURNAGE IS WHIMPERING ABOUT.
STANDARD LEFT-WING HOOEY. POINTLESS, UNGROUNDED IN FACT AND DEVOID OF SENSE.
Pure idiocy on the part of the writer. Boehner has finally come around to the notion that Obama is playing him for a fool. Truth is, wherever he came from, he does not have American interest at heart, and “low information” voters, who used to sit on the sidelines where they should, are energized by “the free for all” with taxpayer money. It now can happen! Wow! We are lost as a first tier country, and I blame the uninformed populace. I suppose the Obama supporters think they will fare better under a Chinese dictatorship. I doubt the Chinese will be so generous Too bad we have lost our way
What a pos reporter. the reason we are in this mess is so that the country does not loose its credit rating. You can tax the wealthy 100% and still not be out of the woods. Right now the top 5% are getting taxed at a 30 year high. This is almost anyone making over 100k who would save an spend on the economy. The government is out of touch am thankful some one is willing to say no to idiocracy.
At [email protected] point are you going to pay your credit card??? When the Chinese cut you off. Romney was right you signed up with OB for free money
Can we (GOP) just say NO harder and longer than we have and ignore reality ? Kill everything until we get what we want, and to hell with the American people ? What has happened to the GOP ?
Terrible article. We don’t want it. I for one am pleased someone has to spine to say “NO” to spending more money we haven’t got.
Mr . Turnage, you can’t be that stupid. That is not the governments money to give away . Are you just so soft that waiting for that TSA or not getting your welfare check on time doesn’t suit you.
It’s simple the Democratic Party has created debt the likes of Italy , Greece , Bulgaria and Ireland just to name a few can’t pay back. It will sink their people and their economy.
That’s what will happen in the great US.
We are sinking , we have turned the corner toward economic failure and idiots like you wrote inane articles proving your stupidity. It just shows you that just because someone gave you a computer they didn’t give you any intelligence.
Nice article moron…you don’t represent any of “The American People”…no, we don’t want it!!! Boehner is finally doing what the American People want…NO MORE SPENDING. These aren’t really even any cuts…they are cuts to the projected increases for the respective departments. Many Americans didn’t receive raises, many businesses didn’t receive mere profits…just because you work for the government, you should get a raise, or an increase in your yearly budget. Do more research before writing an article you know nothing about.
The anonymous columnist demonstrates an inordinate lack of knowledge of the social environment in the U.S. His apriori statement that “… all Americans want it… ” is a lie of the highest order. At most only 51% voted for the President. That was not a ringing endorsement of his party or his programs. By their own admission it was a coalition of the lowest social and economic strata of voter whom many consider the least enlightened. Intellectual honesty or demonstrated ability to be productive members of society are not hallmarks of his supporters.
Well, who cares anyway? I’m just a dog, a happy dog siding with 2% top. Who’ll care the rest, 47% ?,You’re kidding me, I don’t even care the other 47 look like.
When I tell it to bark, it will bark and it will eat. Gt it?
What the columnist says is true, Boehner is very much doing his part to further sink the approval rating of both the GOP and Congress in general. Not that the Dems are any more correct about anything. Looks like we elected another bunch of losers, guys….
Yep….Its all the republicans fault. NOT! Most of our politicians, no matter what their affiliation, have lost touch with reality just like the dipsh#t that wrote this artical.
Dear oh dear James, what a misguided fool you are.
The President already got his revenue increases. Time for him to give some cuts. As much as I dislike Boehner, he is right.
I think you have it wrong.
Would my people up in the great state of OHIO vote someone else in his seat. This guy is a real…………
B.S.
Borrowing money to pay people not to work is stupid.
this guy always looks like he is just one Gray Goose away from being in the bag.
I think all of Congress and the Senate should not be able to retire with their current pay and full benefits. I think they should retire as the rest of America retires on social security and whatever investments or savings they have. They should not be able to keep their full health care or salary paid by our tax dollars. They feel that Medicare is enough for us. It should be enough for them as well. Why are we paying for these fabulous perks for them when most of us will never be able to retire because we can’t afford to? Let’s cut these perks and see how much money we can save. Enough is enough. I think we Americans need to vote on cutting their full salary and benefits when they are no longer in office.
Most of us love the President.. that is why we elected him. Twice. Boehner and the right wing ar trying to bring down the country so they can blame the President. But they will fail.
I guess it was OK when Mrs NO Waky Pelosi was in power with Bush as the President More of the left’s double standard. I guess it would be better if there was not one to say no so that we could have a dictatorship for Obama.. wait we already do
Roughly 50% of Americans love Obama. That is the same 50% paying no Federal Income taxes and living off the other 50%.
Obama is an evil man. The $6 trillion he borrowed for his socialist agenda destroys the future of our next generation. It is like eating babies. Evil man.
What an ignorant Article. The US is running a Buget deficit of $1.3 TRILLION (With a T) and growing. If it can’t reduce that by $85 Billion PA (Which represents about 2% of Government spending this year of around $4 Trillion, how will it ever balance the Budget? (Not that Obama has actually bothered to make a Budget for 5 years).
In this context, Boehner’s actions should be seen as responsible act directed at trying to restore some fiscal discipline, however small it may be,
John Kerry is giving Egypt another $200 million dollars and wasn’t it in the billions last year.
Yeah, American citizens endure cuts while the White House gives it to the muslim bros
The mess going on is due to a president trying to control all three branches of gov’t. We don’t need any more taxes, what we need is fiscal responsibility. This out of control budget spending needs a major haircut. It is not the government’s job to be an employer, nannie etc. The private sector, churches etc traditionally back when were the ones responsible for those items.
Obama is going to reject any and all proposals if it doesn’t have some more taxes in it, he has already stated this several times now. He feels that it is his mission to completely turn this nation into a complete socialist nation. In case you haven’t noticed, we all but there now. His mission is to make this a nation just like Cuba. Take a look over there. Or read the papers and see what is being proposed in some of the European Countries, 75% taxes, 60% to 66% taxes. These are the things a socialist nation does. Socialism doesn’t work as we are seeing now with PIGS in dire straits and still haven’t fixed their problems yet to get their economies back going.
Cut the fat, do away with the redundancy, do away with the waste.
House Speaker John Boehner is doing his job. I just wish the rest of Congress would get on board.
I’m so sick of Boehner. We need tax reforms first, then we can talk about spending cuts. Want to start with Defense, pal?
We should ALL (Rich or Poor) live with our means. We should all work for our livings. This is only fair. Why should you pay for my expenses since I am lazy and depend on someone else. American is financially broken. We have to borrow at least 46% of our Government expenses. The Government should know how to create jobs for everyone. Since our Leader does not know how to save the country from total collapse. That is why we are all suffer.
If you’re thinking along the lines of party, stop. It’s a tactic to divide and conquer America. Back on topic… the way they want to increase revenue is by increasing taxes. As a working American, I’ve seen the impact it has on the small business I work for and me personally. We have 6 employees, with the new taxes it’s like were paying for an extra employee’s salary but with the same productivity levels as before. That means it costs more to run a business with the same amount of productivity as before. Small businesses are hit the hardest when they increase or introduce new taxes. To the average American, the disability or unemployment checks are a constant. Yeah it sucks to live off small wages, but when you don’t earn it, can you really complain? Society is paying for you to survive even if you are a crackhead. I like the idea of safety nets, but they should be safety nets and not a long term thing.
Amen. What we need is term limits. We would have new blood and less chance of corruption from life long politicians. Maybe we would get back to doing whats good for all Americans not just Democrats or Republicans.
I see the opposite side of this very slanted article. Obama is the bully who has led one of the most partisan administrations ever. The USA has huge deficits and cannot continue to spend, spend, spend. Whatever happened to compromising and working out public policy that is good for the American people? Both parties have sold out so much that they cannot offend large ‘corporate donors’ who have put them in office. I think we should stop allowing corporations to fund elections. The corporations now own the politicians and all to the detriment of the American people. I believe that most laws are written by lobbyists who are linked to corporate funding which ironically has fine print that benefits the lobbyist’s corporate sponsors. America and its government has been up for sale for some time.
how much more does the goverment want to take out of your pocket. didnt mr oboma say that only the 1% would have to pay well i felt it and i am sure you felt it also, so why should we let him rase our taxes again? i work 40 + a week and people supported by the goverment are better off than i am, maby if you lower their money that will motavate them to get a job and earn their way.
We need to stop printing money, borrowing and spend less that we collect in revenue. Defence needs to be on the table for cuts too. Until all of the above is done all we are ding is living beyond our means. Someone will eventually have to pay the piper. Until the books are balanced all this article is doing is empty chest thumping.
Congress reflects the LEADERSHIP of the White House! There is no White House LEADERSHIP in DC. There should be a quarterback or team captain (read, PRESIDENT) to lead the team to act together for the good of the US.
He is saying no to Obama’s generational debt program, enslaving our children is
not good. Liberals should go to jail for child abuse.
Rob, You’re an Idiot! Come up with substance behind your statement.
Nice. An insult followed by a demand for substance. You just refuted yourself, great work.
please! the correct word is ‘refudiated’.
I would like to see automatic cuts across the board every 6 months. I am tired of working 2 jobs to make ends meet while 51% of those living in America pay no taxes. It is time for everyone to have some skin in the game. Boehner a bully? American needs more bullies and fewer elected officials willing to take my hard earned $$ and give it away to those feeding at the goverment trough.
Hear hear!
No question everyone needs to pay taxes. Leaving aside the issue of graduated taxation, at the bare minimum everyone needs to pay. If you don’t pay taxes, you don’t have incentive to care about what the government is going.
It is much bigger than one man or one party causing the pain. Politicians in general are challenged to fix something that has taken career politicians years to run amok.
wow, why don’t you willingly donate your unfair share… wining is so… cowardly
People like Boehner are responsible for people like Marks inventing Communism and taking over more than just Russia.
You do realize that Obama is very socialist which is just one step away from communism right?
I sincerely hope that no child or family pet was injured when your knee jerked at the moment it occurred to you to write this effluent…
You mean Karl Marx? And he didn’t take over Russia, Lenin, Trotsky, etc, took care of that. Marx was just an indolent, irresponsible sloth that lived in England for most of his life.
Politics are broken in general, and both parties are to blame. But if you think communism is some kind of solution I’d recommend you read about the millions of people who died thanks to communism in Russia. Communism in every form we’ve seen thus far is hell, and you simply cannot argue otherwise.
Columnist, You are an ignorant fool who has absolutely no idea how politics work, nor do you have any idea of the meaning of long term negative impacts to this country. This is what your president is trying to do, run this country face first into the ground. Before you call someone a bully do a little research so you don’t make yourself look foolish.
Those poor unemployed workers
I think it is funny how the Republicans can blame Mitt Romney for their failure in this last election. They should be taking a good look at the BS going on in congress to see where their failure was this election cycle. Everyone got turned off by their BS.