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Obama passed the 'stimulus' which was nothing more than a democratic grab bag of pet projects and state screwing activities that provided nothing stimulating at all for the economy. He paid billions to banks that had destroyed the wealth of a nation so that they could stay solvent long enough to do it again. He has his psycho tzar team out there parroting mao, stalin, hitler, Dr Seuss and anything they can think of to piss off the populace. We are losing jobs all over the country and it isn't slowing down. Health care...............not even going to try to explain that. The Titanic had a better record than this healthcare thing will, except the healthcare bill only has lifeboats for congress and the administration. The rest of us will be locked in steerage
Originally posted by System
Originally posted by plumranch
It may be because his $700,000,000,000 (or $3.7 Trillion total cost) stimulus package has now produced a net loss of 2.7 Million jobs instead of the 3 Million he projected it to produce.
Or no health care bill.
Or no Chicago Olympics.
Or that he doesn't know what to do in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Or that he apologizes to our enemies and betrays our friends internationally.
Or because Obama has basically done none of the things he promised he would do in his campaign...
I agree with everything else but I don't think he should be criticised for not winning the bid for the 2016 Olympic Games. The US hosted the games in '84 and '96. I think there are lots of other countries that should host it before the US gets another go.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
Considering the ignorance of the average American, I'm not at all surprised that Obama's poll numbers are dwindling.
Fortunately, the polls don't have much to do with anything reality-based.
And hopefully, Obama and the Democrats in Congress get their act together and start passing their agenda by November of next year.
Originally posted by Sestias
Actually, the first stimulus package was passed under Bush.
Obama is only responsible for the second one.
Can anyone explain why they support Bush's stimulus but not Obama's?
Originally posted by sos37
So let's see - Bush's stimulus put money directly in our pockets which sales reports showed many people went out and blew immediately, thus stimulating the economy.
Obama's three stimulus/rescue packages gave money to unions and companies and organizations. We're not sure what, if anything they have done to benefit the country.
Originally posted by Sestias
Actually, the first stimulus package was passed under Bush.
Obama is only responsible for the second one.
Can anyone explain why they support Bush's stimulus but not Obama's?
You do not give money away to banks to loan to citizens who cannot already afford the loans their houses are being foreclosed on, you do not give money to banks to loan to citizens who are having their care repossessed because they cannot afford the loan they have, and you do not give banks money to loan to citizens who have no job, have lost their job, who have worked for companies that are downsizing due to an economic depression, you do not give money to banks without having a clearcut contract as to how and where the money is to be spent and flat out telling the banks they cannot give that money to their C.E.O.'s as bonuses.