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Congressman Wants YouTube Video Covered Up
Hugh Pickens writes "Wisconsin Republicans claim that no one else can republish a video of United States Representative Sean Duffy (R-WI) complaining about how he is 'struggling' to get by on his $174,000 salary without their permission, even though they originally released the video on YouTube for the whole world to see. Now the GOP is trying to take legal action to stop anyone else from republishing the video. The tape caused a stir for Duffy, a first-term conservative best known for his past as a reality TV show star on MTV's The Real World after Democrats flagged the comments about his taxpayer-funded salary, which is nearly three times the median income in Wisconsin, and criticisms began to flow Duffy's way. Here's a one-minute clip, excerpted from roughly 45 minutes of video of the public Duffy townhall, that the Polk County GOP doesn't want anyone to see."
Let's just drop that old saw right now. Taxing them more heavily isn't going to FIX anything and it'll actually make things worse.
WHERE do you think all the jobs are coming from, hm? It's not UNIONS. It's not the Government (even though they employ people...)
IT'S THAT "TOP 10%".
Why don't we ditch the class and race warfare that the Liberal (Marxist?) crowd loves to push out and about? It's not valid. It accomplishes nothing.
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas
And that is why my insurance premiums went up 20+% last year.
Go green: turn off your refrigerator.
Having 7 kids without the way to pay for them is living outside of your means.
Isn't that what the GOP hates so much? Why is it so righteous to have so many kids? It's not. It's as bad as the welfare mom that has a Cadillac.
Seven children, with a mother and a father. That sounds like a healthy large family. Probably Catholic? It's righteous, per se, because those seven children will grow up to be seven productive human beings willing to contribute to their society.
As opposed to a single mother, with seven children, each with a different father, whom they have no contact with.
So you're half-correct, IMHO; one isn't bad at all. Which "family" of seven children would you prefer to exist and receive support (any kind of support really)?
A banker making $250,000 is barely above the poverty line. Cut them a break! Look at all the good they do for this country!
A teacher making $50,000 is living a lavish lifestyle on the public's dime. They're spending this country into bankruptcy. And they're doing it in only 9 months out of a year.
You have to get into the mind of the conservative to understand this. I worked for a startup that had lots of layoffs. I commented to the financial manager that it's not fair that the layed off receptionist got two weeks (crap) pay and nothing else, and the VP that was layed off got 3 months pay and job finding services for an indefinite amount of time. He looked at me like I was crazy. The VP has 3 kids in college and a mortgage on a million dollar house. How else could he meet his bills? No comment that the receptionist will be eating baloney sandwiches for months until she finds a new job.
To the conservatives, those that are rich are a different class, a royalty if you will. They are rich due to the grace of god. Those that are not rich are scum who refuse to work. They themselves? Are either rich (minority) or poor and believe that they one day will be rich too (majority) through winning the lottery or some such, if god wills it. To quote Joe Strummer "Let fury have the hour, anger can be power D'you know that you can use it?"
The only thing worse than a Democrat is a Republican.