[Occupymendocino] Following the will of the people?

[Lenny Laks]

I really think that there is no "outrage" so there is no penalty for NOT 
supporting
the common good....only money when paid or withheld seems to be a lever.
Lily Tomlin said " no matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up"
Maybe boycotts would work....

Lenny Laks

On 11/23/2014 11:18 AM, Mark Safron wrote:
> *WTF? WTF? **WTF? WTF? **WTF? WTF? **WTF? WTF? **WTF? WTF?*
> *NBC/WSJ Poll Reveals American's Priorities; Guess How they Match With 
> GOP Lawmakers' Priorities*
>>
>> The new NBC/WSJ poll 
>> <http://newscms.nbcnews.com/sites/newscms/files/141581_november_nbc-wsj_filled-in.pdf> conducted 
>> November 14-17 provides a post election snap shot of American voter 
>> expectations, including their priorities for actions Congress should 
>> take. Can you guess how they match up with GOP Lawmaker's priorities? 
>> It's a real shocker folks.
>>
>> The People's agenda for Congress:
>>
>> 1.   Access to lower cost student loans--80% support.
>> 2.   Increase spending on infrastructure--75%
>> 3.   Raising the minimum wage--65%
>> 4.   Emergency funding for fighting Ebola in Africa--60%
>> 5.   Addressing climate change/reducing carbon emissions--59%
>> 6.   Building Keystone Pipeline--54%
>>
>> Agenda items registering below 50% support were: lowering taxes by 
>> closing loopholes; approving U.S. troops to fight ISIS in Iraq and 
>> Syria; reducing Medicare and Social Security benefits for wealthy 
>> retirees; new trade agreements with Asian nations; lowering corporate 
>> tax rates; cutting funding for ACA; path to citizenship; and raising 
>> Social Security retirement age.
>>
>> I thought it would be insightful to compare America's priorities with 
>> those of our newly elected Congress. According to PolitiFact.com 
>> <http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2014/nov/10/mcconnell-and-boehners-goals-114th-congress/>
>>
>>     House Speaker John Boehner and soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader
>>     Mitch McConnell have laid out some of their top legislative
>>     priorities. It's a range of issues -- everything from dismantling
>>     the Affordable Care Act to passing international trade
>>     agreements, and shutting down the possibility of another
>>     government shutdown.
>>
>> Here is PolitiFact's list in the order presented:
>>
>> 1.   Authorize Keystone Pipeline.
>> 2.   Repeal ACA ("Obamacare")
>> 3.   Pass the "Hire More Heroes" (veterans) Act.
>> 4.   Pass Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement with Asia.
>> 5.   Lower corporate taxes.
>> 6.   Thwarting Obama on Immigration Executive Action.
>> 7.   Reign in the EPA and roll back environmental regulations.
>>
>> In a Wall Street Journal op ed 
>> <http://online.wsj.com/articles/john-boehner-and-mitch-mcconnell-now-we-can-get-congress-going-1415232759> published 
>> the day after the election, Boehner and McConnell outline some of 
>> their legislative priorities.
>>
>>     Looking ahead to the next Congress, *_we will honor the voters'
>>     trust_* by focusing, first, on jobs and the economy. Among other
>>     things, that means a renewed effort to debate and vote on the
>>     many bills that passed the Republican-led House in recent years
>>     with bipartisan support, but were never even brought to a vote by
>>     the Democratic Senate majority.
>>
>> (The bolding is mine).
>>
>> A distillation of the Boehner/McConnell priorities in the order 
>> presented.
>>
>> 1.   Repeal "Obamacare."
>> 2.   Authorize the Keystone Pipeline.
>> 3.   Pass the "Hire More Heroes" (veterans) Act.
>> 4.   Restore "traditional" definition of full time work week to 40 
>> hours (see item 1.)
>> 5.   Protect and expand America's energy boom [thanks Obama].
>> 6.   Support charter schools with tax dollars.
>>
>> Keeping in mind their promise "honor the voters' trust" it is 
>> interesting to note that there is only one item in common with the 
>> voters actual agenda for Congress, which is #6 on the people's list 
>> and #2 on B & M's list. Other than that, these Republican leaders 
>> address none of the issues Americans have said are the most 
>> important; nothing about student loans or the cost of college; 
>> nothing about infrastructure, bridges and roads; nothing about the 
>> minimum wage; after all their hysteria before the election, nothing 
>> about money to fight the Ebola outbreak; and instead of addressing 
>> climate change and reducing carbon emissions they of course want to 
>> do just the opposite.
>>
>> How is that for honoring the voters' trust? It is clear the GOP 
>> doesn't trust voters at all, because they will do everything in their 
>> power to lower voter enthusiasm and participation, and therefore have 
>> no intention of honoring voters' trust by addressing the issues that 
>> matter most. The GOP agenda is the Koch Brothers' agenda. It is 
>> Sheldon Adelson's, the Walton's and the oil companies' agenda.
>>
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