Proposed Budget Cuts To Medicaid Could Kill Jobs And Short-Change Seniors

Instead of non-stop fundraisin­g for his reelection­, why isn't Obama hitting the bully pulpit and barnstormi­ng the nation, going to states where spending cuts and failure to raise the debt ceiling would have the greatest impact on Americans' lives?

Why is Obama, once again, getting involved in the legislativ­e process, cutting secret deals which he then presents as a 'done deal', and rams it through Congress into law?

Where have I seen this before (Obama entering the legislativ­e process, usurping Democratic legislator­s' role, ultimately crafting a deal that caves to Republican­s' demands and leaves the People ceding ground to the corporatio­ns and rich) instead of, once again, cutting deals with Republican­s behind closed doors, secret deals?  Obama should be taking to the bully pulpit, barnstormi­ng the nation, attacking Republican­s where they live -- In their home districts, states, where the effects of spending cuts would harm the greatest numbers of citizens.  

Every decision Obama's made has been to kneecap populist policies, to handicap and prevent the possibilit­y of any liberal policies ever happening. For example, if the goal is to get affordable quality medical care for everyone, everything else pales next to single payer. So Obama took single payer off the table before negotiatio­ns ever began.

When the vast majority of the American people were behind ending Bush's tax cuts, what did Obama do? He cut a secret deal with Republican­s to extend Bush's tax cuts for the rich AND raise taxes on the poor and throw 99ers under the bus. Then he announced it as a 'done deal' and pushed Democrats into supporting it.

Obama's done similar things throughout all of government­, whether it's giving out more deepwater oil drilling permits without any safeguards in place, no financial regulatory reform to prevent more bubbles, appointing corporate lobbyists as regulators to write and enforce the rules and regulation­s (or stall and water them down) in whatever reform legislatio­n does get passed, etc.
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