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The recession was caused by Wall Street, even though the GOP repeats the zombie lie that it was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac caused the problem, which just isn't so. It was Wall St. greed buying up worthless mortgages, repackaging them as AAA securities and selling them to unsuspecting investors that caused the economic crash, not the government.
Wrong, the government stuck their slimy little hands in to the business. "Everyone should be allowed to get housing!"
THERE'S A REASON SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET TO HAVE THESE THINGS! They can't afford it.
And it ultimately falls on the consumer. The writing was there, I do NOT feel sympathy for those who did not read the fine print. That is your responsibility as a consumer. That is no one's fault but the consumer. Living beyond their means, the sense of entitlement, greed.
And the banks were forced to do it because Democrats thought everyone should have housing...it just wasn't faaaiiir the other way. Waah!
Taxes need to be cut because the money is not producing anything of value by being cycled through Washington. Let EARNERS keep more of what that produce.
Most large corporations SPONSOR the schools in their immediate area. I will bet more would do this if they did not have to surrender their cash to the federal government to do the same thing.
Yeah, and I thought that our country was on the brink of bankrupcy? So Obama wants to throw another half trillion on the debt pile to prop us up another year? He is truly a do-nothing president, and whatever he does, stinks. The root cause of our economic woes are that the corporations continue to outsource jobs at an ever increasing pace. That trend has to stop and be reversed. He just doesn't seem to get that. In fact, I don't hear ANY of the talking heads, left or right, speaking to that issue.
When you tax the crap out of businesses, they will look for cheaper ways to do business. This is, in a nutshell, the reason for outsourcing.
All these people want to "tax the rich" and the big businesses. What they don't realize is that those businesses will not hurt one bit because they pass those extra expenses on to us, the consumer while they outsource the jobs.
Give businesses HUGE tax cuts and maybe we can get some of our damn jobs back.
why not demonstrate some real creativeness and issue each American household a non-transferable voucher -- which MUST be redeemed within one year (or it is no longer valid), and good only for goods, products, or services made in the USA --- for $3982.30 ($450 billion divided by 113 million)?
How do you propose guaranteeing the aspect of "goods and services only made in the USA"?
I support Obama leaving and going back to Chicago...Leave Biden there till the term is done. When the POTUS talks down to us and takes us all for stupid, it wont be as insulting coming from someone as dumb as Biden.
Wrong, the government stuck their slimy little hands in to the business. "Everyone should be allowed to get housing!"
THERE'S A REASON SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET TO HAVE THESE THINGS! They can't afford it.
And it ultimately falls on the consumer. The writing was there, I do NOT feel sympathy for those who did not read the fine print. That is your responsibility as a consumer. That is no one's fault but the consumer. Living beyond their means, the sense of entitlement, greed.
And the banks were forced to do it because Democrats thought everyone should have housing...it just wasn't faaaiiir the other way. Waah!
The government did no such thing. Seriously the democrats "thought everyone should have housing"? A bit revisionist huh?
This mess is everyone's fault, the regulatory measures needed to protect people from themselves were inadequate and now everyone is paying the price.
It is to get rid of the Obama tax increases and to maybe cut government bloating and government unions by half or more.
It is up over 1000% plus as a percentage of the population since the 60s and that is unsustainable.
What "Obama Tax Increases"? We have essentially the same tax structure as the previous administration.
Instead of just handing the cash to a newly-created bureaucracy, and rewarding unions for their support of the Democrats, with the power of the stimulus watered down and chipped away, why not demonstrate some real creativeness and issue each American household a non-transferable voucher -- which MUST be redeemed within one year (or it is no longer valid), and good only for goods, products, or services made in the USA --- for $3982.30 ($450 billion divided by 113 million)?
That way, the money goes to the people who will spend it, depending on their own individual choices and needs. Small and large business will benefit. People will be hired by the private sector. Taxes will be collected. And the entire economy will benefit.
Obama claims that his proposal will benefit each American household by $1500. I have him beat by over two grand!
Good idea? Yes? No? Why?
Good only for items manufactured in the USA
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