The man had only been in office less than 100 days, and he has done more than most leaders in other countries and that includes yours. You may not be impressed, but I'm sure as hell is and I am by far not the only one.
Doing a lot isn't necessarily a good thing. Have you ever heard the saying "he who governs less, governs best"? I don't know of anything he's done that actually been good for his country or the world which his policies influence. And btw, I don't like my country's government one bit. Kevin Rudd is a social-democrat just like Obama and his idea of solving a problem is throwing money at it. Just like Obama.
Obama tripled the deficit??? Ask George W. Bush what happened to the trillions of dollars of surplus that the United States had when he became president??
President Clinton and the Republican congress left Bush with a $200 billion surplus, not trillions. Billions is still good though. But the deficit Bush accumulated in 8 years, Obama has matched in his first 100 days.
Yep! you blame the right wingers for getting America in this crisis, and America isn't the only country to bare the responsibility.
Both parties in the US are in someway responsible for the economic collapse. You can look back at some key legislation that was passed like the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (that was the Democrat's fault) or the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act in 1999 (that was the Republican's fault). But I wouldn't say the economic crisis is a result of right-wing ideas. Government intervention in the economy is a left-wing idea. This crisis was created by leftist policies, the government forcing banks to make risky loans so that poor and middle income people could get mortgages. That's a liberal, left-wing idea.
But it is always the Democrats that have to clean up the mess. That's what Obama is a DEMOCRAT. Yep!!! you have to spend money in order to clean up. No one worried about spending money and the deficit for the last 8 years.
Actually, historically, Democrats have created the mess and Republicans have had to clean it up. Democratic congress under Bill Clinton had a huge deficit and a big welfare problem, Republicans were elected mid-90s and balanced the budget and reformed welfare. Also, the Republicans under Bush were doing alright (save for military spending) until the Democrats were elected in 2006. That really when the trouble started.
Obama didn't take over GM, the American TAX PAYERS did. Obama is giving them (the auto companies) an opportunity to come up with new ideas, you know ideas that those auto companies should have thought about years ago. If American tax payers are giving the auto compaines money to say their asses, then Obama should fired whoever needs to be fired. Yep "CLEAN HOUSE OBAMA". But we all know that the right wingers want to bust those unions. It's not about Obama, it's about the UNIONS.:yes:
The tax payers don't have any control over the auto companies, they just foot the bill. The fact is, tax dollars should never have went to bail out the auto companies. Unsuccessful companies should be allowed to fail. That way the government can't use taxpayer dollars as an excuse to take over companies. How is the government taking over a company giving them to come up with new ideas. What ideas, outside of the military, has the government ever come up? Every innovation has come from the free market. The government didn't tell Steve Jobs to make the first personal computer. If new cars that run on alternative fuels is what you want, then government has to get out of the way and give the market the freedom to explore those ideas without having to jump through hoops and over obstacles that the government puts in place through restrictions and regulations.
Obama and his cabinet full of lobbyist??? Yes! he did run his campaign on the notion that he will CHANGE Washington and by most accounts he is doing a pretty good job. But the man is not stupid. He knows that you have to still WILL AND DEAL in order to get things done. That's the reality of how politics work and don't think it doesn't happen in your country. It goes for cheating on taxes too.:cheeky:
He sais he'd have a zero policy on lobbyists. His cabinet is inexcusable. And no, by most accounts he didn't do a good job with his appointees. Most people want Tim Geithner out (including his supporters), most liberals were unhappy with him keeping Robert Gates on, a lot of people don't like Eric Holder, the CIA itself wasn't happy with who he appointed to head the CIA.
Afghanistan??? That's where Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda is.
Latest intelligence reports suggest they're in Pakistan now.
The man and his cowardly gang were never in Iraq. You take the fight to where the ENEMY really is!! But I guess until Austrailia is hit by a terroist attack, you won't understand. :cheeky:
Hey, Australia has been by your side since day one. And now America is begging us for more troops. I hope our government has the guts to say no. But they wont. They are kiss-asses.
