Obamas Empty Evasion by Robert Samuelson - Article Example

A poll conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation clearly showed that people in huge numbers were opposed to any sort of cuts in social security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The spending of the U.S government for the elderly under the above schemes has added a huge cost to the government. It was expected from the President to make people aware of how investment in these areas was affecting the government’s budget.             Further, it was expected from the President to make people aware of the fact eliminating programs that are considered to be ineffective will not solve the deficit problem.

Moreover, a commonly held belief existed that the facilities given to the elderly are something that they had earned but it was seen that benefits given to them have exceeded their payroll taxes. Solutions to deficits involve a combination of reduction of benefits for the elders, reducing programs, and raising taxes. Here lies the failure of Obama because he avoided the choices and also failed to clarify them to the public.