| Allfreedom99 said:
You mean the president that said he would go through the budget "line by line" and trim off what wasnt necessary? The president who had control of both House and Senate for his first two years where he had the freedom to pass most of everything he wanted? The president who in 2011' budget was running a $1.3 trillion spending deficit? He may have proposed some spending cuts but all you hear him talk about when discussing the deficit is "taxing it from the rich." Dosn't sound very balanced when you actually listen to what he says and also what he has done as president. Just go look at the progression of the U.S. Debt and deficits in the future. They are unsustainable, but Obama has failed to really tackle that issue on paper. |
A. The President doesn't control House and Senate, even if they have the same letter in front of their names. Unlike the GOP who has been lockstep unthinking zombies since Newt took over during the Clinton years, the Dems actually have debates within the larger party. They don't always agree. They vote their own ways in many circumstances. The House and Senate disagreed. Pelosi and Reid and Obama didn't agree on everything.
Conservatives on the one hand keep saying that Obama has forced through all this radical stuff that is ruining the country.....and then they turn around and ask "Well, why didn't he force through anything hwen he had "all the power'"? If you can't see the logical ineptitude in that argument, I can't help you.
The size of governmnt is down under Obama. The number of governemtn employees on all levels is down under Obama. Discretionary spending in most areas is down under Obama. The debt numbers GOP apologists like to quote were almost all due to obligations out in place pre-2009 (Bush tax cuts, medicare part B, two wars, TARP, etc. etc. etc.). To argue otherwise is ridiculous and completely dismisses all real facts.
I certainly hope you are equally enthusiastic about getting rid of the GOP Congress if you are serious about dealing with people unable to work on deficits. They've blocked every middle-of-the-road measure that's been attempted, let alone any "radical tax-loving leftist socialist communist redistribution plans." You're quoting talking points instead of actually looking at the record. The Congress was elected in 2010 on jobs and jobs and more jobs. They haven't passed ANY job legislation, and they've introduced almost none as well. But they voted to repal Obamacare symbolically 30+ times. They introduced a couple hundred abortion bills that do nothing.
Can't we all just get along and play our games in peace?
