How did they do that when the democrats controlled both the house and the senate? Sounds like horseshit to me.
Michael Oke, II 661-349-6221 Contents of this and all messages are intended for their designated recipient. On Nov 1, 2012, at 8:32 AM, lelandj <[email protected]> wrote: > There is one other factor of the Obama deficit that I must lay at the feet of > the Tea Party, (eg the extreme right wing of the Republican Party). The Tea > Party, to whom both Speaker John Boehner and Mitt Romney have bowed, were > hell bent on making President Obama a one term President, and to that end > they did everything in their power to run the economy, and the American > people, into the ground to create a political environment in which they could > easily attack President Obama's record. > > Every effort of President Obama, and his Administration, to enact legislation > to reduce the deficit and improve the economy were intentionally blocked by > the extreme, right wing, Tea Party, who used pretext after pretext to justify > their inaction. When the economy is doing poorly, tax revenues fall making > it more difficult to find the resources needed to stimulate the economy, and > carry on the government's business as usual. > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > On 11/01/2012 10:06 AM, lelandj wrote: >> A lot of the Obama Deficit was due to a couple of Bush era events: >> >> 1) The tax policies enacted during the Bush years to lower taxes, >> especially on the wealthiest 2% of Americans, who really didn't need the >> gift: The tax cuts to the wealthiest 2% of Americans did little, if >> anything, to stimulate the economy; because, the increased demand for good >> and services in this group was much smaller proportionally, dollar for >> dollar, than the demand created in the remaining 98% of working, middle >> class and poor Americans. >> >> 2) The housing bubble created during the Bush years, which concealed the >> true state of the USA economy: When the housing bubble burst, trillions of >> dollars in wealth were vaporized into thin air. This required President >> Obama, and his administration, to take immediate, drastic measures, in the >> form of stimulus, to prevent a collapse of our country, and to contain the >> contagion effect on the rest of the world. >> >> Regards, >> >> LelandJ >> >> >> On 11/01/2012 09:32 AM, Michael Oke wrote: >>> Step away from the kool-aid Leland. >>> >>> >>> Michael Oke, II >>> 661-349-6221 >>> >>> Contents of this and all messages are intended for their designated >>> recipient. >>> >>> On Nov 1, 2012, at 7:28 AM, lelandj <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 11/01/2012 03:54 AM, Pete Theisen wrote: >>>>> Hi Everybody, >>>>> >>>>> Video of Obama promising to cut the Bush deficit in half in his first >>>>> term. We know what he did instead. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=gsa4uLmTw0M >>>>> >>>>> More content in it as well. >>>> 8 years of Bush resulted in the greatest USA economic calamity since the >>>> Great Depression of the 1930s. 4 year of Obama has turned that around, >>>> putting the USA on a path to steady recovery with prospects of a booming >>>> economy right around the corner. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> LelandJ [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
