Barack Obama's Expensive Domestic Agenda Will Cost America's Middle Class

The bottom line is that Mr. Obama is selling the country on a 2% illusion. ..Mr. Obama is very good at portraying his agenda as nothing more than center-left pragmatism. But pragmatists don't ignore the data. And the reality is that the only way to pay for Mr. Obama's ambitions is to reach ever deeper into the pockets of the American middle class. Full Story »

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by Walter Cox - Feb. 26, 2009

A good reality-check piece. Obama's Tuesday evening speech was inspiring--if we believe his numbers. Even a cursory check of those numbers reveals some wide disparities that should cause every American pause.

I like Obama, and I voted for him. It is especially refreshing to listen to a President who does not mangle the English language at every turn. It may be up to us, however, to make sure that President Obama does not mangle reality.

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