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[LiberalAndProud]

7. I share your concern. And we are robbed of the most sound defense

of the FICA/Medicare programs that we had. But it seems to me that the only alternative was to do nothing. People are being mercilessly squeezed between depressed wages and inflationary costs of living. Any relief is welcome.

I hope ... I mean I *really* hope that when Obama gets a second term, the teabaggers will be shown the door and we can honestly talk about the extreme under-taxation of the very well-to-do. If we can accomplish that in tandem with restoring payroll contributions to previously sustainable levels, there is still hope. If they can navigate a sound tax policy, regulatory policy and monetary policy that truly encourages micro business, there may yet be economic recovery. So much depends on getting more sane people on the Hill. I am weary of the inmates who are running the asylum.

We are such a long way away from being able to implement truly transformational policy, that I don't look for truly transformational politicians any more. We *must* find a way to elevate the discourse from the continual, hate-fomenting name calling (socialist, fascist, commipinko) and start talking about how we can move toward a truly just society. For all his faults, Obama does that in a stunning way. It is no small thing in these days.

Barring all of that hope, there is little recourse. We have been heading toward a neo-feudalistic society for a while. Perhaps the momentum is irreversible.