Dixie - In Memoriam
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Well, I didn't include it because it didn't seem prevalent to the argument of whether I blamed the entire economy on Obama, it seemed to indicate that I had, in fact, attributed much of the blame to Republicans, which is contrary to the point you lamely tried to make. Since the posted snippet was plenty enough to show you lied, I didn't feel the need to further embarrass you... but since you insist...
DIXIE: I think much of the blame for the bad economy is indeed the fault of Republicans. They abandoned conservative principles and chased after the silly concept of "compassionate conservatism" instead. People like McCain and Hagel, went along with liberals like Barney Frank, because it made them look good to be 'helping the little guy' by forcing Fannie and Freddie to make loans to people who couldn't afford them. So the Republicans do have some culpability in all of this. The fundamental problem here is, we can't fix the problem by pointing fingers and finding blame. That seems to be your plan, and your only idea of what to do. Let's just continue to rant about Bush, continue to blame Republicans, and watch it all go down the tubes....I never said that. I think the election of an anti-capitalist socialist is responsible for the free-falling market. Things would have been "bad" either way, but when you elect a person who has promised to raise corporate taxes and tax rates on those with money, this is what you can expect to happen in the market. That is just reality. The 'empire' wasn't thriving, we are trillions in debt and growing, with a host of financial problems staring us in the face, and the last thing we needed was some 'feel good' liberal to come along and promise us the moon and stars, which we can't afford. Yet, that is precisely what we elected, and now we are reaping the results in the market....Again, I'm not trying to 'shift' anything. The economy was on the decline already, the election of an anti-capitalist socialist administration just accelerated it. Things will not get better, they will get markedly worse....To be honest, the state of the nation was already in trouble when Bush was elected. Clinton was good at smoke and mirrors. Through complacency in monitoring corporate fraud like Enron, and allowing these assholes to cook their books and 'appear' to be doing great, through incorporating the Social Security Trust Fund into the General Budget, and with the assistance of propaganda by the mainstream media, Clinton was able to keep consumer confidence up, which kept the markets growing and the economy as well. His 1996 tax cuts were largely due to the Republicans, were the only thing that kept us from going into a recession before he left office....Bush comes along with his "compassionate conservative" bullshit, and managed to keep the economy afloat with a couple more tax cuts, but the spending continued to spiral out of control, and now it's to the point of absurdity. Still, we have idiot Americans who are enamored with the promises of even more government spending on programs we can't afford, driving us even deeper into debt. A debt that is owed directly to Communist China! There is no end in sight, Congress doesn't appear to be the least bit concerned about the massive debt, they just keep writing checks on a negative balance, because Americans are stupid and don't get it....You don't have a solution for this, you still have little pink hearts floating out of your head over Obama, and want to blame all our ills on Bush and the Republicans. The only real solutions or answers your side has proposed, is more taxation for those who actually have a little capital to make things happen in the economy, more regulation for those who could actually hire people and provide the jobs for Americans, raising the taxes on corporations who choose to operate in the US, when they can operate elsewhere for much less. And of course, allowing our ever-efficient stewards of finance, the US Congress, have full control of all our money matters! It's about the most incompetent and ill-conceived economic plan in American history, but at least Republicans have been vilified, at least Bush isn't in charge anymore!
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