Republicans recent stalling on debt talks as got me to thinking What have Republicans done to fix the economy?
The political agenda of the Republicans stalling on the debt talks recently got me to thinking what have the Republicans done to improve the economy since taking over the house earlier this year? Republicans are willing to make the economy worse with the use of these stalling tactics with the debt talks for the Republican political agenda, so coming off that realization I have to wonder what have the Republicans done to fix the Economy?
Kept Polsi from spending more of the money that we don’t have.
They’re trying to cut spending. This will help the economy in the long term. Democrats are preventing it.
The GOP has traditionally done the one thing which actually helps businesses and the economy: it does its best to make sure governmental regulation is as unobtrusive of a roadblock to success as possible.
You know what today is?
It’s 812 days since the Senate passed a budget
Raising the debt ceiling is an artificial deadline but how else can we get the Democrats to do their job?
In case you are not aware the Senate is supposed to produce a budget each year
The Republicans stated, in no uncertain terms, that they want the current administration to fail so they can regain power. They are doing everything they can to achieve that so, no, they will do nothing to fix the economy they are clearly responsible for.
They’ve slowed the spending dramatically. They have not allowed the Dems to raise taxes in a recession.
Raising taxes in a recession is one of the worse things that can be done. It slows a crippled economy even more.
Seriously? The republicans took over the house earlier THIS year that doesnt leave that much time to “fix” our economy seeing as its only July. However, the Democrats have been in “control” now for how many YEARS and what have they done to fix the economy??? That is of course other than to make it worse….Maybe you should step back and think about what you ask before its asked.
Yes I realize everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but at least have some fact behind them.
Just another example of the two party system tearing this country to shreds….how come its “democrats” and “republicans” instead of just being plain American? But I suppose to answer your question, nothing. But neither have democrats. No one does anything really significant because no one can agree on anything.
They want Obama to stop spending but he refuses….there’s the stall.
Not a d@mn thing that’s what!!! They’re too busy holding the entire country *HOSTAGE* over their wants for “tax cuts” for the RICH! But really, … they’re not even trying to help the “economy and get jobs”! They’re even fighting amongst themselves over those *”tax cuts”*. Boehner and Cantor are about to throw fisticuffs any day now LMAO! It’s so funny lol. Aww, Boehner was *”pissed”* LOL.
*”Speaker John Boehner told a closed gathering of House Republicans on Tuesday morning that he was “pissed” over being unable to reach a “grand bargain” with President Barack Obama. But while Boehner was trying to rally his Republican troops Tuesday morning, he did warn them that they will quickly lose leverage in the debate as the country grows closer to the Aug. 2 debt default deadline.”* LOL!
*”House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who opposed Boehner’s efforts to cut a “grand slam” deal with Obama, was just as blunt as the speaker. Cantor told rank-and-file Republicans that unless Democrats drop their insistence on tax increases as part of an agreement to raise the debt ceiling, there may be no compromise possible with Obama and Democratic congressional leaders.”*
Those are the snotty nose whiny *KIDS* of the GOP for ya! If they can’t have their cake (tax cuts for the rich), … they’re gonna throw a hissy fit temper tantrum, pick up their G.I. Joe men and run home crying LOL.
They are getting the liberal democrats to stop wasting money that’s what they done to help it and fix it
Well let`s see ; your libs had total control of both houses of Congress from Jan. 2007 thru Jan. 2011 ! What did your libs do to fix the economy ? The housing crash started it all in 2008 , and your libs were in full control of both houses of Congress , and we heard nothing from you and your kind in the last 2 1/2 years ? Have you completely ignored the following facts ? Now the Republicans have been in control of the House of Representative`s for all of 6 months now , and you whine ?
Obama Added More to National Debt in First 19 Months Than All Presidents from Washington Through Reagan Combined, Says Gov’t Data !
In the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the federal debt held by the public increased by $2.5260 trillion, which is more than the cumulative total of the national debt held by the public that was amassed by all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan…Wednesday, September 08, 2010
By Terence P. Jeffrey
(CNSNews.com) – In the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the federal debt held by the public increased by $2.5260 trillion, which is more than the cumulative total of the national debt held by the public that was amassed by all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan.
The U.S. Treasury Department divides the federal debt into two categories. One is “debt held by the public,” which includes U.S. government securities owned by individuals, corporations, state or local governments, foreign governments and other entities outside the federal government itself. The other is “intragovernmental” debt, which includes I.O.U.s the federal government gives to itself when, for example, the Treasury borrows money out of the Social Security “trust fund” to pay for expenses other than Social Security.
At the end of fiscal year 1989, which ended eight months after President Reagan left office, the total federal debt held by the public was $2.1907 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That means all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan had accumulated only that much publicly held debt on behalf of American taxpayers. That is $335.3 billion less than the $2.5260 trillion that was added to the federal debt held by the public just between Jan. 20, 2009, when President Obama was inaugurated, and Aug. 20, 2010, the 19-month anniversary of Obama’s inauguration.
By contrast, President Reagan was sworn into office on Jan. 20, 1981 and left office eight years later on Jan. 20, 1989. At the end of fiscal 1980, four months before Reagan was inaugurated, the federal debt held by the public was $711.9 billion, according to CBO. At the end of fiscal 1989, eight months after Reagan left office, the federal debt held by the public was $2.1907 trillion. That means that in the nine-fiscal-year period of 1980-89–which included all of Reagan’s eight years in office–the federal debt held by the public increased $1.4788 trillion. That is in excess of a trillion dollars less than the $2.5260 increase in the debt held by the public during Obama’s first 19 months.
When President Barack Obama took the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2009, the total federal debt held by the public stood at 6.3073 trillion, according to the Bureau of the Public Debt, a division of the U.S. Treasury Department. As of Aug. 20, 2010, after the first nineteen months of President Obama’s 48-month term, the total federal debt held by the public had grown to a total of $8.8333 trillion, an increase of $2.5260 trillion.
In just the last four months (May through August), according to the CBO, the Obama administration has run cumulative deficits of $464 billion, more than the $458 billion deficit the Bush administration ran through the entirety of fiscal 2008.
The CBO predicted this week that the annual budget deficit for fiscal 2010, which ends on the last day of this month, will exceed $1.3 trillion.
The first two fiscal years in which Obama has served will see the two biggest federal deficits as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product since the end of World War II.
And I can’t stop thinking how this budget was supposed to be passed by the LAST DEMOCRAT congress.
More buk passing by the desm.