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Edited on Thu Sep-01-11 06:03 PM by Divernan
I anticipate a package of multiple suggestions/proposals, some of which WILL go through quickly like the 3 proposed mini-NAFTAs, or more cash incentives/tax breaks going to corporates/businesses. As to any proposals which progressives could support, I expect deja vu flowery campaign rhetoric, which his prior behavior indicates will NOT be honored.
To wit: "I'll end the Iraq war in my first year", morphed into "All troops will be out of Iraq by the end of 2011", morphing into begging the Iraqi parliament to ask the US to leave an indefinite number of troops in Iraq for an indefinite amount of time.
Keep in mind the rules of evidence, and the general principles of contract law, counselor. Empty promises of future action versus concrete and immediate actions. Obama got "consideration", i.e., our votes, but he never delivered the goods on many of his campaign promises. If one of your clients got stiffed in a contractual transaction, would you advise them to sue for specific performance, or would you advise your client to abandon their claim and enter into yet another contract with the party who was in breach? If you chose the latter option you're wide open for a professional malpractice suit.
As one of my favorite senior partners used to say, "I want some quid for that pro quo."
On edit, with thanks to poster DirkGently: I forgot a biggie in the anticipated business friendly proposals - LOTS more deregulation. That's where Obama will go the biggest, and that will get him the most payback re campaign donations.
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