Opinion

No real plan to help the middle class

Posted March 07, 2015 12:01 am

I've never heard anything as obviously false as the Republicans that their policies are for the middle class. Is this why they refuse to close loopholes in the tax code that favor the top 1 percent?

Is this why they voted 56 times to repeal Obamacare without a replacement plan that works? Is this why they blocked Obama's proposals to rebuild our infrastructure and add millions of jobs? Is this why they objected to raising the minimum wage or equal pay for women?

The GOP is dominated by politicians who spend all their time talking about abortion, illegal immigrants and invading Middle Eastern countries, to repeat the disastrous Bush-Cheney policies. No tax reform, no jobs plan, no immigration plan, no foreign policy.

Constant criticism of the president is no substitute for policies that would actually benefit the middle class.

Tom Minnerick

Elgin

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