Monday, January 05, 2009
Well, He Did Promise Change
Obama Plan Includes $300 Billion in Tax Cuts
No, we don't expect the majority of his supporters to have any problem with it. He could privatize the public schools and they'd be all for it -- he's Obama!
We look forward to "Yes We Can" progressives espousing the merits of trickle-down economics.
Oh, Yes They Will.
Here's a quick chart of how it works, so you can follow along for the next four years:
- WASHINGTON Ñ President-elect Barack Obama plans to include about $300 billion in tax cuts for workers and businesses in his economic recovery program, advisers said Sunday, as his team seeks to win over Congressional skeptics worried that he was too focused on government spending.
No, we don't expect the majority of his supporters to have any problem with it. He could privatize the public schools and they'd be all for it -- he's Obama!
We look forward to "Yes We Can" progressives espousing the merits of trickle-down economics.
Oh, Yes They Will.
Here's a quick chart of how it works, so you can follow along for the next four years:
- Step 1: Obama makes appointment, proposal, or needless concession that violates core progressive value.
Step 2: Specific progressive group affected (and other suspicious characters) complain.
Step 3: Citing "a need for change," unflappable Obama supporters unequivocally endorse policy despite its being a violation of core progressive values and despite its not being a change from current (Republican) policy at all.
Step 4: Faced with the inescapable perniciousness of the policy, Obama supporters concede its flaws [NOTE! This step may not happen!] but defend it on the grounds of "political necessity" -- whether or not it is in fact a political necessity.
Step 5: Repeat.
