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In reply to the discussion: Paul Krugman Calls Barack Obama The Most Consequential President Since Reagan [View all]mattclearing
(10,091 posts)36. I think Krugman has forgotten...
...just how far Bush and Cheney shifted the priorities of the federal government from public service to private servitude.
He is right to stand up for Obama's accomplishments, but Obama has largely accepted the policy achievements of the second Bush presidency; the tax cuts, the surveillance, the secrecy, and the corporate revolving door in government positions of power.
All of those are the result of Bush/Cheney, and The ACA and Dodd-Frank may not measure up in the long run, much as I would like to believe otherwise.
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Paul Krugman Calls Barack Obama The Most Consequential President Since Reagan [View all]
babylonsister
Feb 2014
OP
Bush was the climax of Raygun-ism. Obama is the beginning of what comes next.
bemildred
Feb 2014
#38
with the media and lack of journalist in this country, it will be up to the people to insure the
lostincalifornia
Feb 2014
#58
It's not just the scorched earth opposition, but a media that hasn't told the average American the
okaawhatever
Feb 2014
#15
Clean your lenses. Facts back up Krugman's assertions. The direction of the country
mfcorey1
Feb 2014
#39
Not true. No expansions of the NSA have been signed into law by this President. n/t
ProSense
Feb 2014
#49
That is obviously untrue and I can prove it with two words. WARRANTLESS WIRETAPPING
stevenleser
Feb 2014
#52
I agree. He has been underestimated by the media, many Democrats, and of course the republicans.
lostincalifornia
Feb 2014
#57