Cantor vs. Families
October 10, 2007Low-income families, that is. (If you’re rich, he loves ya’. Expect fund-raiser mailings soon.)
Today Eric Cantor voted against HR 2895, also called the “National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007″ which is to establish a trust fund under the direction of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (currently Alphonso Roy Jackson, a Bush appointee who, while not technically a crony, did steer a no-bid contract to his buddy to help rebuild in New Orleans and canceled a contract for someone who bad-mouthed Bush. Yeesh).
Anyway, the trust fund is to be set up “to provide assistance to states, Indian tribes, insular areas, and participating local jurisdictions to increase the supply of decent quality affordable housing, especially [and here's the important part] for low-income, extremely low-income, and very poor families.” (Find all the details here.)
The bill passed in the House with decent bipartisan support 264-148, with 41 Republicans crossing the aisle to vote to help low-income families. For all of his talk about helping Virginia’s families, Eric simply has not delivered. Sure, he’ll help any rich family he can find and work his hardest to funnel tax breaks and subsidies their way and funnel benefit after benefit their way, but when it comes to those who actually need similar benefits, he leaves them out in the cold. Bad for families, bad for Virginia, bad for America.
And as always, he’s on exactly the same page as George W. Bush who threatened to veto the legislation. Bush apparently likes the idea of helping low-income families, but refuses to do anything about it. Sounds about right.
Based on recent experience, expect Cantor to defend his decision by 1. whining about “socialism” and 2. presenting lies as evidence.
So if you’re keeping score of how Eric Cantor’s world works, that’s…
Poor kids = bad, Rush Limbaugh = good
Poor families = bad, Super-rich real estate investors = good and deserving of as many tax breaks as they can handle.
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After the revolution what happens if you are not
made a commissar?….Besides I doubt if you can
even relate to being a “poor kid”….Pumps
Uh, what? Is that really the best argument you have?
I hope you’re not the best and the brightest your party has to offer, but I fear you are.
A socialist is a socialist…I am not young a bright
but olde and wise….Sounds like you may be a
reincarnation of someone who hung around a Bund
rally in the ’30s….
Wow. So that really is all you came armed with, hunh? Just whiny little name-calling? If that’s the way you want to play, at least I’m not goose-stepping to the party line. Break out the brown shirts, Pump’s on the way!
But it’s okay, you’re a “good German,” right?
Hey Brad, what name did I call you??….Please
refresh my memory…Pumps
Oh, silly me. I figured you could read your own writing.
You called me a “socialist.” Seeing as how you clearly don’t know what that even means and that it’s untrue and that it’s meant to be some sort of idiotic attack, then, yes, that’s name-calling. Did you not pay attention in the first grade?
Hence, since you want to play silly little games instead of using what mind you may or may not have, I decided to respond in kind by calling you a “fascist.” I didn’t explicitly say it, mind you, but I figured you could figure it out.
Odd you didn’t try to deny that. Your silence must mean that you agree with my characterization of you as a “fascist.” I’m not saying you are one, but your silence against the charge clearly speaks volumes.
Dear Socialist: In the first grade we were taught
to identify foreign aircraft which contained bombs…
Sorry that we were taught to look up instead of down
to our text books….As far as being a Fascist, I
am not yet hanging upside down, full of bullet holes,
in an Italian square….Pumps
Dear Fascist Troll: Really? That’s all? You’re saying that your ideas are based on being afraid of a non-existent threat and then using that fear as an excuse to not learn about the real world.
I bet you’re one of those fools who was a member of the John Birch Society (still are?) and thought Joseph McCarthy was on to something. You still “read” Ann Coulter and take her seriously because you’re not in on the joke, that she’s just exploiting the ignorant and raiding their wallets.
And I should take anything you say seriously because…
Have you ever met Congressman Cantor? Well, I have, and he is rather nice. I don’t normally comment on blogs like this (those that act like all “Daily Kos” says is true) I just wanted to point out that my family regularly recieves invitiations to Cantor’s events, and fundraisers. We make 40,000 a year…is this rich?? I don’t think so, so enough BS, if you don’t like the guy fine, if you would like to present facts fine. But enough crap about him only catoring to the rich.