I am gonna ask this again.
Does anyone have direct evidence that these layoffs were due directly to Obama being re-elected?
Otherwise this is another right wing lie, you guys are batting a thousand with the lies, so my hopes are set high.
Dear Liberal: Let me be as fair as I can about both sides' take on this.
a. if the layoffs are due to not being able to afford that many employees given the health care laws going into effect in January, then ACA and Obama's support of it are the cause
b. if the layoffs are due to the SCARE and FEAR that is stirred up by GOP over Obamacare,
then Obama and his policies are still indirectly the cause.
It could also be:
c. the economic downturn, whether from Bush or Obama or fall out from 9/11 that cost us even before you add the costs of the Iraq War on taxpayers, caused these layoffs, then both parties share responsibility for either fixing or not fixing the problem. Obama's proposed solutions to health care costs, needing time to go into effect and needing time to show any effect, still fail to prevent the layoffs. In the meantime, both parties would share responsibility for spending millions or billions on campaigns without fixing the problems with this bill or with the economy etc.
So if you look at these choices:
A. is all the fault of Obama's policies if this is the direct cause
B. is indirectly his fault if this is caused because his election does not faith among businesses
(where it could be that Romney may or may not inspire confidence either)
C. is shared fault between Bush and Obama and both parties for not fixing things fast enough
Even if you believe it is shared fault between both parties, which seems the most reasonable and fair, then the fact that Obama pushed the ACA WITHOUT the backing and inclusion of GOP leaders, this caused the scare to be even worse. So directly or indirectly, just the problems with pushing the ACA on a partisan basis is killing people's faith in the govt and economy.
Even if it has some good points in it. Even if Obama needs more time to make reforms to help the economy. Just the partisan push for legislation and elections based on 'drawing a line in the sand between the rich and the poor' and blaming the rich (instead of holding people equal and invoking penalties based on whether you commit a violation or not, not whether you are rich or poor), HARMS the faith in govt and business to work together instead of fighting for control based on CLASS. Again, once Obama's rhetoric started this angle, then it even affected the GOP campaign, where conservatives only wanted to hear that Romney would be against this, and were afraid to support him if he were moderate.
So the lack of faith in either Romney or Obama's leadership to change things fast enough could still be traced back to Obama's rhetoric blaming the wealthy.