Reading on and between the lines and disregarding the empty rhetoric, it appears that Pres. Obama has thrown down the gauntlet on at least two issues:
1. class warfare is now a campaign promise. (The politics of envy will now become a campaign strategy). You think politics is polarized now? If Obama wins in November, more and more investors, money managers, venture capitalists, etc. are going to be holding onto their money and perhaps looking overseas, thus slowing the recovery. Don't get me wrong, the Internal Revenue Code is in desperate need of reform, but that can be done without the inflammatory rhetoric of class warfare.
2. the best way to fix the economy is government programs and spending. Although the free market system got a rhetorical nod, Obama wants to go to a command and control economy just like the socialist countries of Europe. We all know where they have ended up, but that's where Obama wants to take us. I hope you are registered to vote.
As I've said before, Obama is a narcissistic socialist wannabe who said during the speech that he plans to move his agenda ahead with or without congress. If that statement alone doesn't expose Obama's subversive intent, what will? And this knucklehead is our country's president. It's hard to believe today's electorate is that stupid. Apparently they as the proof currently occupies the Oval Office.
ReplyDelete44, Thanks! The remark you mentioned is also disturbing. The Constitution envisions that the President will execute the law passed by Congress and the President takes an oath to that effect. Obama's failure to follow the War Powers Act in committing U.S. planes to the revolution in Libya is perhaps an example. However, the President, for better or worse, has lots of power that has been delegated to him by Congress, esp. via administrative agencies and regulations. Perhaps that's what Obama was talking about. If you can, check the context of the remarks.
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