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The people who drove us off the cliff are back behind the wheel again!
you mean clinton is back in office????
what drove us off the cliff was the freetrades signed by clinton (dec 1993 NAFTA and the others to follow)...clintons housing bubble that started in 1995 when he had Henery Cisneros ease the rules on mortgages...barney frank and his fannie/freddie.....and clinton getting china into the world trade organization.........that's what killed us
bush certainly didnt help...but the blame goes BEFORE him
What exactly was the alternative? Vote more Democrats so they can grow the deficits from $1.3T a year to $2.5T.. yeah, because we've all seen how wonderful the economy is with government spending..
wooo hooo.. where do we sign up!!
btw, were we "ignorant" when we voted in Obama who has done NOTHING to make anything better?
We were not going to fix anything in two years, and let's all remember how LITTLE compromise Obama found from Republicans when he reached out to them, let's all remember the record number of filibusters seen in the Senate, these purely partisan attempts at sabotaging economic recovery have now been rewarded.
Thats what sad, Americans will continue to vote against themselves purely out of spite.
Ever hear the saying, you've got to spend money to make money? You can't get out of this hole by doing nothing and waiting for the magical free market to hand out jobs to the unemployed, or wait for the wealthy to start trickling money your way
The only thing on the other side of that hole he's digging is China.
A majority of Americans are ignorant of politics, the midterm elections only reflect that. It makes sense that we have rewarded incompetence by electing more members of the Republican Party.
So we get the government we deserve, and now gridlock is all but assured.
Sadly, as long as a majority of voting Americans remain clueless, we all will suffer.
The majority spoke. Obama and the Dems had two years and didn't come through on many promises. People got angry and decided to give the other side a try.
Seems Obama is finally waking up to "compromise" and working with opponents instead of "enemies".
We were not going to fix anything in two years, and let's all remember how LITTLE compromise Obama found from Republicans when he reached out to them, let's all remember the record number of filibusters seen in the Senate, these purely partisan attempts at sabotaging economic recovery have now been rewarded.
Thats what sad, Americans will continue to vote against themselves purely out of spite.
obama and the liberal reached out
you mean by obama having democrat only meetings
you mean by pelosi not even allowing the repupubls to have a say, (or even vote in one case) on bills
you mean like the senate using closure to bypass any suggestions of the repubs
the liberals are the party of no...no reaching out what so eva
Instead of this bickering I would like to hear what economic policies the Rightist think will improve the situation for the country. Will the policies improve the economy for not just the extremely wealthy, the extremely poor and the working a small business classes.
A majority of Americans are ignorant of politics, the midterm elections only reflect that. It makes sense that we have rewarded incompetence by electing more members of the Republican Party.
So we get the government we deserve, and now gridlock is all but assured.
Sadly, as long as a majority of voting Americans remain clueless, we all will suffer.
It will be gridlock as far as policies to help many Americans that are out of work or face a future with fewer opportunities to advance their lives in the past. But big business, banks, the petroleum business, and investors are going to absolutely love it. They are going to get everything THEY PAID FOR and more.
Expect to see MORE tax loopholes for big business, LESS progress with alternative energy, LESS environmental regulation, and more government subsidies and contracts for big business. Expect to see measures where some government is privatized and big business profits handsomely.
Like I wasn't already feeling badly for my country!
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