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4 years of abject failure decided my vote.
Mitt wasn't my first choice, but I'll suck it up and vote for him.
What "abject failure" are you referring to?
Where do I begin? The failed stimulus? The failing auto and bank bailouts? Failing to get federal spending under control? Failure to listen to the majority of the American people? Failure to take any sort of responsibility on himself and his regime? Failing foreign policy? Take your pick.
How has the stimulus failed? Millions of Americans still have their jobs because of Obama's stimulus plan.
Obama saved the auto industry and at least 1.4 million jobs, and put pressure on the company to change its practices. He made mega-banks more accountable for the risks present to the economy. Banks are starting to give out loans again.
Obama has had the least amount of federal spending since Eisenhower was in office. Where do you get this absurd idea?
Obama has visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any previous president during his first six months in office alone. He improved relations with Middle East countries by appointing special envoys. He pushed for our military to emphasize development of foreign language skills. He refused to give Israel the green light to attack Iran over their possible nuclear program, thus avoiding another war that Republicans want. He established new, more reasonable policies in our relations with Cuba, such as allowing Cuban-Americans to visit their families and send money to support them. He ended the war in Iraq and will end the war in Afghanistan during his second term. And, of course, Osama bin Laden is dead.
I'm sorry, I think you missed the part where we have a
record number of people on food stamps
and on welfare all together.
What about all those
green energy companies that failed? On our tax dollars mind you. And I believe Barry did promise that these companies would lead to job creation...yeah right...
And the auto industry didn't change its practices. Lets take a look at GM since the regime champions it so much. First off, they did go
bankrupt. The government simply picked up the tab...at taxpayers expense mind you.
2nd, they haven't changed their practices. GM still makes
s**t for cars.
And Obama has spent this country into oblivion. If he has had the least amount of federal spending since Eisenhower (which he hasn't. +5$ deficits over his first term),
how is it that CBS reports that Obama has spent more in his first term than Bush did in two terms?
And why don't you ask Christopher Stevens about Obama's foreign policy.
The reason for our record high that rely on food stamps is because of several factors: rising costs in fuel, housing, food, medical care, education costs, etc. The burden can't be entirely laid upon jobs or the stimulus plan. However, regarding jobs, it goes beyond people not being able to find jobs, but people who are able to find jobs that provide a living wage.
This is more subjective, but those that have large families also have very high household expenses. The price for food, medical care and education costs multiplies for every additional child.
The fact that income is going down and prices are going up means many more people are eligible for food stamps than before. The new jobs that Obama has created pay less than before; and Obama cannot create higher paying jobs if businesses are fastidiously creating more low paying jobs. Even higher paying jobs are decreasing in their median wages. In conclusion, Americans that previously thrived well now are pushed to rely on food stamps. The problem is not laid upon Obama or the stimulus plan, but on the capitalists that are ruining business operations.
I agree with your stance on investing in the green energy companies. It was a completely radical thing to do.
As for the auto industry, the plan was to keep it from failing, and in that we succeeded. If you're comparing their income or bankruptcy, then you're rationalizing. Look at it like our economy: despite the position we're in, Obama kept us from entering the worst depression we'd ever imagined. Our economy doesn't thrive, but it's far from rock bottom.
Our national debt is not at the fault of our president, nor will it be at the fault of our next president, nor the one after. It is a problem that has been exponentially building for 30 years, with most of the debt accumulated under Republican administrations. The Republicans are not forcing the crisis for anyone's benefit but their own. All you have to do is look at where the spending cuts are.
Bush has the highest "overspending" of the national GDP since any president since WWII. I even provided a chart of Obama's spending and you reply with a chart of national debt which is completely irrelevant. Until we are out of this recession, the debt will keep tacking on, and probably even after. Welcome to a world of everlasting IOUs.
Foreign policies almost entirely revolve around opinion. I know where you stand, you know where I stand.
