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What a pity English is your second language, otherwise, you wouldn't make such a fool of yourself confusing 550,000 mininum wage earners out of hourly paid workers where you're confusing hourly paid workers with all 12 million workers.
Tsk, tsk, Con.
Marriage is a legally binding contract and is subject to U.S. law, which the Constitution demands equal protection for all.I don't see marriage defined or even mentioned in there, thanks for posting.
You just can compare the dot com bubble with the housing bubble. The thing that really pulled the rug from the economy was the mortaged backed securities of the subprime loans that were subsequently fraudulently rated AAA during George Bush's watch. Thinking these were good, these securities found their way into communities, pensions, etc.Aw, bull****, you don't have a clue as to what you are talking about. Where was your outrage over the dot.com bubble bursting and the recession that Bush inherited. Facts always get in the way of liberals who continue to bet indoctrinated by a leftwing media.
Nothing to indicate Obama has destroyed the economy? Obama is incompetent, no leadership skills, and no management experience. Looking like a double dip.
Obama economic results in 2011, .4% GDP and 1.3% GDP growth in 2011, 25+ million unemployed or under employed Americans in 2011, 4 trillion added to the debt in less than 3 years, and a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating. Rising Misery index 7.83 to 12.67. First President in U.S. History to have our credit downgraded on his watch! 40% JAR and well over 50% disapproval ratings.
What are you guys going to say if the national economy continues to improve and the TX economy continues to decline? Whose fault will that be?
How can Adam be confusing it when he's merely posting what the BLS claims?I am not confusing it at all, Adam is, Hourly workers make up what percentage of the TX workforce. think about it and get back to me.
*If* this, if that...*if* doesn't cut it.
The bottom line - Any (thats right..any) Rep candidate will have an easy time showing why Obama's tax, spending, and regulatory policies are responsible for the sluggishness we find ourselves in right now. Perry just needs to make the most forceful argument in this regard and everything will fall in its place
Obama has truly ****ed things up royally and it won't be hard for any "R" candidate to point out how. And another thing... *blame Bush* bull**** won't work this time around
How long does it take to recover from a huge housing bubble that the repubs allowed to build up? You tell me.When does this economy become Obama's in your world.
Conservative said:Please explain to me why their are fewer people employed today than when Obama took office, more people unemployed today than when Obama took office. Why the GDP growth in 2011 is lower than it was in 2010 and why the cost of 4 trillion added to the debt created those numbers? Businesses aren't hiring and that is because Busineses cannot print money, there has to be demand for products and Obama scares the hell out of businesses and the consumer. The results are there for all to see, when you will look at the results and stop buying the rhetoric?
Well now this is an interesting perspective ... first you blame Obama's tax policy (among others) for the sluggish economy we're dragging ourselves through ... then you say we cann't "blame Bush" this time around ...*If* this, if that...*if* doesn't cut it.
The bottom line - Any (thats right..any) Rep candidate will have an easy time showing why Obama's tax, spending, and regulatory policies are responsible for the sluggishness we find ourselves in right now. Perry just needs to make the most forceful argument in this regard and everything will fall in its place
Obama has truly ****ed things up royally and it won't be hard for any "R" candidate to point out how. And another thing... *blame Bush* bull**** won't work this time around
Well now this is an interesting perspective ... first you blame Obama's tax policy (among others) for the sluggish economy we're dragging ourselves through ... then you say we cann't "blame Bush" this time around ...
... only problem with that (well, not only) ... is that Obama has kept us under the same tax policies Bush put in place back in 2003.
After spending 35 years in the business world I can honestly state that you don' tknow what you are talking about. How many Fortune 500 companies do you know that pay minimume wage and offer no benefits to their employees? The problem is not the large companies, the problem will always be the small companies that create most of the jobs and forcing up their costs puts them out of business and that is where the job losses come from.
You won't mind if I doubt you.
However, the problem is with both. Cheap labor means working for less, much less, and this is in part why illegal immingrants are allowed to come here, they work cheap. And as noted, immigrant labor is a significant part of Texas jobs.
And according to you, Rick Perry has nothing to do with it.Fact, the labor force in TX is growing, Fact, the population of TX is growing, Fact, businesses are moving to TX many of them Fortune 500 Companies. Fact, liberals don't like facts so rather than accept the facts, try to duplicate what is working, liberals demonize. What do you think is going to happen to high tax states around the country if liberals get their way and raise corporate taxes and personal income taxes on the rich? Think the state tax revenue is going to be the same? Do you ever think beyond the moment?
How long does it take to recover from a huge housing bubble that the repubs allowed to build up? You tell me.
How long does it take to recover from the destruction of our banking system, which required a $700 billion TARP that was passed only by Dems in congress then signed by Bush while congressional repubs just played politics? You tell me.
This is NOT a normal recession.
Heck Bush took over a shallow and short recession in 2001 and he got his tax cuts in 2001, and got more tax cuts in 2003, and he still had a "jobless recovery" going in 2004, and that was a small one. The tax cuts never worked, which is why repub Greenspan still had rates at 1% fully 3 years after the shallow short recession of 01 ended. That was an enabler of the housing bubble which would not have blown up so big if Greenspan had pursued responsible monetary policy, instead of playing politics and trying to get Bush re-elected.
Why do I consider the past? The repubs have a track record of huge failure in managing the US economy and they show me no additional knowledge gained from the experience.
Obama has not done anything near as stupid as the repubs did last time at bat. I'll vote Obama again, probably. I heard Huntsman this morning, and he may have a light on. We'll see. The rest of the announced repub field does not have a clue. Bachmann and $2 gasoline, GIVE ME A BREAK! Rick Perry, yea, run the fool and see how bad he loses.
The nature of the economy has changed over the last 30 years. Robots and computers have reduced the need for much manual labor and some skilled jobs, due to productivity improvements. China and India entered the world economy 30 years ago (it was Reagan who opened trade relations with China), and they have 1/3 of the worlds population. We have an excess of labor in the world, and business is exploiting it and shipping jobs to India (call centers and IT, reading XRAYs, stock analysis, etc.), and manufacturing to China. That's not Bush nor Obama's fault, and it is infinitely harder to deal with than a normal 4 year business cycle recession we encountered in the decades following WWII. The solutions that worked in the past are not working, because the problem is different. Until we correctly diagnose the problem, solving it will not happen.
For anyone to earn my wholehearted support, that is what has to happen. Short of that, we are just voting for the guy who will screw up the least, and in recent history, that's the Dems. Not great, but not as bad as the repubs.
You mean the Gramm-Leach-Bliley bill?You want to blame Bush for the housing bubble yet ignore it was Clinton that signed the repeal of Glass-Steagall.
You mean the Gramm-Leach-Bliley bill?
Do you know why it was called the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act? Do you know which party Gramm, Leach, and Bliley were members of? That you avoided referencing the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act by name leads me to believe you do.
Who was in charge of the Congress in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, as the housing markets were ballooning to extreme levels? Where was the much needed oversight?You seem to want to ignore what Democrats wanted including Frank and Dodd, along with ACORN, Franklin Raines, Jaimie Gorelick when it came to housing. Instead you want to blame Bush and Republicans instead of sharing the blame with Democrats.
Pretty meaningless opinion coming from the guy who would vote for Reagan's costar Bonzo as long as he put an "R" after his name.Rick Perry will be a better alternative than Obama.
I have always blamed Clinton for signing that bill. I've yet to see you blaming Republicans for drafting and passing it though a Republican-led House and a Republican-led Senate.Wonder who signed that bill?
I have always blamed Clinton for signing that bill. I've yet to see you blaming Republicans for drafting and passing it though a Republican-led House and a Republican-led Senate.
I'm blaming everyone in the government for the last several decades, if not longer, plus businesses that felt that they could convince people to buy stuff they shouldn't have been buying at lower rates for the state of our economy. It is not the sole fault of any one President or any other one person. It is a huge combination effort.
In fact, some of the fault even lies with the American people. We can't understand that we need to actually hold politicians responsible for their actions and stop allowing elections to be a choice between "a douche and a turd".
Did you mean bipartisan?Just goes to show that it was a non partisan bill, something you don't seem to understand. Non Partisan isn't something in your vocabulary.
Did you mean bipartisan?
:lamo :lamo :lamo
You understand that "non partisan" means no party affiliation or control, right??
:roll:
And here's your idea of "non partisan"...
Yea: R=54; D=1; I=1
Nay: R=0; D=44
GovTrack: Senate Vote On Passage: S. 900 [106th]: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
That doesn't make it a "non partisan" :lol: bill when it received only 1 vote by Congressional Democrats out of 251.Signed by Bill Clinton
I dunno, you brought it up. I suppose we'll just have to chuck this onto your heap pile of off-topic discussions that you complain about after you get slapped across the face with your own posts.but again what does that have to do with the Obama record
Even you can't cite a single bill Perry signed into law which boosted to the Texas economy and he's your governor. :lol: That only proves to me that Perry is not a better alternative.and Perry being a better alternative?
Quiz time, Con ...Probably one of the best descriptions of what this country is going to become with the liberal entitlement mentality today, high unemployment among our youth, and the expectations of those youth. What is going on in Europe is that utopia that Obama wants in this country and what has been rejected in TX overwhelmingly by the electorate. No wonder liberals demonize Perry and Texans.
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