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WillTwain

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December 23, 2014

What progressive bedrock principles are sacrosanct to President Obama?

After putting Social Security on the table with chained C.P.I., the pres now signed off on pension cuts in the Cromnibus bill. College tuition rates have gone up under his watch. We continue to have the most regressive tax policy since FDR. Wall Street got the deregulation they sought. Minimum wagers have lost another 20 percent of their purchasing power with very little support from the White House. Granted, he is not responsible for Reaganomics, but he was elected to reverse it.

We elected him as a progressive, yet what is off of the table to him? Republicans draw lines in the sand that they will die for. What will Obama go down screaming over?

Can anyone tell me what progressive policy or program that Obama will refuse to cut?

December 23, 2014

We All Know Where The Potus Stands On Cuba And The Sony Hack But What About Future Pension Raiding

He seems to have a lot to say lately, but he is silent on the pension raiding and dismantling of Dodd/Frank.

Whenever the middle-class gets hammered he is missing in action or worse, actively working with Rethugs.

Seriously, is he mad about the pension cuts to retirees and the handout to Wall Street that the Cromnibus is responsible for?

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