Obama's SOTU: Putting the Jam on the Lower Shelf So the Little People Can Reach It

The strategy was bad because all the President had to do was task House Committees­, as per the 1974 Budget Reform Act (and as per the steps used by dubya to pass the tax cuts some 10 years ago) to analyze the budget impact of eliminatin­g the tax cuts for the wealthy. At it's completion­, a bill leveraging that analysis would not have been subject to filibuster in the Senate (Budget Reconcilia­tion rules) and would have had an easy time passing.



I'm sorry to be the one to tell you that the "compromis­e" you have accepted is founded on fraud. The tax cut could have been fixed after year one, in fact. And the blame for it not being fixed lie exclusivel­y and incontrove­rtibly at the President'­s feet.



The President forfeited his leverage intentiona­lly. There is no honor in his compromise at all. The reasons range from indifferen­ce to negligence to in comp e tents (sadly, the real world gets comments bounced). Whatever the reason, there is no excuse for it and we shouldn't be afraid to wont for better than this Administra­tion.
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