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Originally Posted by jackfengshui
The fact that we can have political discourse from all sides, hopefully done with civility, is a reminder that we are luckier than most people in the rest of the world.
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All the people in the world Jack. I consider myself pretty far right minded but agree almost all politicians are screwing us and this country. During the 8 years of W our deficit increased by $4 trillion. This included the wars and the Tarp bailouts. And how did the media report this during the 08 election. Worst thing ever, Republicans had to go, Democrats will turn the budget around because Clinton did it before, vote democrat. This is why I think the media plays a major major role in the downturn and class warfare going on today. Where is the reporting of increasing the deficit 4 trillion over three years. If parties were reversed the media would be looking back at the good old days from 2000 to 2008. Only a democrat can propose a $15 Trillion 10 year budget deficit and look to reduce it by $4 trillion over those 10 years as an amazing feat. That's still an $11 trillion deficit increase over the next 10 years going from a 16 to $27 trillion national debt.
Nothing promised during the campaign came true. And who really thought it would. Cut the deficit in half, unite the country, make us loved in the world with the Islamic community. And lets not forget the campaign was against the worst economy since the depression. Calling the economy Depression like. I didn't see bread line then or now. Back in 08 there was a world wide recession. But it was reported it was all W's fault. Now as the world economy is still in trouble, it's reported it has an impact on our economy. There's an earthquake in Japan and slows down our economy. It all may have some impact but I never heard it reported 9/11 or Katrina or granting mortages to people who could never pay it back inflating housing values may have helped slow our economy. The media is so biased it's not worth reading the paper or watching the nightly news. The only solution possible as most agree no one in office has our back, term limits. Get people in there and don't let them get entrenched in the system.