Post Sandy Hook: Did GOP win the election after all?
Beautiful speech, then more concessions on health care, taxes. |
Following the Pres. Obama's beautiful speech in Newton, he went and met with Boehner and offered the Republicans a deal sweetener on the mythical "fiscal cliff" that would cut $400 billion from federal health care programs, including those for mental health. Obama also agreed to cut $122 billion more in cost-of-living increases in Social Security and other benefits by using a different formula for measuring inflation. Obama is reportedly also retreating on the level of a tax increase for the wealthy, permanently extending Bush-era tax cuts for those making below $400,000 (rather