In some alternate reality, President Obama’s State of the Union speech argued for cutting the corporate tax rate to the 25% OECD average, phasing out capital gains taxes on long-term investments, immediate action to attract more high-skilled and entrepreneur immigrants, and embracing the bipartisan Wyden-Ryan Medicare reform plan.
This isn’t crazy. There are plenty of examples of liberal politicians and parties (see above chart from Strategas Research) both here and abroad that pulled a Nixon to China to cut spending and institute structural tax and spending reforms.
But the Earth-1 Obama seems more comfortable with being McGovern to China or Nixon to Orange County.
Help the ignoramuses among your readership. What is an “Earth-2 Obama?”
Actually in 1996 the Congress was controlled by the GOP (re: welfare reform).
“Earth 2″ is likely a reference to the alternate universe of DC Comics, where several universes with different timelines coexist (e.g., Crisis on Infinite Earths).
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On Earth-1 the bipartisan nature of the Wyden-Ryan Medicare plan needs an asterisk. http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/politics-elections/243387-wyden-downplays-medicare-plan-he-crafted-with-ryan