President Obama's Budget Talk: Did I Miss Something?

On April 13, 2011 President Obama gave a speech at George Washington University about the budget (and forgot to wish Thomas Jefferson a 'Happy Birthday!'). April 14, 2011 progressive talk radio shows like The Stephanie Miller Show and The Thom Hartman show hailed the speech, calling Obama a visionary, or as one caller put it, "Kennedy-esque" I began to wonder, "Did I hear the same speech?"

I dissected the speech on air, playing it in its entirety on my own radio show April 13, 2011. I heard a lot about cuts. I heard a lot about Medicare and Medicaid and I heard a lot about bipartisan efforts to cut trillions from the budget over the next 12 years. I heard about taxing the rich but sadly missed the part about taxing corporations as if they were people, since the U.S. Supreme Court said in the Citizen's United ruling that they have the same rights as people, I assumed that meant the same responsibilities as well and same tax liabilities. I heard a lot about sacrifice and visions of the future. What I didn't hear was any real Democratic principles or how America is going to really take care of itself or its people; just its budget.

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