This is a clip from the president's weekly address where he explains his plan to meet campaign promises with the new budget, despite the objections of special interests. If this clip does not send a chill down your spine, I can't imagine what will.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Just in case you missed it.
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I feel that this is the problem with politics in general, especially populist liberalism.
Class warfare creates more class envy. Championing the poor tends to keep them poor.
How about the idea that we can all work together despite our differences? Different socioeconomic groups may have opposing views but bating one against the other does nothing constructive for either group.
I would like to see Obama do a better job with conveying his message of helping the less fortunate while holding to his campaign theme of unifying the country.
Ryan
Comments like this from Ryan are what makes blogging so rewarding.
I see the logic of your argument and can sympathize with some of it.
The idea that championing the poor keeps them poor, however, is uniquely American. In Europe and elsewhere, it is widely agreed that governments' single most important priority is to look after the weakest members of society, those who can't look out for themselves.
What I wish the special interests (and the rich) would realize is that directly helping the poor and middle class will definitely improve circumstances for them as well. Trickle down works to a certain extent but trickle up works much better.
Disjointed thoughts early in the morning.
What scares me is the prospect of half-trillion dollar deficits through 2015. These are bigger than the biggest deficits of the Bush administration. I can support big deficits in FY 2009 and 2010, but we need to move the budget back toward balance beyond that, not a steady state of half-trillion dollar deficits. Clinton managed to balance the budget; Obama has to make a real effort to do the same.
I hope that Obama's longer term budget projections are just a starting point for negotiations. Otherwise, Obama is proposing change in the wrong direction.
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