SPEAKER BOEHNER'S PLAN.

Speaker John Boehner will get the votes in the House of Representatives to pass the Republican bill for the payroll tax cut today, that will include the Keystone Oil pipeline from Canada to Texas; knowing fully well that it will be a stumbling block, and therefore a failure in the Senate.

He will not remove any single item from the bill that the Democratic Party members objected to, but rather he will adhere to what is traditionally a Republican stand on issues that mainly prevent wealthy Americans from paying more taxes.

The Republicans contend that small business owners are not to be considered as being wealthy, and although most of them are making more than the stipulation amount that the Democrats are insisting to be taxed, which centers around those earning $1 million dollars or more.

The most ridiculous aspect of the kind of football that is going on in the United States Congress is that everyone knows what is coming in either the Democratic plan, as well as what is contained in the Republican plan; however, each party thinks that it can overlook the other party's plan and get away with it.

Yet, to the man in the street, common sense shows that those who are paying lesser taxes must be asked to pay more to make the differential of covering the cost of the payroll tax cut possible.

It is as simple as that.

To suggest in any way that people earning more than $1 million or more are not to have a tax increase is preposterous, compared to reducing the number of weeks in unemployment benefits from 99 to 59. Where will the unemployed go after that.

Also, the idea that the Keystone oil pipeline must be included in the payroll tax cut plan is completely deliberate to throw dust in the eyes of the American people that the project will create jobs.

It has its environmental hazards, as many people are opposed to it for numerous reasons, including the destruction of water, agricultural and landscape systems along the pipeline route.

Accepting one plan has to be easy for Congress, and it must be the one that President Barack Obama approves, which is the bill that the Democrats are proposing; rather than the one that pits the government against labor, that it will produce jobs and cut down on unemployment. Of course, people want unemployment figures to go down, but not at the expense of their health.

That is the one that Minority Leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, is saying has "bi-partisan support", which is only a red herring philosophy designed to confuse the American public.

It is a political stunt, and voters will take notice of that and act accordingly in the next round of elections, of which the 2012 presidential election is part.