Well, Obama has said his intention is to help all Americans especially the lower classes, and I don't think unless you want to call the man a liar, then you don't really have any place criticizing him or his plans when all Bush was concerned about was making more money for him and his oil buddies, increasing the coffers of his family friends, and embrolling America in a war it never should have been in especially since there were no wmd's in Iraq.

Furthermore, the man's major mission beginning on 9-11-2001 was to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice and unless Bruce Willis' story in Planet Terror was true, then I'm pretty sure that going on eight years later and now in the post-Bush years Osama is still free somewhere in Afghanistan.

That's becaues the EU is the most blantant when it comes to rampant protectionism.

If the subsidies went away it would allow third world countries to sell there food more evenly on the open market.  Food prices would decrease.

Subsidizing and Biofuels are two of the biggest reasons food is so expensive.

Oh yeah, I know that. That's what I'm saying: stop subsidising American farmers, and continue with European farmers.

I'm not going to defend bush.  I hate bush.  Never voted for Bush and never supported him.

However i am a fan of the truth and not making up stuff for my political wishes.

You can say whatever you want about Bush... but the statistics tell a different story.  Bush screwed up a lot... but under him the rich did not get richer.

Unlike Clinton and Reagan.

So your actually for holding down poor countries on purpose.  Based on previous political beliefs I wouldn't of thought that to be so.

I thought you were one of the people decrying protectionism back when Obama was trying to use it in the big bailout.

It was simply because it didn't benefit you personally?

 Actually under most caps you can deduct up to 20-30% off of your income tax, considering you make a donation that large, this can in fact reduce your taxable income thereby making you pay less in taxes

When the "poor" are going to be able to get a 2.5% "Cost of living" raise at the end of a year and the actual cost of living increases by 12.5% how do they benefit from it? Being that inflation is the ultimate regressive tax, how is running up unprecedented deficits by monetizing the debt associated with it going to help out the "poor"?

But that's not how it works... it doesn't save you money.  Donating to charity will ALWAYS cost you money.

HS - Some people don't get it.

I'd really like to know why txrattlesnake is complaining, given the fact his profile says he is from the United Kingdom.

Hey TX, here's a suggestion:

Rather than pine about how the Obama presidency is so critical to the poor, why don't you spend more of that time talking to volunteer organizations and...You know...Actually help the poor?

Avinash - If that's the case - that giving reduces your tax burden - isn't that a good thing? Rather than give money to the government, which give the money to the poor, your skipping the middleman and directly contributing to the plight of the poor?

I see some people here are not very familiar with our economic policy or the circumstances surrounding the value of the dollar.

Hope you guys love inflation as much as you love Obama because that's what we're getting.



Happy Squrriel and MrStickBall get it.