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Thraxle wrote
at 11:18 AM, Wednesday March 4, 2009 EST
...and there is no sign that Mr. Obama is any different from the past democrats that sat in the oval office. The only exception is that he has 100% compliance within his party and a majority in congress that will pass anything Mr. Obama supports.
How hypocritical is it that Mr. Obama continues to remind the general public of the deficit he inherited, but then spends so recklessly that the possibility of having a balanced budget anytime within his term is utterly impossible. How hypocritical is it that the libs called the recent spending bill that was passed a "stimulus package". How does $20 billion dollars towards food stamps stimulate the economy? What jobs will be created by increasing food stamp allowances? This is only one example of many within that spending bill, but I'll try to avoid making this post unneccisarily long. One of you left wingers need to help me understand what our President is attempting to do. The view from the cheap seats here in right field makes the picture look exactly like I thought it would look before the election took place; the liberal democrats want a socialist republic in place of our cherished capitalistic society. Let's continue to drain the rich to pay for the poor. Let's continue to increase taxes on large corporations that have been laying off employees at an enormous pace. Let's increase benefits to the unemployed instead of finding ways to provide jobs for them. I'm ranting a bit, but one thing is clear. Barack Obama scares the living shit out of me. JP, UGB, anybody, please help me feel better about the job he's doing. And someone explain to me how the fuck he has a 67% approval rating. They must have done the polling at a foreclosure seminar or a foodbank. |
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Stan Marsh wrote
at 5:00 PM, Thursday April 14, 2011 EDT I don't support "W" I don't support Obama either. I care because you care and were incorrect.
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moondust wrote
at 5:11 PM, Thursday April 14, 2011 EDT Pardon?
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Boner Oiler wrote
at 5:52 PM, Thursday April 14, 2011 EDT Jesse why don't you support W? What part of his policies did you not like? Or do you not like him because it's akin to suicide in a political discussion?
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Boner Oiler wrote
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Marxism wrote
at 6:33 PM, Thursday April 14, 2011 EDT Obama is a corporate shill that has continued (or started) covert bombing in up to 6 different countries? Color me surprised! Entrenching the private insurance industry? Check. Continuation of Bush-era foreign policy (Guantanamo, black sites throughout Eastern Europe and the Middle East)? Check. Extension of the PATRIOT Act? Check. Repealing LIHEAP that provided financial support for those who struggled to pay heating bills (and will invariably lead to the freezing to death of hundreds, if not thousands, of people)? Check. Appealing laws/rulings that helped further the cause of gay rights because of "tradition"? Check. Extending Bush-era tax cuts on the richest people in the entire fucking world in the name of "compromise"? Check.
This shit was all there in his record, too. Well, except for back in 2002 when he said, regarding Bush's war in Iraq, that "the President needs to authorize any act of war through Congress and also needs a solid withdrawal plan" (sounds kinda like what Obama himself did in regard to Libya!) Basically leftists projected their hopes and desires onto Obama, making him appear to be WAY more progressive than he actually is, and any person who claims to be a leftist that votes for Obama in 2012 (or votes at all, for that matter) is a moron. I frankly would rather have had Bush elected for a third term than this bullshit. |
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Marxism wrote
at 6:34 PM, Thursday April 14, 2011 EDT Forgot to add that Obama's Justice Department sentenced a child to death because of a confession that was given through TORTURE.
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Marxism wrote
at 8:36 PM, Thursday April 14, 2011 EDT Oh, last thing: I thought I would address Thraxle's statement "How does $20 billion dollars towards food stamps stimulate the economy?" This is a common conservative misconception, and is one of many wonderful hold-overs from the Reagan era.
http://i.imgur.com/NSDZ4.jpg This chart shows that, for every dollar the government spends on food stamps, it sees a $0.73 return. Compare that to, say, corporate tax cuts, and you see that for every dollar the government funnels towards that, they lose $0.70. The government is losing $0.71 per dollar now that the Bush-era tax cuts have been continued. |
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Thraxle wrote
at 8:41 PM, Thursday April 14, 2011 EDT So based on that logic we should end all the tax cuts and give $1 trillion to food stamps. That would stoke the economy beautifully......as well as create more government dependant people.
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Tourney Champ wrote
at 8:51 PM, Thursday April 14, 2011 EDT how about for every dollar that is lent to a small business it generates 10 more.
government gtfo |
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Marxism wrote
at 8:53 PM, Thursday April 14, 2011 EDT hahahahahahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA why the fuck do I bother
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