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Originally Posted by shakran
See? I just knew this would happen. I even said it in this forum. I knew that Americans would barely let Obama get his chair warm before they expected him to have everything that took over 30 years to break completely fixed, and have life be wonderful again.
Thanks for proving me right, though I kinda wish you hadn't.
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True, but given the nature of the crisis as described by Obama, I don't really care that he, as he puts it so frequently, "inherited" all these problems. He wanted the job. He was a sitting Senator and had inside information regarding our situation. People bragged about how detailed his campaign plan were. People bragged about how he was putting his transition team together so much sooner than McCain and that he would be ready to go. He has also complete control over Congress. He has a 65% approval rating. He has the support of the world. So, again I ask - when is he going to take responsibility for anything? Are we talking 6 months, a year, two, three, four...?
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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
Can I believe we are having this conversation? uh, no...well, yes.
can i get an updated statement on what the bush presidency has cost me in actual dollars and cents since (roughly) 2004 and also, while you're at it a ballpark estimate of what it will cost me over the next 10 years...
and I'll have a biggie fry and a coke with that, if you please.
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I made money under Bush. I made money under Clinton. In my view there is clearly a different tone coming from Washington regarding business and investment. I think various markets are reflecting that, including the recent acceleration in job losses.
Also, is it me or do they simply not know what they say has consequences. For example private planes serve a purpose, can be cost effective and not always about luxury. So to dump on business people who use that tool, is to dump on the industry that makes that tool. Perhaps they want all the people in that industry unemployed.