Largest Deficit Reduction Since World War Two - Oh oh
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Boca
Governor
Study the chart Minnie. Pull out your GED stuff it in your bra and concentrate.
It begins with FY 2009 right? Close your eyes, open your mind and recall that a stimulus bill of $780 billion for unions and donors and shovel ready projects, that actually never existed to according Obama, was passed in 2009. Okay so far?
Now it gets sort of complicated.....so go slow.
If you don't have another 3/4 of a trillion to spend in 2010, and in 2011, and in 2012, do you think it possible the deficit would shrink?
Minotaur
Governor
Ha backatcha. That is not the answer though I have to say republicans trying to kill the country involuntarily helped (and I won't explain that as it is just too delicious to share) but alas Obama set the target at $4 trillion in deficit reduction over 10 years and republicans mocked him and said he'd fail or said he lied. Budget and spending deals HE proposed initially added up to $2.5 trillion but it is even better now.
Look closely at:
1. The debt-ceiling fiasco - February
2. A government shutdown fiasco - March.
3. The “sequestration” fiasco - March.
All 3 efforts to get Obama by the Republican House really, really helped Obama get even more than the goal he set up. Figure out how and you'll have an idea of how stupid the Republican leaders have become.
That aside by all indication he will be ahead of his 10 year goal. That has to hurt!
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Corruptbuddha
Governor
So you're saying that the 'do nothing' obstructionist republicans are responsible for the largest deficit reduction since WWII?
Minotaur
Governor
No Obama did that. They inadvertently helped goose what was already goosed though. In an odd way even though Obama was already on record breaking territory, I think they helped for short spurts. They get zero credit except the accidental limited help. LOL
Corruptbuddha
Governor
Lol..so you blame it on the Republicans...but give Nerobama all the credit.
Quick question...which part of the government controls the purse strings?
Try to come up with an answer without pressing your sycophant button.
LOL
Minotaur
Governor
I'm the one that noted where to look on where republicans in the house helped in small spurts of stupidity but of course Obama's budgets cuts and the Democrat Senate passage managed to make it happen. Hahaha
fairsheet
Senator
It's sorta like when Clinton presided over FOUR annual surpluses in a row. For the most part, they didn't "count" because our national debt didn't decrease. So in that sense, they were no different from Old George's $800 Billion (in today's dollars) annual DEFICITS. But, to the extent there was anything good about Clinton's surpluses, all the credit goes to Newt.
Corruptbuddha
Governor
Obama cuts? What, cuts would those be? As a matter of record, when was the last Obama budget to be passed?
Dino
Russian Asset
Do you think stopping Obama from spending is NOT the Republicans' goal??
I hope we can continue celebrating "Obama victories" like this one.
Must be why GOPs did so well last November. lol!
EatTheRich
President
And meanwhile 1 in 7 food insecure households are denied access to food stamps.
MaryAnne
Governor
Ouch! And we are still paying for and funding the war,too!
MaryAnne
Governor
You and your worker Union hate makes me not read your posts.
Any post that begins with that loses all credibility.
Wahbooz
Governor
Maryanne, the only projects that never existed, were in states run by Republican governors. So many of our roads were beginning to look like bomb testing areas, but we got so many roads redone; roads that were put on the back burner for years, as well as other projects.
Do you think that an idiot who rants like that would also rant about Bush bailing out the banksters? I hardly think so.
Minotaur
Governor
Not just Obama cuts: the gap between spending and revenue has started to shrink due to tax revenue increases (that thing Obama fought for and Republican Congress fought against and then caved on,) spending cuts (some automatically,) and the worse news generating strength in all the positive numbers, the strengthening economy from Obama's management of the recession.
Imagine how great it would be if the Republican House actually cooperated to get these positive results instead of Obama having to force their hands.
Pass an Obama budget in the snake pit? You must be kidding.
(picture a great big huge grin here)
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Corruptbuddha
Governor
So, again, it was the Republicans who gave up the tax increases and it was he Republicans who forced Obama into spending cuts.
So, how is this deficit reduction credited to Obama again?
Picture an even bigger grin here...lol
GED? Go slow? Wow...you really have a knack for insulting someone who is no doubt WAY smarter than you are. I pity con women because they're stuck with internet bullies who take pleasure in acting like all liberal women are stupid. For you and the other cons in this thread to give the credit to republicans for anything accomplished during the Obama yrs is quite a stretch when most all republicans have made it plain that they want his presidency to fail and have done everything in their power to make it happen. NOW they get credit for anything good? BULLSHIT.
Exactly, BD. If they were doing all that good the first 4 yrs of the Obama Presidency, why in hell didn't they elect ole Mitt...he was one of them.
Minotaur
Governor
When I said the republican house helped I said it tongue in cheek expecting no one to take that literally. As I said to explain it to you:
"Not just Obama cuts: the gap between spending and revenue has started to shrink due to tax revenue increases (that thing Obama fought for and Republican Congress fought against and then caved on,) spending cuts (some automatically,) and the worse news generating strength in all the positive numbers, the strengthening economy from Obama's management of the recession."
That was not the Republican House doing anything to improve the economy - that was Obama. Obama gets the credit and the House is credited for being obstructionists in a recovery which is why their poll numbers are so low. Imagine how good the numbers would be if republicans actually cooperated instead of having to be goosed to move on anything - you know like removing the Bush TEMPORARY tax break for the wealthy. Stuff like that.
