Politicians on both side of the aisle stood up after the recent election and publicly said, “we hear you.” They claim they heard the message the American people sent them, apparently according to their most recent actions what they heard was the following:
Do not help out the first responders who while helping to clean up the 9/11 site became ill:
To hell with those people who are on unemployment and can’t find a job, obviously they’re just lazy:
Either continue the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy or don’t give them to anyone:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/09/tax.plan/index.html?hpt=T1
It is truly sad and amazing that our government really doesn’t give a flying shit about our country, but is instead more interested in playing the typical Washington political games.