alienation

Questioning Obamanomics

101... bad idea. That would make every politician a lame duck. Having at least one term where they have to please the populace is a good thing. Also, one thing that term limits have done, especially at the state level, is give more power to behind-the-scenes bureaucrats, who actually know how to run things. That's a mixed blessing.

@BCNCV - he'll probably make good on the tax cut promise. We're taking a one-two punch, first this housing crash, then the war debt. There's no way to raise taxes when people are experiencing increasing unemployment and the economy is soft. I suspect Obama's divergence from the traditional Democratic Party policy will be that government money will be funneled more into this energy project, to "make jobs," rather than to pay for social services (he said nothing at all about protecting welfare, but raised infrastructure and energy issues). I wouldn't be surprised if the conditions for receiving this workfare were even harsher than what we're used to -- he may require that people travel for these jobs, put up with low pay, and even do actual labor.