The political party that once called up a sense of morality and decency, has turned on the very principals they once publicly embraced. Now instead of promoting family values, the Republican Party is the source of division, and are far from setting an example for moral decency.
Republicans want to exchange Medicare, college grants, Social Security, Medicaid, environmental protection, clean water, clean air, Wall Street reform, and public safety, for a 10% reduction in the top tax rate, which will cost America $4.2 trillion dollars.
On Real Time with Bill Maher, former RNC Chairman Michael Steele said he didn’t know what would happen to seniors when their $15,000 health insurance voucher money ran out. But he still thought getting rid of Medicare was a good idea. Steele said, “lets give it a try.”
What exactly is America supposed to try? Figuring out what to do with grandma when the nursing home throws her out after six months, because the substitute Medicare voucher does not cover the expenses for a full year of residence?
What happens to the disabled when their vouchers do not cover the cost of physical therapy and medicine? Should sick children on Medicaid be sent home to die when they need life saving medical treatment that will no longer be paid for?
Nothing in the republican plan promotes family values, decency, or morality.
According to the Daily Kos, Republican Paul Ryan’s budget plan “contains $1.4 trillion in Medicaid cuts over ten years …large cuts in food stamps, low-income housing, Pell Grants, and other programs for people with limited incomes; and repeal of the health reform law’s subsidies to help low- and moderate-income people purchase health insurance.... Cuts of this magnitude in programs for people of low or modest incomes will lead to substantial increases in poverty and hardship. In addition, the steep cuts in programs like Pell Grants to help low-income students get a college education would reduce the opportunity for many individuals to lift themselves out of poverty.”
Newly empowered Tea Party Republicans have seized Capitol Hill like a tornado. They are ripping through everything people once thought would stand forever, shaking the foundations of generations under the guise of fiscal crisis.
If they were truly interested in dealing with an American financial crisis, they would do what is best for families, instead of a handful of individuals and corporations to the tune of $4.2 trillion dollars.
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