So what happened, America? How did we get to the point where blue-collar workers are frothing at the mouth over a 39 percent tax rate for people who make ten times their annual income? How is that we have been embroiled in two wars for ten years and yet most Americans haven’t been asked to sacrifice anything? Where’s the War Bond Drive, the Victory Gardens, the feeling that we’re in this together? When our soldiers are doing five, six, or seven tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, why is it wrong to ask millionaires to have some skin in the game? The GOP likes to talk values, so let’s talk values. What does it say about a country that delays or cuts corners on treatment for 9/11 First Responders (the Zadroga Bill stalled for years by Republican Congressmen)? What does it say about a country that forsakes its commitments to active duty soldiers and veterans (Republicans voted against: Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, a pay raise for the troops, extending the G.I. Bill for children of fallen soldiers, and a tax incentive for businesses hiring veterans)? What does it say about a country that cuts back on the hiring of teachers and firemen in order to save the wealthiest 2 percent some money (Senate GOP blocks Obama’s Jobs Bill)? The true measure of a people, of a nation, is how it cares for its own. Flag waving isn’t patriotism. Sacrifice is.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:16:02 +0000
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