Sunday, October 13, 2013

I listened to some of the most incredible speeches today in the US Senate. This is not one of them.

Jeff Sessions states the Affordable Care Act will bankrupt the USA.

Really?

But, of course what the Republicans are doing to the USA right now, won't.

"One in six Americans are receiving food stamps....this is not a booming economy." So that means ending food stamps will cause a booming economy, right?

"...(If) Schools are failing send more money....Too many Americans unemployed and bring in more foreign workers (bigot)...by what definition can we call it success?...it (the US economy) has not produced solid growth (Well, you sure as hell didn't do anything to help it.)...this has been the slowest growth since the depression....well the government will just borrow money and subsidize...that is not compassion...the government needs to be leaner and the private sector will grow...(mocking Democrats). (And he continued to mock Democrats) Well, we have a problem in Washington, we don't have enough money...the problem is you, the American people haven't sent enough money....We have done such a great job in handling the money we should have more money..."

That is one angry Senator. Make no doubt about it, he is self-righteous and rigid and believes he is the most perfect answer to any and all problems in the USA.

Jeff Sessions is from Alabama. 

Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
 
New Census Bureau Estimates Show Poverty Dropped in 31 Alabama Counties (click here)
 
According to the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) data earlier this month released by the US Census Bureau, poverty in Alabama only increased .2 percent from 18.9 percent in 2010 to 19.1 percent in 2011. Nationwide poverty was up .6 percent from 15.3 percent in 2010 to 15.9 percent in 2011.

Alabama and Kentucky tied as the sixth poorest states in the country. Mississippi was the nation’s poorest state in 2011, followed by New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas and Georgia. The poverty threshold for a family of four was $22,811.

Child poverty in Alabama also increased by .2 percent, from 27.4 percent in 2010 to 27.6 percent in 2011. Nationally child poverty grew by .9 percent, from 21.6 percent in 2010 to 22.5 percent in 2011.

“While we can take solace that poverty didn’t increase significantly, we still have to face the facts that nearly 1 in 5 of our neighbors – and more than 1 in 4 of our children – live in poverty,” said Kristina Scott, executive director of the Alabama Poverty Project....

Does anyone actually believe Jeff Sessions has answers for anyone in the USA? He should not be lecturing, he should be taking example from Senators coming from states that have far higher rates of success with their populous and seek to improve the well being of those in Alabama.

This graph was produced by the Alabama Department of Public Health. (click here) It is the infant mortality rate of the USA and Alabama. Where does Jeff Sessions find the gall to lecture to this nation about anything, especially health care?

Jeff Sessions should be taking lessons from New Jersey.