Mother Jones : Obama's Job plan was designed to piss off Republicans. No Big entitlement cuts that GOPers crave. Counting on the de-escalation in Afghanistan and Iraq as a cost-saver, allowing the Bush tax cuts for the rich to expire, limiting deductions for those making more than $250,000 a year, closing loopholes and killing special interest tax breaks

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All of these tax provisions would add up to $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction. So this plan—Obama's submission to the so-called supercommittee—is an invitation to a smack-down brawl.

My Comment :

Bravo President Obama, Give them Hell !

We are going to see the "Kenyan" Warrior hunting lions at Capitol Hill, a more cowboy and macho Obama and less Sissy before the Republican Bullies in Congress, Obama is not a Liberal Hippie of "Make Love, not War" ...

Obama is intelligent and a Chicago Pol, he knows that he has to become stronger, firmer, more forceful without appearing partisan, or without giving the impression of being a Nasty guy stomping on others and being unnecessarily disrespectful

Mother Jones
Obama's Deficit Plan: A Big Veto Promise
Welcome to the latest battle in Washington's deficit war.
September 19, 2011

By David Corn
David Corn is Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief. For more of his stories, click here. He's also on Twitter and Facebook. Get David Corn's RSS feed.


Obama's Deficit Plan: A Big Veto Promise


Some excerpts :

Which brings me to the one sentence in the White House fact sheet that is in boldface: "The President will veto any bill that takes one dime from the Medicare benefits seniors rely on without asking the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share."

Before GOPers even saw the details of Obama's plan, they were blasting it (predictably) as class warfare. Is Obama ready to pound back?

Obama is saying that he won't take anything away from Medicare beneficiaries—and he'll continue to point out that the Republicans are on record as supporting ending the Medicare guarantee for seniors. But there is, it seems, wiggle room here. If the GOPers relent on revenues and okay a tax hike on the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations, might Obama consider trimming benefits for some seniors? With this statement, Obama looks as if he's both prepping to stand firm—while still being open to a grand bargain that includes more extensive entitlement cuts.

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Rather than produce a proposal that could be an ending point for bipartisan negotiations, the president has unveiled a strong opening position. This is somewhat in contrast to how he approached the negotiations over the budget earlier in the year and the more recent tar-pit talks concerning the debt ceiling. But striking this tough stand at the outset will only serve him well, if he's now willing to battle publicly and negotiate fiercely in the weeks ahead. "Public servants," he said, "weren't elected to do what's easy…And that's what this debate is about." And for Obama, the challenge ahead is to maintain this well-framed fight even as he seeks a deal.

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