I doubt any of these ****wits knows WTF chained CPI index even means in practical terms. All they know is "less government spending" is possible and that is all they need to know to be outraged.
All I know is a white guy said be mad at the black guy and so that makes it racism.
DanTex (3,404 posts)
Krugman on Obama proposing chained CPI.
Sigh. So Obama is going with the “chained CPI†thing in his latest proposal — changing the price index used for Social Security cost adjustments. This is, purely and simply, a benefit cut.
blah-blah-blah
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http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/desperately-seeking-serious-approval/
CincyDem (193 posts)
2. I love me some BHO, but...
...it's unfortunate that once again, in the name of playing some multi-dimensional chess with strategies that defy mere mortals, the best president this country has ever elected has somehow decided that being the Grand Compromiser is more important than being the Grand Protector of the Population.
It worries me to think that someday, our great great grandchildren will look back and see more democratic impact from LBJ than BHO.
And it disappoints me to think he will leave office with as much potential as he entered - without turning enough of that potential into real, century lasting change.
Demo_Chris (1,906 posts)
3. The best president? Are you freaking kidding? nt
Oh my.
CincyDem (193 posts)
5. Best in terms of potential...
...I think so. Best in terms of actual impact - yeah, you're right - probably not. I think history will look back on these eight year wistfully longing for what could have been.
Jakes Progress (8,320 posts)
35. Ineffectual
Potential is in the eyes of the beholder. He lacked experience, knowledge of how government worked, perception about who to trust, skill to do the job.
You are right that he will be seen as a popular guy who got little done. (That is, if a progressive agenda was what he wanted. That seems to be up for debate.)
Oh my.
Bake (21,469 posts)
69. And in related news, FDR just rolled over in his grave.
And asked Abe Lincoln, "Are you f***ing KIDDING ME???"
Lincoln would have had FDR shot for sedition.
KoKo (68,713 posts)
4. It seems his own legacy is more important than the people who voted
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for him's own welfare, then.
Krugman seems to be saying he wants to be seen and remembered as "The Great Compromiser" to impress the "serious people." Who ARE these "Serious People" if they aren't the Dem Voters who put him in office to follow Democratic Policies and his Campaign Promises?
Myrina (8,533 posts)
10. If he stops & thinks about it ...
... his legacy is going to be thousands more poor/marginalized families without healthcare, food, a good public education, decent wages, safe neighborhoods or environmental safety ... exchanged for the most massive corporate profits & biggest environmental disasters in the history of the world.
loudsue (12,313 posts)
28. Someone needs to start a thread about the republican strategy of blaming loss of social security
benefits on the dems (and Obama) once this is done. And we all need to call our congress critters and let them know the republicans are going to USE THIS to win for the next 10 election cycles. This will be the death knell to democrats and the party as a whole, forever.
Doctor_J (26,013 posts)
62. His legacy will be that of a weak, ineffectual failure
and it will be well-deserved.
Oh my.
upaloopa (1,772 posts)
33. Obama will never measure up to LBJ and LBJ wasn't such a good president
supporting the Vietnam war.
LBJ got his opposition to vote for the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
LBJ wanted to fight a war on poverty but he let the war on Communism get in the way.
Obama will never stand up to his opposition as LBJ did when he said we should do something because it is the right thing to do.
Oh my.
duffyduff (764 posts)
38. You have GOT to be kidding
Obama is trying very, very hard to be the WORST president in American history.
Oh my.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022618217And it goes on like that.
I daresay if the chained CPI index goes forward we could capitalize on their outrage to impeach over Benghazi or too many vacations.
One does not threaten their free stuff and endure it lightly.
