Obama has decided to "engage the American people" for the 1000th time, rather than engaging congress.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream.

Survey data exclusive to The Associated Press points to an increasingly globalized U.S. economy, the widening gap between rich and poor, and the loss of good-paying manufacturing jobs as reasons for the trend.

The findings come as President Barack Obama tries to renew his administration's emphasis on the economy, saying in recent speeches that his highest priority is to "rebuild ladders of opportunity" and reverse income inequality.

Editor’s notes:  Understand this – the only way H Obama can reverse income inequality or rebuild ladders of opportunity is to 

a)  significantly cut taxes on those who supply or create jobs, long term cuts based on hiring and sustained increases in employed personnel,    

b)  cut the massive cost of regulations due to thousands of new regulations added each and every year, 

c)  effectively deal with the rising cost of health care, and, finally,  

d)  get rid of those penalties in ObamaCare that encourage part-time hiring practices.

   

While there is little new in my suggestions,  Obama is opposed to any of these solutions because they limit what he hopes to create in terms of social benefit programs.  “Ladders of opportunity”  is a concept that has little definition in the mind of Obama and has more to do with engineered (government supplied) income equality than it does opportunities for work related improvement. 

But he has to B.S. his way through the next 3 years,  and, cheap talk is his only available avenue.  It keeps him “busy” as he “engages the American people,”  but will have little to  show for the time and money spent running  around the country rather than engaging party leadership in Washington.