The sharpest drop in unemployment since 1983 (legal, good news, states, federal)

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by Sunny-Days90

Do you have a link with a chart showing the months and years showing 700,000 job losses under Bush?

Here you go:

Non-Farm Payrolls Chart and Historical Data

Select the time period you choose.

Ken

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by pghquest

So you have nothing to dispute the FACTS presented and have to resort to living in denial?

The fact is the GOP had FULL CONTROL of BOTH HOUSES of CONGRESS and the WHITE HOUSE for SIX YEARS.

YOU have had no problem faulting the Democrats for being unable to get things done from 2008-2010 when they had a similar lead in Congress and the GOP stonewalled them, but SOMEHOW when the shoe is on the other foot it's somehow not the fault of the GOP that they couldn't get anything done - EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD 3 TIMES AS LONG controlling Congress. The fact is, the GOP had SIX YEARS of full control. It they couldn't get it done THEN, then clearly they were simply not up to the job.

Ken

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by LordBalfor

EVERY SINGLE MAJOR NATION ON EARTH did the same thing (ie pumping money into the economy) - every single one.
There's a reason for that - it WORKS.
Rightwing political pundits try and make it sound like Obama was doing something radical and unheard of - when it fact it was Standard Operating Procedure for nations all around the globe in such a crises to do that very thing.

Ken

And they stopped last year and went to CUTTING.
We haven't. We have a deadlocked Congress that do not want to make those hard decisions to cut for fear of them not getting re-elected.

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by pghquest

That was NOT his mission.. His mission was to encourage home ownership, just like every dam president that came before him.. Not ones they couldnt qualify for.. Stop with the political bickering while LYING about peoples positions.

In fact Bush tried to STOP people from getting mortgages, he tried to increase the liquidity valies of both Fannie and Freddie, and Democrats again BLOCKED this increased security demands..

He said it was his mission, so I'll take his word for it. And he did push through 40 deregulatios to enable people to get loans when they had absolutely no qualifications. It is what it is.

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by LordBalfor

The fact is the GOP had FULL CONTROL of BOTH HOUSES of CONGRESS and the WHITE HOUSE.

No they didnt.. having majority, doesnt mean full control.. Again, return to 5th grade to learn how Congress operates.

Originally Posted by LordBalfor

YOU have had no problem faulting the Democrats for being unable to get things done from 2008-2010 when they had a similar lead in Congress and the GOP stonewalled them,

I stopped right here laughing so hard, I had the whole house wondering what the heck I was reading.

The GOP stonewalled the Democrats from 2008-2010, but clearly the Democrats didnt do the same thing to the GOP right?

Do you want to reword this so I can stop laughing at your flip flopping right in the same posting?

In addition, you also fail to recognize I fault the Democrats FOR DOING SOMETHING.. not for NOT doing something..

Originally Posted by LordBalfor

but SOMEHOW when the shoe is on the other foot it's somehow not the fault of the GOP that they couldn't get anything done - EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD 3 TIMES AS LONG controlling Congress. The fact is, the GOP had SIX YEARS of full control. It they couldn't get it done THEN, then clearly they were simply not up to the job.

Ken

ken ken ken.. the humor from you never stops.. You could have control of Congress forever and if the opposition party doesnt support your plans and has enough votes to stop you.. they can

[bobtn]

This was a fairly good report, but coming out of a recession this deep should produce gains in excess of 300,000 month after month. 8 million jobs lost; 150k per month required just to stay flat as more people enter the nation and workforce. That means first 1.8 mill added per year keeps you flat. So if we did 3.8 million per year, it would take 4 YEARS of that to offset 8 million jobs lost. (2 mill/yr above # needed for employment population growth)

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

He said it was his mission, so I'll take his word for it. And he did push through 40 deregulatios to enable people to get loans when they had absolutely no qualifications. It is what it is.

Find me where Bush said it was his mission to put people in homes they couldnt afford.

I challenge you to find anything to prove this to be true. If you want to take his word for it, first you must be able to comprehend what he said.. Clearly you cant because he NEVER said he wanted people to buy homes they couldnt afford.

I challenge you to prove he said what you claim he said.. I posted videos here of Bushs proposed legislation to limit Fannie/Freddie loans, increase their liquidities, and they were stopped by Democrats.. Maybe you need to review them.. You and Lord can get together and get an education on who STOPPED reform because it wasnt Bush.. it was DEMOCRATS..

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

And they stopped last year and went to CUTTING.
We haven't. We have a deadlocked Congress that do not want to make those hard decisions to cut for fear of them not getting re-elected.

Countries exit the process at their own rate and at their own time. We're starting to do it too. We're winding down the stimulus and the Fed will likely start raising interest rates later this year to cool down the economy (just as it's always done to fight inflation).

It IS true that Congress - despite the claims of the Tea Party Candidates - will have problems making the cuts, but it WILL HAPPEN (though not at the rate the Tea Party wants it to). Personally, I'd RATHER see a more measured reduction in spending than a drastic "slash and burn" approach. It's a fine path that needs to be walked - one that balances reducing the deficit with not cutting so fast that it puts us back into recession.

Ken

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by pghquest

:

ken ken ken.. the humor from you never stops.. You could have control of Congress forever and if the opposition party doesnt support your plans and has enough votes to stop you.. they can

So, show me the votes - with totals by party - where the Democrats stopped the GOP from making the fixes necessary to the impending housing mess. Show me where they did it all by themselves, without any GOPs.

Show me the vote counts.
Show me the counts or the filibusters or whatever for all these 17 attempts by Bush.

Ken

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by LordBalfor

Countries exit the process at their own rate and at their own time. We're starting to do it too. We're winding down the stimulus

The recovery of the recession is BECAUSE we are winding down the stimulus.. We are not winding down the stimulus because we are recovering..

Originally Posted by LordBalfor

and the Fed will likely start raising interest rates later this year to cool down the economy (just as it's always done to fight inflation).

oooh, Huffington POS is now starting to blame the sure to come interest rate increases on an attempt to slow down the recovery.. thats just funny.. It wouldnt have anything to do with needing to pay investors more in order to entice them to buy our debt, would it? The fact that you can buy the bull crap that they will be cooling down the economy in just a few months is too much humor to handle..

Btw, want to tell me what this increased interest rate will do to our deficits?