To the editor:

After the 2010 congressional elections (in which the Republican/tea party took control of the House and gained in the Senate), top Republican leaders were caught on film speaking to their followers, saying the “No. 1 priority” was to make President Obama a one-term president. With the country in the midst of the worst economic state since the Great Depression, an economic disaster caused by Republicans, they were going to focus on destroying a Democratic president. This was just days after campaigning for a year on “creating jobs.” But if jobs were created, if more people were employed, it made Obama more popular, increasing his chances of being re-elected. What to do?

How about not presenting a single (not one) jobs bill in the House? How about using the filibuster to kill Democratic-sponsored job bills in the Senate? “Priority One” must be served. Besides, the corporations (overwhelmingly Republican) are doing swimmingly — record low taxes (even before loopholes) and basking in wonderful profits over the last three years. Who cares about the middle and lower classes? Let them eat cake.

Is it just a coincidence these corporations (today’s robber barons), overflowing with cash, are not creating jobs? Could they be on board with “Priority One?” How much of their trillions of profits will end up in Republican election coffers due to the heinous “Citizen’s United” Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited corporate donations in any election campaign? “Priority One” has a blank check. God help our republic.