Posted on 02/26/2013 9:51:27 PM PST by blam
REICH: Obama Needs To Confront The GOP's Bald-Faced Lies
Robert Reich, Contributor
February 26, 2013, 7:20 PM
Pete Souza (Official White House Photograph)
The White House apparently believes the best way to strengthen its hand in the upcoming “sequester” showdown with Republicans is to tell Americans how awful the spending cuts will be, and blame Republicans for them.
It won’t work. These tactical messages are getting in the way of the larger truth, which the President must hammer home: The Republicans’ austerity economics and trickle-down economics are dangerous, bald-faced lies.
Yes, the pending spending cuts will hurt. But even if some Americans begin to feel the pain when the cuts go into effect Friday, most won’t feel it for weeks or months, if ever.
Half are cuts in the military, which will have a huge impact on jobs (the military is America’s only major jobs program), but the cuts will be felt mainly in states with large numbers of military contractors, and then only as those contractors shed employees.
The other half are cuts in domestic discretionary spending, which will largely affect lower-income Americans. There will be sharp reductions in federal aid to poor schools, nutrition assistance, housing assistance, and the like. But here again, most Americans won’t see these cuts or feel them.
Moreover, the blame game can be played both ways, and Republicans are adept at slinging mud. When it comes to high-visibility consequences of the spending cuts — such as a sudden dearth of air-traffic controllers — Republicans will dodge blame by happily giving Obama authority to shift spending and find the cuts himself, thereby making the White House appear even more culpable.
Besides, there’s no end to this. After Friday’s sequester comes the showdown over continuing funding of
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So Barak, you taking advice from twisted dwarves now?
So Barak, you taking advice from twisted dwarves now?
Thus spake the ‘90s garden gnome.
Rush will have a riot with this tomorrow.
The picture is WAY over the top!
So pensive, So caring.
This ***hole just came off Holiday!
What was his little counter-part’s name? Donna Shalala?
Sadly, we are getting fiddled from both ends at the moment.
Reich needs to stand up for America -— no wait....
He’s got that Cravin’ for Reggie Love look.
Remember watching Clinton’s cabinet all troop onto the WH lawn to proclaim their belief in Bubba into the microphone, just before the blue dress surfaced?
I was watching “The Fellowship of the Ring” the other day and was reminded of that touching scene.
“Austerity’s” not working in Europe because it includes tax hikes. It’s not really austerity if government still has its snout in the feed trough.
Well Bob, you and Barack have had the market on lies pretty well cornered with you media accomplices, for over 5 years now.
So, if you’re getting concerned because the truth is beginning to leak out in a few places, well, that’s too damn bad.
You see Bob, we know that even you don’t believe the economic theories you espouse. You recognize them for what they are: A means to enlarge the dependent class, to maintain as much power and control as possible.
And if you clowns hadn’t overplayed your hands on gun control, the economic control might have worked.
With States enacting unconstitutional restrictions, not possible at the Federal level, voters will unseat many a Democrat and chicken $hit RINOs.
2014 will see the wall against Obama rise long and wide.
How does get get as dumb as Reich.?..
He is such a Chihuahua riding Zeros leg...
The Goobermint IS making cuts.
They cut hot meals to FOB’s in Afghanistan, but Obama phones are not under threat.
Why **** the section 8 recipients and loving land lords when you can **** the hard working couple next door?
No cuts in Air Force 1 travel either. Those weekly vacays and campaign stops are mission essential.
Oh my! Yes!
NY is doing Pet Food Stamps for God Sakes! While fellows on 5 or 6 tours in the Stan are having hot meals cut!!!
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