Pew: Only 34% of Americans know that TARP was enacted under Bush

[Charles_Main]

Well Known: Twitter; Little Known: John Roberts: Overview - Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Yet the public continues to struggle in identifying political figures, foreign leaders and even knowing facts about key government policies. Only about a third of Americans (34%) know that the government’s bailout of banks and financial institutions was enacted under the Bush administration. Nearly half (47%) incorrectly say that the Troubled Asset Relief Program – widely known as TARP – was signed into law by President Obama.

Even fewer (28%) are able to identify John Roberts as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. And just 19% know that David Cameron is the new prime minister of Great Britain.

A large majority of Americans (73%) know that Congress did pass a major health care reform bill this year. Though health care dominated the public’s news interest most weeks during the lengthy debate over the legislation, 14% say Congress did not pass health care legislation this year and 13% do not know.

Fewer than three-in-ten (28%) correctly identified Roberts as the chief justice of the Supreme Court. More than half (53%) do not know, while small percentages choose other options: former Justice Thurgood Marshall (8%), former Justice John Paul Stevens (6%) and Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (4%).

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How many know that for the last 2 years of Bush, The Dems held the purse stings on Congress?

 

[boedicca]

Here's the little factoid that Doggie undoubtedly wishes to ignore:

Under Bush, repaid TARP funds were to be used for deficit reduction. Obama is trying to hijack them to fuel more government spending.

 

[rdean]

Republicans don't believe PEW Research. It was PEW who said only 6% of scientists are Republican and only 9% of scientists consider themselves "conservative".

Republicans want ti both ways. They want to insist that many scientists are Republican even while calling scientists lazy, sitting on government handouts, liars, have a lack of "common sense", overrated.

No Republican would ever admit they depend solely on Democrats for everything. A Republican can't even wipe his ass without getting genetically modified toilet paper from a Democrat.

You still haven't accepted that Democrats are more likely than Republicans to believe that Jesus will return by 2050, at least according to your favorite research group, PEW. You tried to say it was because they didn't call cell phones, if I recall your reasoning correctly. (And I do)

What exactly does that have to do with the majority of scientists being "Democrat". You don't like that do you? You keep trying to swerve into another direction and all you did was "fail".

The Democratic party is made up of a wide variety of people. Black brown gay straight feminist conservative young old educated uneducated Hindu Christian Muslim and on and one.

The Republican party is 90% white and many are very fat and old. It's a party centered in the Confederate south AND, they don't respect or appreciate education. That is just a fact. It's probably because of both of those reasons the Republican party attracts the likes of the Aryan Nation and the KKK. We all know that. It's stupid to deny it. Neither one of those groups have any interest in the Democratic party. You may point to some individual Democrat that had an affiliation with those groups decades ago, but in the here and now, they both vote Republican and we all know it.

6% baby, 6%. That's it.

 

[rdean]

Well Known: Twitter; Little Known: John Roberts: Overview - Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Yet the public continues to struggle in identifying political figures, foreign leaders and even knowing facts about key government policies. Only about a third of Americans (34%) know that the government’s bailout of banks and financial institutions was enacted under the Bush administration. Nearly half (47%) incorrectly say that the Troubled Asset Relief Program – widely known as TARP – was signed into law by President Obama.

Even fewer (28%) are able to identify John Roberts as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. And just 19% know that David Cameron is the new prime minister of Great Britain.

Fewer than three-in-ten (28%) correctly identified Roberts as the chief justice of the Supreme Court. More than half (53%) do not know, while small percentages choose other options: former Justice Thurgood Marshall (8%), former Justice John Paul Stevens (6%) and Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (4%).

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How many know that for the last 2 years of Bush, The Dems held the purse stings on Congress?

So what? The disastrous 2.4 trillion dollar Bush tax cuts had been passed and neither war was ever included in any budget, another 3 trillion lie. Don't you guys get tired of bullshit? Guess not.

 

[Avatar4321]

They win when the Americans dont know the facts.

Its why they constantly try to rewrite history

Who Constantly rewrites history?

TM does.

 

[Avatar4321]

So what? The disastrous 2.4 trillion dollar Bush tax cuts had been passed and neither war was ever included in any budget, another 3 trillion lie. Don't you guys get tired of bullshit? Guess not.

Sure we do. We usually just ignore you then.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Well Known: Twitter; Little Known: John Roberts: Overview - Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Yet the public continues to struggle in identifying political figures, foreign leaders and even knowing facts about key government policies. Only about a third of Americans (34%) know that the government’s bailout of banks and financial institutions was enacted under the Bush administration. Nearly half (47%) incorrectly say that the Troubled Asset Relief Program – widely known as TARP – was signed into law by President Obama.

Even fewer (28%) are able to identify John Roberts as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. And just 19% know that David Cameron is the new prime minister of Great Britain.

A large majority of Americans (73%) know that Congress did pass a major health care reform bill this year. Though health care dominated the public’s news interest most weeks during the lengthy debate over the legislation, 14% say Congress did not pass health care legislation this year and 13% do not know.

Fewer than three-in-ten (28%) correctly identified Roberts as the chief justice of the Supreme Court. More than half (53%) do not know, while small percentages choose other options: former Justice Thurgood Marshall (8%), former Justice John Paul Stevens (6%) and Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (4%).

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Of course even less understand that A) The President can only recommend legislation and can only agree to sign it if passed, he can not create it, he can vote on it, he can force anyone else to vote on. That requires CONGRESS. So Congress not the President created TARP, they wrote it, they voted on it and they passed it.

And even less want to admit that in 2008 when TARP was written, passed and approved, Congress was controlled in both Houses by the DEMOCRATS.

A hell of a lot of people supported TARP because it was supposed to bail out the banks so they WOULD NOT FAIL. A run away Bank collapse would have destroyed just about every Country on this planet.

B) even less people realize that Modbert is trying to play a fast one, he reminds you that Bush was President for TARP and that Republicans supported TARP. His purpose though is to imply that somehow support for TARP equated to support for Obama's middle of the night, no reading it, bailout for his Political buddies and friends. This is simply NOT TRUE.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Republicans don't believe PEW Research. It was PEW who said only 6% of scientists are Republican and only 9% of scientists consider themselves "conservative".

Republicans want ti both ways. They want to insist that many scientists are Republican even while calling scientists lazy, sitting on government handouts, liars, have a lack of "common sense", overrated.

No Republican would ever admit they depend solely on Democrats for everything. A Republican can't even wipe his ass without getting genetically modified toilet paper from a Democrat.

You still haven't accepted that Democrats are more likely than Republicans to believe that Jesus will return by 2050, at least according to your favorite research group, PEW. You tried to say it was because they didn't call cell phones, if I recall your reasoning correctly. (And I do)

What exactly does that have to do with the majority of scientists being "Democrat". You don't like that do you? You keep trying to swerve into another direction and all you did was "fail".

The Democratic party is made up of a wide variety of people. Black brown gay straight feminist conservative young old educated uneducated Hindu Christian Muslim and on and one.

The Republican party is 90% white and many are very fat and old. It's a party centered in the Confederate south AND, they don't respect or appreciate education. That is just a fact. It's probably because of both of those reasons the Republican party attracts the likes of the Aryan Nation and the KKK. We all know that. It's stupid to deny it. Neither one of those groups have any interest in the Democratic party. You may point to some individual Democrat that had an affiliation with those groups decades ago, but in the here and now, they both vote Republican and we all know it.

6% baby, 6%. That's it.

I don't care because I am not a Republican, or a Democrat, I could give a fuck less what people want to label themselves when a pollster calls. Personally, I love to fuck with pollsters when they call me, and I make up shit as I go along. I suspect a lot of sceintists, being geeks and/or nerds enjoy doing the same thing, so I suspect that a lot of those numbers are inaccurate when they are polled about political beliefs, especially when it is the result of an online poll.

You should take a look at history, KKK members historically vote Democrat, which is why a former KKK member, Robert Byrd, was elected to the Senate. Politicians all suck, whatever party they run with. Until you accept that you will always be a sap, because you will allow someone to convince you that they are doing the right thing just because they stick a D behind their name.

 

[The T]

Well Known: Twitter; Little Known: John Roberts: Overview - Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Yet the public continues to struggle in identifying political figures, foreign leaders and even knowing facts about key government policies. Only about a third of Americans (34%) know that the government’s bailout of banks and financial institutions was enacted under the Bush administration. Nearly half (47%) incorrectly say that the Troubled Asset Relief Program – widely known as TARP – was signed into law by President Obama.

Even fewer (28%) are able to identify John Roberts as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. And just 19% know that David Cameron is the new prime minister of Great Britain.

Fewer than three-in-ten (28%) correctly identified Roberts as the chief justice of the Supreme Court. More than half (53%) do not know, while small percentages choose other options: former Justice Thurgood Marshall (8%), former Justice John Paul Stevens (6%) and Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (4%).

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Of course even less understand that A) The President can only recommend legislation and can only agree to sign it if passed, he can not create it, he can vote on it, he can force anyone else to vote on. That requires CONGRESS. So Congress not the President created TARP, they wrote it, they voted on it and they passed it.

And even less want to admit that in 2008 when TARP was written, passed and approved, Congress was controlled in both Houses by the DEMOCRATS.

A hell of a lot of people supported TARP because it was supposed to bail out the banks so they WOULD NOT FAIL. A run away Bank collapse would have destroyed just about every Country on this planet.

B) even less people realize that Modbert is trying to play a fast one, he reminds you that Bush was President for TARP and that Republicans supported TARP. His purpose though is to imply that somehow support for TARP equated to support for Obama's middle of the night, no reading it, bailout for his Political buddies and friends. This is simply NOT TRUE.

But notice that Obama is carrying it to the nth Extreme? GM? Chrysler?

Telling Corporate Execs what they are allowed to make? The latest Legislation to 'Reign in WALL STREET'?

But No word of Fannie/Freddie that brought us here...

How conveeeeeenient!

 

[rightwinger]

Well Known: Twitter; Little Known: John Roberts: Overview - Pew Research Center for the People & the Press







View attachment 10880

Of course even less understand that A) The President can only recommend legislation and can only agree to sign it if passed, he can not create it, he can vote on it, he can force anyone else to vote on. That requires CONGRESS. So Congress not the President created TARP, they wrote it, they voted on it and they passed it.

And even less want to admit that in 2008 when TARP was written, passed and approved, Congress was controlled in both Houses by the DEMOCRATS.

A hell of a lot of people supported TARP because it was supposed to bail out the banks so they WOULD NOT FAIL. A run away Bank collapse would have destroyed just about every Country on this planet.

B) even less people realize that Modbert is trying to play a fast one, he reminds you that Bush was President for TARP and that Republicans supported TARP. His purpose though is to imply that somehow support for TARP equated to support for Obama's middle of the night, no reading it, bailout for his Political buddies and friends. This is simply NOT TRUE.

But notice that Obama is carrying it to the nth Extreme? GM? Chrysler?

Telling Corporate Execs what they are allowed to make? The latest Legislation to 'Reign in WALL STREET'?

But No word of Fannie/Freddie that brought us here...

How conveeeeeenient!

Telling executives that if they want the US taxpayer to bail them out they were going to have to meet certain conditions. If the Auto company did not want to meet the taxpayers terms they could have found someone else to bail them out

 

[editec]

The trouble with history is that it's just one damned fact after the other.

Americans have a short attention sp...Oh look! A butterfly!

 

[skookerasbil]

TARP was the best thing Bush ever did

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Of course even less understand that A) The President can only recommend legislation and can only agree to sign it if passed, he can not create it, he can vote on it, he can force anyone else to vote on. That requires CONGRESS. So Congress not the President created TARP, they wrote it, they voted on it and they passed it.

And even less want to admit that in 2008 when TARP was written, passed and approved, Congress was controlled in both Houses by the DEMOCRATS.

A hell of a lot of people supported TARP because it was supposed to bail out the banks so they WOULD NOT FAIL. A run away Bank collapse would have destroyed just about every Country on this planet.

B) even less people realize that Modbert is trying to play a fast one, he reminds you that Bush was President for TARP and that Republicans supported TARP. His purpose though is to imply that somehow support for TARP equated to support for Obama's middle of the night, no reading it, bailout for his Political buddies and friends. This is simply NOT TRUE.

But notice that Obama is carrying it to the nth Extreme? GM? Chrysler?

Telling Corporate Execs what they are allowed to make? The latest Legislation to 'Reign in WALL STREET'?

But No word of Fannie/Freddie that brought us here...

How conveeeeeenient!

Telling executives that if they want the US taxpayer to bail them out they were going to have to meet certain conditions. If the Auto company did not want to meet the taxpayers terms they could have found someone else to bail them out

What about all those pension holders who got screwed over by the government bailout of the auto companies? Why didn't they get a chance to look for another bailout? Or do only the fat cats matter to you?

 

[rdean]

Well Known: Twitter; Little Known: John Roberts: Overview - Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Yet the public continues to struggle in identifying political figures, foreign leaders and even knowing facts about key government policies. Only about a third of Americans (34%) know that the government’s bailout of banks and financial institutions was enacted under the Bush administration. Nearly half (47%) incorrectly say that the Troubled Asset Relief Program – widely known as TARP – was signed into law by President Obama.

Even fewer (28%) are able to identify John Roberts as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. And just 19% know that David Cameron is the new prime minister of Great Britain.

Fewer than three-in-ten (28%) correctly identified Roberts as the chief justice of the Supreme Court. More than half (53%) do not know, while small percentages choose other options: former Justice Thurgood Marshall (8%), former Justice John Paul Stevens (6%) and Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (4%).

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Of course even less understand that A) The President can only recommend legislation and can only agree to sign it if passed, he can not create it, he can vote on it, he can force anyone else to vote on. That requires CONGRESS. So Congress not the President created TARP, they wrote it, they voted on it and they passed it.

And even less want to admit that in 2008 when TARP was written, passed and approved, Congress was controlled in both Houses by the DEMOCRATS.

A hell of a lot of people supported TARP because it was supposed to bail out the banks so they WOULD NOT FAIL. A run away Bank collapse would have destroyed just about every Country on this planet.

B) even less people realize that Modbert is trying to play a fast one, he reminds you that Bush was President for TARP and that Republicans supported TARP. His purpose though is to imply that somehow support for TARP equated to support for Obama's middle of the night, no reading it, bailout for his Political buddies and friends. This is simply NOT TRUE.

Democrats held the Senate:

Democrats: 49
Republicans: 49
Independents: 2

SO IT'S THE DEMOCRATS FAULT!

 

[Avatar4321]

Democrats held the Senate:

Democrats: 49
Republicans: 49
Independents: 2

SO IT'S THE DEMOCRATS FAULT!

So you're conceding that all this massive spending and bail outs has had a negative impact on our nation. Good.

 

[rdean]

Democrats held the Senate:

Democrats: 49
Republicans: 49
Independents: 2

SO IT'S THE DEMOCRATS FAULT!

So you're conceding that all this massive spending and bail outs has had a negative impact on our nation. Good.

The Dow Jones closed today at 10154.43. 4,000 points higher than when Bush left it.

Bush, pushing TARP almost did something right. But when Republicans are involved, everything ends fucked up. Whether its two wars, education, Republican support for moving jobs overseas. Subsidies for oil companies. Apologizing to oil companies. Screwing the middle class.

Republicans are like "Jubilation T Cornpone".

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuWRh-lZicg]YouTube - Stubby Kaye "Jubilation T Cornpone"[/ame]

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Democrats held the Senate:

Democrats: 49
Republicans: 49
Independents: 2

SO IT'S THE DEMOCRATS FAULT!

Funny how you insist they are Independents when you no longer need them. Are you taking lessons from Obama now? All the Independents in the Senate caucus with the Democrats, which essentially makes them Democrats.

 

[rdean]

Democrats held the Senate:

Democrats: 49
Republicans: 49
Independents: 2

SO IT'S THE DEMOCRATS FAULT!

Funny how you insist they are Independents when you no longer need them. Are you taking lessons from Obama now? All the Independents in the Senate caucus with the Democrats, which essentially makes them Democrats.

Everything has to be explained to you guys. Republicans keep saying "Democrats" had both houses in 2007 and 2008. Yea, BUT THE FUCKING REPUBLICANS OBSTRUCTED EVERYTHING THE DEMOCRATS TRIED TO DO. What did the Democrats do that fucked up the economy? NOTHING. How could they do anything with Republicans obstructing everything. Republicans screwed this country. They continue to screw it. They are a party of lemming led by awful people.

 

[Mr. Peepers]

How many know that for the last 2 years of Bush, The Dems held the purse stings on Congress?

No, actually, they didn't. Everything they tried to pass was vetoed, REMEMBER???

As of December 2008, President George W. Bush had vetoed only 12 bills since taking office in January 2001. Only one Presidential veto occurred before Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007. This is the fewest Presidential vetoes of any modern President; in March 2006 Bush set a 200-year veto record. Source: US Senate.

Presidential Vetos - Bills Vetoed by President George W. Bush (2001-2008)

 

[caddis]

On February 5, 2009, the Senate approved changes to the TARP..... The amendment was proposed by Christopher Dodd of Connecticut as an amendment to the $900 billion economic stimulus act yet to be passed.[22]

regardless, don't confuse Bush for a conservative.