Analysis and Comment on The Presidential Radio Address For Saturday 111707

President Bush:

“Good morning.

In a few days, our Nation will celebrate Thanksgiving. Like millions of Americans, members of Congress will travel home for the holiday. Unfortunately, as they get to work carving their turkeys, they're leaving a lot of unfinished work back in Washington, D.C. And unless they complete this work soon, middle-class Americans will pay higher taxes and American troops will not receive the critical funding they need to fight and defeat our enemies. "

They do not care about either.

"Many middle-class taxpayers will face higher tax bills unless Congress acts on the Alternative Minimum Tax, or AMT. The AMT was designed to ensure that the wealthy paid their fair share of taxes. But when Congress passed the AMT decades ago, it was not indexed for inflation. As a result, the AMT's higher tax burden is creeping up on more and more middle-class families.

To deal with this problem, Congress has in recent years passed temporary legislation that prevented most middle-class taxpayers from having to pay the AMT. But this year, Congress has yet to pass this legislation. A failure to do so would mean that 25 million Americans would be subject to the AMT -- more than six times the number that faced the tax last year. If you are one of those 25 million, you would have to send an average of $2,000 more to the IRS next year. This is a huge tax increase that Americans do not expect and do not deserve."

Again, they do not care. They WANT higher taxes for ALL Americans. They need it to pay for all the Socialist plans the Democrat Candidates want to enact. Besides, Congress has more important things to do, like symbiotic, meaningless, political games, to satisfy their looney base.

"The longer Congress waits to fix this problem, the worse it will get. Last month, Treasury Secretary Paulson wrote a letter to members of Congress warning that delaying action on legislation to fix the AMT could create confusion for millions of taxpayers and delay the delivery of about $75 billion worth of tax refund checks. Congress has ignored Secretary Paulson's warnings -- and we are now beginning to see the consequences. On Friday, the tax forms for 2007 had to be sent to the government printer. And because of Congress's refusal to act, the IRS will be forced to send out tens of millions of tax forms that will almost certainly end up being wrong -- wasting your money, delaying refunds, and making it even more complicated to figure out your taxes."

And some want these idiots in charge of your Health Care.

"It is clear that Congress's failure to adjust the AMT for inflation was a mistake. Unfortunately, Congress seems determined to compound this original mistake by making another one. Last week, the House passed a bill that provides relief from the AMT -- but raises other taxes. Congress should not use legislation that millions of Americans are counting on to protect them from higher taxes in one area as an excuse to raise taxes in other areas. I will veto any bill that raises taxes as a condition of fixing the AMT. Members of Congress must put political theater behind them, fix the AMT, and protect America's middle class from an unfair tax hike."

{Laughing} Translation time, “Stop playing games, start running the country.”

"Congress is also failing to meet its responsibilities to our troops. For months, Congress has delayed action on supplemental war funding because some in Congress want to make a political statement about the war. On Wednesday, the House passed a bill that once again has Congress directing our military commanders on how to conduct the war in Iraq as a condition for funding our troops. We do not need members of Congress telling our commanders what to do. We need Congress listening to our military commanders and giving them what they need to win the war against extremists and radicals. Congress knows I'll veto this bill. During this time of war, our troops deserve the full support of Congress -- and that means giving our troops the funding they need to successfully carry out their mission. I urge Congress to work quickly and send me a clean bill so we can fulfill our obligation to our brave men and women in uniform."

Just more games. They have already tried like 40 times, to force a defeat in Iraq. Now that we are winning, they are desperate. It really IS that simple. They cannot politically survive a US victory. They just can’t. They are TOO invested in defeat to blame Bush. They need to give up, and DO what they claim, support the troops. As it stands right now, they cannot even join the rest of America in celebrating a Victory,. EVERYONE knows they do not want that.

"With both of these delays, congressional leaders are choosing political posturing over the priorities of the people. These choices have real-world consequences for our taxpayers and our troops. When members of Congress return from their two-week-long Thanksgiving vacation, they will have only a few weeks left on the legislative calendar before they go home again for their Christmas break. I call on Congress to use the time that is left to do what is right -- and pass AMT relief and fund our troops in combat.

Thank you for listening."

I doubt it. It would be nice if they stopped playing games, stopped doing NOTHING, and, actually got to the business of WORKING FOR the American people. You know, instead of trying to cause defeat at a time of war, force higher taxes, force Universal Heath Care {Socialized Medicine}, force Amnesty, and further the agenda of those that OWN them, the far LWL {Left Wing Loonies}. That WOULD be nice, and in the past we have seen them, in the last minute, reverse the games to fund the troops. But when they do that, they have to answer to Soros, MorON.Org, Media Matters {Not} Code Pink, ETC. When they DO, do the right thing, these LWL groups are NOT happy.

It’s time for Congress to decide if they are for the AMERICAN people, or just the Loons. They need to actually DO something. I hope EVER voter out there actually SEES these Idiots for who they are. Sees what these Idiots and TRAITORS are really all about. I HOPE that they tell these Idiots what they {All American Voters} think of them in 08, when they throw them out on their do nothing, game playing, time and money wasting, arse.

Peter