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U.S. Adds Only 88,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Falls to 7.6%[W: 831]

Re: U.S. Adds Only 88,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Falls to 7.6%

Thats changing as we speak.

RealClearPolitics - Election Other - President Obama Job Approval

Obama's approval numbers are back below 50 and trending down. Obama's re-election means he now owns economic policy. He cannot continue to blame Bush. His polling numbers will now, more realistically, reflect that.

WTF does a job performance poll have to do with a handling of the economy poll??

Answer: Nothing.

More people polled prefer Obama to handle the economy than Republicans.

However, if you want to talk about job performance, I'm down with that ...

Republicans in Congress job approval rating:

CNN: 25%
Quinnipiac: 19%
Marist: 24%
Fox: 23%
ABC: 24%
Pew: 25%
CBS: 19%
 
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No, I'm reporting to you what the polls say. They indicate that more people trust Obama with the economy than they do Republicans. I don't for a moment purport why.

Obama is sliding in the polls. He overplayed his hand with The Sequester nonsense

The hell he didn' hand Obama a broken economy. All the tools Reagan had at his disposal to help the economy (70% tax rates, 20% interest rates, double digit inflation); Obama had none of those to work with. Taxes were already low, interest rates couldn't go lower, inflation couldn't go lower. So while Carter gave Reagan an unemployment rate of 7.5% with tools to bring it down, Bush handed Obama an unemployment rate of 7.8% with a broken economy which had no such tools to fight it.

Obama wasn't handed anything. Obama was running for President when the Economy crashed. The Economy crashed largely because of policies Obama pushed for and supported. Obama even sued banks to force them to loan to low income minorities while he was a lawyer at ACORN. Reagan CUT taxes and enacted sound monetary policy. Obama has done the exact opposite which is why you see a stagnant economy instead of a growing one. :lol:


Bull****. They blocked nothing. I posted the bill on this thread the other night which showed the bills were not filibustered or block by Democrats. Stop making stuff up. You can't blame the minority party because the majority party didn't do its job.

The Democrats blocked GSE reform. There was no need to filibuster the bill. They had the 41 votes necessary to threaten a filibuster which was all they needed. With 41 votes they could have kept the bill languishing permanently with no hope for an up or down vote. Not one Democrat supported GSE reform. Not one Democrat proposed any kind of sensible GSE reform. On the contrary Obama and the Democrats profited mightily from GSE lobbying efforts and campaign contributions. Chris Dodd was given sweetheart loan deals. Frank repeatedly said there was no GSE crisis. They shoulder most of the blame for the financial crisis.
 
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The Democrats blocked GSE reform. There was no need to filibuster the bill. They had the 41 votes necessary to threaten a filibuster which was all they needed. With 41 votes they could have kept the bill languishing permanently with no hope for an up or down vote. Not one Democrat supported GSE reform. Not one Democrat proposed any kind of sensible GSE reform. On the contrary Obama and the Democrats profited mightily from GSE lobbying efforts and campaign contributions. Chris Dodd was given sweetheart loan deals. Frank repeatedly said there was no GSE crisis. They shoulder most of the blame for the financial crisis.
Democrats blocked nothing. If what you're claiming was true, that Republicans didn't feel it was necessary to put it to a vote because they were afraid of the big bad Democrats, and it's not, there would be no filibusters at all in the Senate because the majority party would never bother to put any legislation on the floor out of fear there weren't enough votes for cloture. No, what happened was that Republican leadership wouldn't put either bill to a vote. It was their choice. And it was the wrong choice. Had they putbit to a vote and had Democrats actually blocked it, then Democrats would be to blame. But that's not what happened with either bill.

As far as Democrats not submitting a bill, that was among the first things they did when they took over in 2007. In March, 2007, Barney Frank pushed a GSE reform bill through the House. It too died in the Senate but Pelosi used some of it, and others, to get another bill through a few months later. A bill that would eventually make its way to Bush's desk -- something Republicans unforunately failed to do.
 
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Democrats blocked nothing. If what you're claiming was true, that Republicans didn't feel it was necessary to put it to a vote because they were afraid of the big bad Democrats, and it's not, there would be no filibusters at all in the Senate because the majority party would never bother to put any legislation on the floor out of fear there weren't enough votes for cloture. No, what happened was that Republican leadership wouldn't put either bill to a vote. It was their choice. And it was the wrong choice. Had they putbit to a vote and had Democrats actually blocked it, then Democrats would be to blame. But that's not what happened with either bill.


Democrats blocked GSE reform. Those are the facts. Not my problem you are too partisan and entrenched in your ideology to admit it. Democrats had the votes to keep the bill languishing permanently in debate. Not one Democrat supported GSE reform. Not one Democrat proposed meaningful GSE reform. Those are the facts and they cannot be disputed. The reform proposed would have created a new regulator and taken oversight away from HUD. Democrats claimed this would lead to less affordable housing for minorities and opposed the reform.

New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae - NYTimes.com

These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.

It was the Clinton Administration that sowed the seeds of destruction

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending - NYTimes.com

Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits.

Barney Frank "What Housing Bubble?"

Barney Frank in 2005: What Housing Bubble? - YouTube

As far as Democrats not submitting a bill, that was among the first things they did when they took over in 2007. In March, 2007, Barney Frank pushed a GSE reform bill through the House. It too died in the Senate but Pelosi used some of it, and others, to get another bill through a few months later. A bill that would eventually make its way to Bush's desk -- something Republicans unforunately failed to do.

Barney Frank never sought meaningful reform of the GSEs. He spent years claiming there was no crisis. In 2010 Democrats STILL BLOCKED GSE REFORM.

Fannie mae and Chris Dodd - WSJ.com

For much of yesterday's debate, Mr. Dodd was visibly angry. Perhaps that is because he was left alone on the floor to defend the most expensive of all federal bailouts. Thanks to his own sweetheart mortgage from Countrywide Financial - a leading Fannie business partner - Mr. Dodd isn't running for re-election. But other Democrats chose to spend yesterday's debate in undisclosed locations. They were no doubt thrilled to enjoy federal witness protection from C-SPAN's cameras as Fan and Fred's longtime opponent, Alabama Senator Richard Shelby, described the various reform efforts they had blocked over the years.

Democrats are primarily responsible for the Financial Crisis :2wave:
 
Re: U.S. Adds Only 88,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Falls to 7.6%

Democrats blocked GSE reform. Those are the facts. Not my problem you are too partisan and entrenched in your ideology to admit it. Democrats had the votes to keep the bill languishing permanently in debate. Not one Democrat supported GSE reform. Not one Democrat proposed meaningful GSE reform. Those are the facts and they cannot be disputed. The reform proposed would have created a new regulator and taken oversight away from HUD. Demoocrats claimed this would lead to less affordable housing for minorities and opposed the reform.

New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae - NYTimes.com



It was the Clinton Administration that sowed the seeds of destruction

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending - NYTimes.com



Barney Frank "What Housing Bubble?"

Barney Frank in 2005: What Housing Bubble? - YouTube



Barney Frank never sought meaningful reform of the GSEs. He spent years claiming there was no crisis. In 2010 Democrats STILL BLOCKED GSE REFORM.

Fannie mae and Chris Dodd - WSJ.com



Democrats are primarily responsible for the Financial Crisis :2wave:
Dayam, talk about a fail. Nothing you posted proves that Democrats blocked either bill in the Senate. :doh

All you've shown is that Democrats were against it. Umm, that not new information. Still, Democrats didn't block either bill. They didn't have to -- Senate Leadership didn't want them passed either.
 
Re: U.S. Adds Only 88,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Falls to 7.6%

Democrats blocked GSE reform. Those are the facts. Not my problem you are too partisan and entrenched in your ideology to admit it. Democrats had the votes to keep the bill languishing permanently in debate. Not one Democrat supported GSE reform. Not one Democrat proposed meaningful GSE reform. Those are the facts and they cannot be disputed. The reform proposed would have created a new regulator and taken oversight away from HUD. Demoocrats claimed this would lead to less affordable housing for minorities and opposed the reform.

New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae - NYTimes.com



It was the Clinton Administration that sowed the seeds of destruction

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending - NYTimes.com



Barney Frank "What Housing Bubble?"

Barney Frank in 2005: What Housing Bubble? - YouTube



Barney Frank never sought meaningful reform of the GSEs. He spent years claiming there was no crisis. In 2010 Democrats STILL BLOCKED GSE REFORM.

Fannie mae and Chris Dodd - WSJ.com



Democrats are primarily responsible for the Financial Crisis :2wave:
Dayam, talk about a fail. Nothing you posted proves that Democrats blocked either bill in the Senate. :doh

All you've shown is that Democrats were against it. Umm, that not new information. Still, Democrats didn't block either bill. They didn't have to -- Senate Leadership didn't want them passed either.
 
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I'm not saying that at all. What I am saying is that construction type jobs require more than just the salary amount. Go to post #850 to see where the $228K figure came from. In reality, about 40% of the stimulus was tax cuts.

Tax cuts only cost money if you think that the money I earn is all the governments, and they only allow me to keep some.
 
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What was the unemployment rate when BO was sworn in and what is it now?How many jobs were being lost per month as apposed to now?

Does it matter, the number dropping out of the labor force and the labor participation rate shows the Obama economic policies to be failures. He is doing a great job creating dispair and causing people to stop looking for jobs as that dependence class continues to grow
 
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No, total loss, as in values of homes, retirement accounts, etc....



In one hand you want to blame Obama for employment numbers. On the other hand, you wish to absolve Bush II for the great loss of net wealth since the Great Depression. I am not blaming Bush for anything, i was simply stating a fact.



If i bought a home with an interest rate of 8.6% 30 years fixed in 1977, the fact that interest rates went to 17.6% in 1982 would not have impacted me. However, the fact that my net worth decreased by 30% in a matter of months did!!! Notice how net wealth did not decline at all during the Reagan recession.

Again, how did this recession hurt you or your family? Obama is responsible for the numbers generated during his term just like you hold Bush responsible for the numbers during his term. What Obama policy has made things better for the private sector? Where is th incentive for a small business to grow and hire people?

Interesting logic you have, Bush destroyed the economy but Obama is powerless to implement anythihg to make it better even when he had overwhelming numbers his first term.
 
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WTF does a job performance poll have to do with a handling of the economy poll??

Answer: Nothing.

More people polled prefer Obama to handle the economy than Republicans.

However, if you want to talk about job performance, I'm down with that ...

Republicans in Congress job approval rating:

CNN: 25%
Quinnipiac: 19%
Marist: 24%
Fox: 23%
ABC: 24%
Pew: 25%
CBS: 19%[/COLOR]

What the hell does a poll on Congress prove since Congress is local not national?

How does any country survive with a declining labor force, trillion dollar deficits, 50 million on Food Stamps, record numbers on disability, massive dependence of the Federal Govt?, .4% GDP growth. It really is sad that you have such low expectations and poor understanding of American exceptionalism and leadership
 
Re: U.S. Adds Only 88,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Falls to 7.6%

Democrats blocked GSE reform. Those are the facts. Not my problem you are too partisan and entrenched in your ideology to admit it. Democrats had the votes to keep the bill languishing permanently in debate. Not one Democrat supported GSE reform. Not one Democrat proposed meaningful GSE reform. Those are the facts and they cannot be disputed. The reform proposed would have created a new regulator and taken oversight away from HUD. Demoocrats claimed this would lead to less affordable housing for minorities and opposed the reform.

New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae - NYTimes.com



It was the Clinton Administration that sowed the seeds of destruction

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending - NYTimes.com



Barney Frank "What Housing Bubble?"

Barney Frank in 2005: What Housing Bubble? - YouTube



Barney Frank never sought meaningful reform of the GSEs. He spent years claiming there was no crisis. In 2010 Democrats STILL BLOCKED GSE REFORM.

Fannie mae and Chris Dodd - WSJ.com



Democrats are primarily responsible for the Financial Crisis :2wave:
Dayam, talk about a fail. Nothing you posted proves that Democrats blocked either bill in the Senate. :doh

All you've shown is that Democrats were against it. Umm, that not new information. Still, Democrats didn't block either bill. They didn't have to -- Senate Leadership didn't want them passed either.
 
Re: U.S. Adds Only 88,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Falls to 7.6%

Dayam, talk about a fail. Nothing you posted proves that Democrats blocked either bill in the Senate. :doh

All you've shown is that Democrats were against it. Umm, that not new information. Still, Democrats didn't block either bill. They didn't have to -- Senate Leadership didn't want them passed either.

Is this the way you live in the real world by looking in the rear view mirror? Do you have any solutions to the massive entitlement state Obama is building? Do you have any solutions to the problems of high unemployment and low economic growth? Any solutions to the problems with the debt? Of course not as yours is to blame someone else and never accept responsibility for the poor choice you made in voting for Obama twice.
 
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Is this the way you live in the real world by looking in the rear view mirror? Do you have any solutions to the massive entitlement state Obama is building? Do you have any solutions to the problems of high unemployment and low economic growth? Any solutions to the problems with the debt?

And what has the GOP answer to the debt situation been? Even the guy you voted for in 2012 was going to give the military MORE MONEY then they requested. That's an INCREASE in spending, something which you said you were against. However, since Romney had an "R" in front of his name, you excused it.

Of course not as yours is to blame someone else and never accept responsibility for the poor choice you made in voting for Obama twice.

All he has to do is use YOUR playbook and say Romney would have been much worse and that's logical to you.

Pathetic that you lecture someone on their faults for voting for a failure twice and yet you voted for one of the biggest failures Bush not once, but THREE TIMES. You have ZERO credibility.
 
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TheNextEra;1061693379]And what has the GOP answer to the debt situation been? Even the guy you voted for in 2012 was going to give the military MORE MONEY then they requested. That's an INCREASE in spending, something which you said you were against. However, since Romney had an "R" in front of his name, you excused it.

It is going to take some tough love to get this country back on track and tough cuts in all programs including the military. We will never know what McCain or Romney would have done because the Obamabots voted for Obama and more entitlement spending as well as new entitlements.


All he has to do is use YOUR playbook and say Romney would have been much worse and that's logical to you.

Your opinion noted but we do know that Romney had a real job and real experience. We will never know. We know what we got with Obama and too many like the entitlements and dependence checks.

Pathetic that you lecture someone on their faults for voting for a failure twice and yet you voted for one of the biggest failures Bush not once, but THREE TIMES. You have ZERO credibility.

Again, your opinion noted but the actual results including 2008 weren't nearly as bad as you and others want to claim. The entirety of the Bush administration showed much better numbers but you continue to buy the leftwing and media spin. BEA.gov, BLS.gov, and the U.S. Treasury all show averages much higher than anything Obama has generated. Still waiting for your answers. We can do nothing about the Bush numbers and a true leader accepts those numbers and works to make things better, not divide like Obama has done.
 
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And what has the GOP answer to the debt situation been? Even the guy you voted for in 2012 was going to give the military MORE MONEY then they requested. That's an INCREASE in spending, something which you said you were against. However, since Romney had an "R" in front of his name, you excused it.



All he has to do is use YOUR playbook and say Romney would have been much worse and that's logical to you.

Pathetic that you lecture someone on their faults for voting for a failure twice and yet you voted for one of the biggest failures Bush not once, but THREE TIMES. You have ZERO credibility.

I don't disagree with you in principle, but essentially, none of it matters. Eventually, someone is going to have to put on their Big Boy Pants and get our fiscal house in order. The spending by our government is insane, no matter which party is in power. All of us who are paying the bills are getting bled dry.

All this wah wah crybaby , "your guy spent more money than may guy", or wah wah "my guy's better than your guy", has got to stop.
 
Re: U.S. Adds Only 88,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Falls to 7.6%

I don't disagree with you in principle, but essentially, none of it matters. Eventually, someone is going to have to put on their Big Boy Pants and get our fiscal house in order. The spending by our government is insane, no matter which party is in power. All of us who are paying the bills are getting bled dry.

All this wah wah crybaby , "your guy spent more money than may guy", or wah wah "my guy's better than your guy", has got to stop.


And right now that is neither party. Both sides are playing this pointing game. If you read Conservatives posts he puts all the blame on the left and virtually none on the right. I've shown that both sides have their issues and it doesn't matter if one side spends less than the other, both sides are STILL spending.

Conservative likes to compare Obama with Bush, yet ignores that when Bush was president his spending was worse than Clinton's. It's been an increase for decades and no side shows signs of it stopping, only who gets the piece of government cheese changes.
 
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And right now that is neither party. Both sides are playing this pointing game. If you read Conservatives posts he puts all the blame on the left and virtually none on the right. I've shown that both sides have their issues and it doesn't matter if one side spends less than the other, both sides are STILL spending.

Conservative likes to compare Obama with Bush, yet ignores that when Bush was president his spending was worse than Clinton's. It's been an increase for decades and no side shows signs of it stopping, only who gets the piece of government cheese changes.

It is you, Sheik, and Pb that want to divert from the Obama record to Bush claiming that Bush was terrible which obviously in your world gives Obama a pass on being terrible. The economic results of Obama is worse. What President in history had a 6 trillion dollar debt in 4 years let alone 8? What President ever had over 100 million dependent on taxpayer assistance? What President ever demonized individual wealth creation and promoted the entitlement state? What President ever spent this much to have a drop in employment four years after taking office?
 
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It is going to take some tough love to get this country back on track and tough cuts in all programs including the military. We will never know what McCain or Romney would have done because the Obamabots voted for Obama and more entitlement spending as well as new entitlements.

Yeah, tough love that the GOP has shown it is not willing to do. And we will never know what Gore or Kerry would have done either because the Bushbots voted for Bush and more spending. It works both ways Con.

Your opinion noted but we do know that Romney had a real job and real experience. We will never know. We know what we got with Obama and too many like the entitlements and dependence checks.

Your opinion noted as just that, your OPINION.


Again, your opinion noted but the actual results including 2008 weren't nearly as bad as you and others want to claim. The entirety of the Bush administration showed much better numbers but you continue to buy the leftwing and media spin. BEA.gov, BLS.gov, and the U.S. Treasury all show averages much higher than anything Obama has generated. Still waiting for your answers. We can do nothing about the Bush numbers and a true leader accepts those numbers and works to make things better, not divide like Obama has done.


I've given answers before Con, not going to repeat myself since it is clear you don't care about anything else besides bowing down to the "R". As long as the person has an "R" in front of their name, you will grovel to them no matter what the results.
 
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It is you, Sheik, and Pb that want to divert from the Obama record to Bush claiming that Bush was terrible which obviously in your world gives Obama a pass on being terrible. The economic results of Obama is worse.

And the economics of Bush were worse than Clintons. Your point, you still voted for Bush twice despite the worse economics than Clintons? As for diverting, it isn't. It's fact that Bush spent worse than Clinton. Yet at the time that was ok for you.

What President in history had a 6 trillion dollar debt in 4 years let alone 8? What President ever had over 100 million dependent on taxpayer assistance? What President ever demonized individual wealth creation and promoted the entitlement state? What President ever spent this much to have a drop in employment four years after taking office?

What president at the time had more debt than when Bush was president. Are you so naive that you can't see each president has spent more and more than the previous. It has NOTHING to do with right and left, only what is spend on. You continue to think the GOP is different. The only difference is how they spend more money.
 
Re: U.S. Adds Only 88,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Falls to 7.6%

Again, how did this recession hurt you or your family? Obama is responsible for the numbers generated during his term just like you hold Bush responsible for the numbers during his term. What Obama policy has made things better for the private sector? Where is th incentive for a small business to grow and hire people?

Interesting logic you have, Bush destroyed the economy but Obama is powerless to implement anythihg to make it better even when he had overwhelming numbers his first term.

Why don't you try responding to his post?
 
Re: U.S. Adds Only 88,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Falls to 7.6%

It is you, Sheik, and Pb that want to divert from the Obama record to Bush claiming that Bush was terrible which obviously in your world gives Obama a pass on being terrible. The economic results of Obama is worse. What President in history had a 6 trillion dollar debt in 4 years let alone 8? What President ever had over 100 million dependent on taxpayer assistance? What President ever demonized individual wealth creation and promoted the entitlement state? What President ever spent this much to have a drop in employment four years after taking office?
The part you'll never face up to, because it's too painful, is that your complaints really mirror your own actions. As NextEra is pointing out, in November of 2004, Bush was Obama, only worse since he didn't inherit the worst economy since the Great Depression. Where Obama has a legitimate excuse, Bush had none.

And by election day in 2004, Bush had turned an $18b deficit into a $600b deficit. You didn't care.

By election day in 2004, Bush lost 2.2 million jobs to unemployment. You didn't care.

By election day in 2004, Bush had driven up the misery index by 18.2%. You didn't care.

By election day in 2004, Bush had driven up poverty by 12.4%. You didn't care.

By election day in 2004, Bush lost the Twin Towers. You didn't care.

By election day in 2004, Bush had deployed troops into a country that had not attacked us. You didn't care.

Do you really think anybody cares what you think now when the ONLY reason you care is because Obama is a Democrat?
 
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Yeah, tough love that the GOP has shown it is not willing to do. And we will never know what Gore or Kerry would have done either because the Bushbots voted for Bush and more spending. It works both ways Con.



Your opinion noted as just that, your OPINION.





I've given answers before Con, not going to repeat myself since it is clear you don't care about anything else besides bowing down to the "R". As long as the person has an "R" in front of their name, you will grovel to them no matter what the results.

I keep hearing that I will only vote for someone with a "R" after their name totally ignoring that I am a Conservative not a Republican. Tell me what is conservative in today's Democratic Party?
 
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And the economics of Bush were worse than Clintons. Your point, you still voted for Bush twice despite the worse economics than Clintons? As for diverting, it isn't. It's fact that Bush spent worse than Clinton. Yet at the time that was ok for you.



What president at the time had more debt than when Bush was president. Are you so naive that you can't see each president has spent more and more than the previous. It has NOTHING to do with right and left, only what is spend on. You continue to think the GOP is different. The only difference is how they spend more money.


Again, that is your opinion, ever hear of the "Contract with America" are you telling me that was Clinton's? What you fail to recognize is it was the Republican Congress that Clinton compromised with to implement economic policies. There is no compromise with Obama. Again, you want to divert to Bush and that doesn't justify the Obama results.

Bush spent too much, but a trillion dollars of the debt was due to 9/11. The fact that Bush spent too much doesn't give Obama a pass to put Bush spending on steroids. No Obama budget ever came close to the final Bush budget and the current 3.77 trillion dollar proposal is ignored.
 
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The part you'll never face up to, because it's too painful, is that your complaints really mirror your own actions. As NextEra is pointing out, in November of 2004, Bush was Obama, only worse since he didn't inherit the worst economy since the Great Depression. Where Obama has a legitimate excuse, Bush had none.

And by election day in 2004, Bush had turned an $18b deficit into a $600b deficit. You didn't care.

By election day in 2004, Bush lost 2.2 million jobs to unemployment. You didn't care.

By election day in 2004, Bush had driven up the misery index by 18.2%. You didn't care.

By election day in 2004, Bush had driven up poverty by 12.4%. You didn't care.

By election day in 2004, Bush lost the Twin Towers. You didn't care.

By election day in 2004, Bush had deployed troops into a country that had not attacked us. You didn't care.

Do you really think anybody cares what you think now when the ONLY reason you care is because Obama is a Democrat?

Same question to others, what is conservative about today's Democratic Party? Name for me a Conservative economic proposal?

You have a very selective memory about the Bush term and so much invested in misinformation and total ignorance of basic civics and economics that it isn't worth it to post over and over again data that refutes your comparison or data that shows Bush to be better than Obama. You can continue to divert to Bush but I will continue to point out the Obama results, results you cannot defend.
 

Texas was the only state to recieve Stimulus funds ??

How much did California recieve ? Michigan ? And the numerous other blue liberal plague states that have run their economies into the ground via a corrupt Liberal ideology .

Heres the thing about Texas. We have little in the way of State revenue. We have no sales tax, property taxes that are adjusted locally and we have a franchise tax of 1%.

That plus fees is it, and we're still projecting surpluses.

I know you Libs want to see the Conservative stronghold that is Texas fail, but its not going to happen. Not in your life time.
 
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