Assault on America There is an assault on America going on against the American people and it’s not by outside forces but within our own political system the Republican Party.   Their aim is to enrich themselves by catering to the wealthy.   Their power comes from deceit and spreading hatred of other Americans.   But their only aim is for money and power.   They could care less of the welfare of the ordinary citizen that has made this country great.   They forget that it was this country and its people that made others rich.   The rich had a dream of riches; it was this country and its people who made it a reality, it was these people and this country that held their hand when they were beginning to walk in the business world. These politicians forget the sacrifices of their forefathers and senior citizens who toiled and bled to give them the freedom they now are planning to take away from these very people.   There is no such thing as a self-made man in this country.   Everyone who is fortunate or lucky enough to be wealthy owes it to this country and its people.   And yet when the going gets rough instead of being grateful, the first Republican targets are these very people to whom they owe so much.   They hold disdain for the homeless, not knowing if that person is a veteran with serious problems or someone who has had problems beyond his or her control.    They hold contempt for the poor who are easy to blame for their own financial irresponsibility. They look down on the disabled and consider their condition as a weakness that will eventually weaken this country.   They will destroy the institutions that has made America the greatest country in the world and that is Social Security and Medicare which was conceived during a much greater depression than now to ensure that people who made this country as great as it is would be taken care of when it was time for them to turn over their responsibilities to a younger generation and enjoy the years they have left in this country and this earth.   These institutions were never meant for an insurance company to make a profit off of.   Our seniors are owed that much.   The homeless should not be forgotten people but understood and an effort made to put their lives back together again.   One of the greatest enemies of the poor is illiteracy and yet these politicians have no consideration for educating our young which everyone who is educated is an investment to our country.   These politicians divide our country by using the media outlets against these people spawning seeds of hatred using neighbor against neighbor by stomping on women’s rights,   rather than trying to understand.   They speak of how wrong homosexuals are and boast their rightness when many have in question their own sexuality and moralities.   All of this hatred is in the name of God of course.   These politicians allow their position to be influenced by lobbyist that are hired by insurance companies, banks and Big Oil to bribe them to pass legislation to the corporation’s best interest, with little thought for our environment or ordinary people’s lives.   They allow these corporations tax breaks, outsource jobs overseas, and hide money in foreign countries with little regard for their own country.   But they spawn seeds of hatred against their people who built this country to the greatest in the world, who pay taxes that have supported this country up to now, who can’t afford lobbyist for their best interest.   Republicans derive their power from the arrogance of people like them, they are bullies who pick on the weak and cower from the strong. They think they are better and look down on other citizens of this great country which could be poor, homeless or of different race.   They hate immigrants which many are sons and daughters of immigrants themselves.   They speak of building needless and expensive walls on our borders to keep illegal immigrants out when in reality illegal immigrants are beginning to migrate out of here with farmers not planting as much because of no labor to harvest their crops.   The Soviet Union used a wall in Berlin which never worked; the Chinese did the same in ancient times that didn’t work, what makes these Republicans think their wall will?     A scholar once said “if you don’t learn from   history you are doomed to repeat it” this Republican wall sounds like another one of those historical repetitions. Republicans claim to be pro-gun, anti-abortion, and anti-gay.   But say so because it doesn’t cost them and their rich friends any money and they get votes from the little people, otherwise they don’t really care one way or another.
Posted by creppelrm

 How right you are my friend, but the Republican Assault is waged on 99% of the  Americans. Todays Republican leadership has gone out of their way to make life as sweet as possible for the top 1% for more than 11  years. President Bush promised more jobs and a lift in  our economy with his tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest.  We have waited over 11  years for that to happen. Where are the jobs and economy lift ? The corporations, like Romney's Bain Capital, have hoarded that money from those tax cuts and sent more American jobs overseas to profit even more.  We have added $5-6 trillion to our deficit  from the combined cost of the Iraq War and the lost tax revenues from Bush's Tax Cuts. The  Republican leadership wants our seniors, disabled, lower and middle class to sacrifice more to reduce the deficit caused by  the Iraq War and the Bush  tax cuts, without asking the wealthiest Americans to pitch in.  The Republicans want to cut billions in benefits from our  Medicare and Social Security. They expect those already struggling to do with less, while the top 1% get more tax breaks and loopholes. Enough is enough. The Republicans have lost the meaning of Democracy and to think I was pro republican during the Reagan years.   This is not the same Republican Party that President Ronald Reagan led. Today's Republican Party is all about the Rich Getting Richer and turning their backs on those Americans who worked hard to make it happen. The 99% of us may not have the $$$ money that the Tea Party and the other millionaires  have  to influence  the Republican leadership  ,  but  what we do have is something more valuable. This Republican leadership  thinks that 99% of us can't fight back, but I've got news for them.  We have the numbers to make a change on election day. Let the strength of our vote, not our wallet matter and  remove this greed motivated Republican leadership from office.   Who do you think cares more about our struggling  seniors and  disabled ?  Democratic President Obama or Republican Corporate Billionaire  Romney.  n Response to Assult on America :
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