Work. Hard work. That's what this nation was founded on.
More and more these days, people are working longer and harder to make ends meet.
Productivity has never been higher, yet wages and compensation are losing ground for everyone but the top.
The housing crisis drained the piggy bank for millions on main street, while Wall Street raked in billions in bailouts and handouts.
Those who make money off of money keep piling it up in offshore tax havens, trying to keep their money growing without lifting a finger.
Yet our current Congress has passed fewer laws than even the famous Do Nothing Congress, refused to even to keep the government open, and threatened the world economy with the debt limit terrorism.
National parks and monuments shuttered, hurting businesses that depend on them.
Food and safety inspectors on the sideline and infrastructure projects slowed, compromising the safety of our food and slowing repairs to our infrastructure.
Even falling short for those who give this nation the most, our men and women in the U.S. Military.
It took a majority of Democrats in the House to finally get the government open again.
But the Republicans' anti-work ethic has continued ever since. Unemployment benefits for the long term unemployed? Denied.
A minimum wage increase to pull families out of poverty? Filibustered.
Affordable Health Care? Nope… Republicans blocked Medicaid expansion states around the country that would have meant health care for millions of working poor, all in a cynical attempt to undermine the President.
And now the Republicans have recessed the House until the midterm elections are over, punting on every priority to keep our country moving forward.
It's time for you to get angry about Republican obstruction and really send a message. Vote for Democrats across the board in 2014 and let the party that values work put our states and our nation back to work.