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I will take you at your word that it is fact however it is irrelevant, the benefits outweighed the costs and the debt service was less than the 4.2 trillion Obama has added today just like the 17 million net job growth Reagan had after losing jobs the first year vs. the net job losses of Obama's
What matters is the cost as a percentage of GDP -- not the raw numbers. :roll:
But it's interesting that you think that the benefits of massive deficit spending outweighed the costs under Reagan. How do you know that things wouldn't have been much better without all that unpaid-for spending? Spending that we're still paying interest on, btw.
What it all boils down to for you is Republican/Democrat. If a Republican does it it's awesome. If a Democrat does the same thing it's criminally negligent.
You never answered my question from yesterday. Do you get dizzy spinning so much or have built up a tolerance to it?
BTW there can be a net job gain and rising unemployment, eg Texas.
Of course there can be a net job gain and rising unemployment i.e. TX. That isn't happening on the national stage and Obama doesn't have a clue how to manage a private sector economy. He is a community organizer and only knows how to divide.
I am getting tired of your bs and typical baiting and trolling. Either offer something of value or I am done with you, not put you on ignore but won't be responding to your posts.
Of course there can be a net job gain and rising unemployment i.e. TX. That isn't happening on the national stage and Obama doesn't have a clue how to manage a private sector economy. He is a community organizer and only knows how to divide.
I am getting tired of your bs and typical baiting and trolling. Either offer something of value or I am done with you, not put you on ignore but won't be responding to your posts.
What about Texas? Since the Great Recession officially came to an end in June, 2009 - unemployment has risen from 7.7% to 8.5% under Perry's watch.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
In that same time, the national rate declined from 9.5% to 9.1%.
In both cases, jobs are being created - just not quickly enough to keep up with population growth.
Wow I post some facts and you go off the deep end accusing of me trolling:roll:
Yes it has but so has the labor force thus job gains. People have lost their jobs but the net has been a job gain. The job market has not kept up with the population growth. I still believe 8.4% is lower than 9.1% or the 12.1% in California. TX has been affected by the recession but to a lesser extent than most states especially the largest ones.
If we had a national rate of 8.4% today we would be having a different discussion. Problem is we have a real unemployment rate today of 16.5% which liberals like you want to ignore.
Who Benefited from Job Growth In Texas? | Center for Immigration Studies
Oh, and it appears that most of those jobs in Texas are going to non-natives (both legal and illegal).
But I didn't ignore anything. The point I was making was that while the unemployment rate in the US as a whole is down slightly (even the real unemployment rate is down from a peak of nearly 18% in mid-2009), it is rising in Texas. If the unemployment rate of the US had been going up by .7% (i.e. up to 10.2% instead of 9.1%), we WOULD be having a very different discussion.
But I guess in Texas, you get to call rising unemployment a "miracle".
Lol, that's cute. Conservatives got mad because we have The Daily Show and The Colbert Report and this is what they got. :lamo A youtube channel.
Speaking of Jon Stewart sure hope you saw the video on Solyndra but what the hell it was only 530 MILLION dollars of taxpayer money.
I watched it
Speaking of Jon Stewart sure hope you saw the video on Solyndra but what the hell it was only 530 MILLION dollars of taxpayer money.
so where is your outrage?
As pointed out in a post above me, 530 million dollars is nothing, not even a percent out of our 14.8 trillion dollar debt. Also, he goes on to say that it was only 1% of the money loaned. I highly doubt Obama did this to merely give the CEO's money, I mean he is president, that would be uncovered...
That is a start, pay attention to Sun Power which was 1.2 billion along with a few other "green" companies. That isn't the role of govt. to risk taxpayer dollars on start up companies. If there is money to be made there the private sector will make that investment. Again another misuse of govt. power
The government can do whatever it wants with its money. You know why? Because we as the voter can dictate to them what we want them to spend it on. The government is an ever changing thing, so get over the constitution.
"its money?" Wow, is that what you are learning in school? Where does the government get its money? The voter didn't dictate to the govt. to "invest" in Green energy and that is why the Obama approval rating today is 38%
Its money? Really? Nothing compared to what we spend on the war in the middle east. Not to mention Americans actually die. Who started that war BTW? I think the government should invest in companies.
Americans actually died to give you the right to make a fool out of yourself. They deserve a thank you. What did the waste of money on Solyndra provide?
"its money?" Wow, is that what you are learning in school? Where does the government get its money? The voter didn't dictate to the govt. to "invest" in Green energy and that is why the Obama approval rating today is 38%
"its money?" Wow, is that what you are learning in school? Where does the government get its money? The voter didn't dictate to the govt. to "invest" in Green energy and that is why the Obama approval rating today is 38%
It wouldn't of been a waste of money had they been a success. What if we had invested in Microsoft?
Considering he campaigned on investing in green technology and won the election, I'd say the voters did say so.
Indeed, 83% of Texans approve of government investment in green energy.
Texas Climate News | By 7-1 margin, Texans back investment in renewable energy in new poll
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