(07-28-2016 08:20 AM)Max Power Wrote: Which country has been "butt raping the US' for the past 8 years? Our country's economy has recovered from the Great Republican Recession faster than almost any other. The big exception is China, but they're a developing economy and dealing with a huge housing bubble of their own.
If you're going to call it the "Great Republican Recession," why don't you provide a description of what REPUBLICAN policies brought it about, and how and why they did? You can't.
I also question what country has been "butt raping the US." We're doing it to ourselves with tax and regulatory policies that stifle investment.
Quote:I find it sad that so many Republicans dismiss universal health care as "hand out," as if a person getting life saving medical care is the same as handing them a Playstation.
What's sad is that democrats get away with the lie that Obamacare is universal health care that is providing life saving medical care. What Obamacare provides is non-universal health insurance that is nearly worthless to so many who have it. Health insurance is not health care, particularly when the "insurance" is of as poor quality as the Obamacare plans. It really is little more than a Playstation.
Quote:The budget has been cut in half under Obama and all new spending comes with "pay fors" ie matching revenue proposals.
As stated, that is simply an outright lie.
Starting when republicans retook the house, the budget DEFICIT has been reduced from the level to which Obama inflated it in 2009 with what were supposed to be one time emergency measures. But that's like taking something priced at $5, increasing the price to $10, and then putting it on "sale" for $7. And if you look at the outyear projections in recent budget submissions, Obama's plans would significantly grow that deficit again in future years.
Best possible spin you can out on it (and this makes some debatable assumptions), Obama's eight budgets produce 8 of the 10 largest annual budget deficits in the history of the republic, and the largest 8-year increase in the national debt.