UPDATE 12/22/2011 – It was announced that John Boehner, House GOP leader and stubborn bonehead, has finally relented his weak and desperate position on the the payroll tax cut. It looks like, at least for a couple months, 160 million Americans will get to keep the 4.2% payroll tax rate. Score 1 for Obama and the 99%.
ORIGINAL STORY – John Boehner and the rest of the GOP left to take their holiday vacation time, but not before denying the rest of America the payroll tax cut extension. Which means, if action isn’t taken, their “no new tax” pledge officially only applies to the rich as the middle class gets an average of a $1000 annual tax increase as a result.
It’s obvious now that the GOP wants Obama to fail and doesn’t care if their policy of failure affects the rest of us. Their politics are killing us…literally in some cases.
Their pledge for no new taxes on the rich has become a pledge of poverty to the rest of us.
The good news is, it looks like their campaign to endlessly barrage the media with anti-Obama slogans and fact-less finger pointing isn’t working, Obama’s approval rating has jumped a sharp 5% to near 50%, while the GOP controlled Congress’ approval rating is down to 11% and falling.
Not that the Republican hard-heads will change, but it looks like their policy of imposing failure is backfiring.