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Congress to get bigger spending boost than domestic programs

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Before anyone gets their pants in a bunch, remember, this is last year's business. Yet another thing the previous administration foisted on this poor guy. :smirk:
 

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Previous guy, current guy, I don't feel bad for either of them (especially with the money they have). Just get the job done, hehe.
 

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Previous guy, current guy, I don't feel bad for either of them (especially with the money they have). Just get the job done, hehe.
Well, one guy left us with 2 unwinnable wars with a gigantic price tag that we owe all our money to China to pay off, devaluing our currency, thrusting us into this economic crisis, all so he can give tax presents to his rich buddys, give a no bid contract to the vice President's company, and solve a crap load of Daddy issues. And now this (though it is Congress's fault... and no matter who runs Congress, it still sucks).

The other guy walked into the hotel room to see that it was looted, the toilet was clogged up, and there's blood and feces on the wall and has to clean it with a toothbrush. I'd feel sorry for that guy. I CERTAINLY do not want to have to clean up that mess.
 

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Unfortunately, I don't care if it's last years business or not, it's this year, and if Obama signs this, it won't matter who the president was when the bill was written, just who the president was when it was signed into law. There are even senators and representatives who have stuff in that bill that have actually voted AGAINST it. Like almost all the reps and senators from the tri-state area. Even though they have stuff in the bill, they voted against it. Which should tell you something. I mean, seriously, I think that Obama should veto the living dog snot out of this bill. But, he won't cause he thinks that the way to a better economy is to spend more money. That's all I'm gonna say about it.

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The other guy walked into the hotel room to see that it was looted, the toilet was clogged up, and there's blood and feces on the wall and has to clean it with a toothbrush. I'd feel sorry for that guy. I CERTAINLY do not want to have to clean up that mess.
Lol, rully. I don't blame Obama for anything yet, he hasn't had any time to do much. And it's a lot to have to shoulder. So I'm giving him a chance. But I won't feel sorry for him, not while he's comfortably at the White House while so many Americans are out of work and unable to see doctors. I know he didn't cause those things, but he can't identify with it either. Plus, he's the one who wanted the job as President. He couldn't have predicted this mess originally but, that is all part of the job! :wink:
 

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But I won't feel sorry for him, not while he's comfortably at the White House while so many Americans are out of work and unable to see doctors.
I think he;s made it his duty to try and do these things. What really makes me not envy him at all is the fact the Left wants too much out of him, while the Right clearly wants him to fail so they can put another one of their guys in the white house in 4 years.... and considering they are going with Romney as their front runner, their loss in November didn't teach them a doggone thing....

What Romney did to the state of Massachusetts was shameful. Slashing budgets that didn't need to be slashed to begin with, and then spending half his term as Governor stumping for his Presidential ambitions (while bad mouthing us in the reddest of the red states).... we do NOT want to see that guy as the leader of our country. I'd sooner want Bush to have another 4 terms... but that's off topic.

What really bothers me is that I don't think people want to give him a chance at all. His stimulus plan calls for slow growth, the only way something long lasting will work is if it's slow and steady. Now you have these bitter pundits going on TV saying how the plan's not gonna work, causing Boober/ Wade Duck stlye investors to pull all their money from investments, dragging this thing out longer. Giving him a chance is all the country needs to do, and so far, the country is failing at it.
 

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Yeah I won't be one of those people who hopes he fails to save the economy. That's just shooting yourself in the foot. If he succeeds that's wonderful. I still won't agree with him on many things and that won't change. But this situation needs to be fixed.
 

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Yeah I won't be one of those people who hopes he fails to save the economy. That's just shooting yourself in the foot. If he succeeds that's wonderful. I still won't agree with him on many things and that won't change. But this situation needs to be fixed.
I have to say, Rush Limburger, one of the main hack pay per pundits that said if you don't believe in Bush, you're a filthy, horrible traitor to the country... the fact that he said "I hope the president fails" speaks not just of hypocrisy, but of rampant UnAmericanism itself. Then I had the displeasure to accidentally tune in Newt Gangreen talk about how the President apparently broke his promise to break partisanship... I mean, HELLO! Dude reached across the aisle to more Republicans than Democrats to get the bill the way it was, only to have the right settle in its ways to vote against it... how can that be breaking a promise if the second party doesn't want to co-operate. Only way things will work out is if both sides co-operate, and their party doesn't want to. I was mad at the right for letting Bush get his way all the time, even on issues that he was 100% wrong on, giving him a blank check, essentially... Now I'm just disgusted by their bitterness, competitive nature, and willingness to let the entire country fail to get another one of their own back in the same seat they had for 8 years. Give someone else a turn.

That said, the president can only do so much. The only jobs he can create are government (specifically construction and environmental type stuff)... he can't say "Oh, you need a job to get you back on your feet, that isn't demeaning and can pay a fair wage? I'll just make a phone call to your local Best Buy or Starbucks and put in a good word for you." Fixing the economy also falls on big business's shoulders too. And they don't seem to be willing to help much. Of course, the only thing that would fix our economy fast would be if China forgave our crippling deficit spent war funding debt. By owning that much money we may never pay off, it devalues our currency. And our currency is the most important in the world. Not to mention American goods (made in China no less) sell better in other countries because of our situation, crippling their business as well... here's something... Japan's market is way down because their yen is so strong, Japanese products can't compete in their own country.

Face it, we've been sitting on a powder keg for years. The housing market (as well as the real cause of the trouble, the 5 dollar a gallon gas that forced spending to be cut back since last Spring) was the match that lit the thing up.
 
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