House GOP budget would raise taxes on the poor and middle class to pay for tax cuts for the rich. Once again, we see that ‘baggers are chumps. The whole plan is redistribution of wealth from everyone else to the wealthy.
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House GOP budget would raise taxes on the poor and middle class to pay for tax cuts for the rich.

Once again, we see that ‘baggers are chumps. The whole plan is redistribution of wealth from everyone else to the wealthy.

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Foreclosure lawyers mock foreclosed-upon families with Halloween costumes portraying them as hobos Joe Nocera, New York Times: On Friday, the law firm of Steven J. Baum threw a Halloween party. The firm, which is located near Buffalo, is what is commonly referred to as a “foreclosure mill” firm, meaning it represents banks and mortgage servicers as they attempt to foreclose on homeowners and evict them from their homes. Steven J. Baum is, in fact, the largest such firm in New York; it represents virtually all the giant mortgage lenders, including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. The party is the firm’s big annual bash. Employees wear Halloween costumes to the office, where they party until around noon, and then return to work, still in costume. I can’t tell you how people dressed for this year’s party, but I can tell you about last year’s. That’s because a former employee of Steven J. Baum recently sent me snapshots of last year’s party. In an e-mail, she said that she wanted me to see them because they showed an appalling lack of compassion toward the homeowners — invariably poor and down on their luck — that the Baum firm had brought foreclosure proceedings against. “There is this really cavalier attitude,” Nocera’s contact told him. “It doesn’t matter that people are going to lose their homes.” The attitude is, of course, disgusting. And it demonstrates what Occupy Wall Street is all about. If you think these people give a crap about you, you’re a fool. In their mind, the entire United States is just a support system for the rich. You’re not a person, you’re a crop. A crop they’re going to wring every kernel out of they can. Once there are no more kernels to be shaken out of you, then you’re worthless — as a commodity and as a person. You become, in their eyes, contemptible. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it until it stops being true; ‘baggers are chumps.
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Foreclosure lawyers mock foreclosed-upon families with Halloween costumes portraying them as hobos

Joe Nocera, New York Times:

On Friday, the law firm of Steven J. Baum threw a Halloween party. The firm, which is located near Buffalo, is what is commonly referred to as a “foreclosure mill” firm, meaning it represents banks and mortgage servicers as they attempt to foreclose on homeowners and evict them from their homes. Steven J. Baum is, in fact, the largest such firm in New York; it represents virtually all the giant mortgage lenders, including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.

The party is the firm’s big annual bash. Employees wear Halloween costumes to the office, where they party until around noon, and then return to work, still in costume. I can’t tell you how people dressed for this year’s party, but I can tell you about last year’s.

That’s because a former employee of Steven J. Baum recently sent me snapshots of last year’s party. In an e-mail, she said that she wanted me to see them because they showed an appalling lack of compassion toward the homeowners — invariably poor and down on their luck — that the Baum firm had brought foreclosure proceedings against.

“There is this really cavalier attitude,” Nocera’s contact told him. “It doesn’t matter that people are going to lose their homes.”

The attitude is, of course, disgusting. And it demonstrates what Occupy Wall Street is all about. If you think these people give a crap about you, you’re a fool. In their mind, the entire United States is just a support system for the rich. You’re not a person, you’re a crop. A crop they’re going to wring every kernel out of they can.

Once there are no more kernels to be shaken out of you, then you’re worthless — as a commodity and as a person. You become, in their eyes, contemptible.

I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it until it stops being true; ‘baggers are chumps.

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Mitch McConnell says higher unemployment is cool with him

McConnell: Police, firefighter layoffs not my problem (Raw Story)

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GOP leadership asks Federal Reserve not to do its job

GOP Leaders Write Unprecedented Letter Urging The Federal Reserve To Keep Unemployment High (ThinkProgress)

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Sign you'll never see at a Tea Party rally: "Rumsfeld, where's our $2.3 tril?"

The War On Waste (CBS News)

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Tea Party GOP handing out favors to big donors

House freshmen push bills that benefit big donors (USA Today)

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GOP 'fiscal sanity': drug testing welfare recipients costs more than it saves

Florida’s Welfare Drug Testing Costs More Than It Saves (Crooks and Liars)

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Like everything else they do, the GOP's 'jobs agenda' is the opposite of the name

Despite High Unemployment, GOP Senators Propose Plan To Slash 300,000 Government Jobs (ThinkProgress)

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Hey chumps! Remember when the GOP told you they were going to protect Medicare from 'Obamacare?' Yeah, you got played

Cantor: Dear Young People, We’re Going To Slash Your Medicare (Talking Points Memo)

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Walker Gave No-Bid Legal Contract to Major Donor, Who Then Billed Wisconsin Taxpayers Almost $100,000

wisconsinforward:

Scott Walker authorized payment to Michael Best & Friedrich of up to $500,000; to date, the firm has billed Wisconsin nearly $100,000.  Scott Walker has provided no explanation for why this contract is appropriate and has yet to respond to open record requests seeking information.  Not surprisingly, the state’s largest paper (and Walker endorser), the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, still hasn’t touched this story. For more, see the article linked above.

It’s probably worth pointing out that, during congressional testimony and under oath, Walker admitted that eliminating collective bargaining won’t save the state a penny.

So, approving up to half a million dollars to save not a dime? That’s what Republicans call “fiscal sanity.”

I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it until it becomes common knowledge; ‘baggers are chumps.

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