If you're wondering what Obama gets in exchange for Chained CPI...

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4. Ah but -

The real thing that Obama and Michelle get with this happening is that they are now economically secure.
FOREVER!

Just as when Bill Clinton put Mike Taylor in charge of all scientific pronouncements about Monsanto's safety, and then several years later, Billie Boy signed off on the Bank Reform and Modernization Act, that took away the middle class' Glass Steagal protections, leading to the total collapse of the economy in Autumn 2008, and for all of that and more, Mr Clinton was able to get some $ 100K per speech in front of a Corporate Podium.

That is the real quid pro quo here.

The only thing Former Pres Clinton had going for him that Mr Obama doesn't is that back in the Nineties, the internet was not quite as informative to all aspects of life in the USA as it is now. Clinton pulled the wool over the average American's eyes in a way that this president can only dream of.