Ryan says Jimmy Carter era was better than Obama's

[percysunshine]

Naw, Obama inherited Clintons, Carters, and LBJs failed policies.

 

[Bfgrn]

Naw, Obama inherited Clintons, Carters, and LBJs failed policies.

Gee, let's see, the hot topic today is our national debt...

Where did our debt come from? When did massive debt become part of the American economy?

Reagan switched the federal government from what he critically called, a “tax and spend” policy, to a “borrow and spend” policy, where the government continued its heavy spending, but used borrowed money instead of tax revenue to pay the bills. The results were catastrophic. Although it had taken the United States more than 200 years to accumulate the first $1 trillion of national debt, it took only five years under Reagan to add the second one trillion dollars to the debt. By the end of the 12 years of the Reagan-Bush administrations, the national debt had quadrupled to $4 trillion!

And where was all this angst and concern about debt from conservatives when Bush and Republicans controlled the White House and both houses of Congress for almost a decade??? When Bush was starting a 3 trillion dollar war of ideology in Iraq, there was not a fucking PEEP from you right wingers, just cheers and 'bring 'em on'... And where was this less government mantra? You right wingers LOVED BIG government and government intervention into people lives... the Patriot Act, trashing habeas corpus, the Geneva Conventions and the US War Crimes Act.

And what was the concern in the Bush administration about debt and deficits? NONE...Bush's solution was to eliminate the voices of concern.

Paul O'Neill was fired from his job as George Bush's Treasury Secretary for disagreeing too many times with the president's policy on tax cuts.

The president had promised to cut taxes, and he did. Within six months of taking office, he pushed a trillion dollars worth of tax cuts through Congress.

But O'Neill thought it should have been the end. After 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan, the budget deficit was growing. So at a meeting with the vice president after the mid-term elections in 2002, O'Neill argued against a second round of tax cuts.

"Cheney, at this moment, showed his hand. He said to O'Neill: 'You know, Paul, Reagan proved that deficits don't matter. We won the mid-term elections, this is our due.' … O'Neill was speechless."

"It was not just about not wanting the tax cut. It was about how to use the nation's resources to improve the condition of our society," says O'Neill. "And I thought the weight of working on Social Security and fundamental tax reform was a lot more important than a tax reduction."

 

[Political Junky]

It's the custom of cons to spend freely and when a Democrat wins the White House, they start to scream about the debt.

 

[rdean]

Ryan says Jimmy Carter era was better than Obama's | General Headlines | Comcast

Paul Ryan delivered a scathing criticism of President Barack Obama's stewardship of the nation's economy Monday, arguing that even conservative punching bag Jimmy Carter's presidency was better as Democrats streamed to North Carolina to nominate Obama for a second term.

"The president can say a lot of things and he will," the Republican vice presidential candidate told more than 2,000 supporters in East Carolina University's student recreation center, about 230 miles east of the Democratic National Convention site in Charlotte. "But he can't tell you that you're better off. Simply put, the Jimmy Carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now."

Sad but true, obama has done nothing in 4 years except create hardship on millions, Ryan was was right on to kick his dick int the dirt and step on it.....

That's because Carter only inherited Nixon's failed policies. Obama inherited Nixon, Reagan and Bush's failed policies.

Failed policies they are dying to bring back. They want to "finish the job" started under Bush.

 

[Lakhota]

It's the custom of cons to spend freely and when a Democrat wins the White House, they start to scream about the debt.

Exactly! It's the same ole NaziCon "starve the beast" game.

 

[Politico]

Everybody remembers the ages of 6-10 as good years.

Not everyone.

That's because Carter only inherited Nixon's failed policies. Obama inherited Nixon, Reagan and Bush's failed policies.

Ah so it's all anyone but a democrats fault.

 

[P@triot]

It's true - the numbers don't lie:

Longest period +8% unemployment in US history

Highest national debt in US history

Highest gas prices in US history

This is what Barack Obama and his policies have given the U.S.

 

[ScienceRocks]

It's true - the numbers don't lie:

Longest period +8% unemployment in US history

Highest national debt in US history

Highest gas prices in US history

This is what Barack Obama and his policies have given the U.S.

1# I thought the depression was longer??? You also have the long depression of the 1890's.

2# Nope, I think Bush had them for a few months before everything went to hell.

3# National debt....TRUE.

 

[oreo]

Ryan says Jimmy Carter era was better than Obama's | General Headlines | Comcast

Paul Ryan delivered a scathing criticism of President Barack Obama's stewardship of the nation's economy Monday, arguing that even conservative punching bag Jimmy Carter's presidency was better as Democrats streamed to North Carolina to nominate Obama for a second term.

"The president can say a lot of things and he will," the Republican vice presidential candidate told more than 2,000 supporters in East Carolina University's student recreation center, about 230 miles east of the Democratic National Convention site in Charlotte. "But he can't tell you that you're better off. Simply put, the Jimmy Carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now."

Sad but true, obama has done nothing in 4 years except create hardship on millions, Ryan was was right on to kick his dick int the dirt and step on it.....

Ryan is right--I lived through the Carter administration. I was 27 years old at the time and my husband and I had just started our own business. It was miserable. But there is one thing that Carter wasn't that Obama is. A true socialist. Carter no matter how bad he was would have never said to small business people in this country--"If you own a business--you didn't build that someone else made that happen."

"I'm saying it bluntly, that this administration is the greatest wet blanket to business, progress and job creation in my lifetime. A lot of people don't want to say that. They'll say, 'Oh God, don't be attacking Obama.' Well, this is Obama's deal, and it's Obama that's responsible for this fear in America."

"The guy [Obama] keeps making speeches about redistribution, and maybe 'we ought to do something to businesses that don't invest or hold too much money.' We haven't heard that kind of talk except from pure socialists."

"Business is being hammered. The business community in this country is frightened to death of the weird political philosophy of the president of the United States. Until he's gone, everybody's going to be sitting on their thumbs." Democrat CEO--Steve Wynn

Steve Wynn's Anti-Obama Rant - Is He Right? - CBS News

An here is a very interesting article about the comparisons between Carter and Obama--it's called "they once loved Jimmy too."
McGurn: They Once Loved Jimmy, Too - WSJ.com

 

[RoadVirus]

I agree. Carter was bad, but didn't permanently damage the country. At least he showed some respect for our constitution.

Yep. Carter was a big clueless moron, but at least he didn't act like a dictator at times.

 

[Bfgrn]

Ryan says Jimmy Carter era was better than Obama's | General Headlines | Comcast

Paul Ryan delivered a scathing criticism of President Barack Obama's stewardship of the nation's economy Monday, arguing that even conservative punching bag Jimmy Carter's presidency was better as Democrats streamed to North Carolina to nominate Obama for a second term.

"The president can say a lot of things and he will," the Republican vice presidential candidate told more than 2,000 supporters in East Carolina University's student recreation center, about 230 miles east of the Democratic National Convention site in Charlotte. "But he can't tell you that you're better off. Simply put, the Jimmy Carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now."

Sad but true, obama has done nothing in 4 years except create hardship on millions, Ryan was was right on to kick his dick int the dirt and step on it.....

Ryan is right--I lived through the Carter administration. I was 27 years old at the time and my husband and I had just started our own business. It was miserable. But there is one thing that Carter wasn't that Obama is. A true socialist. Carter no matter how bad he was would have never said to small business people in this country--"If you own a business--you didn't build that someone else made that happen."

"I'm saying it bluntly, that this administration is the greatest wet blanket to business, progress and job creation in my lifetime. A lot of people don't want to say that. They'll say, 'Oh God, don't be attacking Obama.' Well, this is Obama's deal, and it's Obama that's responsible for this fear in America."

"The guy [Obama] keeps making speeches about redistribution, and maybe 'we ought to do something to businesses that don't invest or hold too much money.' We haven't heard that kind of talk except from pure socialists."

"Business is being hammered. The business community in this country is frightened to death of the weird political philosophy of the president of the United States. Until he's gone, everybody's going to be sitting on their thumbs." Democrat CEO--Steve Wynn

Steve Wynn's Anti-Obama Rant - Is He Right? - CBS News

An here is a very interesting article about the comparisons between Carter and Obama--it's called "they once loved Jimmy too."
McGurn: They Once Loved Jimmy, Too - WSJ.com

Steve Wynn is a lying piece of shit. Wynn Resorts stock went from $15.40 on March 6, 2009, to $157.49 on July 7, 2011. Wynn's companies grew substantially during Obama’s term.