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But...Reagan did it. For whatever reasons...the stars aligned and Reagan did it in a couple of years.
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it wasn't that the stars aligned. they did it right. they shut down the shit S&L's, sold off their assets for pennies on the dollar. there was a real estate crash and a recession, but nowhere near what we're dealing with now because they made the right decision to take some short term pain for long term gain. credit where it's due.
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My thought since the beginning of Obama's presidency was that he shouldn't have spent the first two years the way he did.
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Couldn't agree more. He should have spent his capital on fixing the economy and corrupt banking industry. But since he's just a whore to big bidniss (news flash, he isn't a socialist!!) like every other national level politician, he didn't.
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He had both houses of Congress and all they did was argue and do nothing. Obama seemed disconnected to me during that time and seemed to hand the ball over to Congress.
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To be fair, the repubs took the filibuster to an unprecedented level.
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It should have been a focus on getting the economy straightened out.
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That's what I would have done, were i in his position. but i actually care about this country ;)
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I voted for Obama...and like a lot of people who did, I am very disappointed.
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I didn't.. because while i think he was a better choice than McCain and his clueless vp nominee, i knew he was just another politician
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Everybody forgets that the Bush years were ROARING. We all made tons of money for 6 1/2 years of the 8.
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Yes those years were roaring due to a real estate bubble created by massive fraud, created by the banks (who created the ripe for fraud BS loan products and paid 3x the commission on those than they did on standard loans) and the sleazy or gullible consumers who took those loans.
Slice up the blame pie however you like, but the whole thing was unsustainable.
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When Obama came in...it was bad. But not nearly as bad as it got by his second and third years.
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Robbie, this is factually inaccurate.
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It's really a mess.
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A-fucking-men. As my wife once astutely said, this country needs a complete political enema.