I'll tell you in 4 years.
Obama has had 4 years to fix the economy and so far it seems no better than when he came into office. Do you think after his next term that we will see full economic recovery and growth?
I'm not at all sure, but I can confidently predict that if it doesn't he'll get all the credit, and if it does, he'll get none.
Fair enough, although my poll is supposed to be more of a prediction of what people think.
Honestly it's hard to tell. Most people didn't anticipate the 2008 crisis.
But realistically, how do you fix something in 4 years (or even 8 years) that took decades to create?
People think that just because Obama didn't fix the economy in his first term, that he's not capable of doing so. But these people are forgetting a few things: Bush severely crippled our economy, and it's going to take alot of time and work to fix it, time and work that Obama might have actually been able to better start in his first term, if Republicans didn't do everything in their power to stonewall him from getting anything accomplished. But, things have actually improved, if only by a tiny amount. Provided he doesn't get the same from Republicans in his second term, I think he can get things fixed, or at least make things better. Like it's been pointed out, he's not the only one involved. He has to work with Congress on how to fix the mess we're in, and let's hope Republicans learn to at least compromise, instead of the playing the BS partisan game they did his first term.
probably. but it would recover a lot quicker if the house would stop blocking everything. this recovery has been slow and painful because of gridlocking.
also: the economy is on much better footing than it was when obama took office:
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Obama has had 4 years to fix the economy and so far it seems no better than when he came into office. Do you think after his next term that we will see full economic recovery and growth?
you give the rich tax breaks, they'll fix the economy. actually they should pay negative taxes. we should pay them to live here.
MaggieD said:The economy is like an aircraft carrier. It takes a while to turn around. Business is its engine. As long as business has confidence in leadership, tax and other regulations, it will power the ship. Right now, there's no such confidence. I'd say it's going to be a long journey, but ultimately the economy will prevail and the carrier will complete the turn.
Obama has had 4 years to fix the economy and so far it seems no better than when he came into office.
The economy is like an aircraft carrier. It takes a while to turn around. Business is its engine. As long as business has confidence in leadership, tax and other regulations, it will power the ship. Right now, there's no such confidence. I'd say it's going to be a long journey, but ultimately the economy will prevail and the carrier will complete the turn.
The economy is like an aircraft carrier. It takes a while to turn around. Business is its engine. As long as business has confidence in leadership, tax and other regulations, it will power the ship. Right now, there's no such confidence. I'd say it's going to be a long journey, but ultimately the economy will prevail and the carrier will complete the turn.
Yes. But not because of anything Obama has done. People believe the president has FAR more control over the economy than he actually does. Clinton had very little to do with the economic high during his tenure. Bush had very little to do with the economic crash at the end of his.
the_recruit said:Yes. But not because of anything Obama has done. People believe the president has FAR more control over the economy than he actually does. Clinton had very little to do with the economic high during his tenure. Bush had very little to do with the economic crash at the end of his. And Obama has had very little to do with the slow recovery.
Of course, no candidate would ever admit that.
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