As we go through the next hours,days,weeks...keep these charts in mind (black president, Barack Obama)

[Kerby W-R]

Especially when somebody tries to tell you that we have to make sacrifices from the Social Safety Net.

[AeroGuyDC]

Good point. Barack Obama shouldn't have caved to the GOP on the Bush Era Tax Cuts.

I assume this means you are pointing the finger squarely at Barack Obama, right?

(Of course not. That would be blasphemy towards your half-black Messiah. We all know Liberals don't have the courage to do that.)

[wade52]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

Good point. Barack Obama shouldn't have caved to the GOP on the Bush Era Tax Cuts.

I assume this means you are pointing the finger squarely at Barack Obama, right?

(Of course not. That would be blasphemy towards your half-black Messiah. We all know Liberals don't have the courage to do that.)

We all know that right wingers are so deeply in denial that they gladly point the finger of blame for Bush's horrible foul-ups on the half-black president who's charged with picking up the pieces.

[swbtoo]

Originally Posted by wade52

We all know that right wingers are so deeply in denial that they gladly point the finger of blame for Bush's horrible foul-ups on the half-black president who's charged with picking up the pieces.

Hmmm...haven't seen him pick up any pieces. It's been mostly golf balls that he's picking up...

What, exactly, has he "picked up"? Things aren't getting better. Perhaps he should pick up the pace?

[VTHokieFan]

Originally Posted by Kerby W-R

Especially when somebody tries to tell you that we have to make sacrifices from the Social Safety Net.

So your argument is based on predicting the future and then using that as fact? LOL

[wade52]

Originally Posted by southward bound

Hmmm...haven't seen him pick up any pieces. It's been mostly golf balls that he's picking up...

What, exactly, has he "picked up"? Things aren't getting better. Perhaps he should pick up the pace?

And we all know right wingers will play dumb on any steps towards inmprovement.

[swbtoo]

Originally Posted by wade52

And we all know right wingers will play dumb on any steps towards inmprovement.

Then instead of avoiding the question, enlighten us.

[Dumbdowndemocrats]

Improvement?... more like a big fat failure...hoping for change in 2012!

[hnsq]

And also please keep in mind that those graphs were published by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, which is a liberal think tank commonly criticized for releasing studies that use deceptive statistical practices to skew financial data on the liberal side.

For example, this article published by the Harvard school of Economics identifies that organization as one with extreme liberal bias.

Be careful how much weight you put on a source that is proven to have a political agenda of its own.

And I am sorry, but how can I trust any graph that calls the economic downturn a 'legacy of Bush policies'? Claiming that the downturn occurred due to any Bush policies is nothing short of ignorance.

[wxjay]

The charts are informative, but the board-brushed "Bush Era Tax Cuts" doesn't discriminate by wealth class. Indeed, the Bush tax cuts for the middle and lower class are an order of magnitude larger than the tax cuts for the "wealthy." So, in fairness, as I have mentioned on here multiple times, ALL taxes (wealthy, middle class, and lower class) need to go up. We cannot afford tax cuts for anyone right now - not with social safety net programs in jeopardy. Simplify the tax code, get rid of the multiple tax breaks/loopholes, and stop unnecessary subsidies to certain segments of the economy.