Posted on 01/10/2009 9:10:12 PM PST by stevie_d_64
In my exclusive interview with Barack Obama airing tomorrow on This Week, the president-elect told me that fixing our economy over the long term will require sacrifice from every American and scaling back some of his campaign promises.
"Our challenge is going to be identifying what works and putting more money into that, eliminating things that dont work, and making things that we have more efficient. But Im not suggesting, George, I want to be realistic here, not everything that we talked about during the campaign are we going to be able to do on the pace we had hoped," Obama told me in his first interview since arriving back in Washington, DC as president-elect.
I asked the president-elect, "At the end of the day, are you really talking about over the course of your presidency some kind of grand bargain? That you have tax reform, healthcare reform, entitlement reform including Social Security and Medicare, where everybody in the country is going to have to sacrifice something, accept change for the greater good?"
"Yes," Obama said.
"And when will that get done?" I asked.
"Well, right now, Im focused on a pretty heavy lift, which is making sure we get that reinvestment and recovery package in place. But what you described is exactly what were going to have to do. What we have to do is to take a look at our structural deficit, how are we paying for government? What are we getting for it? And how do we make the system more efficient?"
"And eventually sacrifice from everyone?" I asked.
"Everybodys going to have to give. Everybodys going to have to have some skin in the game," Obama said.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...
I guess people that vote for democrats need a reminder every once in a while how they were promised the moon, and in the end, they get nothing but higher taxes, less security, and less liberty.
just sad
The Borg from Star Trek. Resistance is futile (NOT).
Sniper63
All we got in this election is another minority family living in government housing.
Sniper63
“Everybodys going to have to give. Everybodys going to have to have some skin in the game,” Obama said.
Uh I am giving, its called taxes you moron. How about all those who don’t pay taxes yet are reaping the benefits of us who do pay taxes?
Curious, will that change?
JB
‘Everybody’s Going to Have to Give’
.....yeah and you’re gonna see tax evasion like this country has never seen before....
Now we know why he appointed Hitlery to his team.
“We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”
PS. Reading Atlas Shrugged now, and it amazes me how good Ayn Rand called it.
I doubt it. The article didn't mention the phrase "give up"..
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.
I don't know about you, but I intend to outlive the current economic difficulties.
All of the "cures" I see are highly inflationary. In the medium-long term there will be inflation. This is not parallel universe thinking, it is thinking beyond this year and next. If Bambi reduces SS benefits, or takes out the automatic inflation adjustment, it will have consequences for many, many years.
Obamasama grew up in Chicago politics where ya’ gotta’ pay to play!
I know this is a bit tricky to understand but you'll all find out.
Now, about the Reagan administration's proposal to balance the federal budget with a $100 co-payment on federal employee's medical insurance, it was actually something like $120.
Didn't do a doggone thing, but I do remember the money. That was an INFLATIONARY period and we had two babies around the house, and the power bill had just gone up.
Definitely remember that one.
The audacity of arrogance.
Forced socialism.
National Socialism.
How nice.
Finally, an explanation of "Change we can believe in."
Or how about all the recipients of the bail-out money...what do they have to give???
His plan is to destroy America and hand it over to his Muslim brothers.
I didn't think so.
There are signs that the obamination's shine is already wearing thin, even within the party...and he hasn't even been crowned yet. (I wonder if he'll follow Napoleon's lead, and crown himself?)
As more and more of the Sheeple stand a bit slack-jawed at his appointments (so diatmetricaslly opposite what they were led to believe - they didn't realize his 'change' meant change back to the Clintonista Regime,) and so many fall to or are enveloped in scandal.
In addition, there are his protocol faux pas's that will become more evident - could be some embarrassing International incidents as well.
The suit without an emperor is not going to be well respected nor tolerated with world leaders. They will chew him up and throw him to the wolves.
He's playing with the big boys now. Neither the tactics of the Chicago street thug nor the cesspool Chicago political machine are going to play on the national/world scene.
It seems that facade is slipping and people are realizing this panty 'waste' is in way over his head. He is indeed, to use his own description: "a mutt." (The stark difference of character and experience - and love of our country - stood out loud and clear yesterday as the nation watched the ceremony for the launching of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush. And people realize there will never be a H.S.S. anything for Clinton or Obama - and the reasons are blatantly clear.)
"Atlas Shrugged" was due out last spring. I was hoping it would wake up enough Sheeple as to how this country has been led down the Marxist path - and who the players are - how to recognize them.
It didn't happen - but it's supposed to be aired, I believe by NBC?) this year as a mini-series - really the only way it could be covered. If so, just maybe the Sheeple will be able to see past the polish that is beginning to tarnish, and "get a clue!"
Then we should push to have "Fountainhead" re-shown or at least urge the Sheeple to rent it and watch it...that shows just how the corrupt press can sway the masses...if the Sheeple finally get that message, maybe, just maybe, we can pull this country back from the abyss. Meanwhile, hopefully, the pubbie governors will work hard towards shoring up the individual states as to their Constitutional Rights, which could go a long way towards fending off the takeover.
We have just had a Marxist coup d'etat
and the DBM is just getting a glimpse
and they are confused.
James 5:1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach AdonaiJames 5:2 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.
James 5:3 Your gold and your silver have rusted;
There is a clip of Obama back in 2002 (iirc) in which he expresses surprise that the Supremes didn’t re-write the constitution to include “redistribution of wealth” when they handed down Brown vs Board of Education.
There are other subtle hints that he’s a communist, as well.
That’s OK as long as the checks and balances continue to work, but once he starts acting like a “ruler” and going around the constitution we will be in trouble. Like if he starts to give orders to executive branch agencies before the electoral votes are accepted by the joint congress, for example, and the agencies respond positively.
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