Oh please. Obama's quote is nothing compared to the good old days of "We need to counter the shockwave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates" or "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease."
here's another hilarous one
In an op-ed piece in The Washington Post, the president argued that each day without his stimulus package, Americans lose more jobs, savings and homes. His message came as congressional leaders struggle to control the huge stimulus bill that's been growing larger by the day in the Senate. The addition of a new tax break for homebuyers Wednesday evening sent the price tag well past $900 billion.
"This recession might linger for years. Our economy will lose 5 million more jobs. Unemployment will approach double digits. Our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse,"
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In an op-ed piece in The Washington Post, the president argued that each day without his stimulus package, Americans lose more jobs, savings and homes. His message came as congressional leaders struggle to control the huge stimulus bill that's been growing larger by the day in the Senate. The addition of a new tax break for homebuyers Wednesday evening sent the price tag well past $900 billion.
"This recession might linger for years. Our economy will lose 5 million more jobs. Unemployment will approach double digits. Our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse,"
:shocked:
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two things
1- for years the left criticized Bush, correctly, of using scare tactics to get his bills passed and now just 2 weeks into this guy's term he decides to follow suit?
2- if he was really about "hope and change" and "governing differently" wouldn't the correct response been something to the effect of "I strongly urge you to pass my stimulus bill but the democratic process must run its course. If your elected leaders do not feel this is the right plan to get this economy ignited, we'll get back to work and put together a different plan".
oh well call me crazy...the same you can believe in
1- for years the left criticized Bush, correctly, of using scare tactics to get his bills passed and now just 2 weeks into this guy's term he decides to follow suit?
2- if he was really about "hope and change" and "governing differently" wouldn't the correct response been something to the effect of "I strongly urge you to pass my stimulus bill but the democratic process must run its course. If your elected leaders do not feel this is the right plan to get this economy ignited, we'll get back to work and put together a different plan".
oh well call me crazy...the same you can believe in
Please provide the broader context of this quote. I think, although I don't really know, that the "them" this quote (probably from a larger speech) refers to is only corporate executives of those receiving TARP money and and both the profits and bonuses he refers to is that of those executives, not of their businesses or of businesses in general.
Its all semantics. This guy is playing the populist card to the max. Mob rule mother fuckers! Everyones pissed about the economy and blame it all on Wall street, so he is pulling out the playbook to match the play for the situation. Look at his policies... they are emblematic of his agenda. The problem is surly starting on wall street, but the greed runs deeper then that. Its been going on all over this fine country for years and the people are to blame, not wall street or the government. The people are the ones that makes these problems.
