Public Comment

Do Republicans Represent Our True Interests?

Bruce Joffe
Friday September 26, 2014 - 11:49:00 AM

Republicans shut down government services just to stir up ideological drama. They lobbied to weaken real reform of our broken health insurance system, then, after it passed, they've been working to prevent many people benefitting from even those modest improvements. Republican leadership in the House won't even consider closing the most egregious tax loopholes through which billions of dollars are squirreled into off-shore bank accounts. The rest of us are left with more taxes, unrepaired roads, and higher college tuition costs for our children. 

Yet, here they are at election time, trying to convince voters that they represent our true interests. Republican oligarchs pour millions into propaganda smear campaigns to fool us. Will they succeed again this November? Stay tuned.