Monday, January 21, 2013

The Obama agenda

First term: Health care
Second term: Climate change

OK, I might have reversed the order, but this still has a nice ring to it. He can toss fiscal sustainability into the mix with a nice fat carbon tax, but should keep his promise to the 99% by preserving/ enhancing progressive social programs to offset the carbon tax's regressivity.

Et tu, Boehner?

3 comments:

  1. So do you say this the most realistic thing he can get done, or that it is No 1 on the priority list. If its the latter, thats a rather bold and outside the mainstream opinion.

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  2. No 1, dude. If he makes real progress on health care and then climate change, given the political constraints, he goes down in history with FDR. Philz?

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  3. I'll be in town in Feb. I'll shoot an email your way when I get in.

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