According to the histerical mantras of Republicans, Obamacare is a perfect tool to force all Americans into a socialist health care system.
The humanitarian crisis is proliferating. We have homeless families who until a few short months ago had a home and whose members had some kind of job. Now they have fallen through society’s cracks, perhaps irreversibly.
In the current downturn, the vast majority of the elderly are suffering along with the young. The right cure would help both generations.
Striking a deal with Republicans to cut entitlements would be a disasterous start to the president's second term.