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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 04:15 PM
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Poll on the deficit

They did a poll on whether people believe that Obama's policies have made the deficit worse.

71% say yes he has.

My only question is what is the other 29% thinking when they say no it hasn't, or it is better! or I don't know?

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...ven_up_deficit
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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Obama increased the deficit, fact.

but Bush did too
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Super FX4
Obama increased the deficit, fact.

but Bush did too
Yup. Bush did too.

Heritage Foundation-Bush Deficit vs. Obama Deficit in Pictures
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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Doesn't make either of them right. We need to elect folks that will quit the obscene spending and get the dollar back to being worth something.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by kingfish51
...My only question is what is the other 29% thinking...
Maybe we just misunderstood the question.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Raoul
Maybe we just misunderstood the question.
So Raoul, you thought higher was better.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 12:52 PM
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So Raoul, you thought higher was better.
No, I just believe there are 29% that will rubberstamp all things Obama.
Just as there is another 29% who would swear it was afternoon if he said, "Good Morning".

That leaves 42%, and the Right and Left are in a tug-o-war for their souls.

As for me personally, I thought the deficit problem over very carefully before I responded.
Then I asked myself, "What? We're out of paper? We're out of ink?"
 

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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Raoul
No, I just believe there are 29% that will rubberstamp all things Obama.
Just as there is another 29% who would swear it was afternoon if he said, "Good Morning".

That leaves 42%, and the Right and Left are in a tug-o-war for their souls.

As for me personally, I thought the deficit problem over very carefully before I responded.
Then I asked myself, "What? We're out of paper? We're out of ink?"
Yup, if the government has a bad deficit, they just print more money. If you have a bad deficit, you prepare for bankruptcy court.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 01:15 PM
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I think we should give the banks some more money. The first 300 or so billion apparently wasn't enough for credit to be loosened up and after all, whats a few more billion at this point. Speaking from a builders perspective that is.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 01:16 PM
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Yup, if the government has a bad deficit, they just print more money. If you have a bad deficit, you prepare for bankruptcy court.
Obama isn't showing all his cards right now.
He has a plan to fix our portfolio and right our balance sheet.
He's just saving it to use as a re-election platform plank in late 2011, early 2012....

....Annex Canada.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Raoul
Obama isn't showing all his cards right now.
He has a plan to fix our portfolio and right our balance sheet.
He's just saving it to use as a re-election platform plank in late 2011, early 2012....

....Annex Canada.
I'm not all against it. Constitutional Republic sounds a lot nicer than a Democracy. Besides I wouldn't mind inheriting the Second Amendment.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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Stop giving money away Obama....our kids will have a dollar thats worthless if you keep printing money and increasing gov spending....
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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... Besides I wouldn't mind inheriting the Second Amendment.
uhhhh...he'll be picking 'best of' both Constitutions.
I don't the 2nd will make the cut.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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sure why not give the banks more money...then they can hand out more bs bonuses to the execs that have buried them in the first place...but thier argument is ..."if we dont pay them the bonus ...they will walk"....oh no please dont leave...lmfao!!!
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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I always think of those photos you saw in history class as a kid, of little german children playing with stacks of money becuase they were worthless...
 
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