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In reply to the discussion: Cartoon explaining weighted CPI [View all]AndyA
(16,993 posts)Obama campaigned on not burdening America's middle class and seniors, and here he is proposing that very same thing. It's disgraceful. Game or no game, he shouldn't be poking at people in this manner.
Raise the cap on SS, cut subsidies to corporations making billions in profit every year, close the loopholes that allow major corporations to pay zero taxes, close the loopholes that allow millionaires to pay lower tax rates than the middle class, cut the defense budget--the war in Iraq is over and the war in Afghanistan is winding down--it's time to reduce the budget just the same as has been done in the past when wars ended.
Obama needs to prosecute Wall Street for causing Americans to lose the value in their homes, their stocks, and their investments. The middle class, the impoverished, and seniors have already been bearing the burden of extreme sacrifice for a long time, in order to truly share, the wealthy and big corporations are next in line to pay their fair share and sacrifice a little for a change.