Minimum Wage Verses, Tax Cuts for Business, one has been ongoing the other has been waiting.

02/01/2007

By Bruce H, Scroggins

I see where you have been championing Tax cuts for small businesses and want them tied to the minimum wage increase, I find not strange to hear an devout Republican wanting this combination. Democrats for year, nearly ten years have been trying to get a wage hike for workers across America and for years the major opponent to workers getting a raise has been Republican predominantly.

Lets look at the last 9 plus years, there have been Tax increases and Tax cuts, there has been Ear Marks and the has been Pork Projects, much on both sides of the Isles and you sir have had your share of both.

Since the last two rounds of Tax cut your party rubber stamped into the Tax landscape, which greatly these last two time, benefited the upper end of the American tax payers, was suppose to spur jobs and small business growth, well there has been some jobs alright, but there has been job lost and the ones replacing these lost jobs, has been jobs of lower wages.

I for one have watched, B1 Visa and others, filled the high tech jobs, while Service Industry jobs have come in place of the Manufacturing job, which paid a higher wage, Outsourcing, Downsizing, Off Shoring, Corporate Headquarters moving out of the USA, taking Corporate Welfare with them and jobs, has been a fact of life.

For 9 plus years since the last wage increase, American big and small businesses have had it all there way, the cost of Materials and production goes up, they pass it on to the consumer, Taxes go down, nothing is passed to the worker, the cost of health benefits goes up and the that cost is passed at a rate of 10% plus for the last 6 plus years to the workers, Cost of living goes up, wages have not kept pace, the Feds cut LGA Funds to the State, the State, cuts Funds to the Cities, the State and Cities raise the Cost of services, a stealth tax, for consumers is realized for the workers.

At every turn over the last 9 plus years workers have had no choice, no raise that was for them, but Business has had every advantage, to adjust there bottom line on the backs of the consumer and the workers, labor deserves a raise, just for them.

Now doom and gloom from, mostly Republicans, about having to fire and not hire and telling everyone who will listen, this wage hike will kill jobs, these statements from people who will CHOOSE to retaliate, unless they are given some advantage along with the workers, well sir where were you when you cut taxes for the Businesses, I’ve heard no raise in wages for labor at that time, or for the cost of benefits for workers from you when you voted for these Tax cuts, but now I hear you want business to get a Tax break.

I say, raise the minimum wage and no to tax cuts for business and shame on you being for there, ONLY for businesses, in cutting taxes and not being there as well for workers, you neither cut nor raised anything for workers. It’s time workers got something just for workers, businesses, will have to adjust there bottom line and a little less profit will not hurt them as a stagnated wage has hurt the American worker.

US Troops sent into Iraq have won the conflict,

NOW Planning the withdrawal and Re-Deployment, is the next STEP, Stop the scare talk by Republicans.

01/28/2007

By Bruce H, Scroggins

Republicans want to keep the focus on, precipitous withdrawal, Cut and Run, Defeatist is a word, only Republicans and Conservatives use they want the focus, only on the more horrible aftermath, which is a LIE, Iraq already is HORRIBLE and can only get a little worst, either NOW, or after more US deaths and Alqeada, well the US Troops have crushed Alqeada in Iraq, there are at best around 1,000 Alqeada in Iraq, mostly in one region, Anbar province, there are a few regions of Iraq, that are engulfed in a Civil War, between Sunni’s and Shiite’s.

News Shows have the best opportunity’s to keep bringing the discussion, back to the EXIT PLAN, Iraq is a Victory for the US Troops, Bush refuses to let go and DECLARE that VICTORY, because he wants some of the credit for defeating the Civil Conflict and he want the argument coupled with Iran, Alqeada.

Alqeada IS defeated in Iraq, Iran is not the problem, Bush and other want to link, to Alqeada, or the Civil Conflict, yes there are some Iranian, Syrians, insurgents, but These agitators are not the US’s problem in Iraq.

Bush wants, to force a conflict with Iran, over a few crossing the borders to join the fight in Iraq, not as big a deal as Bush wants the American people to believe, Bush now wants the Nuclear questions about Iran to tie in to Iraq, he cannot make the connection openly, so he being as provocative as he can, by moving in the Gulf, hoping for a provocation to attack and embargo Iran, then he will impose a No-Fly Zone and his linking and distraction, will be complete.

By keeping Iraq going, it complicates, that’s what Bush wants, this nefarious connection, but at every opportunity, Congress and the news Shows need to keeps pushing for Bush to declare the Victory, at least keep asking every Surrogate and Apologist and Conservative Annalist and especially Administration Official and Pundit spinning for staying the course, hold their feet to the fire, ask them why won’t Bush DECLARE THE VICTORY, the US Troops have WON, the US Troops deserve this STATEMENT, from Bush. America, tell your elected representative, too talk about bringing the Troops HOME and do it in a fazed withdrawal and re-deployment.

Ask these questions about the Victory and withdrawal and Redeployment and keep asking!!

Declare the VICTORY, Tell America and the TROOPS what they deserve to hear, the US has defeated Alqeada in Iraq.

The Civil Conflict is Iraq’s to win or lose, we can help, but they must lead.