OregonMeds
Well-Known Member
Jesus Crackerjax, nobody ever promised a thing for sure, nobody ever said I guarantee this or that and nobody can ever be sure we wouldn't be worse off today had no money been spent on bailouts etc.He's not better. If he was better we wouldn't be sitting at near 10% unemployment (and RISING).
Obama PROMISED (cuz he's such an astute business person ) that if the stimulus was passed QUICKLY (it was, without anyone bothering to read it), unemployment wouldn't go above 8%. It has ONLY been 6 months and already it shows Obama doesn't understand basic economics....he understands politics. They are not the same.
Now given the new and terrible data that has already come in, AND.... AND the increasing bad news economically which is in the pipeline (Obama knows all about what's coming) headed our way, and let me tell you, it has only begun....knowing all this....he continues to drain the private sector and keeps right on spending.
He's not better....not at all. Not by a long shot. I'm just talking economics here....basic stuff. I won't even bother with foreign policy which so far...is a joke...and a bad one.
In fact in all likelyhood they way things were going down hill at the speed of cartman on a sled any other president even republican would have had to try similar measures. The cost of doing nothing would have been more expensive. We didn't after all plummet into the great depression with everyone out of work, they did slow the fall and it appears there may be light around the corner.
Even you can't predict the future man.
Why did you like Bush? Specifically... What good did he actually do at all? Everything he touched turned to shit even things like the simple "no child left behind" crap. Not a damn thing he did worked or advanced our country in any way that I'm aware of. Clue me in...
And not directed at Cracker yes one look at the definition of a terrorist organization and there's no denying we've been one of the largest ever, and still are, a little of that is necessary but we go too far.