By David Di Martino - 09/10/10 02:24 PM ET
One of the most repeated criticisms you hear from Republican leaders
and
opponents of the historic Affordable Care Act that will expand health
insurance coverage to 30 million Americans and end unfair insurance
company
practices that deny coverage to those in need is that Congress passed
it despite
the "objection of the American people." The "objection" cited is a
reference to public opinion polling that showed mixed levels of
support for the
healthcare reform bill.
But when Republicans in Congress are faced with objections from the
public
about their proposals to go relive the Bush era of financial
stewardship,
they ignore the public's wishes.
The Hill's Jay Heflin _reports results of a new Gallup poll_
(http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/117995-new-
poll-...
ort-ending-tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy) show overwhelming opposition to
stopping the imminent Bush tax increases for the wealthiest
Americans. According
to the reporting, Gallup's poll shows that "59 percent [of those
polled]
favor ending tax cuts for the rich." The poll indicated that 56
percent of
independents and even 44 percent of Republicans polled would prefer
an end
to tax breaks for the wealthy. Those looming tax increases are part
of a
set of tax increases put in place by President Bush and the
Republican
Congress in 2001 that will raise taxes on nearly every American
taxpayer in 2011.
Instead of supporting the tax cuts for lower- and middle-class
Americans
and small businesses proposed by President Obama and the Democratic
Congress
to prevent the Bush tax increases, Republicans are set to block those
tax
cuts for American families unless the president backs the highly
unpopular
tax breaks for millionaires. The polling says Americans want to end
the tax
breaks for the rich. Why are Republicans in Congress not listening to
the
will of the American people?
Just like their opposition to the toughest Wall Street reform bill
since
the Depression and their refusal to pass the small-business bill that
would
immediately create jobs and inject much-needed capital to the growth
engines of our economy, Republicans are playing politics and opposing
the will of
the public when it comes to tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans.
They
believe that if the economy continues to recover slowly, they'll win
more
seats in November.
The president and the Democrats in Congress are listening to the
people
and putting the country, not politics, first. They favor halting the
Bush tax
increases for lower- and middle-class Americans and small businesses
and
allowing the Bush tax increases on the wealthy. Gallup says the
Democrats'
proposal "is the specific option the public prefers most."
Maybe it's time for Republicans in Washington to start listening to
the
American public and start doing what's right for this economy.
_http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-a-budget/118095-on-
gall...
l-and-tax-increases-for-the-wealthy_
(http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-a-budget/118095-on-
gall...)
".....if by a liberal they mean someone who looks ahead and not
behind,
someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who
cares
about the welfare of the people- their health, their housing, their
schools,
their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties.. if that is
what they
mean by a "liberal" then I am proud to be a liberal. ": John F.
Kennedy
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