Boehner’s Fraudulent Speech Savaged, Agenda Criticized by Catholic Academics

[Blogspot seems to have lost this post, so I'm reposting]

David Dayen writes in FireDogLake Boehner’s Fraudulent Speech Savaged, Agenda Criticized by Catholic Academics.

He points to a Bloomberg article Studies Contradict Boehner Economy Views and a National Catholic Reporter article, Catholic Academics Challenge Boehner.

I agree with Dayen "The speech was just a sea of right-wing lies about the economy over three decades, employed to back up an ideological agenda of tax cuts and limiting government. That’s all there is to it." The Catholic academics make a good point:

"Mr. Speaker, your voting record is at variance from one of the Church’s most ancient moral teachings. From the apostles to the present, the Magisterium of the Church has insisted that those in power are morally obliged to preference the needs of the poor. Your record in support of legislation to address the desperate needs of the poor is among the worst in Congress. This fundamental concern should have great urgency for Catholic policy makers. Yet, even now, you work in opposition to it."

I wonder if it will stick the religious right, particularly after Ryan's budget:

"The 2012 budget you shepherded to passage in the House of Representatives guts long-established protections for the most vulnerable members of society. It is particularly cruel to pregnant women and children, gutting Maternal and Child Health grants and slashing $500 million from the highly successful Women Infants and Children nutrition program. When they graduate from WIC at age 5, these children will face a 20% cut in food stamps. The House budget radically cuts Medicaid and effectively ends Medicare. It invokes the deficit to justify visiting such hardship upon the vulnerable, while it carves out $3 trillion in new tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy."