Now that Pres. Obama and Speaker Boehner are both getting kicked in the head by their base.

[Peacetrain]

Now, I have a suggestion for all concerned.

Neither one of you is going to be able to please all the elements of the 35% base you both have. It is not possible. It is just not.

Forget the fact you both are going to be eaten alive by those who have invested their hate in you.

Its there, it is not going away.

So with that in mind,

Just raise the caps.

The extra money coming in will go into treasuries anyway and that will automatically bring down the deficit

Just raise the caps.

Take half that extra money coming in from raising the caps and invest in infrastructure.

Just raise the caps.

With investment in infrastructure many of the people in the trades who lost their jobs with the housing bust will be re-employed and when re-employed will start to buy and build new home stimulating more jobs in that area

Just raise the caps.

[theaocp]

1. I am ecstatic to agree with you, PT!

But don't tell dkf:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1442346&mesg_id=1442480

[Peacetrain]

3. There is no such animal as that lock box

or bank.. of course the government is going to "invest" it in bonds.. but all of us under 118,000 a year or so are buying those bonds with every penny we make.. time to spread the pain upwards.

And it will have to be readdressed again in another 30 years, just like it was 30 years ago.

[polichick]

2. It's kabuki theater - Obama and Boner are going to get exactly what they want.

[Peacetrain]

4. Now that is making no sense.

Unless you tell me what the President and Boehener want?

[polichick]

5. They want the same thing - few changes that will impact Wall Street and the wealthy...

...in a big flashy deal that helps them both look like the adults in the room.

They're on the same team, with the teabaggers and progressives playing the role of obstructionists.

[emulatorloo]

7. yeah, right

[Bluenorthwest]

6. Obama ran on raising the cap. This along with his 'no mandates'

were the two differences between him and Clinton that made up my mind for him. Then he supported mandates, and no public option. It seems that for him, there is joy in hypocrisy. I hope he sticks to this one, because it is very important. For once, let him stand like a man.

[emulatorloo]

8. Excellent idea. Worth calling our congresspeople about. n/t

[provis99]

9. liberals are not Obama's base. Goldman Sachs is.