Such a pity. More ignorance. Some people can't help themselves I suppose. Taking executive action when congress refuses to act isn't unconstitutional. But don't let facts get in the way. Congress could have passed plenty of laws in the 6 years they were in control of the House or the 2 years they controlled both houses. Instead they just spent their time complaining that mean ole Obama was treading on their authority to complain.
Oh and that whole Harry Reid wouldn't allow a vote on House bills is a tired lie as well. Of the some 400 bills he held up the vast majority of them weren't germane to anything. And a vast majority of them never exited committee because of further non-germain amendments. The house passed those bills separately with the express purpose of trying to move floor voted on Planned Parenthood, abortion, and Repeal of the ACA etc through bills that were on their face renaming post offices and parks. Oddly no one mentioned the 100 or so bills that went to the House that were refused a vote because they would have passed with bipartisan votes but with a minority of the republican caucus supporting it (ie the immigration bill passed with bipartisan senate support)
But ya know let's just blame Obama for the moon replacing the sun nightly. Since ya know everything is his fault, facts be damned.
Originally Posted by 1blackman1
See, now, you're resorting to name calling when you don't need to, because you do.put forth a cogent argument; however, the flaw in your belief system is you assume that I am conservative because I disagree with President Obama's economic efforts, which were exactly the same as G.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, and G.H.W. Bush. See, I don't look at government, which is totally different than politics, through the lens of any political party. I view government through logic and common sense, which doesn't seem to exist in most places. I agree that trickle down is a failure, but I also disagree that President Obama had success in the economy. While his job numbers increased, that was made up primarily of minimum wage or lower wage jobs, with minimal major corporate expansion within the United States. President Obama continued the global outsourcing of American Industry that was started by Bill Clinton and continued by G.W. Bush. Wages are stagnant while the cost of living increased. There are a record number of able bodied Americans no longer searching for jobs, which leads to those improved job numbers, and record numbers of citizens on public assistance, it's no wonder that those seeking employment decreased at the same time people needing public assistance increased. Plus, the nation's economy SHOULD have failed under Bush and Obama, but they both falsely kept the economy afloat by printing money and causing a decrease in the value of the dollar. Government debt is up. Personal debt is up. Wages flat when prices are at record highs. So, I don't see this amazing economy you see under Obama. I see 20 plus years of economic train wrecks founded on trickle down econ, corporate welfare, and the false premise that global outsourcing of industry is good. The last 4 presidents oversaw the destruction of the American middle class with support of major corporations, Obama included. Democrat economies and Republican economies are equally poor. Spending on infrastructure, Military contracts creates jobs, people get checks, they spend money, then demand increases, prices go up, companies hire more employees, they get paid, they buy stuff....and the cycle continues. That's economy. I don't give a shit who the president is as long as they uphold the constitution and use common sense. We haven't had that in 30 years.
