Do They Really Think We're That Stupid?

During the eight years that Dubya was in office the Republicans had free reign and he rubber-stamped everything they sent to him. They cut taxes on businesses and the highest paid tax payers. They cut regulations and controls on businesses.

And what happened? Businesses used the tax breaks to open new plants and offices overseas where they spend their money on workers who will not spend that money in America or pay taxes on the income. So now we don't have the jobs or the tax revenue we had before.

Wall Street and the banks used the lack of regulatory oversight to hand out loans to people who could not afford to pay them back, setting up the largest financial failure since the Great Depression.

The highest paid Americans took the tax breaks and invested it instead of starting new businesses or hiring new workers for the existing businesses, like the Republicans told us they would.

Since the Democrats took office the Republicans have fought EVERY attempt that has been made to improve things. They have "Just Said No" to everything, not even offering alternative ideas in most cases. How much better off might we be if they had entered into discussions instead of just turning their back son the American people?

And now, with an election looming just around the corner the Republicans are once again saying we should reduce regulations, cut taxes on the highest paid Americans. Do they really think we are that stupid? ARE WE?????

Please people, don't fall for this. They are trying to benefit from the problems we are having when they are the ones that created them and they have done nothing to help fix the problems they created.