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Social spending cuts now and ahead will facilitate them. On February 5, Obama's budget director, Jacob Lew, signaled what's planned in his New York Times op-ed headlined, "The Easy Cuts Are Behind Us," saying:
"....to make room for the investments we need to foster growth, we have to cut what we cannot afford," meaning longstanding social services millions rely on, need, and if lose will face grave hardships. They're coming to "prepare the United States to win in the world economy" at the expense of most of its citizens, sacrificed for elitist interests, the usual ones lined up for more.
A Final Comment
A previous article discussed equitable alternatives far different than Obama proposed. They include:
-- waging war on concentrated wealth and power;
-- an across-the-board populist agenda, making social justice issue one;
-- slashing the defense budget, minimally in half, ideally much more, including closing overseas bases, reducing force levels, ending foreign occupations, and renouncing imperial wars;
-- a progressive income tax replacing today's dysfunctional one;
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