Quote Originally Posted by Paul
Sorry but you can't sit stagnate and think things will be ok; with job losses 600,000+ a month we aren't doing anything for the American people by not doing anything. Spending under Bush was comparable and exceeding WWII spending(highest ever). So what is currently happening in Washington is direct result of bad habits. Now that isn't to say that some of this money won't help us and that we won't make money off of the some of this spending. If spending creates jobs which it will then it will be effective; it won't fix it but it will help lesson the fall until we start to turn upward again.
ok......

so we spent over a trillion and job loss has gotten worse, so what say you to that?

remember the 700 billion in october? the 800 billion last month? Job losses are still increasing.

Obama has spent more in 2 months, than BUSH to WASHINGTON COMBINED. Dont tell me this is all Bushs Fault. BUsh spent alot cause we had 9/11 happen, historically a terrorist attack or a war costs money. Whether you agreed with the war or not, it costs money.

Bush let the FED run wild, and Obama is letting the Dems spend money without challenging them because he is in THEIR POCKET. IF he signs the Omnibus bill with over 8000 earmarks, he has failed as a president because he is directly violating his promises he made during the campaign. WOuldnt be the first time, but there is no arguing this point.

You guys know that we cant pay off our national debt ever right? our entire monetary system revolves around us having debt, thats how fractional reserve banking works.

If we let business fail, other VIABLE business will step in an take them over an return them to profitability. Thats the way it works. If we keep bailing them out, theres no incentive for them to really make a push to be profitable, cause hey, we still get paid millions (CEOs) and people still have jobs.

EDIT: BAD HABITS THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS have facilitated. Neither party is innocent. I mean the same people in power NOW were in power for the last 4 years under BUSH, what makes you think any of it will change.

NEWSFLASH: The Congress APPROVES THE BUDGET, NOT THE PRESIDENT, so the ONLY REASON SPENDING INCREASED WAS BECAUSE CONGRESS VOTED "YES" which has been democratically controlled for the last 2 YEARS