JOHN BOEHNER'S BLIGHT

The speaker of the House of Representative, recently dismissed concern that the proposed spending cuts by the Republican-controlled House would in fact cost federal employees their jobs. Speaking to journalists at a press briefing John Boehner said dismissively: “In the last two years, under President Obama, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs, if some of those jobs are lost so be it. We’re broke.” Cold-hearted as this statement might sound, it gives us a sense of where the GOP is leaning. Generally speaking, there are two types of politicians: those driven by ideology, and those driven by the greater good of the people. Time and time again, the GOP has indicated unambiguously on whose corner they are. The party without a dissenting voice voted to deny unemployment benefits to the unemployed with the dubious argument that the country could not afford such expenditure. Yet the party turned around to give away the biggest tax breaks ever to the rich. This is independent of the fact that tax breaks to the rich never stimulates the economy. The Bush administration experimented on this and failed miserably. On the other hand, a little buoyancy on the part of the poor/unemployed would definitely impact the economy. These are needful people who would spend the money on bills, and family.
0rdinarily, one would think that Boehner would hurriedly take back his grossly insensitive comment for the fear that it might haunt him in the next election circle. But that is not going to be because the GOP knows that the American electoral climate has changed dramatically following the Supreme Court ruling allowing corporations to use their wealth to wield undue influence in political campaigns and election outcomes. In other words, the constitutional guarantee of free speech means that corporations can spend unlimited sums to help elect favored candidates or defeat those they oppose. What is happening in the country today is not democracy any more, but Dem-all-crazy. We saw this on display at the November 2010 elections. Good people were thrown out of office because they did not have the financial muscle to counterbalance the corporate onslaught. With comments like this, Boehner has spoken eloquently that he knows who butters his bread. I only hope that the larger electorates would wise up.