The house is on fire. Our U.S. economy is an inferno, loosing 20,000 jobs a day, and the Republicans want to turn off the hoses. No more government spending!
No, the house is on fire, so let it burn until it burns itself out. In fact, let’s turn off the water while a select few hoard it. Let’s give more tax cuts to corporations and the wealthy.
That’s what Republican economic ideas amount to.
Despite the historical evidence that spending programs like the New Deal put Americans back to work and helped stimulate the economy, the Republicans refused to support President Obama’s stimulus package. Instead they try to tell us the New Deal didn’t work.
And despite further historical evidence aligning tax cuts with economic growth and proving tax cuts DO NOT stimulate the economy, the Republicans continue to sing the same song they’ve sung the last eight years or longer. The average American is finally accepting reality as their jobs disappear and they face losing their homes.
While the Republican Party continues to parrot their selfish, greedy ideology, more Americans lose their jobs, their homes, their healthcare and their security. So I have a question for the remaining die-hard Republicans out there. Do you really believe these same old lines?
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
November 2007 Sunset
(For Maya Soetoro-Ng in honor of her Nov. 2007 visit to Red Oak, Iowa)
Your arrived on a warm November evening
as the sun slid behind our bronze
and burnished fields.
Visiting the city of red oaks
to speak with educators
in an old white brick home
on the hill --
sharing your shared history
with your brother.
For us, you painted the picture
of a compact, creative family
(Your mother watching
Kansas clouds and raising
children to make a difference.)
You noted the beauty of
an Iowa sunset,
yourself from a land
renowned for arresting
vistas,
and won my grateful
respect and appreciation.
Canopy
Terraced hills
drape the creek bed,
flowing down
to a burbling brook.
Billowy bales of cloud
roll overhead
as spring blows
across the plains.
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