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You must live on another planet. You don't know Obama has spent trillions of dollars in stimulus to get the economy going again? The GOP is trying to get spending under control and stop it.
Except for the 4 trillion in cuts Obama and the dems proposed but the GOP absolutely refused to cut a penny of their outrageous spending, leading to the nation's credit downgrade.
Let's also not forget the 858 billion to force though the tax cuts to the rich extension.
I agree, someone has to live on another planet if they think the GOP gives a damn in even the slightest about the american people or a balanced budget.
The 4 trillion in cuts Obama and the Dems proposed was smoke and mirrors.. The dems did the same thing to Reagan. They promised cuts but the cuts never came. Wake the hell up.. It isn't about Dems vs Reps. It's us versus an overspending, overcontrolling governemt that we have allowed to take over our lives. Stop listening to the rhetoric on both sides and start using your heads for something aside from a coat rack. Neither party is going to give us the kind of government we need without a fight. We have to take our government back and start holding our representatives feet to the fire. The lies and deceipt has no party label. It is all of them.
Investing in america to create jobs, rebuild our crumbling bridges and gridlocked roads is something all americans can appreciate. It was a collasal success under FDR and would be again. The GOP's policy of "give everything to the rich and they'll fix everything" has been proven failed again and again and again.
The GOP forced through 858 billion in new spending to extend the Bush tax cuts for the rich. If they were so successful and were "absolutely necessary for job creation", where's the jobs?
Tally the total net benefit of the Bush credits by income segment over the last ten years and tell me who benefitted the most...over 80% of the total tax reduction went to families earning less than $250,000. That is a hard, verifiable fact. No spin. Right from the IRS/CBO.
Great. "Republicans" constantly accused of everything from being (a)ugly, despicable racists, to being (b)evil fiends plotting to destroy the economy, to being (c)unthinking, oafish rubes and dunces (how b & c mesh I don't know). Always with little or zero evidence.
Then when one of them jabs back with a response, Dems run ululating to moddy. 'Moddy, he called me a nAAAAMMME!'
Except for the 4 trillion in cuts Obama and the dems proposed but the GOP absolutely refused to cut a penny of their outrageous spending, leading to the nation's credit downgrade.
Let's also not forget the 858 billion to force though the tax cuts to the rich extension.
I agree, someone has to live on another planet if they think the GOP gives a damn in even the slightest about the american people or a balanced budget.
Daily increase in the national debt...
Under G.W. Bush... $1.46 billion
Under Obama... $4.1 billion
Temporary tax breaks, or tax rebates, do not help the economy," said Brian Wesbury of First Trust Advisors. "The money that is provided in the tax cut must be borrowed from somewhere else. Either way, it is not left in the private sector
It has long been pointed out by economists that temporary tax breaks tend to be ineffective at changing economic behavior. Why? Because people aren't going to make a long term change, such as hiring, buying a new car, etc. based on a short term tax break. Secondly, this so-called tax cut, with no offsetting spending cuts, it putting social security further into the red and thus contributing to our massive debt overhang. The debt overhang obviously is one of the big factors putting consumers into 'hunker down' mode and thus stifling economic growth.
Media bias at the link, and headline fraud by the OP.
Ooh! This really exposes that the emperor has no clothes.
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Originally Posted by TrapperJohn
Why would the republicans want to damage the very same economy that many democrats contend the republicas own and control?
By that logic we would expect them to advocate a complete elimination of the payroll tax, freeing up billions that could be spent at Wal-Mart, Target, Chil-Fil-A and Lowe's.
I simply don't comprehend this logic.
The real damage is long-term. Politicians tend to think short-sided.
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