Congressman John Fleming (R-La) came out a few weeks ago to voice his disapproval of President Barack Obama's deficit reduction plan. The president plan is aimed to add $1.5 trillion in revenue in the next 10 years by letting Bush era tax cuts expire and also by ending loopholes and subsidies for oil and gas companies. This has led to outraged reactions from both House and Senate Republicans who, of course, have sided with their rich buddies rather than the American people. With the excuse that corporations are "job creators", Republicans argue that corporations deserve the tax breaks currently in place in order to improve the economy and reduce unemployment.
This gentleman from Lousinana made about $6.3 million last year. He said and I quote "before you pay 500 employees, you pay rent, you pay equipment and food." "By the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over," he said. Of course, he then went on and said that this is class warfare and that this is about creating jobs and not going after "successful people". When in reality, middle class families in America are hurting in this bad economy because of the same policies he and his party are in favor of. Corporations do not create more jobs, they keep all the money in off shore bank accounts. I have yet to see any statistics that show how many jobs were created ever since the Bush tax cuts were implemented. Instead, all I see is more people being laid off and losing their homes. But let's keep waiting....the jobs are on the way, right Congressman?
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