Boehner Floor Speech Opposing Democrats' "Stimulus" Bill

[neillrick]

I like this guy!!!!!!!!!!!!

[iknowit86]

well spoken if only more people there heard it.

[unclelight]

We need a flat tax!

[SaveRepublic]

I'm tired of the blame game. This is now getting very old. Why don't you Mr. Boehner work on moving this Unconstitutional health care deal making bribery president who is not a real American citizen out of office? When are Republicans really going to fight this administration by principles of the American Constitution? Simple & becoming so obvious Republicans truly are not fighting to end this madness when it is crystal clear this president has broke our Constitution in more ways than one.

[unclelight13]

Nowhere did he say "middle class"! Middle class does not exist in the right wing nut obstructionist vocabulary! Boner is America's corporate nigger!

[unclelight13]

2010-total bull! Why do you republicunts lie all the time. Boner is big business's nigger and the only taxes they want to cut are corporate. Show me one example of boner stating he wants to cut taxes for the middle class! Go ahead-I dare ya! I'll wait!

[rationalnow]

Weren't you listening to the details on the Republicans' alternative stimulus bill? It contained provisions to cut taxes on the middle class and small business. You don't even know what you're talking about, do you? All you want is "free" handouts from the government and want to live off of taxpayers' money. I know you liberal extremist types......pathetic!

[daeclipse03]

last time I checked it was the wealthy in this country who paid the majority of our progressive taxes!! So why would we cut taxes on those Americans who don't pay them anyways?? When are we going to stop blaming the wealthy and trying to " spread the wealth " and start working to fix this economy instead of stealing our childrens future with our debt?

[Claronium780]

Pt 2 because increasing taxes on the rich is not going to "hurt" the wealthy at all or nearly as much as it's going to help the needy, especially in economic bad times!

[Claronium780]

ALL Republicans want to do is lower taxes for the wealthy, and let it "trickle down" to the poor ....it never really does....when things are bad the poor really feel it, when the economy is good things are ..."ok' for the poor, but when the economy is bad things are good for the wealthy still really, and REALLY good when the economy is good, so the economy doesn't matter as much to the rich as it does to the poor, so why are people so opposed to raising taxes when things are bad ?

[2010GOP]

Claron: How old are you? Ridiculous

a) Bush lowered personal income tax brackets by .50 for all; same bracket spread as Clinton; CBO & US Treasury confirmed the result was increased revenue

b) "The Wealthy"? Who are they? Maybe live in NY City w/expensive real estate & enormous taxes? That's why they move.... taking their small to mid businesses w/them

c) When the "wealthy" are hit, their buying power decreases

d) Look at Conservative states w/"fair" taxes = Stronger Economies

[unclelight]

The only taxes the right wing will ever cut are those of the wealthy! They live for the sole purpose of benefitting the wealthy at the expense of the middle class! Wake up America!

[2010GOP]

unclelight WROTE: "The only taxes the right will ever cut are those of the wealthy!"

You're what's wrong in this country --- Brainwashed & Ignorant

Bush cut taxes .50 for ALL tax brackets, leaving the exact same bracket spread as Clinton

Republicans want "competitive" Corporate tax rates; Switzerland gets it --- that's why they've been crowned the number 1 place for businesses to relocate to

You'd rather take from productivity & give it to the Govt's hands so we can fund pathetic waste

[terpanese]

he makes to much sense, we need him in the house

[ashken79]

lovely man!

[scubbledm]

Cutting taxes works . We can not spend our way out of debt . makes no sense.

[lordmjh]

An new

revelation will sweep the country,the Conservative agenda should be

forever shelved.Palin/McCain,what?

[dallas1493]

No matter what you beleive, how can you justify them passing this bill when you know that nobody has read this bill. The biggest government spending and the people passing the bill haven't even read it. Ohh yea, they don't need to read it. Obama wants it passed so that means it has to be perfect. Hopefully one day I can kiss the feet of our fucking messiah.

[sixletter]

lordmjh:Who has controlled Congress for the past 2 years with the economy tanking: DEMOCRATS

Who controlled Congress 6 of the 8 years with Bush with a good economy: REPUBLICANS

[friggya]

six letter - Don't use facts to make your points. Democrats don't use facts, they don't have them and wouldn't use them if they did. It is all about party and winning, nothing else matters!!!!!!! They have always followed blindly and if you ever saw the lines in our inner cities at the polls you would understand just how fucking stupid these folks are!!!!!!! They think welfare will advance the state of their culture. It sure will but not for their benefit!!!!!

[chessaddict1]

Get this guy some Kleenex and a box of Tampons.

[flembaggage]

Why? What is your reasoning?

[cakespit]

remember, they just 'wanted to come up with a really large number'.

HINT: it's in the TRILLIONS.

[greatspirit72]

But you are the one I will be popping off rounds at when the revolution begins....

[lordmjh]

Let me get this straight.The Democrats are to blame?Republcans controled the Judicial ,Legislative and Executive branches .Katrina ,Iraq War , the Economy.Your buddies were limp,impudent,and believed the word of God(as they interpreted it to be)gave them the Right to financial plunder the nation for years and squander our allies.But the democrats are now the fault.

Greatspirit72,You described to me who you are,the problem,that type of thinking got us here in the first place.Change your diaper.

[freeamerika00]

Let's look at the facts(I know Libs. don't like them however...)! When Clinton took office, after Bush Sr., we had no debt. At the end of

Clinton's 8 years we had more debt than ever before(and ALSO a drastically cut military and intelligence funding (911 and,war anyone?).

Who didn't listen to anyone about the housing crisis? Obama, and his kool-aiders are forever stating how he inherited this debt. Bush inherited this debt as well as 911. Thank you. You may now place your foot in your mouth

[greatspirit72]

Not Boehner, you are a moron lordmjh, Its lightweight minds like yours that got us in this mess...

[lordmjh]

Well it seems that nobody in congress had a clue to solve or even want to save American jobs or the economy.Now everyone is pretending to care about the American public and its plight.Deregulation and the Gorden Gecko mentality("greed is good" ) for which rich CEO's took money hand over fist.CEO's got payed to be failures and got tax breaks and sent job's out of this country .Most American workers saw pay freezes as CEO's got bonuses.Give Obama a chance, don't listen to Rush Hudson Limbaugh III

[greatspirit72]

You sir are a moron.....

[jpinkard]

finally some backbone from the right

[jackass255]

The republicans finally grow a backbone but it just so happens when a democrat is president

Most of these same guys licked Bush's balls 24/7

[jpinkard]

Can't argue with you there man...Repubs are always better in opposition.

[MatthewAaronRocks]

He said million, not billion -- and it is clear.

Watch it again. You're just wrong.

[MS1719ms]

every state has a "Escheat clause"in there states constitution, this allow's we the people to throw the bums out if we know that some corrupt politician would sellout the people and there property. what are we waiting for?

[xseagramx]

Thanks for destroying the American superpower economy handed to you idiots by Clinton, Boehner. Nice to see you want to continue employing the same ideology that sent everything into a tailspin. The adults would like to at least try to turn things back around now. Go away.

[petesasauce]

This bill will haunt the dumbacrats for decades to come. What a f'ng sham. Hats off to the GOP. They saw it was a socialist spending bill and they not only said no but had an alternative bill. It's war! Go get 'em John!

[tm9847]

great, great speech.

[datzfast]

OH shit obama won

[drowmagi]

Please tell me there's some hope for the future that doesn't involve revolution or another Great depression... It's time America stops hitting the snooze button and wakes up!!!

[vinny1010]

Thank you for representing the people of this country!

[ms21209]

My fellow Americans,stand up now.Silence is DEFEAT

[KayneArcheron]

Though those 6 billion jobs would most likely be in power plants/factories, which is the OPPOSITE of what the planet needs...

Wow, the guy's unfortunate last name of "Boehner" fits.

[jmzrapp]

Six billion jobs, huh? You think think he's proposing to employ every man, woman and child on the planet in a power plant? There is no evidence to support your assertion, even allowing the fact that you meant six million, and your mindless "what the planet needs" rhetoric is tired and shows almost as much intelligence as your "clever" observation about the Minority Leader's last name. What's the problem with creating factory jobs? Bringing manufacturing back to the US will revitalize the economy

[KayneArcheron]

"The ends justify the means", eh? Whatever you say.

[jmzrapp]

That's not what I said. Use a little common sense - The products American companies sell are, by and large, manufactured in foreign countries where workers are paid next to nothing and factories have few, if any, environmental regulations. Move manufacturing to the US, workers will be paid a living wage and factories will be subject to the EPA. But your Nikes will cost more. Are you suggesting that the environment's "needs", according to you, trump everything else? We can't all build windmills.

[XxNINJA636xX]

It comes as little surprise that America chose "hope and change" over Accountability and Responsibility.

[Spartawillfall]

Hey, I'm American and I did not vote for Obama or tis left bull shit.

[guarrobo38]

Yep, enough common sense to know that Obama was born in Kenya.

[bama519]

amen to that whole speech.

especially the part about the damn digital TV switch. talk about unnecessary.

[sonofawwiivet]

You got that right...I am ready to get up in arms!!! My five year old deserves better than these bunch of jerks!!!

[happybee8]

I can't believe congress is selling america down the drain. What happened to responsibility and intelligence. Congress is spending our future and our children's future with hardly a second thought.

[indyzona]

2008 - God bless America.

2009 - God bless Amerika.

2010 - Bless Amerika. (God will be taken out the mix.)

2011 - Heil Amerika! Heil Obama!

2012 - Heil Obama!

[AlianceSuck]

I believe you got it right!

[tbone924]

This is supposed to be an econimic stimulus bill, not a spending spree.

This isn't "Shop til You Drop."

650 million dolars for digital tv coupons??? How is that going to create jobs and stimulate the economy?

300 million for std prevention? Are we going to hire tens of thousands of Sex Ed teachers?

This is insane.

Did dems even consider the bill that republicans proposed? 6.2 million more jobs sounds better than 4 million "saved" or created ones to me.

[lostaboutnow]

Democrats=SATAN

[bs2137]

The Dems are completely out their mind for passing this pork wrapped spending bill. If they really don't give a shit about the people of this country then resign from office and let others who actually care take the positions.

[Quantanthead]

Democrats=Socialism

[sigur90]

No. Get educated, please. Such attempts at profound simplifications are so juvenile and old.

[Quantanthead]

Democrats=Communism

[sigur90]

ROFL.

3rd Grade.

=)

[Quantanthead]

Such attempts at profound simplifications are so right and true...more abortions not only in the US but throughout the world because of the Democrats. Paybacks to ACORN(Barry's good old buddies), National Endowment for the arts, Hollywood Filmmakers...that's Marxist, socialist "change we can use". Why not just send a check for $25,000 to every home in the US and let them spend it as they wish. That would do far more good for the economy. This is why I pledge allegiance to the United Naitons.

[sigur90]

You're so amusing. Thanks for the laughs ;)

[Quantanthead]

You're welcome...thank you for making me look good.

[sigur90]

ROFL! Clearly we have different definitions of "good".

Your facts make me lol :) But, no worries. I'm totally okay with people having different opinions. Your Democrats = Socialism thing was just too funny to pass up. I enjoyed reading your comments, thanks =)

Some icing for your cake: Naitons = Nations.

[525pilot]

That is where you are wrong! The average American has more than enough common sense to see through your thinly veiled attempt to transform this country to a nanny state. Sad, sad, sad

[sigur90]

I enjoyed reading your opinions. Thanks :)

[deborahmouser]

Hope that when BOTH sides have a say in this bill there is something in it that will make it mandatory the money given must be spent on American products. Would also like to see legislation that will reward companies that stay here in the U.S.: I am SICK and TIRED of U.S. Companies that move overseas for cheaper labor- then want us to continue buying their goods at the same price! Also, most our jobs are from SMALL business; the stimulus should help them!

BUY AMERICAN!!!

[jbreck99]

The Republicans already bankrupted us with Bush and his Congress. This is 136 billion in spending that he's complaining about - what about the 1 Trillion already spent on the Iraq war in pursuit of fictitious WMDs?

[AgnesBojaxhiu2000]

but the rushie herbert hoover neocons believe that this country should be a place where high crimes, unfairness, and law breaking can flourish ... that's why they will vote again and again against change ... they will continue to vote against women, blacks, hispanics, asians, and other minorities ... they insist that the economic subsidies should be handled like our fuehrer's where trillions spent with no accountability, bank ceo's paid themselves billions and gave the taxpayers the finger

[rscbmr63]

I say John Boehner for President.

[whatiskungfan]

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[BORNTWYCE]

Thank you John, I so appreciate your courage, backbone, and judgement!!!

God Bless!!

[UberSciFiNerd]

you tell em :]