5 reasons why America has a Republican problem

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And as long as the “carried interest” loophole gives millionaire hedge fund managers a massive tax break, we have a revenue problem, too

Tune in to Fox News for a few minutes and they’re bound to tell you what America’s problem is — as if they’re not it.

The truth is we don’t have a spending problem, we have a people repeating what they hear on Fox News problem. This effective, purposeful creation of an alternate Republican universe where cutting spending helps the economy — unless it’s military spending! — and the deficit is the reason people are out of work is hurting the economy and keeping people out of work.

America has a Republican problem that has given us a chronic jobs problem. Until we get millions of people back to work, we won’t have the stability in our hierarchy of needs to be able to tackle the very real climate crisis we face — and we’ll never go about creating the good jobs we need to actually save the middle class.

Here’s what you need to tell people about America’s Republican Problem.

1. The Republicans’ problem is that the deficit is shrinking too fast. That’s why they want to act now to gut Medicare and Social Security while they have the chance.

2. President Obama has already signed $2.3 trillion in deficit cuts, 3/4 of it spending cuts.
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