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Thursday, November 29, 2012

After Victory, Liberals Want Income Redistribution

During the campaign it was commonplace to note that President Obama didn't have much of a second-term agenda. Beyond his desire to raise taxes on higher earners, most of the president's platform amounted to a promise to "not go back" -- that is, to protect the accomplishments of his first term.

But Obama's liberal supporters do have a second-term agenda, and it is a far-reaching one. That agenda, laid out a new article in the liberal magazine the American Prospect, is enough to set off alarm bells among conservatives in Washington and around the country.

In the piece, author Mike Konczal summarizes the work of some influential thinkers on the left who are asking the question: Now that Obama has been re-elected, and Obamacare is safe from Republican repeal, "what's next for the welfare state?"

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It wasn't a victory it was a stolen election!

Anonymous said...

7:40. Agreed. What is really bad is that the takers who did vote for him will be the first ones hurt. Considering how incredibly the GOP are still gettin blamed for things it may be best for them to give up, at least for awhile.

Eventually people will wise up.

Anonymous said...

"What is really bad is that the takers who did vote for him will be the first ones hurt."

I have no sympathy. More a case of 'getting what one asks for'.