The above is a classic example of blaming one side of the political divide for the failure of the entire legislative body (or rather blaming one person for the misteps or inactions of Congress). Moreover, you miss the point of much of the spending that has taken place to date. Prior to the Budget Control Act of 2011, the Stimulus and extension of unemployment compensation, payroll taxes, the Bush tax cuts, etc., were all done to help keep people from falling into poverty and for those who are in poverty to not find themselves living on the streets. Granted, our country is still in dire straights, but for people to suggest that the Presidnet is purposely promoting an environment of government dependency is just ridiculous!
Let me put it to you this way:
The Bush tax cuts have been in existence since at least 2003 and yet the economy began to tank years before Obama took office, and despite extending them the economy hasn't really improved all that much. Should we continue on this track or change course?
Tea Party Republicans have been in office since January 1, 2011 elected on the promise of "creading jobs" based on the Republican Pledge to America. Has it been their initiatives or President Obama's that have helped to bring about 29 consecutive months of private sector job growth even as Republicans at the state-level has enacted legislation to put more public employees on unemployment?
These are just two of the major questions folks need to really look at WITHOUT the partisan blinders. And yes, I know I've pointed the finger at Republicans here even as I lament taking a non-bias approach to thinking here, but my point is I have tried very hard to see things from both sides. And in my view, Republicans have done more to keep this country from moving forward than the President or Democrats. If people would really look at the issues in their historical context, they'd know this to be true. Instead, what we have is one side blaming "failed leadership" from the top as the reason for the country remaining frozen with 8% unemployment when the truth is Congress simply hasn't acted with the people's best interest at heart. So my question to the readers of this thread would be what concreate ideals or policy changes have Mitt Romney proposed that in your view will move the country forward? If you listen to him...I mean really listen to him...he's either been extremely vauge in what he would do OR he's fell back on ideas either from his VP running mate, Paul Ryan, OR the proposals from Simpson-Bowles. But where are HIS proposals?
