Case in point. Many fiscal conservatives criticized and blamed Bush Cheney for their level of deficit spending. Many Liberals were not pleased with this as well; including, Presidential Candidate Obama. Then, Obama tripled the debt and fought tooth and nail for every debt level increase......all the while, blaming Bush. It makes no sense.
Damn dude, you gave the source of Obama's "spending" problem in the beginning of your statement.
"Bush Cheney for their level of deficit spending",.
The bills for the war, the drug program, the tax cuts, All those decisions to deficit spend came back to bite Obama because he was in office when the big bills started coming due.
It wouldn't have mattered who was in the White House after Bush was gone. The same thing would have happened.
The debt would have exploded because the deficit spending on all those Bush decisions continues.
War is still being paid for, care for Vets grows, prescription drugs grows, lowered tax rates continue, all those decisions to spend money on those programs were made by Bush.
Go ahead and say what Obama has spent all those trillions on. I have asked people like you before for this info, but no luck.
You said: Go ahead and say what Obama has spent all those trillions on. I have asked people like you before for this info, but no luck.
What has Obama spent money on? Beside the two wars Obama was handed and all the unemployment for the millions of people who lost their jobs when those jobs were moved to China. Then of course, there was the cost of medical care f the tens of thousands maimed in Iraq. The money invested in the economy to keep it from imploding. Obama had hoped to do great things in America. Instead, he's had to keep the country afloat after what the GOP did to America under Bush. Then there were the hurricames along the east coast. And that's just the beginning.
Obama argued against deficit spending and then tripled the debt. You are forgetting the number of food stamp participants that have grown under his watch. What has Obama done to bring back the lost jobs to China and create more jobs? Is the Middle Class bringing more home from their paycheck or less? The way to save an economy is to grow the Middle Class and Small Business. That has not happened yet the debt has tripled. So, has Obama's policy kept US American Economy afloat or has it simply deferred the hemorragging for later that cannot sustain modest deficit spending?
Actually things are improving but dont for a second try to pretend the GOP wants to help labor/ the middle class.
Your only advice to them is start your own business or go back to school if you arent happy working for someone else.
What is the gop"'s plan to increase wages? You better not say lower taxes for business owners and deregulations. Lol
The last time I checked, this is the USA, land of opportunity. Economic success stories are replete with people who were not happy with their low wages. They went out and got market-driven skills sets to go work for better wages or start a business. Arbitrarily mandated wages is not a sustainable answer. How about more tax breaks and incentives for small businesses who source their goods and services from domestic or other small businesses? How about incentives for businesses who maintain a workforce of US Citizens making above a cost index for a given region. How about more incentives for job creation and sustainment growth rates?
Here is what is not working nor will it ever work;
- demonizing entrepreneurship
- taking from high earners
- punishing capital gains
- redistribution of wealth
- incentives to stay on welfare and entitlement from cradle to grave
- avoiding personal accountability
- increased regulation
- increased legal liability
- mandates
As for going back to school, let's make higher education more affordable. It's time to break up Big Education. Salaries of tenured professors not teaching skills needed in the workplace need to be cut. Incentives need to be provided to students to develop needed skills sets in the workforce that pay high salaries.
Fat cat 6 digit salary educrats need to stop taking from students and putting those students in debt. The excessive fees and books and content that professors mandate their students to purchase all in the name of profit. How are profits made from mandates more acceptable than profits made from risk and the free market?