Why doesn't President Obama ask America to call their Rep's and DEMAND taxes be raised on the RICH?

[Octafish]

15. That Pruneface "Red Ink Ronnie" got us into this fine mess.

And because of all the resulting red ink of REgression, they've got a built-in fiscal excuse to not do anything to help make life better for all Americans for ever.

GOP and Obama Ready to Make Needy Seniors Pay for Bush Wars

MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT
March 14, 2013

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The 2011 study said the combined cost of the (Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan) wars was at least $3.7 trillion, based on actual expenditures from the U.S. Treasury and future commitments, such as the medical and disability claims of U.S. war veterans.

Now, even President Obama has accepted the GOP "frame" of a nation mired in debt, when it was the Republican Party under Bush – many of them still in Congress – who wrapped themselves in the flag and cheered on the shock and awe of multi-trillion dollar debt and death. And any subsequent growth in the debt is in large part due to the unemployment and loss of productivity resulting from the financial crash.

Obama -- always great at campaigning and, except on rare occasions, generally poor at debunking the Republican control over debate on public policy -- either is again adopting the GOP memes or actually agrees with the scaling back of earned benefits for Americans who worked hard for them. As Talking Point Memo headlines a March 14 article: "Obama to GOP: I'm Serious About Cutting the Social Safety Net." In return, Obama reportedly wants an unspecified amount of additional revenue into the treasury.

What's most disturbing about Obama's willingness to apparently concede means testing in Medicare and Chained CPI inflation adjustments for Social Security (both of which will decrease benefits to many seniors) is that he was elected on policies of preserving both programs without cuts. One can only speculate that Obama, who is careful to stay in the campaign funding good graces of Wall Street, actually has drunk the Republican water treated not with fluoride, but with rank deception.

Basically, the deficit of the United States would likely not exist (or be relatively mininmal) if it were not for the unfunded Bush wars and the tax cuts for the rich – almost universally supported by Republicans when they happened. The wars were also supported by far too many Democrats.

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http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17861-gop-and-obama-ready-to-make-needy-seniors-pay-for-bush-wars

Agree about the ownership of the player, Lydia Leftcoast. It's like a Major League contract with an option on service for wars in future years. And the team manager doesn't give a bleacher bum's spilled beer about what the fans think.