YES! He talked raising the min. wage & new retirement accounts.
5%
NO! No talk of raising taxes on rich or ending “free” trade deals.
95%
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The new retirement accounts sounds like the start of a slipperly slope that slowly conveys People's Retirement income over to the banks.
Lame Duck woddling. Even if the Democrats sweep this November, they will still be the whores of the monied interests. Case in point is Nancy "the (inside) trader" Pelosi. Illegal when you trade on nonpublic information BUT not when a Member of Congress engages in it. Congress is not properly duplicitious to faithfully serve their corporate masters and help the regular people commoner serfs. why do we still waste our time on "change you can bel..............
It appeared to be more of the same ol' Obama rhetoric. As the saying goes: "No guts no glory". We'll see what transpires.
A slight divergent topic: it seems to me that the very wealthy and or wealthier GOP politicians have no concept of reality when it comes to inequality. Not everyone wants to be rich just like them, as they seem to believe. There are those, like my dad, who loved the outdoors and loved working with his hands, and was happy with being in construction. He could have been a local union leader, but he would have hated a desk job. He loved his work, and was dedicated to taking care of his family. There are those who like tinkering with cars, like working the earth with small farms, like fishing, building homes, piloting tugboats or whatever. They don't care about getting rich. They only want or need what makes life comfortable and livable for their households. This is what the wealthy don't get.
1 other note: I was watching a CSPAN series on 1st ladies. They finally made it up to Hillary Clinton, and a remark was made that I found interesting - why she voted for the Irac war. She was senator for NY. 9-11 happened in NY. She had to represent the people of her state.
The President/Dems have dramatically narrowed the discussion about poverty, focusing only on those who are fortunate enough to have jobs. At the same time, Dems (again) target the elderly, disabled and poor. It is too dangerous to vote another Democrat into office.
With all due respect, this is inaccurate. The ONLY inequality acknowledged by Democrats/lib media is between the better-off and the rich. President Obama stressed last night that ONLY those who are of use to employers are deserving of food and shelter. The shocking gap between those fortunate enough to be able to work/have jobs and all those who have been left behind, continues to be ignored, and it has taken a very heavy toll since Clinton.
State of the Union address:
POTUS bragging about all the evil shit being accomplished, and lying about getting some good things done
disgusting
state of the unions:
pathetic
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i agree with telliotmbamsc above. This new retirement account looks and smells a bit like Bushie's retirement accounts. The people choose the retirement plans they want to join and then get hit when the banks cant come up with their retirement monies. I agree with alot of the people above. Dems are also bought and sold. We need a new kind of party that's not bought and sold.