Why Is This Man Smiling?

Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) explains how unfair the Republican tax bill is. "I think the american people need to understand what's happened this week. 48 hours ago, this house on a totally partisan basis passed a budget resolution that in my personal opinion put a higher priority on tax breaks for people making over a million dollars a year than it put on adequately funding national defense programs and supporting our military troops. we pleaded with our colleagues to vote against that budget resolution. the vote was partisan and it passed. let me tell you what that resolution did. it gave lee raymond who just retired as c.e.o. of exxonmobil who by the way got a $398 million retirement benefit from exxonmobil, that budget resolution gave him a $2 million dividend tax cut."

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[mewiese44]

George W. Bush has accomplished exactly what he was put in office to do: make the rich richer.

This entire government is a sick joke

[kcgirlgeek]

OMG this is a year old and it STILL pisses me off.

[drbayoms]

@kaziqbal

You lose every bit of credibility you think you have when ever you use the Heritage Foundation as proof of anything other then the fact that NOT evolving past the stage of knuckle dragging can still some how lead to a life of enormous wealth, even if devoid of human decency. Crawl back into your cave. You and the Heritage Foundation can burn in hell.

[cjm608]

@kcgirlgeek i agree! sickening isn't it?

[levitd]

Especially if you happen to antisemitic

[kaziqbal]

"George W. Bush has accomplished exactly what he was put in office to do: make the rich richer.

This? entire government is a sick joke"

Actually "the rich" paid more under Bush just as they did under Reagan. Google these two articles:

Heritage Foundation Ten Myths About the Bush Tax Cuts

Thomas Sowell Tax Cuts For The Rich

[TejanoChimbo]

► Yes, you're right maam. There's no flag there

[romanoaj31]

Huh? I see a flag by your name, but that must be a mistake.

[rick9565]

I hope the VP search team at least looked at this guy...it looks like he is qualified in issues that are critical right now.

[alwaysdoright]

Chet Edwards for VP!!!

[alfkontento]

most people only think bout themself, politicans represent the majority so they only care about themselfs, why u hate em love and smoke gunja, its a plant maan

[TejanoChimbo]

♥ ♥ ♥ Israel is a pain in the áss