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Or just someone who knows what he's talking about. Unlike you.
The congressional GOP has smothered a more rapid economic recovery
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (111th Congress)
It may seem odd to bring up ARRA in the context of obstructionism—after all, ARRA actually passed and really was the largest piece of discretionary fiscal policy stabilization ever to emerge from Congress. But it’s useful to remember that the ARRA passed without one single vote from a GOP Representative, and with only 3 of 41 GOP Senators voting for it (and one of these three—Arlen Specter—was a Democrat within the year, in large part because of this vote).
You're going to have to explain how the same Congressional GOP members that couldn't prevent ObamaCare from being passed...somehow had the ability to "smother" the Obama Stimulus! It's one heck of a talking point, Hutch but when you really think about it...the GOP could threaten to do all kinds of things back in 2008 but the cold hard fact is that they didn't have the power to "smother" anything!
The GOP didn't support the stimulus because it was obvious from the start that it would be used by Obama, Pelosi and Reid to reward Democratic loyalists. There was a ton of pork in that legislation.
Later on, DumBama tried to pass another stimulus bill that the Republicans did stop because they had the leadership to do it. It wasn't much different than the first failure of a stimulus which is why Republicans shot it down.
So what did the Repubs do to help correct the meltdown of the world economy?
I'll help, they did nothing but criticize. They were against every measure taken or proposed while offering nothing.
The Republicans were never in charge of the world economy. What they are in charge of is creating laws, taxing and spending.
Obama knew he would never get a so-called stimulus bill backed by the Republicans. It had nothing to do with jobs anyway, it had to do with politics. His plan was for Republicans TO shoot down his idea, and then he could shift the blame of the economy to them like Democrats so often do.
DumBama has never ran a hotdog stand in his life. He wouldn't know how to run a baseball card collection. If he was soooooo concerned about business, he wouldn't have burdened them with Commie Care. He wouldn't have burdened them with more IRS reporting and keeping track of medical expenditures for their employees. He wouldn't have raised their taxes.
But if you really believe DumBama was concerned about business, can you tell me one major positive thing he's done for them?
To support your DumBama business ignorance here are some things NO logical rational human much less the PRESIDENT would ever
propose or say!
I want to destroy 1,300 companies that pay $100 billion a year in taxes and employ 400,000.
"I want to see higher gas prices"
I want to bankrupt utilities
I know that utilities prices will skyrocket.
"Don't do stupid shit" as a foreign policy
Have a Rose Garden ceremony for an alleged deserter..all the while a Marine languishes in a Mexican jail.
Had the IRS persecute ordinary Americans
Take the side of a criminal while accusing the police..before KNOWING the facts.
Signed the fewest Federal oil production leases -- while taking credit for private oil production increases!
Golfs while an American is beheaded... sad...
I know.
How come Republicans won't let this guy anywhere near their convention?