Sunday, July 31, 2011

Presidential run politics. What politics?

With the new deficit deal being a parallel of Bohner's and planned cuts in cost of living increases for Social Security in effect in 2015 why doesn't Obama declare allegiance to Clintonian politics and put his representation of democratic politics to rest? The rightist upswing in Europe and the United States being the straw that broke their camel's back pushing them to excuses for a behavior that is less than contemptible. Obama in a Maryland town hall belittles socialism and decried it, claiming rightly that he has nothing to do with it.He spoke of the countless emails and letters he received from Social Security recipients who can't eat by the end of the month. His solution? They need to pull together and sacrifice for the greater good, he suggests, as his deal now doesn't even include his declared tax increases for jet skiers anymore. So what if the recipients can't eat for a week, instead of a couple of days, while he and Bill sit pretty, and no adequate and reasoned tax revenue is generated? Why did the voters choose another pseudo democrat for president who now has staff members of his say that the democratic base is no threat to his re-election? Why should we have to suffer what he claims to be minor increases in borrowing which we can ill afford? Why should those who are fighting in Afghanistan worry about their paychecks when the wealthier do not, and nothing is asked of them. We live in fear of them, of their not creating new jobs. We live in fear of Tea partiers. We need a real fighter who knows that government spending creates jobs in trying times, not tax breaks. That helping those who need help is not an option. That asking someone who has nothing to sacrifice is obscene.

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