The Fear (Republican) Party of No

The Republican Party is a party of no plan, no hope, no vision, no leadership and no future. Oh, and one more thing a party thanks to the voting public of no control in our federal government now if that was only true at the state level. Think progressive in 2012 for our state’s future and a hope for real change in this state.

The president is now reaching out to make his case to enact his budget plan for health care reform, energy reform and educational reform which will need the support of the voting public because the R+No party is saying just that in our federal government. The R+No party will be working hard to put out their fears about President Obama’s plan but the voting public will just have to be smart and listen to the truth or better yet voice their ideas at Recovery.gov because we have a federal government who listens to the America people.

The plate form of fear did not work during the election so it will not work now that change is at our doorstep. Tax increases on the top 1% of the richest Americas is not a bad thing since they should be paying the same percentage of taxes on their total gross income as the rest of the country. Healthcare which cost working families far too much should be reformed so that all Americas can afford the same level of care as the richest 1% of this country. Education is this country’s future for a strong workforce and as the president’s mother-in-law told her daughter there is nothing you can’t achieve if you have a good education in this country. We do need to reform the current system by moving money to the classrooms and by paying people like Presidents Obama’s bother-in-law a livable wage since many people have to take huge pay cuts just to follow their passion of teaching our children at all levels of education in this country. This should also include the educational support staff which work with struggling student everyday and these staff don’t begin to receive a livable wage for their hard work. Think minimum wage for frontline educational employees or required benefits for those individuals who don’t make over $25,000 per year.