Yes That’s A Pass, Not A Shot

President Obama leads this country the way in which he plays pick-up basketball, with more assists and few goals, despite an elbow to the mouth from a friend.

As he did with health care, he is doing with tax care, passing off the ball to those in his administration who have reached their level of incompetency, kind of like the Peter Principal . . . remember that!  It seemed to make some sense at the time, or perhaps now again.

Following a two hour meeting at the White House, with leaders of the House and Senate, on extending the Bush tax cuts, Obama announces at the conclusion that we have agreed to “talk”. That is just what we need in DC, more talk.

Perhaps more of our politicians in DC need an elbow to the mouth , for what comes out of it today is not much common sense.

And, as a forward step in this nation’s crisis, Obama announces that he has directed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and budget office director Jack Lew to lead negotiations with congressional Republicans to break a stalemate on extending Bush-era tax cuts.

Nice pass Mr. President, was it a forward one, or a backward one, or just kind of regrouping the team looking for a new approach to the basket?

Despite the midterm elections, which was a resounding defeat for Democrats in the House, representing the people’s disapproval of Obama policies; the ONE continues to display the arrogance of his Alinsky policy of wealth redistribution.

The White House session was Obama’s first meeting with Republican and Democratic leaders since the midterm elections that put Republicans in control of the House starting in January and narrowed the Democratic majority in the Senate.

Now as Bloomberg reports, Obama and many Democrats want to retain tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 only on the first $200,000 annually earned by individuals and the first $250,00 earned by married couples filing jointly.

Republicans want tax cuts extended permanently for all income levels, saying that raising taxes during a fragile economic recovery is a bad idea. Without action by Congress, all of the Bush-era tax cuts will expire on Dec. 31, resulting in more tax withholding from pay checks in January for millions of Americans.

I don’t think it takes a rocket scientist, considering the picture of our economy, what is taking place globally, the national unemployment job picture at 17%,  the government spending more with a $13 trillion deficit, to see that this is a bad time to raise taxes for all?

Now add this to the picture, Sen. Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader who was at the Obama meeting on taxes, had time with a full plate on his agenda, to utter some salient words before the 111th session of Congress shuts down, to spend five minutes on the Senate floor Monday to discuss a football game he watched over the weekend.

Reid opened official business for the final congressional term by describing Saturday’s University of Nevada win over Boise State.

The passing of the ball seems to be the mantra of this administration, while not considering the salient issues of this nation and addressing its priorities.

Now, to put all of this in perspective Obama is considering at least a short delay to the start of his holiday vacation in Hawaii so he can try to work out a deal with congressional Republicans on the Bush tax cuts that expire December 31.

Apparently he has received some signals that the lame duck session of Congress could drag on past December 18, when the president is scheduled to depart for Hawaii.

I would suggest at the ending of Obama’s next speech he might conclude with “God Help America”, rather than “God Bless America.!”