The betrayal is just sickening -- but if it wasn't Obama, it would be the next person, since the President is nothing but a sock-puppet on the hand of Big Money:
The American ruling class wants--or more accurately, needs--to lower the living standards of American workers. Compared to the people sweating their days and nights in China's iPhone factories, American workers are "overpaid." To compete, the ruling class need us to make do with less--much, much less. And, ideally, they'd like us to believe that this is a good thing.
Like the squabbles over the health care legislation, the budget "battle" between Democrats and Republicans only makes sense in this light. Each side puts up a big "fight" to satisfy their respective bases, but the real outcome is never in doubt. In the case of the budget, both sides have agreed to not really consider taxing the rich, and instead to frame the discussion around which social programs must be cut
The Republicans want to take an arm and a leg. The Democrats have a counterproposal. They're "outraged" that both limbs might be sacrificed.
"Cut off your arm, not your arm and your leg." That will be Obama's campaign slogan for 2012. And we're supposed to feel like he's doing us a favor. Worse, we're supposed to endorse it with a vote.
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Nice article, thanks for the information.
Hello again, big brother. It's been too long.
You won't like this, but I'm planning on voting for Obama next year. Now that the bad news is out of the way, how have you been?
Jim! Long time, little bro' -- I'm really glad you wrote-in. I'm doing well, but (as you can see) not posting much in the political realms. Too depressing. You can vote for Obama, I guess -- better than Palin or any of the other jackals over there. I always get this way at midterm -- and, usually, I vote for the D on election day. Are you writing for Skippy?
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