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In reply to the discussion: GOP Senators Praise Obama’s Outreach On Grand Bargain [View all]davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)is going to look like? FDR, many years ago, gave us The New Deal. I'm guessing that Obama is offering to weaken the social safety net, drain money from social security, medicare, likely programs like TANF, medicaid, food stamps. I'm sure the Republicans will agree to remove some tax loopholes, but I suspect that, overall, the grand bargain is going to favor the right and the 1% far more than the rest of us.
From The New Deal, to The Grand Bargain.... damn. If we still needed proof that Washington is not on our side, I think this is it. I wonder what the expense of the dinner will amount to? It's sad and ironic that we're paying these people (via tax dollars) to destroy our social safety net while living like royalty. I can't decide whether to be angry, depressed, or to just shrug and write it all off as politicians doing what politicians do best.