Barry “Almighty” is now busily trolling for sob stories, real and or imagined it matters not, not out of any genuine concern for those writing the stories, but, instead, to use as political ammunition. Ammunition that he hopes to be able to use in his efforts to apply pressure to Republicans in forcing them to finally agree to a “2 Month” extension of the payroll tax. An extension that really makes no sense. Since beginning this little “Operation Sob Story” on Wednesday, when it asked the question, "What does $40 mean to you?" the Barry White House claims that it has been literally flooded with responses. One day after the White House asked supposed "working" people to "tell us what your family will give up if your (payroll) taxes increase," we’re told that the stories are rolling in. Stories ranging from a person who worried about not having enough to pay the cable bill -- or continue family pizza nights, to "Our cable internet bill is $49 per month. If we lose this payroll tax cut then we will have to give up either (our) internet access or possibly our 'Friday Family Pizza' night. Either way, we will lose something that brings us together as a family," wrote "K.Z" from Frederick, Maryland. Another person wrote that $40 will "buy lunch from the cafeteria for almost a whole month for my twins." And on and on it goes.
The White House claims that it received over 18,000 submissions through a form on Whitehouse.gov, averaging over 1,000 an hour and coming in from every state in the nation. But if we’ve learned anything from this White House, it’s the fact that it has a tendency to exaggerate numbers. An extension of the payroll tax cut will save a "typical" family earning $50,000 around $40 a paycheck, so the White House says. But a fact that all of those providing the White House with their personal sob stories seem to ignore, is that it also will reduce the only dedicated funding source for Social Security benefits. But very few people in Washington are talking about that and most certainly not Barry or the Congressional Democrats. So Barry and his fellow Democrats continue in their attempts to blame House Republicans for the current stalemate over extending the payroll tax cut. But once again they’re being more than a little disingenuous. The House bill calls for a year-long extension; but the Senate passed a bill extending it for two months. So unless the two bills are reconciled by the end of the year, the payroll tax will go up. Some conservative Republicans say the payroll tax cut extension is a bad idea, period, because it siphons money from the Social Security Trust Fund.
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) is among the conservatives who voted against extending the payroll tax cut. "While I support comprehensive tax reform, I do not support the flawed legislation presently before us," Rep. Wolf said on Dec. 13. "The issue today, as defined by both political parties and the president, is whether or not a temporary – and costly – one-year payroll tax “holiday” should expire at the end of the month. The real issue is whether it is responsible for Washington to further shortchange the Social Security Trust Fund at a time when it is already on an unsustainable path." Wolf called the payroll tax extension a "raid on Social Security, which is already going broke," and he noted that the money paid into the system now -- through payroll taxes -- pays benefits for existing retirees. "Granting another tax holiday is unwise. It puts the existing benefits of those 55 million Americans who currently receive Social Security at risk to continue a failed 'stimulus' policy," Wolf said. Many, including The Wall Street Journal, have severely chastised the House Republicans, saying their failure to compromise has provided to Barry the upper hand in the continuing conversation. But if hindsight is 20/20, this “tax holiday” should have never been agreed to in the first place. That was the mistake.
So is this what we, the AMERICAN people, have now been reduced to? Beggars willingly made to be dependent upon the beneficence of our “Dear Beloved Leader? Are these the modern day examples of the self-reliance, rugged individuality and perseverance that built this country into being the envy of the World? It would certainly appear so. Have we allowed Barry to make us into, what is essentially, nothing more than a pathetic imitation of those whiny, sniveling Europeans? When going over all of these supposed stories from “working” Americans, I find it unbelievable to see just how far down we have permitted ourselves to be dragged by Barry. This is “Hope and Change?” Gone, today is any semblance of a willingness, on the part of the individual, to take an active role in getting themselves through these Barry created hard economic times. A majority of these sob story writers would, apparently rather depend on government than on their own abilities, it’s just easier. I can only assume that all, or most, of these people have bought, hook, line and sinker, Barry’s socialist propaganda, and have therefore allowed themselves to be convinced into believing that only government has the capability to get them through difficult times. They need to snap out of it! AND FAST!
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