Obama's true agenda

Common Dreams gives an interesting look into the impending disappointment that will likely follow the Democrat euphoria of their glorious leader disembowelling the evil Republicans. Not particularly surprised here. In Australian political terms Obama is right wing. Anyone who wants to cut programs for the poor in exchange for tax cuts to the rich just to get the budget happening, is a political spineless wimp.

Consider the very first controversial issue Obama is likely to manage, even before the glow of his victory dims, literally within the next couple of weeks. It is widely expected - including by liberals - that Obama intends (again) to pursue a so-called "Grand Bargain" with the GOP: a deficit- and debt-cutting agreement whereby the GOP agrees to some very modest tax increases on the rich in exchange for substantial cuts to entitlement programs such as social security and Medicare, the crown legislative jewels of American liberalism.

Indeed, Obama already sought in his first term to implement sizable cuts to those programs, but liberals were saved only by GOP recalcitrance to compromise on taxes. In light of their drubbing last night, they are likely to be marginally if not substantially more flexible, which means that such a deal is more possible than ever.

In other words, the political leader in whose triumph liberals are today ecstatically basking is likely to target their most cherished government policies within a matter of weeks, even days. With their newly minted power, will they have any ability, or even will, to stop him? more

Get ready over there for more of the same disappointing performances from Obama as the last 4 years. This was Obama in 2011 (from a link in the above piece);

President Obama is pressing congressional leaders to consider a far-reaching debt-reduction plan that would force Democrats to accept major changes to Social Security and Medicare in exchange for Republican support for fresh tax revenue. more

Honestly, I can't see how there's not been more social unrest in the US. A few demonstrations with Occupy and that's about it. Half the bloody country is poor and the president is too gutless or incompetent to get past the politics and stand up for the most vulnerable people. That IMO is worse than a Republican president cutting welfare as at least that's what the Republicans believe in doing. For a Democrat president to oversee cuts to welfare programs is a betrayal not only of Democrat values, but a betrayal of the poor.