Obama On Debt Ceiling Talks: Both Sides Must Make 'Political Sacrifices' (VIDEO)

I seem to remember a bi-partisa­n commission being assembled by Obama to put together a comprehens­ive plan to fix this giant crater we're in. I seem to remember that commission coming out with a report that contained several promising solutions to this mess. I seem to remember this commission being completely ignored.

How about stop wasting money on commission­s that we're going to completely ignore anyway as a start? Or better yet, implement the plan the commission came up with?

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The Simpson-Bo­wles Commission (aka the 'Cat Food Commission­', as it's cynically called, because it guts Social Security and Medicare) produced a lousy solution.

Obama takes solutions that work for the People, the vast majority of Americans, off the table.  Whether it's ending Bush's tax cuts or the wars, the '14th Amendment Solution' (and it is, indeed, a legitimate option), etc., Obama kneecaps and handicaps the Democratic voters who put him and Democrats into power.  

That's Obama's style, taking solutions that work for the People off the table and out of considerat­ion when we're discussing how we want to proceed.  That's what he did during the healthcare debate -- He took single payer off the table before negotiatio­ns ever began.  Because if affordable­, quality medical care for everyone is your goal, then everything else pales against single payer.  If, however, keeping the insurance and pharmaceut­ical industry cartels in place and in control of Americans' health care and choices, if reaping massive profits for them is your goal, then taking single payer off the table is the only way you're going to be able to accomplish it.
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