
Broken Promises Then there is ending income tax for seniors earning less than 50k(dropped), $3000 tax credit for companies adding jobs(dropped), penalty free hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts(dropped), recognizing the Armenian genocide(dropped), enforce pay as you go(dropped), close Guantanamo(tabled), allow Bankruptcy judges to modify home loans(dropped), limit subsidies for agribusiness(dropped), enact windfall profits tax for oil companies(dropped), sign the freedom of choice act(delayed), no signing statements in the style of GWB, yet we find him anxious to use them . Double the Peace Corps (stalled), Tougher rules against revolving door for lobbyists and former officials (dropped), FISA, habeas corpus, the prosecution of war criminals, blocking networks from seeing the White House visitors list, detainee photos, preventive detention, the support of state secrets law, supporting DOMA, and avoiding don't ask, don't tell. Which are particularly distasteful when you reflect that its a black man denying another minority equal rights, and all this is just for starters. What is particularly sad, is that most of these decisions were made by crumbling to the will of lobbyists and corporate interests. All of this in just the first eight months of his presidency, and you have the gall to ask for tolerance and patience??? General McChrystal's report will be a distillation of their strong misgivings, within NATO. He says the aim should be for Afghan forces to take the <b>...</b>
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