Tone deaf, brain dead and even selfish

Politico is reporting that the Democrats are preparing to adjourn the House this coming Friday so that the members can go home to campaign. Washington is known for the government being foolish on occasion, but this truly goes well beyond the established norms of behavior. According to Politico, the plan is to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government until after the election and then to adjourn. This is so irresponsible that even i would never have believed the Democrats were capable of such a move.

Right now, the date is drawing near for the largest tax increase in American history. It is not the tax increase that is limited just to those who Obama calls rich, it is a tax increase for every person in the USA. Unless Congress acts, taxes will rise on January 1 for everyone. That's right, for EVERYONE. This 3.5 trillion dollar tax increase will most likely drive the economy back into recession. It will lead to higher unemployment. It will cause untold suffering among the American people. And it is completely unnecessary. Both the Republicans and Democrats agree that there should not be a tax increase for those who earn less than $250,000 per year. Republicans do not want any tax increases in the middle of the recession in order to avoid the damage that could be done to the economy, but they certainly do not want tax increases for everyone. If that happens, it will be the result of the feckless Democrats who think that campaigning for their sears is more important than the people's business. These are the same Democrats who had two years to schedule a vote on stopping the tax increase, but have failed to do it.

the strange thing is that once the country realizes what the Democrats have done, it will lose them even more support in the upcoming elections. the Democrats are behaving like selfish little children who cannot recognize that they are not the most important people in the room.

If the Democrats really adjourn congress this week, they deserve to lose. They deserve to lose big. They deserve to be wiped out as a party.