After just one day in power, the Republicans are backing off their promises to the Masses.
I’m not surprised and don’t know why anyone should be…
But then, I still don’t know why people voted for the Party that drove the economy into a ditch just three years ago…
P.T. Barnum was right, our electorate proves “there’s a sucker born every minute”.
Yesterday, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) gaveled in the GOP takeover of the House. Christening his rein in tears, the self-proclaimed “most transparent person in this town” promised an era of more “honest” and “accountable” government with a set of new House rules to match. But that was yesterday afternoon. By nightfall, the House GOP leadership had already broken key pledges of transparency and accountability. Republicans have already walked back three key promises they touted up through the end of 111th Congress: