First the benefit cuts, so "everybody feels the ground is stable under our feet..."

[woo me with science]

"Then we can think about...strategies that will result in targeted job growth...like infrastructure projects."


So cutting benefits will make "everybody" feel the ground is stable under our feet? Really? "Everybody"?

Apparently the poor aren't part of "everybody" anymore.

[vi5]

1. He meant everyone who is important....

At least to most in DC.

[Hydra]

4. "Everyone important" =

Everyone with 10+ million in the bank

[QC]

5. Bingo. n/t

[xchrom]

2. recommend

[Hell Hath No Fury]

3. I have one thing to say.

:puke:

[ProfessionalLeftist]

6. "benefit cuts" do NOT equal stability. They equal eviscerating the most vulnerable

members of society - and that does not encourage "stability". My mom, who lives on SS and Medicare, will NOT feel the "ground is stable" after what pissy little she has to live on is CUT!

[chill_wind]

7. Which are the exact opposite priorities of what

any progressive economist has been trying to tell him since the whole deficit panel sham began.

300 Economists Told Obama: Focus on Jobs, not the Deficit
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x560332

[woo me with science]

9. This should be reposted as an OP.

The message becomes more and more urgent.

[gkhouston]

13. Agreed. n/t

[woo me with science]

15. I reposted as an OP

with a link to your original post and attribution to you. I hope that's okay. I think this is extremely important.

Thank you for reposting it.

[chill_wind]

18. Good deal. Thank you.

I've been gone today. Much appreciated. :hi:

[Divernan]

8. Unfortunately the water level is rapidly rising up to our chins.

Geithner's self referential "They" are standing on the solid manicured grounds of their gated estates. The rest of us are standing in the middle of a flood plain, with muddy water up to our chins, and still rising.

[Erose999]

10. Hey Obama, tell that to my dad and the other seniors in my family when they're eating catfood. Just

don't ask them for money.... lol.

[Hawkowl]

11. Who said this?

It has been posited that the reason Europe's recession was less severe and recovery quicker because their extensive social safety net allows people to feel more stable?

Your saying someone in our administration is spouting this disastrous nonsense?!?!

[woo me with science]

14. Obama, in the press conference.

Yes, he is spouting disastrous nonsense.

[Hawkowl]

17. Holy fuck.

Even I, never thought he would be pushing absolute bullshit on par with Shrub!

[gkhouston]

12. Why are we always waiting for this mythical job growth?

And what are we supposed to live on while we wait? :shrug:

[SolutionisSolidarity]

16. Aww. Obama always has the people's best interest at heart.

Of course, by people I mean financiers. And by best interest, I mean incredibly short sighted delusional beliefs.