Worst president ever in my lifetime .
I am almost retirement age but may not be able to retire because of this idiot.
He dodged the draft and then shoes.
Rocky, if you are nearing retirement age, you should remember Carter, rated by historians as a “Below Average” president. The Carter economy featured high gas prices, high interest rates, high inflation, and high unemployment.
Bush’s biggest problem was that he was not a fiscal conservative. With a big assist from Congressional Democrats, spending and the deficits grew. When the Clinton mortgage policy was added into the equation, the economy collapsed.
Obama and the liberals have blamed Bush for a bipartisan fiasco. Even worse, Obama has expanded on the failed economic policies by making government bigger and more intrusive in our lives, raising taxes, and skyrocketing the deficit. And to no surprise to fiscal conservatives, the problems have gotten worse.
^The problems have gotten worse since January 2009?? Where’ve you been? Great attempt at history revision. Unfunded programs, stupid illegal wars, hidden cost of war, bloated military, tax cuts to the wealthy, unnecessary subsidies to friends, resulting in deficits out of control and burgeoning debt. All can be hung on Bush’s administration. Obama has averted collapse. Will it last? I guess we’ll find out.
“Great attempt at history revision.” Nonsense. The deficit has quadrupled under Obama, and unemployment has risen dramatically. By any fair assessment, the problems have gotten worse.
As far as “unfunded programs,” those did not start under Bush. More importantly, they have continued for decades under both Republicans and Democrats. Like so many of the problems we face today, they are a product of bipartisan mismanagement of the federal government.
And “subsidies to friends” have occurred under Obama as well. Check out how well the unions did with the GM bailout and Obamacare. Obama has learned his lessons well as a product of the corrupt Chicago political machine: he knows how to reward friends and punish enemies.
^I’ll agree with some of what you say, but not that things have gotten worse under Obama. As you recall, the economy was in free-fall the end of 2008 and extra-ordinary measures were needed to avert world-wide depression. The 2009 $1.4 trillion deficit was largely committed and budgeted for in 2008 under Bush. The estimated 2010 deficit of $1.35 trillion is too high, but going in the right direction. Unemployment was increasing dramatically under Bush, peaking at 700 thousand+ per month in January 2009. The rate of additional unemployed decreased fairly dramatically since then, and since implementation of measures such as the stimulus program. In fact, job creation in the private sector is now net positive. The rate of unemployment increased to 9.6%, because an increase is an increase, but at a much lower rate. If GM had gone down along with hundreds of associated companies, God knows what unemployment would now be. And GM is now making a profit.
rockngolfer over 13 years ago
Worst president ever in my lifetime . I am almost retirement age but may not be able to retire because of this idiot. He dodged the draft and then shoes.
AuH2O over 13 years ago
Rocky, if you are nearing retirement age, you should remember Carter, rated by historians as a “Below Average” president. The Carter economy featured high gas prices, high interest rates, high inflation, and high unemployment.
Bush’s biggest problem was that he was not a fiscal conservative. With a big assist from Congressional Democrats, spending and the deficits grew. When the Clinton mortgage policy was added into the equation, the economy collapsed.
Obama and the liberals have blamed Bush for a bipartisan fiasco. Even worse, Obama has expanded on the failed economic policies by making government bigger and more intrusive in our lives, raising taxes, and skyrocketing the deficit. And to no surprise to fiscal conservatives, the problems have gotten worse.
Gypsy8 over 13 years ago
^The problems have gotten worse since January 2009?? Where’ve you been? Great attempt at history revision. Unfunded programs, stupid illegal wars, hidden cost of war, bloated military, tax cuts to the wealthy, unnecessary subsidies to friends, resulting in deficits out of control and burgeoning debt. All can be hung on Bush’s administration. Obama has averted collapse. Will it last? I guess we’ll find out.
AuH2O over 13 years ago
“Great attempt at history revision.” Nonsense. The deficit has quadrupled under Obama, and unemployment has risen dramatically. By any fair assessment, the problems have gotten worse.
As far as “unfunded programs,” those did not start under Bush. More importantly, they have continued for decades under both Republicans and Democrats. Like so many of the problems we face today, they are a product of bipartisan mismanagement of the federal government.
And “subsidies to friends” have occurred under Obama as well. Check out how well the unions did with the GM bailout and Obamacare. Obama has learned his lessons well as a product of the corrupt Chicago political machine: he knows how to reward friends and punish enemies.
Gypsy8 over 13 years ago
^I’ll agree with some of what you say, but not that things have gotten worse under Obama. As you recall, the economy was in free-fall the end of 2008 and extra-ordinary measures were needed to avert world-wide depression. The 2009 $1.4 trillion deficit was largely committed and budgeted for in 2008 under Bush. The estimated 2010 deficit of $1.35 trillion is too high, but going in the right direction. Unemployment was increasing dramatically under Bush, peaking at 700 thousand+ per month in January 2009. The rate of additional unemployed decreased fairly dramatically since then, and since implementation of measures such as the stimulus program. In fact, job creation in the private sector is now net positive. The rate of unemployment increased to 9.6%, because an increase is an increase, but at a much lower rate. If GM had gone down along with hundreds of associated companies, God knows what unemployment would now be. And GM is now making a profit.