The Nation's Greg Kaufmann points out something that he shouldn't have to point out to the White House: namely, why aren't the president and his advisors meeting with actual poor people who will be affected by any budget agreement he makes? We hear about the middle class ad nauseum, but nothing at all about the most vulnerable among us: Throughout these budget talks, the Obama Administration has projected an image that it is open to good ideas from anyone, and interested in the prosperity of everyone. So Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein had his day at the White House along with thirteen other corporate heads.

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