Obama's cumulative job deficit stands at 7.6 million jobs.

No wonder Social Security is running in the red for the first time.

Where are the jobs that Obama promised?

Will the media hold him to it? (hehe) (don't hold your breath)

http://blog.heritage.org/2010/08/06/...covery-summer/

i have wondered for the longest time why this administration has done nothing [again] to root out the fraud, waste and abuse that they said would provide for savings for their health care program...the news shows an example of the fraud, waste and abuse at least once a week!...if the news can find it - why can't the govt go and stop it?

if everyone predicts the downfall of this social-ist program, why isn't anyone doing anything? and it doesn't really fall just on the shoulders of obama...senators and congressmen have admitted for years that they were aware of fraud , waste and abuse - but they did nothing, too! are they afraid to lose those votes?

but now, with the extended breadth and depth of unemployment and the recession, there are no employees to pay into the social security funds - a further complication of the misery this administration is causing. if there was a guest-worker program in effect at least we could collect from those workers! who was it that shouted down that program when bush 43 raised that possibility?

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Originally Posted by njbchbum

i have wondered for the longest time why this administration has done nothing [again] to root out the fraud, waste and abuse that they said would provide for savings for their health care program...the news shows an example of the fraud, waste and abuse at least once a week!...if the news can find it - why can't the govt go and stop it?

if everyone predicts the downfall of this social-ist program, why isn't anyone doing anything? and it doesn't really fall just on the shoulders of obama...senators and congressmen have admitted for years that they were aware of fraud , waste and abuse - but they did nothing, too! are they afraid to lose those votes?

but now, with the extended breadth and depth of unemployment and the recession, there are no employees to pay into the social security funds - a further complication of the misery this administration is causing. if there was a guest-worker program in effect at least we could collect from those workers! who was it that shouted down that program when bush 43 raised that possibility?

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I think that is a very good question. I've thought about it too. The only thing I can come up with is this. They have created "the fraud, waste and abuse" by their wreckless elitist attitudes. It isn't their money and they have no sense of respect for something that isn't theirs, no respect for something that they didn't work to earn.

"Nobdy takes care of somebody else's property as well as he takes care of his own," Milton Friedman.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...LEFTTopStories

if the ninnies in washington proceed to let the bush tax breaks expire, which in turn can cause businesses to spiral down into the double dip recession, can the same ninnies adopt previous actions to grant businesses a tax break for each new employee who is hired? perhaps that would provide some sort of counter-balance to the adverse impact of said expiration?

i am no economist or major corp or small business entrepreneur - i just know what economic conditions i have survived in spite of several administrations - and i have never seen behavior such as this administration exhibits. if i was christine romer, i'd be running away, too!

i might start losing sleep over my economic future but it will not be because of the future of my small investments [much smaller now]...it is because i am sleeping on a mattress filled with the cashed-in proceeds of those investments!

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Originally Posted by njbchbum

if the ninnies in washington proceed to let the bush tax breaks expire, which in turn can cause businesses to spiral down into the double dip recession, can the same ninnies adopt previous actions to grant businesses a tax break for each new employee who is hired? perhaps that would provide some sort of counter-balance to the adverse impact of said expiration?

i am no economist or major corp or small business entrepreneur - i just know what economic conditions i have survived in spite of several administrations - and i have never seen behavior such as this administration exhibits. if i was christine romer, i'd be running away, too!

i might start losing sleep over my economic future but it will not be because of the future of my small investments [much smaller now]...it is because i am sleeping on a mattress filled with the cashed-in proceeds of those investments!

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Putting your money in a safe place. Good for you.


Imagine if Bush said that this will be the Recovery Summer? He would be the scorn of all the talk shows and media outlets.

http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/2...ely-an-option/

When the economy was on its way down at the end of the Clinton presidency and continued into the first year of W the Dems blamed Bush for it all. Suddenly the economy turned around during the Bush years and nary a peep from the Dems as to how great the economy was doing nor would they acknowledge that the Bush tax cuts were actually stimulating the economy. Now, the Hoople in the WH can't get out of his own tracks and still has the audacity to blame W and the arrogance that goes along with it. We are in this mess due to the tax and spend Dems who refuse to recognize that they have had the authority to frame a solid economic program for the US.
It appears that their goal is nothing more than smoke and mirrors and an attempt to divert us with this phony immigration ruse. Its time for a change in congress as well as the WH.
Wake up to the fact that our leader is an empty barrel and full of hot air. If he holds his nose any higher he will certainly drown in the rain.

Whatever waxes eloquent....Well put!

Originally Posted by Whatever

When the economy was on its way down at the end of the Clinton presidency and continued into the first year of W the Dems blamed Bush for it all. Suddenly the economy turned around during the Bush years and nary a peep froom the Dems as to how great the economy was doing nor would they acknowledge that the Bush tax cuts were actually stimulating the economy. Now, the hoople in the WH can't get out of his own tracks and still has the audacity to blame W and the arrogance that goes along with it. We are in this mess due to the tax and spend Dems who refuse to recognize that they have had the authority to frame a solid economic program for the US.
It appears that their goal is nothing more than smoke and mirrors and an attempt to divert us with this phony immigration ruse. Its time for a change in congress as wel as the WH.
Wake up to the fact that our leader is an empty barrel and full of hot air. If he holds his nose any higher he will certainly drown in the rain.

You rock Whatever!!!

I had completely forgotten about that. I remember the economy going downhill the last year Clinton was in there and I remember saying that if Bush wins the election, the media will blame Bush.

Good recall.

Actually I remember the blame going more on the "dot com bubble" and derision of Gore's internet comments. Of course, 9/11 happened 7+ months after the inauguration and the news was saying how that would make whatever recession we were in even worse.

Back then, Bush looked like a hero for climbing on top of rubble and giving his speech.

Originally Posted by djplong

Actually I remember the blame going more on the "dot com bubble" and derision of Gore's internet comments. Of course, 9/11 happened 7+ months after the inauguration and the news was saying how that would make whatever recession we were in even worse.

Back then, Bush looked like a hero for climbing on top of rubble and giving his speech.

Yea, but his steady leadership pulled us through.

What would have Obama done if it happened on his watch? Go over seas and bow down to the enemy? Tell us citizens that we need to display empathy? Maybe another apology tour?
I wonder if the enemy would have the cajones to build a mosque in the shadow of 9-11 if Bush was still President? Why is Obama silent on that atrocity?

deniability or there is no advantage to blame Bush.

Most people, both parties, are getting a little more than weary of hearing about what he "inherited", what "Bush did" or the current lame campaign rhetoric of "you don't want to go back".

As I see it, I would much rather be upset with a POTUS who takes on the task, leads and does something that I might not agree or with unexpected results (as in Bush) VS a POTUS who does nothing but point fingers with no action taken, hence no results as in unemployment, housing, banking and the economy (per Obama).

The classic options apply....either lead, follow or get out of the way.

We can't get rid of Obama this November but we can certainly take his check book away!!

btk

Pats: I hate to say it, but you really have shown your blinding colors. You refer to "the enemy" building a mosque. EVEN BUSH acknowledged that we weren't at war with Islam. Are you aware that the group that wants to build the mosque at Park 51 has been peacefully existing in cramped quarters 10 blocks north of the proposed site FOR YEARS?

You've lumped all muslims together in that statement. It's like saying all Catholic churches should be closed down because of the actions of a few priests.

Now, what would Obama have done? Who knows - but I have my own theory on what Gore would have done if he'd been President. Based on what his mentor (Clinton) did, I suspect that a few sidewinder missles would have hit a few al-Queda camps in Afghanistan and then we would have declared the problem "dealt with".

Diplong,

Your condescending attitude aside.

How much do you know about Islam and the Qur'am?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0deanRGb8w&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

who the real sponsors and supporters of the Mosque REALLY are.

The smallest population of Muslims live in Manhattan. The largest population of Muslims live in Brooklyn. They would have to drive miles past other mosques and brutal traffic to get there. It has been said there is no property available in Manhattan except the proposed site. However there is almost 20% vacancy rate for space in Manhattan which translates into millions of square feet. Hence there is some question "why here"?

The governor of NY is offering to give them property in an alternate location. We shall see how this shakes out.

I personally subscribe to the camp that believes it is being proposed adjacent to ground zero to make a statement....a slap in the face....disrespect for the event and aftermath of 911...regardless what they are claiming as the reason.

We shall see just how permissive the government will be with an issue that is over whelmingly not supported by we the people. However we also know that has little significance in today's government(s).

btk