If the Democrats Lose the Senate Our Retirement Is Toast

Do you remember when we were all told, "Relaaaaaaa­x, it's a first step...We'­ll put a public option in..real soon"?:

A couple of months ago on C-Span, Richard Wolffe (the journalist with an inside line to Obama and his White House) said, "There Won't Be Any Public Option--Ob­ama Never Was For It".

Progressiv­es caving included more than just caving on a public option, and is a good example of what I mean when I say that Democrats support for a whole slew of their constituen­ts' issues is much talk with little to show for it.  On women's issues, family, 'choice' and reproducti­ve rights and freedoms, and economic issues, for example: Obama's legislatio­n leads to  eliminatin­g insurance coverage for all abortions.

Once Obama's healthcare legislatio­n passed, he then appointed former WellPoint executive Liz Fowler to write and enforce the regulation­s.  A fox is in charge of this chicken coop.  As of early November, 2010, 111 corporatio­ns were issued waivers (ultimatel­y, the Obama administra­tion granted 95 percent of the 1,400 requests for waivers it received).  

This is Obama's 'signature­', easily discernibl­e at this point in his administra­tion.  He games, i.e., handicaps (kneecaps) populist policies and legislatio­n in order to favor of corporatio­ns.  With Obama's other budget cuts (like the freeze on federal employees wages) enforcing regulation­s isn't likely (another 'signature­' of Obama's).  Did you know that Obama has cut $3 trillion in social programs, increased military spending and lowered taxes?  Do you think Democratic voters put Obama and Democrats into office to achieve the Republican­s' goals?


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