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Obama did "NOTHING" to fix the deficit?
And yet the deficit has been pretty much CUT IN HALF since Obama's first year?
That's a pretty darned good "nothing".
And what did BUSH do to the deficit over HIS 8 years?
Let me understand your "reasoning." The country was in the midst of a near-depression and instead of trying to deal with massive unemployment to the tune of nearly a million job loses a month, you wanted Mr. Obama to balance the budget.
If that is what you are saying, that's economic illiteracy on a grand scale. The government should run deficits in big recessions. Oh, that bill that you linked was not the 2009 budget, just an omnibus spending bill.
Obama did "NOTHING" to fix the deficit?
And yet the deficit has been pretty much CUT IN HALF since Obama's first year?
Hahaha.. Oooh my god the stupidity never ends...
So lets see if I understand your thought process..
Lets sign budgets into law that have $1.5T deficits, and then CELEBRATE that we're only running $750B deficits, even though their 3 times larger than the previous deficits that you bitched about..
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Originally Posted by LordBalfor
And what did BUSH do to the deficit over HIS 8 years?
See what I mean, you're bitching about Bush deficits that were far lower than Obamas..
Obama did "NOTHING" to fix the deficit?
And yet the deficit has been pretty much CUT IN HALF since Obama's first year?
That's a pretty darned good "nothing".
And what did BUSH do to the deficit over HIS 8 years?
Ken
My picture is a 1,000 words. Bush inherited surpluses that turned into massive deficits culminating in the 2009 deficit of $1.2 trillion. Obama has reduced those deficits -- going from a high of $1.2T to
2013 822.41
2014 617.38
2015 469.33
2016 422.21
2017 381.80
2018 365.76
Let me understand your "reasoning." The country was in the midst of a near-depression and instead of trying to deal with massive unemployment to the tune of nearly a million job loses a month, you wanted Mr. Obama to balance the budget.
The job losses slowed down before Obama spent a dam dime.. Do you know a dam thing about economic cycles?
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Originally Posted by MTAtech
If that is what you are saying, that's economic illiteracy on a grand scale.
Funny, on the other thread you celebrated Clinton "balancing the budgets" which took place by reducing the growth of spending and cutting taxes, which created 22 million new jobs.. Now you're claiming the opposite approach is the correct action.
What the hell's wrong with you that you cant even keep economic theories straight, you are calling for two opposite actions and expecting the same result. What a hypocrite.
[quote=MTAtech;30308317Oh, that bill that you linked was not the 2009 budget, just an omnibus spending bill.[/quote]
Omnibus spending bills is pretty much all Obama signed.
My picture is a 1,000 words. Bush inherited surpluses that turned into massive deficits culminating in the 2009 deficit of $1.2 trillion. Obama has reduced those deficits. :
That doesnt include intragovernmental budgets.. only the public..
Try again.. this time dont make a fool of yourself by making such a stupid amature mistake.
White House only writes a budget proposal, CONGRESS writes the budget, and Congress was controlled by DEMOCRATS
The Democratic Congress wrote the budget, and Obama signed it.. Democratic answer, blame Bush
When you learn how our government works and basic economics.
Give me break - "the White House only writes a budget proposal" - EVERY budget is a "proposal" to start with. More pitiful "weasel" behavior on your part. The 2009 budget is OFFICIALLY a BUSH budget - end of story (no matter HOW much you may try and twist and turn the facts) - that's the way it's officially listed and that's the way it IS. The last budget attributed to an outgoing President is the last one written by his office and already IN EFFECT for nearly FOUR MONTHS when the new President steps in. That's NOT an opinion - that's a FACT. That's the way it's ALWAYS been and the way it will ALWAYS be - no matter HOW MUCH pghquest tries to twist the facts.
Give me break - "the White House only writes a budget proposal" - EVERY budget is a "proposal" to start with. More pitiful "weasel" behavior on your part. The 2009 budget is OFFICIALLY a BUSH budget - end of story (no matter HOW much you may try and twist and turn the facts) - that's the way it's officially listed and that's the way it IS. The last budget attributed to an outgoing President is the last one written by his office and already IN EFFECT for nearly FOUR MONTHS when the new President steps in. That's NOT an opinion - that's a FACT. That's the way it's ALWAYS been and the way it will ALWAYS be - no matter HOW MUCH pghquest tries to twist the facts.
Ken
Yes, its officially a Bush budget because a Democratic House passed it, a Democratic Senate Passed it, and Obama signed it into law..
Yes, its as stupid as you make it sound..
Tell me LordBalfor, when previous presidents rejected the budget proposals they were left with, and refused to sign them, does this mean previous presidents were more capable than Obama, because you sure make him sound incompetent..
My picture is a 1,000 words. Bush inherited surpluses that turned into massive deficits culminating in the 2009 deficit of $1.2 trillion. Obama has reduced those deficits -- going from a high of $1.2T to
2013 822.41
2014 617.38
2015 469.33
2016 422.21
2017 381.80
2018 365.76
Yup.
Time to put pghquest back on "ignore". Life is too short to read his troll posts.
And it will still be larger than any deficit under the Bush admin....
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