A comprehensive list of accomplishments made by Obama as of 12/12

[Soggy in NOLA]

If you are so blinded by partisanship that you feel you have to attack everything Obama does, then it is inevitable you will make an ass of yourself.

Bush set new records when it comes to the costs of his vacations. Obama doesn't even come close.

Please tell us you're not serious.

 

[g5000]

Dodd-Frank?

I am curious to know what is wrong with Dodd-Frank.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Dodd-Frank?

I am curious to know what is wrong with Dodd-Frank.

Let's start with the FACT that Dodd & Frank were the architects of the financial meltdown. From there let's examine the estimated 6.6 MILLION hours to implement with 1.6 million annually, in PERPETUITY to maintain.

Dodd Frank is a make work bill that will virtually accomplish nothing but create another cottage industry of "Dodd Frank" consultants feasting on paperwork. In the end, a lot of banks will drop their "bank" status so as to avoid this and the Volker rule. As a CPA who has had to deal with the fiasco that is Sarbanes-Oxley; this will only tack on millions to costs while accomplishing nothing.

And then there's the CFPB...

 

[g5000]

Dodd-Frank?

I am curious to know what is wrong with Dodd-Frank.

Let's start with the FACT that Dodd & Frank were the architects of the financial meltdown.

Agreed, but an ad hominem has nothing to do with the law.

[ From there let's examine the estimated 6.6 MILLION hours to implement with 1.6 million annually, in PERPETUITY to maintain.

How many tens of billions of manhours were lost to unemployment caused by the Wall Street crash the last 4 years?

Dodd Frank is a make work bill that will virtually accomplish nothing but create another cottage industry of "Dodd Frank" consultants feasting on paperwork. In the end, a lot of banks will drop their "bank" status so as to avoid this and the Volker rule.

Outstanding. They will have to risk their own money on their casino gambling instead of mine and yours and every other investor's.

And then there's the CFPB...

What about it?

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

I am curious to know what is wrong with Dodd-Frank.

Let's start with the FACT that Dodd & Frank were the architects of the financial meltdown.

Agreed, but an ad hominem has nothing to do with the law.



How many tens of billions of manhours were lost to unemployment caused by the Wall Street crash the last 4 years?

Dodd Frank is a make work bill that will virtually accomplish nothing but create another cottage industry of "Dodd Frank" consultants feasting on paperwork. In the end, a lot of banks will drop their "bank" status so as to avoid this and the Volker rule.

Outstanding. They will have to risk their own money on their casino gambling instead of mine and yours and every other investor's.

And then there's the CFPB...

What about it?

Agreed, but an ad hominem has nothing to do with the law.

So, I guess this time they'll really really really really get it right? These guys are fucking crooks.

Do we really need another federal agency, from the same feds that couldn't profitably run a candy store, to protect us from ourselves?

 

[SFC Ollie]

He put an end to the Bush-era stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan beyond their enlistment date. (personal note: my son will be in harm’s way for six fewer months with Obama as president, so you know I love this one.) ‘Stop-Loss’ Will All but End by 2011, Gates Says - NYTimes.com

Remember this:

These people are all volunteers. They all signed up. They all are there doing what they're doing because they want to do it.

The Pentagon chief was meeting privately later yesterday with 172nd Stryker Brigade families at Fort Wainwright in Alaska, the unit's home base. Rumsfeld's aides said they expected as many as 600 people to attend and to have a chance to ask questions.

Reporters who traveled with Rumsfeld from Washington, D.C., were to be excluded from the session.

Rumsfeld: 'I'd love to be Santa Claus. I'm not.' | Concord Monitor

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There were a bunch of news stories about this when it happened. The families were very angry. They said Rumsfeld was rude. See, those people who signed up didn't know they were going to get royally fucked. I remember at the time, Republican bloggers saying they should quit "whining".

In 22 years on active duty, stop loss affected my tour 4 different times. 5 times if you count the extra 6 months I had to wait before I was allowed to retire. And that was in 93..... Stop loss has always been a part of military life.

 

[SFC Ollie]

Obama Accomplishments:

1. Record Debt
2. record Annual Deficits > any Reagan entire budget
3. First ever credit downgrade
4. Record Food stamp
5. record Poverty
6. Cancelled NASA Manned program
7. Gutting US military

1) It should be common knowledge by now that it was Bush that racked up the debt.
2) The short answer is yes, long answer is no.
3) I put more blame on Congress
4) Record unemployment numbers (aside from GrDep)
5) Hardly Obama's fault
6) We do not need it
7) We do not need enough troops to fight two wars

The Debt has gone from $10 Trillion to $ 15 Trillion in 3 years, and you still want to blame Bush?

 

[mudwhistle]

If you are so blinded by partisanship that you feel you have to attack everything Obama does, then it is inevitable you will make an ass of yourself.

Bush set new records when it comes to the costs of his vacations. Obama doesn't even come close.

If you say so.

Course that's news to me.

Nobody mentioned it when he was POTUS, only that they claimed he took a lot of them.

I wonder which is cheaper, two separate fights to Hawaii for Michelle and Barack, rental of a multi-million dollar beach-front property, the 7th Fleet stationed off the coast as security, or one fight to Crawford Texas so he can clear brush and ride his horse?

How about the Jonus Bros doing a private concert for the Obama kids on their first day in the White House during the worst economy since the Great Depression. Jay-Z concerts, throwing award cerimonies for the 85' NFL Champion Chicago Bears in 2011. Extravagant costume parties.

Jeasus, dude!!!!

Give me a break!!!

You sound like Truthmatters.

 

[SFC Ollie]

But it is primarily Bush's spending.

Lets say he keeps spending at this rate, if he gets re-elected, in 5 years he will have dumped $7.3 Trillion.

you can blame Bush all you want or you can admit the facts that are right in front of you.

Actually, Obama decreased gov spending in 2011.

LOL you lie so badly..................

National Debt by Presidential Term - per Capita and as Percentage of GDP

 

[amrchaos]

George W. Bush inherited a strong economy, a budget surplus, and a nation at peace.

Eight years later, he left Obama with a shattered economy, a trillion dollar deficit, and two useless wars.

Obama saved the country from another Great Depression, rebuilt GM, reformed healthcare, reformed Wall Street, doubled the stock market, created 7 straight quarters of GDP growth, created 22 straight months of private sector job growth, got Bin Laden, got Gaddafi, and got us out of Iraq.

And now with the automatic spending cuts and the expiration of the Bush tax cuts in 2012, Obama has solved the deficit problem as well.

Obama has done a very good job.

OK, I can agree with most of the things you said except for 2 things
1)Obama reformed Wall Street. How so?
2)automatic spending cuts solved the deficit problem--but we are still running in the red in terms of deficit-not debt, deficit.

If there was a third thing, it would be reforming healthcare, but the truth is, I don't really know what they "improved" with Health Care. How does it reduce overall spendin? How does it nsure insurance to people? What effect does it really have on the economy. Pelosi said you have to pass the bill to see whats in it. The Bill has passed, and I still don't know what is really in it!

 

[mudwhistle]

George W. Bush inherited a strong economy, a budget surplus, and a nation at peace.

Eight years later, he left Obama with a shattered economy, a trillion dollar deficit, and two useless wars.

Obama saved the country from another Great Depression, rebuilt GM, reformed healthcare, reformed Wall Street, doubled the stock market, created 7 straight quarters of GDP growth, created 22 straight months of private sector job growth, got Bin Laden, got Gaddafi, and got us out of Iraq.

And now with the automatic spending cuts and the expiration of the Bush tax cuts in 2012, Obama has solved the deficit problem as well.

Obama has done a very good job.

OK, I can agree with most of the things you said except for 2 things
1)Obama reformed Wall Street. How so?
2)automatic spending cuts solved the deficit problem--but we are still running in the red in terms of deficit-not debt, deficit.

If there was a third thing, it would be reforming healthcare, but the truth is, I don't really know what they "improved" with Health Care. How does it reduce overall spendin? How does it nsure insurance to people? What effect does it really have on the economy. Pelosi said you have to pass the bill to see whats in it. The Bill has passed, and I still don't know what is really in it!

Everything but real Health Care reform.

They have so much shit crammed into that bill one wouldn't know what it was intended for if you read it from top to bottom.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Yes, Windbag, take them all on. I'd be fascinated to see it.

The one accomplishment you decided to discuss was the pay freezes in the White House? Are you kidding me? That's all you have to say about the entire list?

I think you were impressed with many of these accomplishments, (assuming you actually read the entire list) but you would never admit it on this board.

The point was that, since the pay freeze was bunk, I can assume everything is bunk. Prove me wrong.

Obviously, the move was to save money. It worked considering 25% didn't see a pay increase. Either way, this one fact is so insignificant in comparison to the list itself and you know it.

If 75% of workers got an increase then no money was saved

 

[Quantum Windbag]

1) It should be common knowledge by now that it was Bush that racked up the debt.
2) The short answer is yes, long answer is no.
3) I put more blame on Congress
4) Record unemployment numbers (aside from GrDep)
5) Hardly Obama's fault
6) We do not need it
7) We do not need enough troops to fight two wars

Even Politifact, which you think is a great and unbiased site, rates that one Pants on Fire, and that was without all the debt from 2011 that required two seperate increases in the debt ceiling.

PolitiFact | Nancy Pelosi posts questionable chart on debt accumulation by Barack Obama, predecessors

Yeah Pelosi was wrong, but not by much, was she?

Under Clinton: Increase of $1.54 trillion, or 37 percent
Under George W. Bush: Increase of $4.899 trillion, or 86 percent
Under Obama: Increase of $3.661 trillion, or 34 percent

Jackass.

That was in two years, it took Bush 8 to add almost $5 trillion to the debt. I would call you a jackass, but I actually like jackasses and would hate to compare them to you.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Yeah Pelosi was wrong, but not by much, was she?

Under Clinton: Increase of $1.54 trillion, or 37 percent
Under George W. Bush: Increase of $4.899 trillion, or 86 percent
Under Obama: Increase of $3.661 trillion, or 34 percent

Jackass.

In three years vs eight.
Moron

But it is primarily Bush's spending.

Bush is spending money 3 years after he is out of office? Does he have magical powers over Obama that forces him to go along with his ideas? Come to think of it, that would explain a lot.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

But it is primarily Bush's spending.

Lets say he keeps spending at this rate, if he gets re-elected, in 5 years he will have dumped $7.3 Trillion.

you can blame Bush all you want or you can admit the facts that are right in front of you.

Actually, Obama decreased gov spending in 2011.

Why did he need to raise the debt cieling twice if he decreased spending?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

A pay freeze that encompasses 100% of the personnel in the White House, which is what you claimed

No one claimed that. You made that up. And using your own rules, since you made that up, nothing else you say is to be taken seriously.

Just because you did not say it does not mean no one did. Want to try again? Can you explain why, if no one said that, you are the only one that is trying to make that point?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

If you are so blinded by partisanship that you feel you have to attack everything Obama does, then it is inevitable you will make an ass of yourself.

Bush set new records when it comes to the costs of his vacations. Obama doesn't even come close.

Don't feel bad, I was so blinded by partisanship I attacked everything Bush did too.

 

[Conservative]

But it is primarily Bush's spending.

Lets say he keeps spending at this rate, if he gets re-elected, in 5 years he will have dumped $7.3 Trillion.

you can blame Bush all you want or you can admit the facts that are right in front of you.

Actually, Obama decreased gov spending in 2011.

are you high?

Government Spending Details: Federal State Local for 2009 - Charts
Federal spending in 2009... 5.942 billion
Federal Spending in 2010... 5.920 billion
Federal Spending in 2011... 6.048 billion.


Last time I checked math... 6 billion was higher than 5.9 billion.

 

[Conservative]

...Obama has solved the deficit problem as well.

really?

http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/202546-today-national-debt-100-of-gdp.html

moron.