Politicians Completely Abandon Pretenses Of Serving Majority Of Citizens

From Reuters:

Democrats want the payments extended for another year, and also want to make tax cuts permanent for families who make less than $250,00 a year, or $200,000 for individuals.

Republicans argue tax cuts must be made permanent for everyone to avoid sapping spending while the economy is still weak. They also say Congress should have a plan to pay for the estimated $65 billion cost of extending jobless aid, in order to avoid adding to the country's high and rising debts.

Let's be clear, the Republicans see Bush-era tax cuts as a built-in for the budget.  They are not concerned with the continuing gigantic loss in tax revenue this causes.  Rather, they want Democrats to come up with a plan to cut spending for the cost of unemployment extension before they will allow such an extension.  Fuck everything about this.  If this were France, congress would be under siege about now.