Biden gives a speech, saying, indirectly, get ready for austerity against the 99%. What else would "steel our spines" mean to you?

 To me it means nothing will fundamentally change. Except for the worse. If you want the speech, Strib link, from where the screen capture originated on the home/news page of the outlet - hit that link if you want to watch a video; the screen capture only toggles larger so you can read the headlining:

We go from Steal Your Face, to Steel Your Spines. Among media hosannas. 

Will you see a difference? Fundamentally or otherwise? For better? For worse? 

Worse has a high threshold; so, in honor of the Flynn pardoner -