Rev. Al Sharpton on the President's Tax Compromise

Over the course of the last several weeks, we have diligently watched as our President, Barack Obama, and the Democratic Party withstood filibustering and stonewalling from the right. Conducting hearings on the weekend, and doing everything they conceivably could to assist the poor and middle-class, their repeated attempts at compromise were met with fierce resistance and an utter disregard for the majority of this nation by the Republicans. And now, after holding the American people hostage as our President so rightfully pointed out, these self-aggrandizing politicians are sitting back and allowing Obama to be the scapegoat for all that ails us. It’s time we call them out.
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Politics can often be a dirty game. Many a times, people act and vote in favor of their own vested interests. But when you allow the well being and sustainability of millions of our citizenry to hang in the balance, you must be held accountable. And we, the people, must never forget that these Republican leaders were ready, willing and only eager to allow tax cuts for everyone to expire, and allow 2 million to lose their unemployment checks. We must never be shy in calling out these elected representatives for who they are, and for whom they serve. And we must always bear in mind that they were prepped to sacrifice everything in order to benefit the wealthy and progress their own personal agendas.

President Obama was effectively caught between a rock and a hard place. Yes, he could have remained steadfast on his insistence of a tax cut for the middle-class only, but at what cost? Unlike those on the right, he could not in good conscience gamble on the lives of innocents suffering during these difficult and unpredictable times. And for that simple notion, we should all thank him – not attack him.
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But he is right on the money here.

signs a bill into legislation,there will always be some who will not benefit. Part of being a leader is choosing the good,bad,or the ugly. Most people saw the number two million and thought thats not too bad. That was the income of two million not the actual number of lives connected to that two million. Or the number of people who lost their jobs starting in the thousands, and eventually led to the hundreds of thousands. This will be the same number of people losing their benefits because of delay. As the weeks roll by with no unemployment extension, more and more people will lose their benefits. For some of these people its the only source of income in a household with two or more families in it.