johnrocks
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- Feb 18, 2009
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My personal opinion is that it didn't "work" because there was (and is) so much anti-Obama sentiment period. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. If he had done NOTHING and the economy continued to sour (which it would have), guess who would have been to blame? Obama.
And I beg to differ that "economists" predicted stimulus wouldn't work. Most still agree that it has, or at least would have made things worse absent any stimulus program, except of course, those hired by the hard right.
That is the rub now that government has gotten so far involved with the economy, to blame Obama OR Bush is simply wrong;imho; I blame government intervention and "We the People" for getting so beholden to the concept of government involvement, now, all I see is two parties and blaming each other, someone is indeed fiddling while America is burning; figuratively speaking of course.
So wouldn't the first step logically be to stop and find some modicum of compromise?
Can the compromise be toward LESS government for a change since all compromise has done for generations is INCREASE government, how do we rectify that when now;that government has gotten so involved; when the two are so diametrically opposed?
Not trying to be a smart ass here or anything