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“Call me sir” well said, sir. Agreed.

“Success” Your arguments are moronic and ill informed. You remind me of the guys who try to argue the thesis of a book by reading its cover, you really have no understanding as to its contents. In no way did I ever say Obama is the savior, I simply pointed out that Bush is far from one. Most of our debt today can be attributed to Bush’s 8 year term and plans that he had set in place. The extra debt and burden taking place today is mostly due to the recession Obama inherited. Obama inherited the worst economy since the great depression due to numerous unfounded and prolonged spending in military and tax breaks (hard to give tax breaks when you do not have the funds to do so). Obamas stimulous, if you would do some simple research, saved our nation from a much larger and potentially catastrophic debt rise and unemployment rate (again due to the economy he inherited)..If simple reasoning doesnt work for you, here are some more in-depth numbers that takes a little more than a “yahoo-answers” search, to put your so called statistics into perspective..Estimated cost of the Iraq wars=3.7 trillion (Brown study), and do not pull the 9/11 excuse for this, that was Afghanistan buddy. TheBush tax breaks also cost almost 3 trillion (note this a total amount, as reported by the Washington Post). Add those to your so called stats, and you can do the math..

Success-Again you offered no evidence or counterclaims, mere opinion. If by spouting rhetoric you mean relaying facts outlined by numerous financial firms as I have displayed..yes I am spouting rhetoric (maybe you should have a better understanding of theterms you use)..Side note: I cannot add numbers? You have failed to do so yet again, good sir. If you would add the projected costs of the Iraq war and Bush’s tax cuts (which are generally not included in your google-search facts) you would find the numbers are far greater than our current presidents’. If you want to argue politics we all know The Economist is far-right in their beliefs, and generally unusable for factual information. Do everyone a favor and read a book or two, champ.

Champ, if you wish to make the claim I am speaking liberal rhetoric you are sadly mistaken (And the obvious argument could be made that all you are speaking is conservative rhetoric..). My values are in the republican party; however, I choose my candidates on a case-by-case basis on how they will perform-from a BUSINESS perspective. Again, you are making the same claims many far right individuals make, ill-informed opinions that they hear from either a talk show or dad around the dinner table. If you wish to relate our current economy to past terms (as you stated) here is a fun fact: When Bush took office, according to the CBO (which you enjoy using) our Economy was projected to have a surplues of over $800 billion. You can do the math (I hope)..On another note, I agree Obama’s performance is not up to par; however, if you read my other posts, it is not nearly as bad (so far) as Bush’s. You keep mentioning the debt he is bringing, however, most of this can be attributed to Bush policies in which Obama continued. If Obama did not pass the stimulus, 2 million jobs would not have been created, and much more spending would not have taken place by consumers. (Again, simple business, you have to invest money to reap the benefits later.. as observed in the great depression and time and time again over the years), So the deficit would have been much larger (again, Obama did not have a choice, as he inherited a distressed nation). If you would do some research champ, you would learn the the war and tax breaks under Bush were not included in his spending analysis (as he used emergency funding for said practices),so you you are correct, his spending did not leave a 7 trillion dollar deficit, it was much larger. You state that there is no evidence to this? Bud, the war has been taking place for years..it is not “projected” to take place!Obamacare cannot be factored into this argument given for the simple reason it has not taken place yet, and for every source you give of it causing more debt..there are equal sources to give that state it will save money. Either way our current healthcare system need reform and this is a start (as Medicare, Medicaid, SS, will be long gone in the future). Otherwise our spending would be astronomical to cover these programs.. Also, the spending cannot be accurately compared to the financial surroundings of the great depression do to the simple fact that our economies were FAR different at the time in regards to products and spending..I’m not going to elaborate, for someone who has gone through”law school” you should know this..Now for Obama’s shortcomings, the stimulus failed. This is the only realy major spending that can be attributed to his name. The rest were remenants of the Bush era. Obama should have done more to cut spending from day one, as he had stated he would do (given that Bush rose military spending to nearly the same spending as WWII for an irrelevant war (save this for another argument). Obama failed to reduce this spending, and to reimplement the taxes (2 trillion) that we lost.. You state that you appreciate my “eco 101” point of view, thanks, I appreciate it, now go take a class in economics. I never said I was far left or support Obama as you whole-heartedly assert. I merely look at this from a business perspective and from a neutral perspective. I understand BOTH sides and see the weaknesses within. Bush would only make our economy worse (given this initial post was about how we need him back). Before being quick to make false assumptions, you should understand both the argument and the background before speaking. From your tone I gather that you are from a small southern town who basis their political beliefs on what others around you say. I suggest you do some research and learn to formulate your own “eco 101” viewpoint champ. That is all, I am done..I have raging to do and quite honestly, I would rather go argue with my sperry than continue this. Good day.