Thursday, April 14, will mark the 100th day of the 112th Congress that is composed of the newly elected wave of republican members. Traditionally the 100th day is when the media analyzes the snot out of our newly elected officials — so here we go.
After campaigning for nearly 18 months on the Democrats’ “inability” to deal with job creation, this new Republican-controlled House of Representatives has yet to introduce a single bill pertaining to job creation. Meanwhile, no thanks to Republicans, unemployment has gone down to 8.8 percent and over 216,000 jobs were created in March (bls.gov). This is usually when I hear the snide remarks that government doesn’t create jobs and that I’m just another “uneducated liberal.” Speaker Boehner made his message loud and clear that if jobs are lost through the Republicans’ actions ... ”then so be it.” Just the other day Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) told Democrats to “stop talking about jobs.” This is coming from a woman who represents all of you from Naperville, Lemont and Orland Park. Their intention was never to create jobs; that was just a great talking point the Republicans used to get elected.
What is truly the top priority of the GOP and their radical Tea Party base? As of Tuesday it became clear that it is now to kill Medicare. It’s the same Republican antics that we’ve seen for the last 50 years. Even when Bush tried privatizing Social Security, he got the door slammed in his face. The following midterm elections didn’t fare well for republicans; they lost 30 seats in the house and six in the senate and more again in ‘08. 2012 is coming fast. You can choose to be a voice or a bystander. If you see what I see, please get involved.
Casey Williams
Political Director
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