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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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timewarner420 wrote
at 3:24 PM, Wednesday October 17, 2012 EDT
...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.

kennedy lbj and clinton are all p good, even carter had the right ideas just wasnt charismatic

i wouldnt compare obama to any of them. maybe thrax is a liberal
timewarner420 wrote
at 3:26 PM, Wednesday October 17, 2012 EDT
also found is funny that romney kept mixing up the debt and deficit in last night's debate. nobody correct him either. obama brought the deficit down 300 million. the debt has gone up under him like it has under every president in the last 100 years
Thraxle wrote
at 3:29 PM, Wednesday October 17, 2012 EDT
Did you say the defecit went down under Obama? Was that a joke or a mistype?
nunes wrote
at 4:10 PM, Wednesday October 17, 2012 EDT
This is the thread that marked Thrax's place as the greatest political troll around. I remember being around at that time and I never thought it would last that long. Good job, Thrax.

Also, I remember bumping this thread a long time ago with a bit I thought hilarious, but apparently nobody else did. Meh fuck you Thrax
nunes wrote
at 4:12 PM, Wednesday October 17, 2012 EDT
Ha, found it. I still think it is funny.

http://kdice.com/discussion/topics/44773821?page=15

*pats himself on the back*
Thraxle wrote
at 4:19 PM, Wednesday October 17, 2012 EDT
Poor MJ...
timewarner420 wrote
at 5:59 PM, Wednesday October 17, 2012 EDT
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart.html
Bush: $1,413 billion
Obama 2012: $1,089 billion
Obama 2013 (planned): $901 billion

Obama also lowered federal spending as a % of GDP:
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2012/08/government-spending-as-percentage-of-gdp.html

Obama also lowered federal taxes as a percentage of GDP:
http://www.deptofnumbers.com/misc/debt-revenue-and-expenditures-as-a-fraction-of-gdp/


All three in a chart:
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/business/Screen%20Shot%202012-05-16%20at%2012.36.09%20PM.png

Dubya, Bush 1, Reagan, Ford and Nixon all increased the deficit. So far Obama and Clinton and even Carter have all reduced the deficit after entering office:
http://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/deficits.html

The debt did go up under Obama. Just like it went up under Clinton and every other president. It just went up by a lot more under Republicans drunk on spending.

skrumgaer wrote
at 7:26 AM, Thursday October 18, 2012 EDT
Are we talking about Treasury debt, agency debt, or what?
Thraxle wrote
at 7:34 AM, Thursday October 18, 2012 EDT
LOL....your first graph compares Bush's worst year (2009, part of which includes OBAMA'S stimulus package) to Obama's best year, 2012 (or the projected 2013. Way to skew the stats to make it look like Obama is doing a good job. You failed to succeed though.

On this date in 2000 - US Debt = $5.685 trillion

On this date in 2008 - US Debt = $10.4 trillion (+$4.715 trillion during EIGHT Bush years)

Today - 2012 - US Debt = $16.2 trillion (+$5.8 trillion during only FOUR Obama years)

These are the facts and you can look it up on usdebtclock.org. No skewed charts. No biased blogspot to read. Just numbers.
Thraxle wrote
at 7:46 AM, Thursday October 18, 2012 EDT
This chart conveys the stats based on 1983 dollars making everyone comparable.

http://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/deficits.html

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