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In reply to the discussion: Obama is giving the speech liberals have begged him to give for four years. [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)rather than give a speech with platitudes about inequality
I would rather see him give a speech where he actually proposes some policies to actually reduce inequality
you know, things like a stronger and better safety net, and a more progressive tax code.
Of course, that ship has already sailed out of the port since Obama himself just took steps to make the tax code less progressive and to increase inequality. And it is going to be impossible to put that evil back into Pandora's box.
But the pretty words were nice, in some ways. But in some ways, not so much. For example, what the fuck does "revamp the tax code" mean? I mean, if I was going to revamp it, I would do things like close loopholes and RAISE rates. But Obama has defined "revamp" as meaning "LOWER" rates.
In other words, for all of his pretty words, he intends apparently to make the tax code less progressive and our country more unequal as the rich will clearly benefit the most from any sort of lowering of rates.
Without specific proposals, words like "revamp our tax code" and "reform our schools" do not necessarily mean anything positive, because we typically hear those same buzz words from Republicans too. http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/91