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near acceptable levels.
But the White House gave the
progressives the brush-off. A second stimulus was a political nonstarter, Summers and Geithner
told them — it would never pass,
and therefore Obama would never
propose it.
“Honestly I found it pretty depressing,” Bhargava said, “because
essentially we were hearing back
that there was nothing Washington was going to do about 20 percent unemployment in communities of color.”
Obama’s 2010 State of the Union
address exposed yet more breaches
with the progressive community.
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“Families across the country are
tightening their belts and making tough decisions. The federal
government should do the same,”
Obama said. Wrong, said Faux.
“If there’s anything that is not
true, it’s that! In hard times, the
federal government’s the only
guy left who can spend money,”
said Faux. Obama clearly understands that, Faux said, so his
statement was nothing but pandering to Republicans.
While listing his goals for the
forthcoming year in his 2010 State
of the Union address, Obama
barely even mentioned the topic
of immigration reform. During
the campaign, he had promised to
introduce a comprehensive bill.
What he did, instead, was increase
President
Obama on
a hot day in
May 2012.