Comments on: Economy Poll: From Lifestyles to Political Discontent, Economic Woes Still Take their Toll

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:01:21 +0000

Any reasonable person would blame Bush II for the financial mess began within his Administration. It’s just a fact that the housing crisis peaked on his watch. It’s just a fact that banks in this country fell off a cliff in the fourth quarter of 2008 threatening to take the entire economy with it. It’s just a fact that the Bush Administration spent more money than it took in for eight years. Now, Democrats have to fix poor choices made by a Republican president and congress. We have to dig out of a whole dug by Bush taxes cuts, a drug plan and two wars. There is no doubt where the fault lies with the 43rd president and his Congress, Cabinet and everyone who voted for him.

By: Phomp2

Phomp2 — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:19:01 +0000

B-b-b-But It’s HIS Fault
The Washington Post babbled again today about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush. Amazingly enough, a lot of people swallow this BULL. So once more, a short civics lesson
Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democratic Party.
Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for FY 2008 & FY 2009 as well as FY 2010 & FY 2011. (FY = fiscal year)
In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.
For FY 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi ..& Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY 2009 budgets.
And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY 2009. Let’s remember what the deficits looked like during that period: (below)
If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, including Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.
If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.
In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.
There is no way this will be widely publicized unless each of us sends it on!

By: david

david — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:47:46 +0000

“So who is messing with the Entitlement Programs”
Do we really consider SS as an
entitlement? People who now collect this are not people sitting around with their hands out for something that is”free” to them. Most have payed in sizeable chunks of income over the years.
SS or medicare should never been part of the debate on the debt ceiling debate. As Harry said, the program has over 2 trillion in funds-that the politicians have stole it is another story.

By: DJESQ

DJESQ — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:15:36 +0000

There was a time when we were free, but that was long ago and, alas, we are no longer able to summon those feelings of freedom or individualism.
But reclaim those feelings we must, not for ourselves but for our children and our children’s children. We have the opportunity now to reclaim what the Founders created for us, but it is a fleeting opportunity and a wisp of a notion. And if we are unable to summon our courage and reclaim that heritage, we shall quickly go the way of Camelot and Atlantis.
Following the Treaty of Paris in 1783, Americans enjoyed a sense of untethered euphoria. We were free and independent, owing allegiance only to our family, God and State, but the Men of the Enlightenment saw an opportunity to clean the slate of oppression and create and establish a model institution of near self-governance for the newly released citizenry. From their debate in 1787 they brought forth a grand unifying scheme of governance holding out a promise of openness rather than oppression offering to serve as a common protection mechanism for our persons and interests, called a Republic, based on a written Constitution, with a structure somewhat resembling the nostalgic and long forgotten Roman Republic.
Still, Americans had just won the Revolutionary War and certainly did not want to be shackled so quickly by a centralized autocratic disconnected dictatorial governing monolith, so they read the Federalist essays with a wary eye, which they strongly debated, and in the end demanded a loosely federated structure of centralized government with delineated limited control over the several states and over the people. The essayists, Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, sold the various state legislatures on the idea and notionally convinced the people that a truly limited centralized government would be possible, because it would always be constrained by the written Constitution, and not easily altered.
But the Men of the Enlightenment knew such a scenario had never been tried, never succeeded, had no track record, so to speak. It was to be a Grand Experiment for a governing body, this Constitutional-Based Representative Democracy.
Is our government still a Constitutional-Based Representative Democracy?
Of course not. The government no longer adheres to the Constitution and we, the people, have become what those 18th century citizens feared most – a lazy sheep-like populace swayed by and relying on political handouts, fattened by the public trough, and no longer capable of self-reliance, free and independent.
Only the Tea Party sees this. Only the Tea Party will try to move the American ship of state back on the correct, limited government, course, but the task seems overwhelming, for the sheep are many and we are few.

By: slowtraincomin

slowtraincomin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:10:51 +0000

Dems took control of both houses in 2006. That is when “Bush’s and Republican’s” laws stopped being legislated. Study the US form of gov’t then check the ecocomic stats from 2000 – 2006. The fact that most people still blame Bush only proves the media did its job very well.

By: David

David — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:55:59 +0000

Tea Party is the answer to our nations woes. Americans are over taxed. FICA tax, State income tax, Social Security tax, Medicare tax, all come out of my paycheck before I see it. Then I gotta pay sales tax when I spend whats left. Property tax each year on my house and car after ive already paid a sales tax on them. I have to pay an unearned income tax on what little money I have left and invested. FCC tax on phone bill on top of sales tax. Gas tax. After paying all these taxes for supposed services the government wanted my money for, I have to pay a fee for any service I use. A fee is still a tax on top of the tax we already pay. Its just worded different so the government dont have to claim it as a tax. And now my insurance rates went up because of Obama Care and his mandate. I was unemployed for 6 months and I finally found a job that I have to drive over 100 miles a day to get to work. I was forced to buy an economical car with good gas mileage to barely afford to drive to work. Now the government wants to tax how many miles I drive on top of how many gallons of gas I use. Im ready to give up and draw foodstamps and medicaid and welfare. Im ashamed to say it, but I cant afford to work in this economy. God bless the Tea Party!!!

By: joseph ryder

joseph ryder — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:38:16 +0000

There are no winners in hate and discord we cannot solve problems by talking what is good and bad. I for one trying to figure why if taxes are so bad, why is anyone paying taxes. No more talk, the Roman Empire figured that they would use slave labor instead of employing citizens slave labor was free. No employment no taxes sank the roman empire. If one party has its way how are we going to function as a country. When we have no government we have nothing, lets all cough up and pay our bills. We are in danger of ending up worse that ever.

By: American Man

American Man — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:14:26 +0000

Let’s take back America. We are giving up free speech, our freedoms, and our right to work hard and be rewarded for our efforts. Successful people made this country what it is, and they help preserve jobs when they spend their money. Of course I want to have a lot of money too, but I am not willing to steel from others that have earned it or add more debit to our children to get it. No. I would rather work for it. This was the land of opportunity and it’s time to make it that again.
The time has come for everyone to join together and vote the Communist/Socialist out of office. We need to forgive the Democrats, young people, and ignorant people who fell for the words of the Con-man and Chief and put him in office. There is no crime in making a mistake, but there is if you fail to recognize your mistake allow this Generational Thief to remain in office any longer. It’s time for him and his minions to go. Let the movement begin!

By: John

John — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:30:23 +0000

Haha yes there are 2 classes haves and have nots. Boo hoo get over it you losers there is NOTHING you can do about it. Voting for a commi didn’t help you any. Well I guess you can complain on this post haha, but aside from that your out of luck.. Well best of luck jobless looosers, I got a flight to catch.

By: deanbob

deanbob — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:17:58 +0000

JUNKMAN99028 | JUL 26, 2011 10:44:56 AM….. “Bush signed the 750 billion dollar bailout (that Obama supported and urged him to do) and now our debt is once again nearly maxed out,”…..According a person who worked in DC during the time this vote was taken (twice), the calls, faxes, and emails were 500 to 1 against the bailout. Respected economists are still debating what a “no” vote would have done.