mjdgop2012 wrote:Funny you would say that about her when Barack Obama sends out PP's...don't mock her or her bus tour just because you do not like her. She cares about this country, maybe you just disagree with her. I think Barack Obama cares about this country, but I do think he's running it into the ground. Deficit, awful healthcare plan, constant spending, weak immigration and energy policies, etc, etc...Though, I still think he cares about America...he just has absolutely no idea how to fix it. 9.1% unemployment rate up from 7.8% when Bush left...just saying!
I am sadly aware a majority of senior politicians, of both parties, use ap. I dislike it when anyone uses it, it's just I found it particually ironic she would use it, given her anti-elite stance.
I never said she didn't care about/love her country. It's just this whole bus thing sums up what's wrong with her;she's a shameless self promoter, more interested in celebrity than serious politics. Is she running for 2012, or isn't she? Truth be told, I don't think she even knows, she just likes the attention that speculation brings.
As for your other points, I find it interesting many people dislike the notion of healthcare reform in America. Last time I checked, your healthcare was ranked roughly 28th in the world. For the world's richest nation, I would say that is simply not good enough. I am ignorant to the specifics of his immagration policy, but I have heard that there are a record low number of illegal Mexicans coming through (most likely due to the weak economy more than any specific policiy). I also would have thought the DREAM act is a common sense piece of legislation. As for the defecit/spending, it's important to note that ''the two wars'' have cost over a trillion, compared with roughly 780 billion on Stimulus spending (obviously, the stimulus spending has occured over a much shorter period). It's also important to keep in mind that, with such high unemployment, there are less taxpayers, hence less revenue and more being spent on the unemployed. Plus, if Obama had his way, billions of extra dollars in taxes would have been raised. You are 100% right, spending across the board must be reined in. Social security needs reform. However, now is the worst time for a contractionist fiscal policy. And at the end of the day, truth be told, there is not all that much the presidant can do ( I dont just mean Obama, I mean anyone in the office). If corporations are choosing to downsize to increase profits, the president can't force them to hire. There are a record amount of Americans in ''poverty''. House prices have plummeted, denying many the confidence to go into debt.Households are choosing to save money far more strigently, thus ending the credit binge-fuelled growth of the Clinton & Bush eras. If people are choosing to save, not spend, it is hard for the government to reverse that mindset. Because of these factors, there is not a lot of demand in the economy. At the end of the day, when you put all the bells and whistles aside, consumer demand brings jobs. No demand, no jobs.
and it is a tad unfair to say unemployment is higher then it was under Bush. The crisis was still fledgling when Mr Bush left office lol., it was always going to worsen.
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