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Showing posts with label Santorum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Santorum. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Rick Santorum = a man of the 1% !!!!
Million-dollar-plus 2010 income included payments from a lobbying firm, an energy company engaged in controversial "hydrofracking" and a hospital conglomerate that was sued for allegedly defrauding the federal government.
99% Time to be Heard; Time to FIGHT; For those of us with credit cards, mortgages, or student loans -- be heard NOW!!!
Today the President appointed former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
For months, Senate Republicans -- with Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum right behind them -- have fought this bureau every step of the way, and their latest strategy is to refuse to allow even an up-or-down vote on this nomination.
The issue isn't his qualifications: Cordray has bipartisan support from elected officials across the country and a clear majority of the Senate behind him. They won't allow a confirmation vote on any director -- because they don't want the agency to exist at all. YOUR ONLY PROTECTION FROM EXPLOITATION!!!!
We can't afford to continue allowing Wall Street to write its own rules. But today's action by the President is already coming under partisan attack, which we expect to intensify in the days to come.
Without a director, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is legally prevented from doing its job to protect millions of Americans -- including those of us with credit cards, mortgages, student loans, or home equity lines. But with Mr. Cordray at the helm, the agency will make sure payday lenders, private student loan providers, debt collectors, and the like have to play by the rules.
That's what this campaign is all about: electing a President who makes sure everyone plays by the same rules and gets a fair shake.
But Mitt Romney apparently doesn't think consumers deserve any protection at all from predatory lenders and other bad actors. His plan to fix the economy is simply to deregulate it. His proposal for the housing market is to let it "hit the bottom" so that investors can come in and make a quick buck.
The President thinks we need a cop on the beat preventing the reckless behavior that helped cause the financial crisis and so many problems for middle-class families in the first place. The President is RIGHT!!!
But if the past is any guide, the GOP and Romney are not going to let this happen without a fight. They'll be doing everything they can to stand in Cordray's way.
For months, Senate Republicans -- with Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum right behind them -- have fought this bureau every step of the way, and their latest strategy is to refuse to allow even an up-or-down vote on this nomination.
The issue isn't his qualifications: Cordray has bipartisan support from elected officials across the country and a clear majority of the Senate behind him. They won't allow a confirmation vote on any director -- because they don't want the agency to exist at all. YOUR ONLY PROTECTION FROM EXPLOITATION!!!!
We can't afford to continue allowing Wall Street to write its own rules. But today's action by the President is already coming under partisan attack, which we expect to intensify in the days to come.
Without a director, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is legally prevented from doing its job to protect millions of Americans -- including those of us with credit cards, mortgages, student loans, or home equity lines. But with Mr. Cordray at the helm, the agency will make sure payday lenders, private student loan providers, debt collectors, and the like have to play by the rules.
That's what this campaign is all about: electing a President who makes sure everyone plays by the same rules and gets a fair shake.
But Mitt Romney apparently doesn't think consumers deserve any protection at all from predatory lenders and other bad actors. His plan to fix the economy is simply to deregulate it. His proposal for the housing market is to let it "hit the bottom" so that investors can come in and make a quick buck.
The President thinks we need a cop on the beat preventing the reckless behavior that helped cause the financial crisis and so many problems for middle-class families in the first place. The President is RIGHT!!!
But if the past is any guide, the GOP and Romney are not going to let this happen without a fight. They'll be doing everything they can to stand in Cordray's way.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
And now for a NEo Neo Neo Con;;;; Rick Santorum.... oh *&!@$ joy....
Santorum is deeply conservative on social issues.
He is ardently anti-abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, and no one takes a stronger stand against gay rights.
In fact, with his comparison of gay sex to “man on dog” relationships, Santorum seldom even makes a pretense of tolerance. While that sort of rhetoric may play well in Iowa pulpits, it will be far less well received elsewhere in the nation.
Can't wait until we touch on the remainder of the Bill of Rights or the US Constitution...
He is ardently anti-abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, and no one takes a stronger stand against gay rights.
In fact, with his comparison of gay sex to “man on dog” relationships, Santorum seldom even makes a pretense of tolerance. While that sort of rhetoric may play well in Iowa pulpits, it will be far less well received elsewhere in the nation.
Can't wait until we touch on the remainder of the Bill of Rights or the US Constitution...
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