Snark: to annoy or irritate

"Snark" has been in English language dictionaries since at least 1906, and Lewis Carroll used the word to describe a mythological animal in his poem, The Hunting of the Snark (1874). Most recently, the word has come to characterize snappish, sarcastic, or mean-spirited comments or actions directed at those who annoy or irritate us.

At first, this blog was just going be a place to gripe, but because it's more satisfying to take action than it is to merely complain, now most of the posts/reposts suggest ways to get involved in solving problems.


Thursday, November 18, 2010

A Deficit of Political Will


A message from Democracy for America:

We all know that the budget deficit is a huge long-term problem for the country and the sooner we deal with it, the better. But this idea that we are going to cut Social Security and Medicare while extending tax cuts to people making $1 million a year is a different kind of deficit.
It's a deficit of political will and it's morally bankrupt.

We can't afford these tax cuts and multimillionaires don't need them to survive -- but America's seniors do need Social Security and Medicare to survive. These programs keep millions of seniors out of poverty every year, giving them a means to pay their rent, buy food, and get at least the basic medical care they need.

We're fighting the right-wing assault on America's social safety net. Our campaign calls on Congress to keep their hands off Social Security and Medicare and let the tax cuts for millionaires expire instead.

George Bush's tax cuts for the rich bankrupt the country. They destroyed record surpluses built by President Clinton and they failed to create a single new American job in the eight years that George Bush was in the White House.

That's right: Not. One. Job.

Republicans like to forget that when the rich paid these tax rates under Clinton, the American economy grew by 22 million jobs. Or maybe they do remember -- after all Republicans know that if Obama fails, Republicans win.

Democrats don't have to let that happen. Over 150,000 Americans have joined our campaign to protect Social Security and end the Bush-Cheney tax cuts for the wealthy. If Democrats stand strong, our campaign will have their backs. We'll expose Republicans, run ads, release polling, and do all of it in-district to make sure every single voter knows exactly where they stand.

But we can't do it without your support.

Please contribute what you can to fuel the campaign now.

On Election Day, we commissioned SurveyUSA to poll voters -- the exact same Tea Party voters who put Republicans in control of the House next year. Guess what we learned?

Over 85% don't want to see ANY cuts to Social Security. That's right, even the base of the Republican Party wants Congress to keep their hands off.

We all want a balanced budget and an economy that will create jobs here in the United States -- everyone does. But extending tax cuts for the superrich isn't going to balance the budget or create jobs. It's just going to keep making matters worse. And cutting Social Security and Medicare will only push more people into poverty and literally throw Americans most in need -- no matter how old or sick they are -- out on the street. That's not a pathway out of this recession. It's playing politics with the lives of real Americans in their time of need.

We didn't support candidates this year just because they had a "D" next to their names. We supported candidates who were going to fight for the middle class, Social Security, and a fair tax system. Join us again today to help us finish that fight.

Stand up to the right-wing assault on Social Security -- Please contribute $10 today.

Thank you for working together with DFA to move America forward.

-Jim Dean, Chair
Democracy for America

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