Payroll tax update: DO NOTHING Senate Democrats refuse to do job YET AGAIN...

[Joseph M Lenard (JLenardDetroit)]

Payroll tax update: DO NOTHING Senate Democrats refuse to do job YET AGAIN...

Senate Democrats; just as they refused to follow Constitutional, Legal, Rules, etc, ORDER and pass a Budget for more than 900+ days; refuse to attend Conference/Reconciliation for the Payroll Tax cuts order of business. The Democrats, which control the Senate and therefore the committees, have walked out of DC (just as they ran from WI to stop Governmental business) in an abject refusal to complete their duties as outlined by Congressional Regular Orders/Business.

Call your Senators office and demand they DO THEIR JOBS so your Job isn't affected; by this Tax uncertainty; and the economy takes another hit. DO NOTHING SENATE DEMOCRATS must be held accountable for their blatant ignoring of the Constitution, Laws, Rules, etc....

see: http://rattlewithus.ning.com/profiles/blogs/payroll-tax-cut-deal-set for more.
see related: Do nothing Senate still fails to pass Budget, so it’s Continuing Re...

[Joseph M Lenard (JLenardDetroit)]

I just called Mitch McConnell's office (202-224-2541, plus followed up with online contact post to him) to THANK HIM for the SELL-OUT... I told them- "normally we have to wait until Conference/Reconciliation before they sell us out - THANKS for siding with Harry Reid and selling us out right up front... I'm sure it saved them a lot of time, and was much more efficient, so they could evacuate the Senate and go home for Vaction - running, like the WI Democrats did, from their duties!"

[Joseph M Lenard (JLenardDetroit)]

The Payroll Tax Break: Americans Would Rather Tax Millionaires Than Cut Government Workers

by YouGov Staff in Economist/YouGov Poll and Politics

Wed December 28 2011, 10 a.m. PST

As Congress battles over extending the payroll tax reduction, and with disagreements in the last few days between House and Senate on the length of the extension threatening to result in increased taxes on January 1, the Economist/YouGov Poll finds Americans wanting to keep the reduction in place. 

 

In fact, while half want to keep the rate at 4.2%, where it has been in 2011, nearly one in five would lower it even further. There is bi-partisan agreement on this. 

And when it comes to how to pay for the reduction, more Americans favor increasing taxes on millionaires than favor cutting the government workforce and freezing its pay. 43% favor reductions for federal employees; 52% would tax millionaires. 

 

These options produce partisan reactions. Republicans narrowly oppose taxing millionaires to pay for the payroll tax cut extension; Democrats oppose limits on the federal workforce. Independents favor both options. 

Photo source: Press Association

Economist/YouGov poll archives can found here.

[Joseph M Lenard (JLenardDetroit)]

More Than Half The Country Thinks Congress Accomplished Less Than Usual This Year

by YouGov Staff in Economist/YouGov Poll and Politics

Mon December 26 2011, 10 a.m. PST

Congressional approval ratings have been in single digits for several months, several times recording an all-time low of 7% approval. While in this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll Congress may appear to have gained some (with an approval rating that has crept up to 11%), Americans still don’t like what they see in Washington. 

Two out of three Americans disapprove of Congress’s performance. No party group or region is happy. And when asked to evaluate this Congress’s accomplishments against those of previous Congresses, more than half the country thinks this legislature is doing even less than usual. 

Just 4% say this Congress has accomplished more than usual. 

Partisan bickering may have been particularly intense this year, and even at the end of the term, Congress is having a difficult time determining how exactly to extend the payroll tax cut that, unless legislation is passed, will expire January 1. 

 

 

But the negative assessment is generally bi-partisan. About half of Republicans and two out of three Democrats say this Congress has done less than usual. 

 

One indication of why most Americans dislike Congress and what it has done this year is that liberals and conservatives each think that Congress’s legislation has come at their ideological expense. 53% of self-identified liberals think Congress has passed mostly conservative legislation; 41% of conservatives say Congress has passed mostly liberal laws. 

 

Photo source: Press Association

Economist/YouGov poll archives can found here.