Why he didn't work with Governor Jindal to contain this thing.
Because Governor Jindal didn't want any of that messy "big government" interfering in various issues.
Or maybe he'll just tell us who's ass will be kicked next
Hey, helps show "he's tough" to the Republicans.
Afghanistan, the president's chosen war, is getting worse by the day. It's out of the news lately, the casualties, but it shouldn't be.
We can only hope that 'comprehensive' Wall Street reform and 'comprehensive' cap and tax energy reform sells better than 'comprehensive' health reform did. The administration has already began trotting out extra billions in supplemental payments for their new health program, which already had dubious cost estimates to start with. And we refuse to secure our southern border under current law, without, again, more 'comprehensive' reform. Anytime this administration mentions 'comprehensive reform', be wary.
Yes. It will be harder to do that when neither party wants to be mature adults and actually get anything done. When the Republicans just sit there and say "NO" to every single thing that comes up for consideration,
even stuff THEY originally supported and came up with, and when the Democrats show themselves to be spineless and don't stand up for any good ideas they have, yeah, it's not going to lead to anything decent. Oh, and let's not forget both parties' love for lobbyists and pork. Campaign finance reform is what we truly need, and then perhaps some of this crap will start to end. Believe me, both parties definitely share the blame for this aspect of it all.
Costs, well, I'm no expert in financial stuff, but I thought I heard the healthcare bill wasn't nearly as costly as people thought it might be.
Afghanistan should definitely be dealt with. Yes. But no, no, we can't pull out and just leave (which is my personal suggestion), we have to stay behind to clean up our mess and fix, um, something. Whatever it is we have to fix there. Go tell the members of the military that are still insisting we need to stay there that message. Afghanistan's supposedly still the "necessary" war, which is why that one's still going. If you want it to stop, go tell the people who want it to continue for god knows how long.
And despite the $900 billion 'stimulus' bill, the one where unemployment was promised be held under 8%, the economy is not producing enough jobs to support our population growth, much less dig out of a recession. Don't worry though, the Bush tax cuts will be expiring soon, and new taxes will be kicking in. That will be great for job creation.
As I understand it, those taxes are likely going to be targeting more upper-class people, not middle and lower class people. Which if that's the case, I have no problem with. Let them put a little more in for a change. Especially since they're the ones who likely supported and were able to pay politicians for a majority of the stuff that we've got going now. Let them foot the bill for this stuff, then.
Unemployment numbers aren't going to be pretty for a little while longer. But they are supposed to eventually start going down. I heard on TV a while back that the reason the unemployment numbers are higher is because now they're counting in people who have decided to begin looking for work again and who need to get on unemployment while they're looking. And then there's part-time workers (like my mom) who get added in, and then people who are unemployed and not looking, and so the numbers look higher as a result. I also know I've heard stories about jobs slowly being added each month. ADDED, not reduced. Iowa got over 7,000 new jobs back in April, I'll have to check to see what the numbers are for May. The unemployment won't fix itself overnight, it's going to take a bit to turn itself around.
And the reason we're in any of this mess to begin with has nothing to do with Obama, as he didn't cause any of it. No, it has to do with the guy that was running things for eight years before him.
He started the Afghanistan war.
He blew up our debt (we had a surplus when Clinton left office).
He helped aid in a lot of people losing jobs, because he and Congress shipped a lot of them overseas or tried to employ the old trickle-down theory,
which never works.
He and his Republican buddies didn't want the federal government interfering in business and commerce. Interfere in your bedrooms and bodies, fine, they had no problem with that at all. But interfere in how a business runs things? Nah, not necessary. And didn't Bush put out a stimulus, too? And money went to various healthcare things they supported, too, including a Medicare one. Hm.
And yet, nobody complained nearly as much then as they are now. No massive Tea Parties formed under Bush's run complaining about his economic ideas. Protestors of the war, who knew this was going to be costly and hurt us in the long run emotionally and economically, were told they were "un-patriotic" and didn't love this country. Nobody thought about massive debt then. We don't want healthcare reform but, um, keep that Medicare thing, 'cause we do kinda like that. And so on. If people are really bothered about this stuff,
where were you two years or more ago? We could've used you then. That's my biggest problem. Some of these complaints are valid ones, but I wish they'd been brought up a long time ago. Some of this stuff people should've seen coming during the entire time Bush was president, and should've called attention to it sooner. What took them so long, and why
now?
Angela