The real shovels were the ones used by Bush and his administration which dug the USA into the biggest hole since the Great Depression.
We had no business going into Iraq in the first place.
If all that money, time and effort had been directed at the economy, we would not be in the mess we are in.
President Obama is pulling us out of the foolish wars we are in and working on the economy.
. . . It must be tough to be President and especially more so when even the people you are trying to help are busy mocking you and obstructing your policies at every turn.
Originally Posted by Fast Gunn
Good points. . . all completely wrong of course. O in less than three years has almost doubled "W"'s deficit (after 8 years).
http://thehill.com/opinion/columnist...800b-obama-14t
And the cost of the wars is pretty puny by comparison to the deficit.
http://www.nytimes.com/cfr/world/slot3_20080204.html
As for those he's trying to help mocking him and obstructing his policies, that may be somewhat true in the case with Hugo in Venezuela who still mocks him as he tries to promote leftist dictatorships in Latin America. But the labor unions aren't mocking him. Neither are the jihadis, and those are the only three groups he is actively trying to help.