"The majority of Republicans in the U.S. House – 64 percent – voted against extending tax breaks for working Americans.
Those Republicans voted to raise taxes on – to hurt – 99 percent of Americans, most of whom badly need the tax break as a result of the Great Recession, the decline in housing values and the decade-long stagnation in wages. Those Republicans also voted to wound the American financial system, which needs workers to have money so they can spend it and revive the economy.
But that’s just the beginning. Those Republicans in the House, who constantly claim to be so very worried about deficits, also voted to spend more money – that is, more than the $1.5 million already wasted – defending discrimination against gay people."
