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View Poll Results: why do so many people believe in voodoo economics?
the republicans lie to them 27 77.14%
the tea party lies to them 0 0%
the corporations lie to them 2 5.71%
the oligarchs lie to them 6 17.14%
Voters: 35. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-13-2011, 06:42 PM
 
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Just curious as to why do you think some people still believe in voodoo economics.
Because they have hope and they got sick of the same continual lies that government was going to give it them that they've been told for a millennium.

There's more hope in achieving something yourself than hoping one day your selfish elected official is going to give it to you.

But the liberals still hope and pray that one day their bureaucrat will rub one out for them...
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Old 04-13-2011, 06:49 PM
 
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Bush hasn't been president for over 2 years now. You can stop blaming him.

Obama has not changed one policy of the Bush Administration in a significant manner. NOT ONE. This means Obama must agree with the Bush policies. It's time he stopped blaming other people for his own failures.

The blame Bush routine is tiring. And it might have some validity if President Obama had actually overturned some of the Bush policies.

Hope and Change my arse.
Is it possible, oh so possible, that the mistakes he made still carried through. According to most...yes.

HE set in motion the course of events that led to the current situation. Not Obama. According to most economists, had Obama not spent more to stimulate the economy...we would be in dire straights.

The idiotic (there are some Republicans who are not idiotic) Republicans that were elected by idiots who don't understand that it will take a long time to fix the devastating effects of nearly a decade of bad policies.

Sorry, but Bush did create the current crisis. Obama will end the crisis. A Republican or Democrat will, hopefully, sustain our recovery after the second term.
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Old 04-13-2011, 06:51 PM
 
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Is it possible, oh so possible, that the mistakes he made still carried through. According to most...yes.

HE set in motion the course of events that led to the current situation. Not Obama. According to most economists, had Obama not spent more to stimulate the economy...we would be in dire straights.

The idiotic (there are some Republicans who are not idiotic) Republicans that were elected by idiots who don't understand that it will take a long time to fix the devastating effects of nearly a decade of bad policies.

Sorry, but Bush did create the current crisis. Obama will end the crisis. A Republican or Democrat will, hopefully, sustain our recovery after the second term.
Um... no.

The Warning | FRONTLINE | PBS Video

And Obama hired all the same people that created the crisis or did you not get the memo?
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Old 04-13-2011, 06:54 PM
 
Location: Staten Island, NY
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If you're going to post a poll, at least post a VALID, open-ended one and not one slanted to your own personal, biased views.
Not to mention one that's misleadingly labelled. Maybe this should be modded.
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Old 04-13-2011, 07:26 PM
 
Location: Inland Levy County, FL
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Just curious as to why do you think some people still believe in voodoo economics.
Nice poll.
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Old 04-14-2011, 02:23 AM
 
Location: Columbus
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Is it possible, oh so possible, that the mistakes he made still carried through. According to most...yes.

HE set in motion the course of events that led to the current situation. Not Obama. According to most economists, had Obama not spent more to stimulate the economy...we would be in dire straights.

The idiotic (there are some Republicans who are not idiotic) Republicans that were elected by idiots who don't understand that it will take a long time to fix the devastating effects of nearly a decade of bad policies.

Sorry, but Bush did create the current crisis. Obama will end the crisis. A Republican or Democrat will, hopefully, sustain our recovery after the second term.
Obama has not overturned or changed one economic policy of the Bush years in any significant way. Not one.

Your post might have some validity if he did.

And just for your information. People paying too much for homes set in motion the course of events that led to the recession that Obama has kept us in the last 2 1/2 years.
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Old 04-14-2011, 02:26 AM
 
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There are people in this world that refuse to believe that the media or politicians slant stories for their own purposes or outright lie to them.
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Old 04-14-2011, 02:46 AM
 
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Because trickle down works. Show me real substantial proof how it doesn't work. You have a boss right? He pays you right? If he makes more money or gets more tax breaks he can expand his company and hire more workers. TRICKLE DOWN.
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Old 04-14-2011, 02:48 AM
 
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Um... no.

The Warning | FRONTLINE | PBS Video

And Obama hired all the same people that created the crisis or did you not get the memo?

You quote PBS the largest left-wing extremist propaganda network?
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Old 04-14-2011, 02:51 AM
 
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You liberals go give all your money away to the government so they can give it to your welfare queens and illegal immigrants. The welfare queens of course will expand and stabilize the market right and the immigrants will invest in families in america, right????
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