Barack Obama
In reply to the discussion: Dear God... Our President needs us Now. [View all]Timbuk3
(872 posts)What he's doing right now is hard. The country is likely to go over the fiscal bluff. But he's right to stand by his pledge to not raise taxes on 100% of the income below $250K, as in everybody, as in "including rich fuckers".
I think the offer of $400K and below was politics.
I'm gainfully employed, but the scariest thing (to me) is cutting UI to people who have no savings. The economic impact would be devastating to the entire country, but just think about how hard it would be to go from "just barely able to eat and have a warm place to sleep" to "homeless and starving".
The GOP, and especially the teabaggers, oppose government in any form. Is it any wonder that, when so many vote for the failure of government, the government fails?
You're looking at the face of a man who cares about this country, in the face of a GOP-led house who doesn't.