Simpson-Bowles.

[longknife]

Obama asked for it to get the nation back on a sound fiscal footing.

But, that ain't what he told the authors! In fact, during a one and a half hour meeting, Obama told them clearly he wasn't going to do anything about it – for political reasons.

The president told them that he would take no action on any of the Commission's recommendations and explained his rationale in the following way - prior to his re-election and probably after his re-election he would do nothing. Simply put it was a pure political decision. He stated that to accept reductions in the growth of entitlements would alienate his base and he would only look at the tax increase side of the recommendations after the election. He further added that to accept the recommendations would give the Republicans a victory as seen by the voters and he was not ever going to do that now or ever. He was adamant that he wanted more spending and more taxes and that he would pursue that course throughout his administration until his last day in office

And I cannot believe the number of ignorant people who re-elected this guy. Read the story @ Doug Ross @ Journal: An Insider's Stunning Firsthand Experience with President Obama

 

[KNB]

And you think a money-grubbing Mormon in magic underwear would have done better?

How much did Bush's illegal torture war in Iraq cost us again?