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In reply to the discussion: Did you Know? [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)23. The wrong thing at the worst time for no good reason.
Last edited Tue Aug 13, 2013, 02:57 PM - Edit history (1)
We seem to have lost the capacity to understand that bad ideas remain bad ideas regardless of who implements them or when. Believe me, I'd be much happier constantly having to write how wrong I've been, rather than endlessly trying think another way to write "I told you so".
Perhaps you should try forming your opinions by listening to people that make a habit of being right, rather that those that simply succeed in getting their way.
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Nonsense. The deficit he inherited was 1.2 TRILLION per year. It was unsustainable...
Demo_Chris
Aug 2013
#4
Existence itself is unsustainable given a sufficiently long time line.
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#38
My neighbor is the electorate and he thinks we should move all the poor people onto some
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#40
First, ignorance is or it is not, you keep using the word, belief. Belief is irrelevant, either
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#44
Graph Clinton deficit Bush deficit Obama deficit (sorry for large size, thankfully DU downsizes it)
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2013
#9
I don't know how he did it while still managing to put up $750+ billion for TARP
hughee99
Aug 2013
#12
I believe he voted for it in the Senate and spoke in favor of it on the Senate floor,
hughee99
Aug 2013
#57
I'll take this as a no, Obama did NOT "bail" out the banks himself. Not even his idea, he voted for
uponit7771
Aug 2013
#58
I disagree, it was Bush admins idea...they pushed it...Bush singed it and Obama was part of a vote
uponit7771
Aug 2013
#60
I agree. I didn't argue at all that Obama hadn't done anything with the money...
hughee99
Aug 2013
#61
That might be part of the reason the GOP claims he is the worst President ever
liberal N proud
Aug 2013
#52