Little-Noticed Budget Changes Signal Problems Ahead for the Obama Agenda

I seem to remember Hillary saying Barrack was all hat and no cattle. Smart cookie that Hillary.

The bad news, the budget passed.
The good news, no republicans voted for it.
The GREAT news, it is unlikely to get final passage on any of these socialist plans.

lol.
kate thats just wishful (and typically moronic ) republican thinking.
the bill passed . it is a law. that is a fact. relax and take a nap. we adults are in charge now.

cowgirl…it passed the senate too. read carefully and objectively or you ll come down with moron disease and have to change your [arty affiliation to republican.
very bad…

Love seeing the republicans getting left out of the rebuilding process.
They don’t deserve any credit for anything other than blatant misuse of their positions in government to run the nation into the ditch.
The republican party has been brain dead for +40 years ,it’s long past time to pull the plug.

This is not a rebuilding process. Its the end to America as we know it.

And who was responsible for Vietnam?

How to pay for health care? A gas tax – or maybe even a carbon tax! And incentivize energy conservation, greater fuel efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and buying “local” all at the same time.

Bill, I disagree with you, if the obama idiots stay in power, we won’t even have a vote. We will have a say in nothing. I just can’t believe so many people are blinded by this “Messiah”…..

Democrats are so sarcastic.

The MSM have been telling us for weeks there were “problems with the budget” Now voila it’s passed house and senate and without Republican votes. This was a surprise? The budget will pass on reconciliation with 95% of what the president wants. The only serious area of contention I see is cap and trade and a way will be found to make this work since it’s central to funding the budget. This is basically journalistic kite flying.

I hope that Karl is right. But huge damage has been done already – we’re spending $2 for every $1 of revenue on projects that won’t help the economy. We’re leaving our combat troops in Iraq 9 months longer than even Bush would have done. We’re kowtowing to the Iranians while they build the bomb. The new plan to fix the banks is the same as the old plan to fix the banks. We’ve decided to rename GM – it is now called Government Motors – and Obama is promising to fix your car if it breaks.
Change we believed in!

Hey clavis,
Interesting comments, clearly you are one of those people who could critisize Bush with ease and take great offense to anything anbody says to obama . . . I wonder why that is . . . typical email though from your kind.

Any program that will need Al Gore’s political acumen to advance is as good as dead.He couldn’t even figure out how to carry his own neighborhood or he would have been President himself

Obama and the democrats now own this economy. If it recovers by the fall of 2010, they get the credit. If not, it will be 1994 all ove again. Rememeber 6% unemployement is tolerable. for every % point above it, the party in power will lose at least one senator.
The NY election this week exposed one thing. 1) the republican brand is still tarnished 2) the democratic party brand is beginning to show cracks. Obama went all in on this election and still came up with a draw.
Final thought…the last time the stock market crashed was 1988. it took about 10 years for the economy to recover…

Since Obama is out of the country things are getting better on Wall Street. Since he likes to be the PRESIDENT of the WORLD, why he cann’t has his headquarter some place in China, Africa, Iran, Cuba, Venzula, then America will prospor.

Hey Frank W…here’s some real answers for ya:
“Q: Which party brewed up countless lies to start a senseless war that drained this country dry?”
Let’s see….. since most military funds spent, are spent on items (Tanks, Weapons, Ammo, etc.) that are produced here in the states…. the TRUE answer is… NO PARTY!!!
“Q: Which party started using torture and illegal detainment camps as national policy?”
Whew…. gotta go back quite a few years for this one couple hundred to be exact when your looking for a party that “Started”… of course, up until recent times, I wouldn’t call it “national policy”…. heh, actions being taken; even endorsed or encouraged by our leaders doesn’t make it “policy” jack-a$$.
“Q: Which party oversaw the biggest financial collapse in us history , all of that occurring with unprecedented party control of the federal government during their reign?”
Well, since the collapse took place in 2007… and the democrats controlled congress…. we can’t say it was republicans, so we have to go back to maybe Jimmy Carter days…
“Answer honestly ,and you’ll never vote republican again.” *cough* you meant Democrat… but that’s ok, we forgive you for your err.

Speaking of taxes, were you aware that the TAX on a pound of tobacco went from $1.09 to over $24 on Wednesday? Who was that said ‘No Taxes will not go up for you if you’re earning less than $250K’?

…. to enlighten, my remark about the Democrats controlling congress in 2007, feel free to look folks… Nacy “screw-up” Pelosi and Harry “Has Alzheimers” Reid were controlling the House and Senate all of 2007 and going forward… so if our financial collapse took place during this time, and your feeling like pointing fingers, you can point at them… after all, our country was truely prosperous from 2001 – (end of) 2006… problems didn’t start will the beginning of 2007… coincidentally when Democrats took over Congress….
Tired of Demo-dumb-dumbs pointing fingers at Republicans when a Republican President is in office, regardless of who controls congress….. but get a Democrat in office, and they talk like the man could walk on water… and any foul-ups done… their response? “well that’s because of Bush”…. Typical Democrats…. if they oppose Republican proposals, they’re put on the highest pedestal as being heros…. republicans do the same thing, regardless of WHAT it is, they’re treated as “obstacles”..
Sorry Democrats… time to get over yourselves, stop thinking about YOU and start thinking about everyone as a WHOLE.
Pick up some real books once in a while, stop searching on google till you find some subjective, completely opinionated article that purposely lies to spin the facts to look good for them (and subsequently you), and educate yourselves. Kind of showing your a$$ when you suggest the republicans controlled everything up till the dat Obama was elected.

Spend, spend, spend!

I, for one, am not going to pay any taxes than I can avoid to help fund the King’s plans. I am retired with a small business that can work very well in the underground economy. I can not believe how willing the sheep are to have a tax increase put upon them. Obama says people need to by cars and houses and in the next breath he spends the money that I would have to do just that. He is a joke and he will fail because what he is doing is impossible too maintain financely. The new tax form will have two lines. The first line says” How much do you make?”. The second line says “Send it to us”. This is an old joke but it is not funny at all.

Health Care is paid for by making the reform budget-neutral.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has a bill that has substantial bipartisan support, including the support of Judd Gregg. It is politically viable and it will address the most serious problems in our system, make health care portable and available to everyone. And it won’t cost billions or trillions in new spending.
Why is the media ignoring bipartisan, budget-neutral solutions like this?
Why is the White House doing likewise?

@Frank W | Apr 3, 2009 12:47:24 PM
Q: Which party brewed up countless lies to start a senseless war that drained this country dry?
Are you referring to now, Vietnam, Korea, or WW2 all wars can be seen as senseless and draining on a nations economy. There is no “easy button.”
Q: Which party started using torture and illegal detainment camps as national policy?
I could spend all day on this one lol! Should we start with FDR and Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942?
Q: Which party oversaw the biggest financial collapse in us history , all of that occurring with unprecedented party control of the federal government during their reign?
Both. It started in October 1929 under Hoover with the stock market crash, the Depression became a worldwide business slump of the 1930′s under FDR that affected almost all nations, the Great Depression ended as nations increased their production of war materials at the start of World War II in 1939. This increased production provided jobs and put large amounts of money back into circulation.
FDR tried a lot of the things Obama is trying to do which eventually prolonged the great depression in more recent history Japan also tried some of the same ideas leading to what they call “The lost decade.”
What is going on now is not in the best interests of the nation as a whole. Spending like a banana republic only increases the debt your children will have to pay back and make more borrowing much more expensive (interest payments higher than the whole defense budget).
History has lessons to teach if people would take the time to listen rather than react emotionally and in a knee jerk fashion.
Bush is out of office that’s good, is some of this his fault? Sure, it’s also the fault of the congresses that sent him legislation to sign and it’s also the fault of past administrations and congresses for poorly thought out regulations and plans that were well intentioned but counter productive.
We could play the blame game forever but it’s kind of a waste of time since it doesn’t do anything other than divide people so maybe we should focus on some common sense approaches to the current problems such as observing the first rule of holes, when your in one quit digging.
I read a lot of comments about the republican party sadly they resemble the same comments I heard when the Democrats lost power, for conservatives this is good, they get to clean house and elect legislators who more reflect their views and beliefs much like what happened when democrats lost power but liberals should take note and learn from the past just because some republicans got their walking papers doesn’t mean their base suddenly became liberals it means they took out the trash and are doing the same thing democrats did some time ago and right now liberals are helping that along with runaway spending and poorly thought out legislation that is once again counter productive.

Give it a rest Obama worshipers, picture Obama on the can taking a smelly dump and get over it,he’s not special.just another president screwing up a pretty good country.

tony 7914– EXCELLENT POST!!!!
IF more people had your grasp, we would be in much better shape..

Serryer–”Republicans have hitched their wagons to Obama failing. That is why they vote no. It has nothing to do with fiscal responsibility and you know that but you are so “objective” that you can’t even tell the truth”– actually it has everything to do with fiscal responsibility..Fiscal conservatives see out of control government spending as an economy killer. If they are right, then the economy will tank under Obamas plans.. if they are wrong, it will mean that we will become successful.. if this happens, then the republican party will fail, but that will be okay because it will mean that they were wrong to begin with..

It’s interesting to hear that the adults are in charge now. Can you imagine Ma and Pa sitting at the kitchen table and deciding to spend more on credit card interest than they spend on food, rent and utilities combined? Yet that is exactly where the Obama budget takes us in 10 years using CBO estimates for growth and spending.
When the republicans do something fiscally irresponsible like pass a Medicare prescription drug benefit the democrat’s usual complaint is it’s not generous enough. When the republicans do something really stupid like invade Iraq a majority of democrats vote to go along including every democratic senator who ran for president (the state senator from uber liberal Hyde Park did not have a vote.) The head of China’s central bank recently called for the creation of a new international currency reserve to replace the U.S. dollar. You know we’re not in Kansas anymore when the communist Chinese, who hold $1 trillion in US treasuries, think the administration is dangerously incompetent in economic matters.

Your smarmy BS will come back to haunt you…the elitest attitude of the liberals will cost them dearly in the next cycle. Count on it.

You republicans just choke down that crow as best you can…apparently it tastes terrible!
GO MR OBAMA , THE MORE THEY WHINE THE BETTER YOU AND NANCY ARE DOING!!!
WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!

Why do so many people in this country have to make every issue black and white? There is no black, no white, just shades of grey.
Seriously, some times I am ashamed of my fellow Americans.
Liberals, Conservatives – all just basically an excuse to pander your world views without thought or objectivity.

Most (99.99%) of the republican leaning posts om this blog are simply hilariously sophomoric
Are you just a big bunch of spoiled brats or what?
Republican “facts” and “truth” are really mostly rhetoric
propaganda and lies .
The republican party lost power (and will probably continue to be denied significant leadership roles ) because at it’s ideological core it was/is chock full of you-know-what ,and it was just getting WAY too obvious to the american voter ,even for most republicans.

And here’s a tough question for you free thinking republicans…
Why does the republican party need it’s own private televised propaganda channel /24/7/365 ; it is basically an infinite neocon kool-aid dispenser for the uneducated masses.
AND…
Why doesn’t the democratic party have such a dedicated tv channel ?
Keep being brainwashed republicans , you are now insignificant as a party because of it , and will probably remain so until you quit drinking the Fox/Bloomberg kool-aid.

Will all the Republicans who think it’s soooooooooo funny to keep their cash tucked into their wallets please start spending it now. Everyone knows electing Obama was a mistake. You have taught us our lesson. If I hear one more Republican snicker and talk about “the plan”, I think I am going to spit. It’s not funny anymore. We are so sorry for electing the Bamster, and we promise never to do it again.

Health care and an energy policy will pass through the budget recon program with 51 votes, and we will find a way to pay for it or every Blue Dog Democrat better be prepared to lose their seat. Every Democratic leaning organization will target these people – health care reform and an energy policy have been put off for 30 years and these policies are the keystone of the Democratic agenda. We can’t wait to enact energy legislation until we go to the gas station and there is no gas or we turn on the light and there is no electricity. Why do people not see that we can’t keep buyng oil and not looking toward the future. The Republicans claim that spending will bankrupt our children, but if we don’t do something about health care, and energy there will be no future so it won’t matter what our debt is.

What a sad commentary on America. 10% of our working citizens are now umemployed; Obama and the congress are demonstrating a total lack of fiscal responsibility with their spend/tax programs. Our country is going down, big time – obama and his team are working to nationalize every major corporation. Welcome to the new USSA! This is not the America that the constitution established or our forefathers died for. We now have an idiot, clueless Messiah (HIP HOP POP STAR) running the country with no leadership ability, no management skills, no ethics, no integrity or wisdom, just a hubris attitude and sense of entitlement.
We are in huge trouble. Where is the outrage? Where is the media when we need them to stand up for America?

All of you people on this site who insist on talking about Obama’s cabinet not following the law obviously don’t remember the Bush years. Bush and the Republicans never met a law they didn’t break – they turned the Justice Department into their personal joke, discriminated in hiring, tortured people in violation of international law, and supported corrupt corporations on wall street and in Iraq. I hope all of you Republicans burn in hell along with your idols Cheney, Limbaugh, Hanity, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingram, and the wall street CEO’s who robbed the middle class blind and complain about paying your fair share of taxes. You are all disgusting individuals Uck!

Wizard says: “We now have an idiot, clueless Messiah (HIP HOP POP STAR) running the country with no leadership ability, no management skills, no ethics, no integrity or wisdom, just a hubris attitude and sense of entitlement.”
What clueless idiot, other than the one we just got rid of, do you suggest would be doing a better job? What do you think that they would be doing to correct our economy, fix healthcare/medicare, develop new energy sources, and educate our kids so that they are the ones developing new technology before we all start having “made in China” stamped on our forehead.

Don’t just do something, sit there. It’s my new campaign slogan. It’s aimed at all the folks who think the Bamster is the answer to all of their problems. I figure they will all vote for me since I advocate sitting on your butt, doing nothing, and having the government take care of me. Who cares if my sense of self worth plummets and I teach my children to be a leach on society? I’m tired of working for what I want in life. I give up. I’ll take what’s behind door number two.

Kitty says:
“Don’t just do something, sit there. It’s my new campaign slogan. It’s aimed at all the folks who think the Bamster is the answer to all of their problems. I figure they will all vote for me since I advocate sitting on your butt, doing nothing, and having the government take care of me. Who cares if my sense of self worth plummets and I teach my children to be a leach on society? I’m tired of working for what I want in life. I give up. I’ll take what’s behind door number two.”
Or you could take door number one: no job, no house, no health insurance, no medicare, no education, and a free trip to Iraq or Afganistan.

Just wondering, problem is we already know what’s behind door number three – failed policies to eradicate most of that stuff you mentioned and MASSIVE tax icreases to pay for it. The burden this president is heaping upon future generations is criminal.

And who was responsible for Vietnam?
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Carol in Alabama
President Eisenhower was the one who got the ball rolling in Vietnam. It just reached its peak under LBJ.

I feel like we are making the wrong argument for Cap and Trade on Energy. What nobody is mentioning is our addiction to oil is financing and strengthening our enemies. How do you think Iran is a strong enough nation to develop a nuclear weapons program? How has Russia become a national superpower again? Why do the Islamic Jihadists consider us an enemy? Because we are a free country? No. Russia was a communist country and they waged war on them. They are against any country whose foreign policy imposes a threat to them. Why do we meddle in the Middle East at all? Leading the charge on alternative energy not for our country but the rest of the world will cripple these regions who we currently suck up to and the terror groups they finance. With no global demand for oil, our interests in these regions would be the same as our need to meddle in Africa today, almost none. 90% of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi citizens. Would we put up with that if we didn’t have to kiss Saudi Arabia’s butt to ensure our supply of oil?
This revolution can only happen with government leadership on putting pricing pressure on these fuels. Tax what we wish to eliminate consumption of…cigarettes, soda, FOSSIL FUELS. It might not be pleasant to our wallets, but it is the only choice we have to drive incentive for an alternative approach. This is not a granola eating, save the planet, idea. I am not sure there is even enough evidence for global warming. What I do know is there is plenty of evidence on how $150 oil strengthens our enemies. SUPPORT Cap and Trade. Yes the taxes will be passed on to us citizens (Sean Hannity, we know), but that will give us more reason to buy into alternative fuel. Cap and Trade has more to do with our National Security and our Global Standing, then just being painted as a simple tax increase to stop global warming.

Andrew writes: “President Eisenhower was the one who got the ball rolling in Vietnam. It just reached its peak under LBJ.”
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It just “reached its peak” under Johnson??? Did you learn that bit of history at an ivy league school during the 70′s and 80′s Andrew??? Why don’t you tell the folks here tonight how many “troops” Eisenhower had in Vietnam??? The point that you hate to admit is that it was two Democratic presidents who sent this nation into a war they were not prepared to WIN (Kennedy and primarily Johnson). It was a republican who got us out.

This column has absolutely got to be the GREATEST news I’ve read in a very long time. Mr. Karl, keep it up.

And if I might be so bold. Mr Gore, please, PLEASE, get a real job.

vietnam?
too complex for you armchair quarterbacks?
ABSOLUTELY!
google Gulf of Tonkin…then blame the stupid naval academy for commissioning that moron who started the war ball rolling by shooting at whales…in the dark…

It comes down to a very simple truth: you cannot spend what you do not have. All of the spending objectives lack one important element and that is money. If the Democratic party thinks they can fund the objectives through taxes, it is wrong. It is immoral for a government to take money by force from its citizens. I hope you who are talking on this site really are thinking through this.

Just Wondering….no I’m not out of my mind. I was just pointing out that people aren’t being refused care, as many like to suggest. Of course we need to reform health care but it can be done in the private sector and keep our doctors incentivised to perform well, thereby keeping our excellent United States health care. We can’t resort to mediocre or worse government health care. I don’t want to trust my family’s health to the type of performance I have seen from government entities. “Government is not the answer.” Repeat 3 times slowly.

Sandy, it appears as if the Repubs are making you crazy.

Sandy,
And the “democratic” party is the party of thieves (by robbing people of their hard-earned money via the highest taxes they can pass).
And they are the party of tax cheats as well. Just how many Democrats has our new Kenyan president, that Chicago machine product, Hussein, had to tell to withdraw from his nominations?
That alone tells you all you need to know about the ‘democratic” party.
Those Marxists think the rules apply to everybody else — but not them. They want to tell everybody else what to say; what to do; and even what to think.
They HATE the word, “liberty.” It sounds way too much like an environment where people are free to do anything they want as long as it doesn’t negatively affect their neighbors. That concept (the foundation of our Constitution) makes Hussein Marxists scream and they want to stuff it out anywhere they find it.
You see . . . THEY know what’s best for the rest of us. We’re all totally incapable to making choices about what is best for us. THEY know better than WE do. They are, therefore, pathetic excuses for human beings.
Hussein and his minions (specifically, pathetic Pelosi and Reid)have no intention of trying to be bipartisan. They made that clear when they released that trillion dollar pork barrel “stimulus” bill only a few hours before they called a vote on it.
Oh, BTW, their breaking of their commitment on that first major bill (to engage the Republicans in discussions about legislation) proves that “democrats” are pathological liars as well.

Let’s see, government run health care – if the government decides you’re too old for expensive surgery that may prolong your life a few years, you’re dead. But those health dollars you were denied will be providing care for every illegal alien in this country. If you don’t see something wrong with this picture, you must be a “progressive”. And I really feel sorry for you.

Wow I am just so impressed how this president has brought this country together/it is so evident by all the postings here that there is such unity among us(sarastic,sorry).
How’s that hope and change working out for you all??? I guess it is only hope and change if you agree 100% with this POTUS/ at least that is the take I get from the majority of the postings here. I did not totlaly agree with the last one so i will use my right as an American to disagree with this POTUS/according to the postings here I must then be left out of the process in spite of the fact that I pay taxes every year(over 200,000 income) and have voted in every election(even county and city every year)since my 1st vote in 1972.
Thank you all for the hope and change!!!!

The marbled doors of Wall Street, and the mortgage
companies, and the insurance companies, and Congress,
and the marbled doors of the White House, and IBM,
and Microsoft, and Harpo Productions; and the marbled
doors of Kodak, and Corning, and Johnson and Johnson;
and the marbled doors of peanut factory headquarters,
and pharmaceuticals, and Arthur Andersen, and Chase Bank,
and Lawyers Coop, and the Pentagon, and network tv,
and the Republican National Committee, as well as the
marbled doors of the big three automakers, and the
Democratic National Committee and the national banks;
are all guarded by armed policemen, outside.
Tell me something, if those policemen are there to stop
crime and catch criminals, ain’t they on the wrong side
of the door?

Prompt Corrective Action Law, passed after the savings and loan crisis, which mandates that severely undercapitalized banks be promptly put into receivership is a mandate which the Bush Administration did not enforce and the Obama Administration is not enforcing. Bailouts should not have happened last year or this year!

Gary, your response is making my very point. If we don’t understand the problem, we’ll never get to the solution. Energy independence by just tapping into our own oil reserves is not solving the greater geopolitical issue. Oil demand is growing around the world, making our enemies rich. We need new technologies to eliminate the need for oil… period. We need the rest of the world to follow in our footsteps. Even if tapping into our oil wells, or using nuclear energy would make us energy independent (which it can’t), that won’t get the rest of the world off oil. Our enemies will continue to grow stronger financed on oil demand from a growing China, India, etc… “Drill, baby, drill” is a solution for the wrong problem. How else can we change direction and lead the world off oil. Please give me the republican solution for bankrupting our Middle Eastern enemies. I am an independent, I will go with the best solution, but so far I am only seeing it come from 1 party.

We are not ready to just jump into new energy technology that does not exist. Also – those of you who like to make a point by calling other people morons or whatever, I was taught a long time ago by a very good teacher that “good people can disagree.” US citizens and the world were not calling republicans “morons” when Reagan was around. Republicans have gotten away from true conservative ideas. I do not necessarily agree with the Presidents socialist agenda – but I refuse to call him names or show dis-respect. He is the President duly elected as Bush was…twice.

LI Chris,
I don’t understand how taxing oil into oblivion and shutting off our other resources will suddenly burst forth a new technology that all other countries will embrace and put Russia and Saudi oil sales in the tank. You have a little wishful thinking involved there. I’m not willing to sacrifice the United States to try to do in Russia and the Saudis. When we move forward as a strong nation, buoyed by our resources, innovation and technologies, we can deal with the problems other nations present. If we cripple our economy with heavy carb taxes and shut off access to developing other resources, we are in a weak position to deal with any of our problems at home or abroad.

In the bad news department, shouldn’t one also be concerned that in addition to 100% of the Republican NO votes 20 Democrats also joined that group?

Gotta agree with Gregg. Being an independent is great because you actually look at the facts. Bush and the Republican Congress spent too much money the first 6 years and Bush and the Democratic Congress spent too much the last 2. I know a lot of Obama voters (according to a Pew poll about 60%) are completely unaware that the Democrats have controlled Congress for over 2 years now but it’s true. Bush even vetoed several spending bills his last year in office when he was trying to act like a fiscal conservative but the Democratic Congress overrode those vetoes so you really can’t blame all of the approx. $500 billion deficit left by Bush completely on him. I know it may sound crazy but Congress does bear a lot of responsibility for the deficit, as well as, the financial crisis we are in. They had plenty of warning this crash was coming and did nothing because most of them are just as greedy as the corporations and individuals involved in causing this mess. And if you support the insane increases in spending over the past few months then you should really seek help from a mental health professional because deriding one party for overspending and then praising your guy for spending quadruple that amount is just completely irrational. Also, the budget “blueprint” passed but now each package has to be voted on separately as the article stated so try not to get too excited about soaking those of us who work for a living so your savior, the government can take care of your every need. There is nothing adult about spending money you don’t have to pay for things you can’t afford. That mentality is what got us into this mess. The spending in the last 8 years and now the rapidly increased spending of the past several months is completely selfish, irresponsible and childish. It is the same as taking out a credit card in your child’s name, maxing it out, and saying screw them they can pay for it when I’m gone.
Oh, and to the poor guy who was whining about the Democrats not having any “dedicated” news channels for them, check out your facts. MSNBC is bought and paid for through their parent company GE who received $140 billion in bailout money. Don’t worry I thing Keith and Chris have your back!

I find it amusing that the very people bashing Obama… Would have been the very ones that would have had McCain and Palin elected if they had their way…
Just the thought of a McCain/Palin administration trying to handle all of the problems that Obama is dealing with would be a crisis within a crisis… Just Palin by herself is a walking disaster…
People criticizing Obama’s every word and deed are people who think that Cheney/Bush did a great job.
Bush, born with a silver spoon in his mouth had no conceptual idea of the middle class except that they may end up catching…trickles??? of economic growth if he took very good care of the wealthy and Corporations…
Which grew our great country of Capitalism into Corporatism leaving less and less of the middle class that is a must have for the wealthy to stay wealthy…And middle class consumerism, we see now is the power beneath powerful Corporations…
Bush was a weak President and the real power over the last 8 yrs was Cheney…
People calling Obama a Socialist?
Firstly, that is a very old, tired argument, Were these the same people pretend that Cheney was not a silent dictator standing right behind Bush???
They speak of Obama’s disregard for the constitution but, seem ok with Cheney bending and rewriting it the way he wanted it to be for his own beliefs…
My support is for this President and not to any Party… I note that the Republicans have positioned themselves in opposition to this President which puts me in opposition to The GOP…
Let that then be their stance… hoping that the President fails… if policies fail then the President fails… and the country fails…
Personally, I am happy to see that they unit under this one hope…of the Presidents failed polices…That they clamor together for their base and their beliefs.
Neglecting the mainstream, that voted in this President because we had more faith in his abilities to put the economy right and make the Changes we have asked him to make.
It is a big gamble on both sides… One side betting on the President and the other against him.
It is highly ironic that essentially betting along with greed and shortsightedness is what has caused the financial meltdown in the first place…

LI Chris,
If you are concerned that Bin Laden’s plan is to bankrupt the country, then be concerned about the current budget that will take us to 80% of the GDP. Historically our debt has always been at approx 40% of GDP. That leaves us little margin of error if (as always happens) government programs go over budget, we have another 911, another war, another Katrina. I’ll state again, our best defense is to keep our country robust and healthy. You can’t do that by smothering progress with cap and trade. (Which will also harm the elderly and those on fixed incomes, raise food prices, heating, transportation etc.) My suggestion was not to stay the course but to develop ALL options for energy that make economic sense. (We have the technology to do it cleanly.) We have not been doing that. We have blocked access to our resources. A healthy economy begets innovation and technology, which would deliver your best option for the technology that will make Russia and Saudi oil worthless. A depressed economy does not bring innovation to market.

The Budget alternative that the House Republicans put together is laughable and will probably not be taken seriously even by Senate Republicans, although I really wish it would…
And you know what it was more Republicans voted against their onw budget and didn’t vote for Obama so what that tell me is the Repbuicans are just lose and have no vision of getting us out of this economy crisis.

BHO supporters, show your names, quit hiding behind “Republicans what a joke” act your age, if you want to slam someone, at least leave your name so we all know who you are, quit hiding behind your president. Your president thinks we are all arrogant, so act like it and let us know who you are. quit hiding…

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