The Liberals have run congress since 2007, this is their mess

[OohPooPahDoo]

Things were humming along pretty nicely until the Democrats took control of Congress. Informed Voters know this. Dems gots to go. See ya in 2012.

The nation was in the middle of a housing bubble before the Democrats took control. Bubbles burst eventually, doesn't matter who is in Congress.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

What do you mean "zero" authority? They control the house.

And this little fantasy of yours about the balanced budget and Iraq is nonsense. President Bush added about 5 trillion dollars (and counting) in debt and exploded the deficit.

Someone has got to pay that back.

From 2007 thru 2011 they did not control any of it
GWB signed the 08 budget, the only liberal budget he signed
Your debt numbers are incorrect. They have interest added
GWB added about 2.75-3 trillion
this is called a link
Budget 2011: Past Deficits vs. Obama’s Deficits in Pictures
the information is from the CBO and the white house not form the heritage so do not waste your time

Those numbers don't take into account that President Bush kept the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq out of the general budget or that President Obama added them back in.

So they are bullshit.

Right - the annual "emergency spending bill" - as if "Oh wait, we're in a war? Forgot about that in the general budget, may bad! lets appropriate the money in an emergency bill!"

 

[LibocalypseNow]

No one can think of anything the Democrats have done right since taking power. Epic Fails for sure. Time for real change. Hopefully that will happen next year.

 

[JRK]

From 2007 thru 2011 they did not control any of it
GWB signed the 08 budget, the only liberal budget he signed
Your debt numbers are incorrect. They have interest added
GWB added about 2.75-3 trillion
this is called a link
Budget 2011: Past Deficits vs. Obama’s Deficits in Pictures
the information is from the CBO and the white house not form the heritage so do not waste your time

Those numbers don't take into account that President Bush kept the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq out of the general budget or that President Obama added them back in.

So they are bullshit.

Right - the annual "emergency spending bill" - as if "Oh wait, we're in a war? Forgot about that in the general budget, may bad! lets appropriate the money in an emergency bill!"

why the lies?
congress voted on each one
they went to the bottom line
and the intent was when they were done, they would go away
not now
UPDATE: Many Obama defenders in the comments are claiming that the numbers above do not include spending on Iraq and Afghanistan during the Bush years. They most certainly do. While Bush did fund the wars through emergency supplementals (not the regular budget process), that spending did not simply vanish. It is included in the numbers above. Also, some Obama defenders are claiming the graphic above represents biased Heritage Foundation numbers. While we stand behind the numbers we put out 100%, the numbers, and the graphic itself, above are from the Washington Post. We originally left out the link to WaPo. It has now been added.
CLARIFICATION: Of course, this Washington Post graphic does not perfectly delineate budget surpluses and deficits by administration. President Bush took office in January 2001, and therefore played a lead role in crafting the FY 2002-2008 budgets. Presidents Bush and Obama share responsibility for the FY 2009 budget deficit that overlaps their administrations, before President Obama assumes full budgetary responsibility beginning in FY 2010. Overall, President Obama’s budget would add twice as much debt as President Bush over the same number of years.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

Those numbers don't take into account that President Bush kept the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq out of the general budget or that President Obama added them back in.

So they are bullshit.

Right - the annual "emergency spending bill" - as if "Oh wait, we're in a war? Forgot about that in the general budget, may bad! lets appropriate the money in an emergency bill!"

why the lies?
congress voted on each one
they went to the bottom line
and the intent was when they were done, they would go away
not now
UPDATE: Many Obama defenders in the comments are claiming that the numbers above do not include spending on Iraq and Afghanistan during the Bush years. They most certainly do. While Bush did fund the wars through emergency supplementals (not the regular budget process), that spending did not simply vanish. It is included in the numbers above. Also, some Obama defenders are claiming the graphic above represents biased Heritage Foundation numbers. While we stand behind the numbers we put out 100%, the numbers, and the graphic itself, above are from the Washington Post. We originally left out the link to WaPo. It has now been added.
CLARIFICATION: Of course, this Washington Post graphic does not perfectly delineate budget surpluses and deficits by administration. President Bush took office in January 2001, and therefore played a lead role in crafting the FY 2002-2008 budgets. Presidents Bush and Obama share responsibility for the FY 2009 budget deficit that overlaps their administrations, before President Obama assumes full budgetary responsibility beginning in FY 2010. Overall, President Obama’s budget would add twice as much debt as President Bush over the same number of years.

The only purpose of appropriating known annual expenses as "emergency spending" months after the general budget is passed is to keep the numbers down for the public in the general budget. That way Bushies moronic right wing followers could more easily swallow his massive deficits.

 

[JRK]

right - the annual "emergency spending bill" - as if "oh wait, we're in a war? Forgot about that in the general budget, may bad! Lets appropriate the money in an emergency bill!"

why the lies?
Congress voted on each one
they went to the bottom line
and the intent was when they were done, they would go away
not now
update: many obama defenders in the comments are claiming that the numbers above do not include spending on iraq and afghanistan during the bush years. They most certainly do. While bush did fund the wars through emergency supplementals (not the regular budget process), that spending did not simply vanish. It is included in the numbers above. also, some obama defenders are claiming the graphic above represents biased heritage foundation numbers. While we stand behind the numbers we put out 100%, the numbers, and the graphic itself, above are from the washington post. We originally left out the link to wapo. It has now been added.
Clarification: Of course, this washington post graphic does not perfectly delineate budget surpluses and deficits by administration. President bush took office in january 2001, and therefore played a lead role in crafting the fy 2002-2008 budgets. Presidents bush and obama share responsibility for the fy 2009 budget deficit that overlaps their administrations, before president obama assumes full budgetary responsibility beginning in fy 2010. Overall, president obama’s budget would add twice as much debt as president bush over the same number of years.

the only purpose of appropriating known annual expenses as "emergency spending" months after the general budget is passed is to keep the numbers down for the public in the general budget. That way bushies moronic right wing followers could more easily swallow his massive deficits.

you call 162 billion massive (2007)?
What do you call what obama is doing now with 1.4-1.6 trillion?

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

why the lies?
Congress voted on each one
they went to the bottom line
and the intent was when they were done, they would go away
not now
update: many obama defenders in the comments are claiming that the numbers above do not include spending on iraq and afghanistan during the bush years. They most certainly do. While bush did fund the wars through emergency supplementals (not the regular budget process), that spending did not simply vanish. It is included in the numbers above. also, some obama defenders are claiming the graphic above represents biased heritage foundation numbers. While we stand behind the numbers we put out 100%, the numbers, and the graphic itself, above are from the washington post. We originally left out the link to wapo. It has now been added.
Clarification: Of course, this washington post graphic does not perfectly delineate budget surpluses and deficits by administration. President bush took office in january 2001, and therefore played a lead role in crafting the fy 2002-2008 budgets. Presidents bush and obama share responsibility for the fy 2009 budget deficit that overlaps their administrations, before president obama assumes full budgetary responsibility beginning in fy 2010. Overall, president obama’s budget would add twice as much debt as president bush over the same number of years.

the only purpose of appropriating known annual expenses as "emergency spending" months after the general budget is passed is to keep the numbers down for the public in the general budget. That way bushies moronic right wing followers could more easily swallow his massive deficits.

you call 162 billion massive (2007)?
What do you call what obama is doing now with 1.4-1.6 trillion?

I don't recall that Bush passed an economic stimulus bill in 07.

 

[JRK]

the only purpose of appropriating known annual expenses as "emergency spending" months after the general budget is passed is to keep the numbers down for the public in the general budget. That way bushies moronic right wing followers could more easily swallow his massive deficits.

you call 162 billion massive (2007)?
What do you call what obama is doing now with 1.4-1.6 trillion?

I don't recall that Bush passed an economic stimulus bill in 07.

Thank god he did not
my god we would have a mess
and as far as the stimulus goes, it did not work and that cost has not gone away

Let me add GWB did have 2 in 2008
both went to the tax payer only,, not special interest also
this is why his was billions below Obama's

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

and as far as the stimulus goes, it did not work and that cost has not gone away

You have no fucking clue how bad off we'd have been without the TARP bill under Bush and the stimulus bills under Obama. NO ONE WAS SPENDING MONEY in 2008 and 2009 and 2010 - when no one spends money, the economy gets WORSE not better.

 

[8537]

Bush predicted an on-budget deficit of over 600B in 2008, and an even larger one for 2009....

BEFORE the economy and tax revenues collapsed.

 

[JamesInFlorida]

Both parties are to blame. Both have been mismanaging this country for a long time. The blame game is just a distraction.

 

[BlindBoo]

I cannot believe the number of people who are trying to blame this mess on the tea party

People who want us to follow the constitution and cut spending have had nothing to do with this mess

Watch both the deficit numbers as well as the UE numbers, they follow the take over of congress by the liberals

There is no way in 32 weeks the tea party could have caused this

Come 2012 its over

The S&P downgrade was done mainly because of the political brinkmanship tied to raising the debt ceiling. Not the amount of debt we have now was it the current budgets deficit.

In 2012 you might be supprised at the number of American who demand compromise over what the tea-folks bring to the table.

 

[JRK]

Both parties are to blame. Both have been mismanaging this country for a long time. The blame game is just a distraction.

James there is truth to what your saying, but
if you take strictly GOP congress and compare it to strictly Democrat congress, its not even close
We would be in a different world and I hope we will be if we can ever get some real conservatives back in power like RR and the congress we had in the mid-late 90s

 

[JRK]

I cannot believe the number of people who are trying to blame this mess on the tea party

People who want us to follow the constitution and cut spending have had nothing to do with this mess

Watch both the deficit numbers as well as the UE numbers, they follow the take over of congress by the liberals

There is no way in 32 weeks the tea party could have caused this

Come 2012 its over

The S&P downgrade was done mainly because of the political brinkmanship tied to raising the debt ceiling. Not the amount of debt we have now was it the current budgets deficit.

In 2012 you might be supprised at the number of American who demand compromise over what the tea-folks bring to the table.

The tax payer has had enough
he wants this wheel to stop spinning, not to go faster
Blind I maybe wrong. But i cannot imagine the people of this country want 4 more years of this, no way

 

[AmericanFirst]

And the right did everything they could think to keep the majority elected party from being able to weild the power that our constitution gave the Dems through elections.

They pulled EVERY trick they could think of to twart our own government design.

You must believe that the dimwits socialistic policies are protected by the constitution? Really? WHAT AN IDIOT!!

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

a. Congress passed a bill in 1975 requiring banks to provide the government with information on their lending activities in poor urban areas. Two years later, it passed the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), which gave regulators the power to deny banks the right to expand if they didn’t lend sufficiently in those neighborhoods. In 1979 the FDIC used the CRA to block a move by the Greater NY Savings Bank for not enough lending.

The CRA applies to DEPOSITORY banks, not INVESTMENT banks. Do I need to explain the difference?

Don't bother.

She's a loon..and cuts and pastes the writings of other loons.

They CRA had nothing to do with making loans to people who couldn't pay them back.

It had everything to do with getting rid of "Red Zoning".

On the contrary, unlike many I've seen her post facts and legislation.

Now the fool who cuts n pastes drivel and nothing more would be BDBoop.

You may now continue with your lies and drivel.

Ps. Earlier you stated barney Frank had no control over Freddy and fannie because he was in the minority in congress. As usual, you flat out lie and twist facts. Mr. Frank was in charge of the oversight committee over those institutions prior to, during and after their failures.

 

[hellofromwarsaw]

The Dems ran congress from May 2009 (Al Franken finally seated) till 11/2009 (Scott Brown elected. Otherwise, Boooosh vetoed everything, or the Pubs filibustered everything. If you don't know that, you don't know what you're talking about, Pub Dupe. Pubs own everything since about 4/2010, when the effects of the stimulus ran out.
They've obstructed EVERYTHING, and done NOTHING. Run em out of town. They caused the 2nd Pub Great Depression, and have done EVERYTHING in their power to obstruct and fear monger the recovery. Thieves and con men, and their silly, ignorant dupes. The world is aghast.....

 

[JRK]

The CRA applies to DEPOSITORY banks, not INVESTMENT banks. Do I need to explain the difference?

Don't bother.

She's a loon..and cuts and pastes the writings of other loons.

They CRA had nothing to do with making loans to people who couldn't pay them back.

It had everything to do with getting rid of "Red Zoning".

On the contrary, unlike many I've seen her post facts and legislation.

Now the fool who cuts n pastes drivel and nothing more would be BDBoop.

You may now continue with your lies and drivel.

Ps. Earlier you stated barney Frank had no control over Freddy and fannie because he was in the minority in congress. As usual, you flat out lie and twist facts. Mr. Frank was in charge of the oversight committee over those institutions prior to, during and after their failures.

Its out of control and I am still amazed people are debating these issues as thought there is anything left to debate

 

[hellofromwarsaw]

"There is no way in 32 weeks the tea party could have caused this"

Right- it only took them 2 weeks, the braindead little nazis.

 

[JRK]

"There is no way in 32 weeks the tea party could have caused this"

Right- it only took them 2 weeks, the braindead little nazis.

I have never in my life seen so many people in denial