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2012-09-03 Economy

O's Political Choices Assured a Slow Recovery

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Posted by Bobby 2012-09-03 08:46|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I think every time I hit the apostrophe key, I get [shift] apostrophe - ".

No shift - ' shift - "

Could be fat fingers...
You hit apostrophe twice. Fixed

Posted by Bobby 2012-09-03 09:04|| 2012-09-03 09:04|| Front Page Top

#2 ...presidents usually don't much influence the economy

Because playing crony capitalism, ignoring bankruptcy laws to the benefit of constituents, and failing to pursue and prosecute those who are responsible for the 'paper game' are not played by this Executive Branch's occupants? That certainly doesn't build confidence in the market place and thus the overall economy.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-09-03 09:54|| 2012-09-03 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 He forgets to mention how Obumble shut down domestic energy production, added $5 trillion in debt and debased our currency, but it's a start.

Posted by regular joe 2012-09-03 10:25|| 2012-09-03 10:25|| Front Page Top

#4 "...stalemates on budget policy..."
That assumes a budget is presented to start with. when was the last time a budget was actually passed???

Posted by USN, Ret. 2012-09-03 11:50|| 2012-09-03 11:50|| Front Page Top

#5 With no Budget, how can he gas up AF-1 to get to all of those golf outings or US Taxpayer events all over 57 States?

Posted by newc 2012-09-03 20:12|| 2012-09-03 20:12|| Front Page Top

#6 "he deserves a lot of credit for stopping the economic free-fall when he took office."

Don't buy it. Government created the problem and did very little to actually address the causes which is why it never really got better. THe original one-page plan of buying the bad mortgages and untangling everything would have been far better. That and perhaps putting Dodds and Frank on trial. Might not have helped the economy but it would certainly have helped morale.

Posted by rjschwarz 2012-09-03 20:50|| 2012-09-03 20:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh, and the idea of a tax holiday for a year would have done far more to stimulate the economy than anything else. But of course allowing people to see how much they would be getting without the Government take probably isn't something the political class would willingly allow.

Posted by rjschwarz 2012-09-03 20:51|| 2012-09-03 20:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Any sane, educated, and rational electorate would be tossing the Obamateur out for selective disregard of his constitutional oath vis-a-vis not securing the border and not dealing w/illegal immigration enforcement. The economy is just icing on the cake. This guy is a fraud and his AG is an incompetent clown.

As Rush said - we can endure 4 more yrs of the Champ but not a country full of morons that would vote for him.

Posted by Broadhead6 2012-09-03 20:58|| 2012-09-03 20:58|| Front Page Top

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