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July 25th 11, 11:44 PM
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Playing "catch up" after 8 years of neglect?
Alan Baker wrote in
: In article , RD Sandman wrote: Alan Baker wrote in news:alangbaker- : In article , RD Sandman wrote: Alan Baker wrote in : In article , "Oglethorpe" wrote: "dave" wrote in message ... On 7/24/2011 7:34 AM, JohnJohnsn wrote: On Jul 23, 8:48 am, wrote: ISN'T IT OBVIOUS to all but you brainless racists among us that the "Boehner Plan" is aimed squarely at making Obama the first president to preside over a U.S. DEFAULT? The Obama administration spent more in less than 3 years than the Bush administration did in eight years. There would be no need to raise the debt ceiling were it not for that. Yeah. If you take over the controls of an aircraft that someone has put into a steep dive, you can't just yank the controls back to level it off, either. How many more years do you think that excuse will fly? Before I answer: do you really think that is is just an excuse that has no validity? Do you mean the aircraft metaphor or the comment about Obama and your implication? I mean do you really think that the fact that the U.S. economy was in a steep decline when Obama took office and it cannot be reversed just by flicking a switch: do you think that that is valid or not? Yes, I believe that the decline actually started at the end of the Clinton administration with the dot.com industry going bust and the regulations being eased on the housing and financial markets and the Democrats' dream of new home ownership. Clinton wanted 8 million new home owners. Bush continued that dream with a desire for 5.5 million on his watch. Oversight went in the toilet, we had 9/11, two wars, an unfunded mandate on Medicare Part D, etc. We also had a Democratically controlled House and Senate since the 2006 elections and lack of oversight on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Obama campaigning that Afghanistan was the "right" war and a continuation of the many of the same policies that existed under Bush. The economy was in the toilet, jobs were going away and Obama was concentrating on passing his historic healthcare bill (insurance reform) rather than to focus on the other two problems. Yes, I believe those things. I also believe that, sometime, Obama needs to stand up and be counted rather than to continue to blame things on Bush. -- RD (The Sandman) Thought for the day....... Handle every stressful situation like a dog would. If you can't eat it or hump it....**** on it and walk away. |
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