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No he didn't.
You mean he didn't promise Hope and/or Change?
Seems to me he did, and thus raised a few expectations.
No he didn't.
You mean he didn't promise Hope and/or Change?
Seems to me he did, and thus raised a few expectations.
Which brings me back to my original question that STILL hasn't been answered. Who is ultimately responsible for US economic policy... Congress or the President.
both, friend
most people would probably say the prez bears more burden, however
especially if his party controls both houses with 60 in upper chamber
First of all, I would hardly define a 3½ point increase, as "jacking up" taxes.
And lastly, how on Earth are we ever going to pay down the debt, no less balance the budget, if we don't raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans?
Most of the budget deficits have been caused because 1) ****ty economy = lesser tax revenue while paying out more in unemployment benefits
and 2) automatic, built-in increases within the entitle programs that have nothing to do with Obama's economic polices.
Well, I'm inclined to agree with Ezra Klein
So, are you saying that both Congress and the President have a fairly equal responsbility in the economy?
Actually, you didn't answer my question. You dodged it... as you still are...
There is a difference betwen noting and changing the discussion to focusing.
HE as in Conservative.
OK. So, would you then agree, based on this, that Bush bore more of the burden of the economic problems prior to 2008, just as Obama bears more of the burden of the economic problems after 2008?
bush lost, bush was a loser, bush is history
by all means, tho, run that TWO THOUSAND EIGHT campaign, knock yourself out
go after hoovervilles, if it pleases you
americans, meanwhile, will meetcha on the other side
in '12
it didn't go very far in november
tsunami tuesday, baby
most house seats since 1938 (the year after the eponymous roosevelt recession), most house reps and assemblies in history, 10 gubs, 6 senators...
mature americans have important matters on their minds
ie, they're not stuck in the past
They ran against Bush in 2000, 2004, 2008 and will be running against him, it seems, in 2012.
It will take these folks years to recover from their BDS.
You know its funny, I have never, ever heard Obama say the words since he's been president that it's Bushs fault, can someone please link that to me. Cheers.
Obama never calimed he 'inherited this mess'? Really?
That's not what some of you claim.
Day in and day out "Obama just 'blames Bush'"
I'd just like to see where he does it.
ggkbythxlolz!
Yesterday, Obama announced his candidacy for re-election and yet the subject remains GW Bush. Would some Obama supporter please give me a valid reason to vote FOR Barack Obama instead of giving reasons to vote AGAINST GW Bush who isn't on the ballot?
You know its funny, I have never, ever heard Obama say the words since he's been president that it's Bushs fault, can someone please link that to me. Cheers.
By Jared A. Favole
President Barack Obama made it clear at a fund-raiser in Atlanta today: The Democrats are still running against former President George W. Bush.
At the Democratic Party event, the president said the Republican Party hasn’t differentiated itself from his predecessor. “They don’t have a single idea that’s different from George Bush’s ideas–not one,” Obama said to applause. Obama rarely refers to Bush by name during speeches, preferring instead to say “the previous administration.”
He said Republican policies caused the recession. “We got here after 10 years
of an economic agenda in Washington that was pretty straight forward,” Obama
said. “You cut taxes for millionaires, you cut rules for special interests, and
you cut working folks loose to fend for themselves. That was the philosophy of
the last administration and their friends in Congress.”