I'm surprised the number isn't higher. Only 70%? I would think more like 90%!! Senators getting out of Dodge (DC) instead of fighting for another term is pathetic. Where are the souls in these so-called patriots, public servants? It only proves none of them are dedicated to their country, fellow Americans. So easy to walk away when things get really ugly.
I wish they'd ALL quit. And they can take their lobbyist friends with them. Good Americans have been screwed enough!!! Run cowards, run.
what needs to be done is who ever comes up for election just needs to be voted out and replaced cause it looks like the only reason they are there is for their own benefit after that is done and they are outside looking in maybe we can get outgo down enough to have some money left to repair roads and bridges here in this country, maybe build some nuclear plants and lease them to electric companies, have our armed forces take care of them.
lakota, I think you're missing the point... The American people voted Obama in because they thought they would be getting change... Well, I guess they did get that... The only thing is, people were mainly concerned about the economy. Instead of Obama doing something about it, he actually tries to follow Roosevelt's plans when most economists and historians agree that these policies actually prolonged the great depression. It was the war that finally brought us out of it... Obama saw how Roosevelt was able to get through a radical agenda for the time though. By emulating Roosevelt and purposefully prolonging this recession, Obama had hoped to pass his own radical agenda. Even now, instead of slashing taxes across the board, he wants what amounts to another stimulus... He's created uncertainty in the business world... With healthcare, he wouldn't have had any problem passing a bill that actually brought down premiums and covered more people... Instead he wanted to create the biggest entitlement program of all time. A program that would actually increase costs. He is seen as just wanting to grow government and change us into something that looks like Europe or something.
You can attack Fox News and talk radio all you want but the fact remains that there is a huge conservative movement taking place in this country. The American people want someone who will do something besides recklessly spend the people's money and grow government. Lakota you are in the minority. Why do you think a Republican won in Massachusetts?
I'm so disgusted with the gridlock that I've stopped listening to anything the people in Congress have to say. Even the Democrats have in effect fillibustered each other -- they could have gotten something done on health care but cared more about their own butts than about the country. Why can't we elect people who want to serve the nation and not themselves?
Rating Obama on how well he is keeping his campaign promises. (Better to go here than to Rush Limbaugh, who will breathlessly assure you that "Obama has broken every single one of his campaign promises, folks. Yup. That's right. Every single one.")
91 Promises kept. 33 Promises compromised on. 14 Promises broken. 86 Promises stalled. 277 Promises "in the works". 2 Promises not yet rated.
Most historians and economists agree that Roosevelt and his policies actually prolonged the depression. It was the war that brought us out of it...
Obama has studied this time of our history closely though and is trying to prolong this recession in an attempt to pass his radical agenda. Hence the phrase by Rahm Emmanuel that you shouldn't let a good crisis go to waste.
It is generally agreed that if you truly want to stimulate the economy, you slash taxes across the board and try to provide a stable environment for business. Stimulus packages haven't worked here in the past and neither have they worked in other countries. It does make a good slush fund though.
lakota, Reagan presided over one of the greatest expansion in this countrie's history... Sure, he could have done a few things better but he was in a league so far above Obama that it isn't even funny.
I'm not a big fan of Bush, but he didn't really cause this recession. If you took out the normal effects of the business cycle and the sub-prime mortage fiasco that was due to democratic policies, there would have only been a mild turndown... I do agree that Bush should have had the foresight to see a problem with lending people money who couldn't afford houses money... He just didn't have the ability though.
You know you really need to do some reading about what has actually happened. You are entitled to your own oppinion but not your own facts.
And after 8 years of similar dissatisfaction with a Republican president, Americas will probably elect another Republican president next and expect that to solve the proble.m
by wjksea February 12, 2010 2:02 PM EST The defenders of the so called free market seem to forget that the founders never desired that kings could buy the United States out from under the people. ---
Nor did they envision such a thing as a "professional politician".
The majority of Americans ?- 70 percent -? are dissatisfied or angry with the way elected officials in Washington handle the business of the people. ---
Yet the najority are registered with the two major parties that are owned by special interests.
When the majority leave these two "bought and paid for" parties and the Dems and Repubs are both reduced to a minority status, things will begin to change.
Until then, these folks are like complaining spouses who would rather complain chronically than divorce and find happiness.
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I wish they'd ALL quit. And they can take their lobbyist friends with them. Good Americans have been screwed enough!!! Run cowards, run.
You can attack Fox News and talk radio all you want but the fact remains that there is a huge conservative movement taking place in this country. The American people want someone who will do something besides recklessly spend the people's money and grow government. Lakota you are in the minority. Why do you think a Republican won in Massachusetts?
"The Obameter Scorecard"
Rating Obama on how well he is keeping his campaign promises. (Better to go here than to Rush Limbaugh, who will breathlessly assure you that "Obama has broken every single one of his campaign promises, folks. Yup. That's right. Every single one.")
91 Promises kept.
33 Promises compromised on.
14 Promises broken.
86 Promises stalled.
277 Promises "in the works".
2 Promises not yet rated.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/
Obama has studied this time of our history closely though and is trying to prolong this recession in an attempt to pass his radical agenda. Hence the phrase by Rahm Emmanuel that you shouldn't let a good crisis go to waste.
It is generally agreed that if you truly want to stimulate the economy, you slash taxes across the board and try to provide a stable environment for business. Stimulus packages haven't worked here in the past and neither have they worked in other countries. It does make a good slush fund though.
I'm not a big fan of Bush, but he didn't really cause this recession. If you took out the normal effects of the business cycle and the sub-prime mortage fiasco that was due to democratic policies, there would have only been a mild turndown... I do agree that Bush should have had the foresight to see a problem with lending people money who couldn't afford houses money... He just didn't have the ability though.
You know you really need to do some reading about what has actually happened. You are entitled to your own oppinion but not your own facts.
Now don't I feel silly.
I meant Politifact.com, the fact checking website.
Politico is great, but it's much more partisan, and I'm not sure you'll get the balanced picture there.
Try PolitiFACT.com:
http://politifact.com/
The defenders of the so called free market seem to forget that the founders never desired that kings could buy the United States out from under the people.
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Nor did they envision such a thing as a "professional politician".
One term and out for all.
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Yet the najority are registered with the two major parties that are owned by special interests.
When the majority leave these two "bought and paid for" parties and the Dems and Repubs are both reduced to a minority status, things will begin to change.
Until then, these folks are like complaining spouses who would rather complain chronically than divorce and find happiness.