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Everything is Obama's fault now. He inherited a shiny jewel of awesomeness and has since ruined it.



Edited, Jun 2nd 2009 11:53am by Xsarus

Nice revisionist view of history there, chief.

Oh, that explains Obama's 60% approval ratings. People are scared ******** of him.

The liberal media has manipulated the public into believing policies like credit card reform benefit them.

Edited, Jun 2nd 2009 1:15pm by Allegory

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I, for one, would not like to see what this country would be like without banks and cars.

There are very obvious flaws in a purely capitalistic economy; we've been operating under the "make a big buck and **** everyone else" premise for too long and guess what? We were all getting ***************

Capitalism is extremely good at accomplishing it's intended purpose.

Unfortunately most people misconstrue it's purpose.

Edited, Jun 2nd 2009 2:19pm by Timelordwho

Actually, when the government gets in the way, profitable companies step up as well.

Specifically, profitable companies in illegal fields. The government gets in the way - say, the War on Drugs - and their profits increase.

As you so aptly demonstrate on a daily basis. Go back to tending your pigs and leave economics to the intelligent people.

You're trying too hard.


Edit: Red is right, you should read the stuff you link.

From the article you linked, second paragraph:



That damn commie *******!

Edited, Jun 2nd 2009 8:36pm by feelz

Edited, Jun 2nd 2009 8:37pm by feelz

Personally, i think we should have just let GM die. There are much better car companies out there i would rather buy from, and i dont like the fact that the government is spending billions of dollars on an outdated fad. GM's fate has been sealed, Obama is only postponing the inevitable.

He sure is! He's postponing the fact that GM will inevitably emerge from bankruptcy stronger in a few months. While, at the same time, also saving a company that's an American institution & saving (some) jobs.

Yet you say it like it's a bad thing.

Your communication skills are exceptional for a 2 week old infant.

No he wasn't. He didn't need to invade Afganistan or Iraq. And I guarantee that if he had still done everything else he did aside from invading those other countries, we still would not have seen a major terrorist attack on American soil in the years since. And with Iraq, he ended up just pissing them off more. I'm still waiting for some good justification for fighting that war.



As far as the banks go, this isn't a bad thing. As far as the auto industry goes...we'll find out in the coming months and years whether or not it's a good thing or not.



Not necessarily. During The Great Depression, both Hoover and FDR did a lot to try and fix the economy then and it still took years for it to finally come back up. Obama is doing what he feels is right, only time will tell whether or not it was the right thing for the economy in the long run. The economy isn't going to be fixed tomorrow, or the day after that, or next month, and maybe not even next year, but by taking the steps that have already been taken as well as those yet to have been taken, we are making sure that the economy won't be **** forever. It will recover, just not in such a short time. Anyone who thinks otherwise knows even less about economics than I do, and I know next to nothing.



Recent Polls:

Fox News

Rasmussen Reports:

Quote:

Overall, 58% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance so far. Forty-one percent (41%) disapprove.

Gallup

New York Times

Quote:

While the public seems prepared to give Mr. Obama time, Americans clearly expect the country to be a different place when he finishes his term at the end of 2012.

The poll found that 75 percent expected the economy to be stronger in four years than it is today, and 75 percent said Mr. Obama would succeed in creating a significant number of jobs, while 59 percent said he would cut taxes for the middle class.

The survey found that 61 percent of respondents said things would be better in five years; last April, just 39 percent expressed a similar sentiment.

The telephone survey of 1,112 adults was conducted Jan. 11-15. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.

The poll suggests some of the cross-currents Mr. Obama is navigating as he prepares to take office, and offers some evidence about why he has retooled some of his positions during this period.

MSNBC

I'm tired of posting links and quotes from articles. I think I've got a half-decent mix of sources there.



No. I think it's due to several different problems and issues that were left ignored over the last 10 years. I'm not going to get into them though because I don't want my post to take up an entire page.



I'm not in the top tax bracket because my parents weren't rich, I had just slightly above average marks in high school, I don't have money to go to college, my credit rating is neither good or bad so no one is about to give me a student loan, and i live in Thunder Bay, ON. The only people here in the top tax bracket are those who either won the lottery, or were born into money.



Yes, they step up, but with no government intervention or control, they do the same ******** that helped create the current economic situation because the people who run these companies prefer to line their pockets instead of make their product any better, serve their customers any better, or pay their employees any more than minimum wage(which is quite low in many states and nearly impossible to live on with all the added expenses that come with living in the USA).



You don't give enough credit to the people of your country.



The US government should be telling the companies to make cars that are more easily marketable to the average consumer. As far as that lest part, SOURCE PLEASE.



I don't know about Ambrya, but last year, I earned approximately 24k. It will be slightly less this year as I do not work 3 jobs or run a business anymore. But that's a different story. How much someone earns has nothing to do with how well read they might be about a certain topic.



Umm, I don't understand this part. Clarify.