Originally Posted by cologal

Now you are being silly....Barney did it. Right.

CG I expect better than that from you.

Originally Posted by cologal

Now you are being silly....Barney did it. Right.

You're finally putting together the pieces; I'm proud of you!!

Originally Posted by RichieLion

You're finally putting together the pieces; I'm proud of you!!

Too funny!!!

Originally Posted by macro

BK, wish I could make a point in so few words.
CG; A good business plan makes plans for the future. When the tax cuts were put in place, businesses could plan on lower costs and expand, creating jobs for themselves and others, who supplied them. This DID happen. When major elections take place, a wait and see attitude prevails and they may put their plans on hold until things shake out. In the last 1 1/2 years, businesses have had to revise plans to take into account massive increases to the cost of doing business. Expansion, except where absolutely necessary, is the first to go. Next you cut costs by trimming fat and convenience. If none of that works, you go out of business. I believe one of the reasons the number of jobs lost may be declining is that we're running out of jobs we can lose.

Lets see.....when exactly were the tax cuts put in place....certainly not 1.5 years ago. Now I will bashed for this but what the heck this most likely is my last post on this forum cause its not worth my time anymore.

So the tax cuts went in and the Republican Congress went on spending spree which included 2 unfunded wars and 1 major expansion of the Medicare entitlement program. GW Bush NEVER vetoed a spending bill until the Dems got into power. And yet its all the Dems fault. If you believe Richie its Barney Franks fault....he caused all those failed mortgages. He personally bundled them up rated triple A, when they were junk and them sold...Making millions of profit for himself.

I have said repeatly there is enough blame to go around for this financial crisis but on this forum that seems not to be the case. You all have fun.

cologal, I think both parties need to learn fiscal restraint. I think there is plenty of blame to go around. Correct me if I'm wrong. But haven't the Democrats been in the majority since the 2006 general elections?

Democrats in both the House of Representatives and the Senate voted nearly unanimously for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists against "those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States" in Afghanistan in 2001, supporting the NATO coalition invasion of the nation.

Most Democrats holding office still support the Afghanistan conflict, and some, such as a Democratic National Committee spokesperson Tim Kaine, have said that the Iraq War shifted too many resources away from the presence in Afghanistan.

Originally Posted by cologal

Lets see.....when exactly were the tax cuts put in place....certainly not 1.5 years ago. Now I will bashed for this but what the heck this most likely is my last post on this forum cause its not worth my time anymore.

So the tax cuts went in and the Republican Congress went on spending spree which included 2 unfunded wars and 1 major expansion of the Medicare entitlement program. GW Bush NEVER vetoed a spending bill until the Dems got into power. And yet its all the Dems fault. If you believe Richie its Barney Franks fault....he caused all those failed mortgages. He personally bundled them up rated triple A, when they were junk and them sold...Making millions of profit for himself.

I have said repeatly there is enough blame to go around for this financial crisis but on this forum that seems not to be the case. You all have fun.

Colagal,

This time I agree with you. The tax cuts did create jobs, however, Congress was able to spend faster than ever before. George Bush's failure to use the veto pen made the situation even worse. We should have learned from the Johnson presidency that you cannot have 'guns and butter'. Medicare part D is another unfunded program and should have never become law.

Today, the situation is getting worse. Spending has grown to the point where 40% of what the government spends is borrowed money.The military supplemental bill now contains more money in earmarks than is being provided to the military.

Europe is facing up to the fact that austerity by government is needed in order to provide for a future that keeps all of them from going the route of Greece. The United States, on the other hand, is still trying to spend its way out of debt. It didn't work in the thirties and won't work now.