Obama Calls for 'Grand Bargain' on Economy: 'Everybody's Going to Have to Give'

ABC News ^ | January 10, 2009 | George Stephanopoulos

[Uncle Miltie]

"Everybody’s going to have to give. Everybody’s going to have to have some skin in the game," Obama said.

Gonna have to come and get it, sucker.

So what happened to only tax increases on the "rich"? I guess we're all rich now....

[dalereed]

“It’s time to be patriotic and pay more taxes. Also we can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times.”

Not for him or anyone else!!

Just eliminate 90% of the government programs and everyone that draws a paycheck from them!

Absolutely no stimulus or bail outs!!

After about 2 years if the government stays out of it and everyone living on credit is washed out of the system including the people that made the loans things will retutn to a sensible level.

[CDB]

“Obama” is Kenyan for “Liar. Liar. Turban’s on Fire.”

[wardaddy]

How much are folks who don’t pay taxes already gonna pony up Bwana?

[The Duke]

But ... I don't understand? If he's going to make things better then how is that going to *increase* the pain??

And, if he's going to increase the pain how will it be remotely possible for things to get better?

I think he's playing with fire here.

[Ezekiel]

"Everybody’s going to have to give. Everybody’s going to have to have some skin in the game," Obama said.

Just a right hand or a forehead is all.

Okay, so what's the number of his name, "Zero", or The "One"?

[null and void]

Okay, so what's the number of his name,

Tell me his real name and we can start computing it...

[ponygirl]

Looks like we’ve gone from “New Deal” to “Grand Bargain.”

[Larousse2]

[Larousse2]

[mamelukesabre]

what? Are you in a parallel universe?

What inflation adjustments? We are in a period of DEFLATION mr smartypants. That means all social security payments will be adjusted DOWN, unless they chop the adjustments.

[gigster]

Ah,the old “Sacrifice of the individual to the Collective”.
Where have I heard that before?

[LibWhacker]

Guess I'm going to have to quit my job and go on welfare... Get on the gettin' side and get off the givin' side.

If everyone of us did that, the ponzi scheme would collapse like a house of cards in a hurricane.

[mojitojoe]

I guess that means he will be cuting back from the gym, right?
Only after he spends millions on his planned basketball gymnasium for the basement in the White House. Wait and see what his horrid wife spends on redecorating. Now we have to support her mother too. They are trash.

[fabian]

it will probably take Jesus coming back, but when the income tax is stopped we will have a lot of sanity back in our country.

[Names Ash Housewares]

We already give.

Guess we should just slit our wrists and give blood.
Bout all we will have left soon.

[Tublecane]

“Everybody’s going to have to give. Everybody’s going to have to have some skin in the game”

How about, “Everyone’s going to have to save,” or, “Everyone’s going to have to produce”? Why does the money have to pass through the central government’s hands for recovery to come?

[Tublecane]

“There goes the tax cuts for 95% of the people.”

Actually, when he says “everyone” he probably meant some small portion of taxpayers, or what I like to call the really productive people. You know, rich enough to make it worth the government’s while, yet small enough in total number not to matter come election time.

[Nowhere Man]

That cartoon says it all, he is all hat (all talk) and no cattle.

[Nowhere Man]

Screw you Hussein. I'm not giving anything up for your arse.

Count me in too. When I saw this article, I'm reminded of an old cartoon I saw in Hustler Magazine around 1979 or so (hey I was a curious 13 year old) where you saw President Carter on TV saying "We all need to roll up our sleeves," and in the foreground, you see a guy rolling up his sleeve ready to shoot up on heroin. Wish I could draw, I'd make a version with Hussein on the TV screen.