In Wisconsin, Obama blows that ass out, revealing identity of Democratic nominee
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This “conversation” is over. |
He didn’t just win the state by fifteen points, which qualifies as a landslide. He ate into Hillary’s base.
Even before tonight, the two were in a statistical dead heat in Texas.
Question: How does Mama recover from this? Answer: She doesn’t.
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Can we scrutinize Obama’s rhetoric now? Yes, we can:
A favorite Obama line is that he will tell “the American people not just what they want to hear, but what we need to know.” Well, he hasn’t so far.
Consider the retiring baby boomers. A truth-telling Obama might say: “Spending for retirees — mainly Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — is already nearly half the federal budget. Unless we curb these rising costs, we will crush our children with higher taxes. Reflecting longer life expectancies, we should gradually raise the eligibility ages for these programs and trim benefits for wealthier retirees. Both Democrats and Republicans are to blame for inaction. Waiting longer will only worsen the problem.”
Instead, Obama pledges not to raise the retirement age and to “protect Social Security benefits for current and future beneficiaries.” This isn’t “change”; it’s sanctification of the status quo. He would also exempt all retirees making less than $50,000 annually from income tax. By his math, that would provide average tax relief of $1,400 to 7 million retirees — shifting more of the tax burden onto younger workers. (Emphasis added.)