Originally Posted by
Lanie
You know what my first job was coming out of college? It last a few weeks. Trying to talk people into financing for a house when they probably couldn't get it because of their credit. If they could get it, the interest would be way too high. My own boss admitted it was bull, and I had to leave. Bush could have tried to regulate some of it, but he didn't.
The unemployment rate is higher partially because of extended benefits. Otherwise, they'd be considered discouraged workers and not counting on the charts, just like some of them did under Bush. Thousands of jobs were being lost a month under Bush by the end. That's not growth. We didn't want more years of Bush's economical ideas.
The tax cut for social security taxes expired. I don't mind this because we keep talking about saving social security. Why would we be taking money out of it to give people a tax break? Social Security is NOT an entitlement. The elderly worked their entire lives. They deserve it. At least I know where my money is going on this one. That's more than I can say when I pay taxes in my conservative state. I have no clue where that goes.
Actually, mine personally went up. For the first time ever, I've been working a job with middle class wages. That didn't happen under Bush. I don't know how many times I was told under Bush to be thankful I even had my minimum wage job.
Which Bush started by putting a war on the credit card. Whoever heard of lowering taxes during a war? Higher taxes can go toward paying off some of the debt. BTW, Republicans are not helping when they insist on money for the military that they don't ask for. So, we've pulled out of Iraq. That should help keep us from getting more into debt. We're working on getting out of Afghanistan, which will do the same. And no, I'm not saying defund the military, but they're not even asking for that money. Republicans were not helping when they put our federal money into abstinience only programs years ago.
But be honest, who were the house fighting so hard for? It was NOT for 80% of the country. It was for the rich.
You act like we started the class warfare. Reagan started it when he wrongly labeled people as welfare queens (when most of them were really single mothers trying to survive). Bush claimed that we just wanted to punish the rich for being rich. Romney claimed we all just wanted to mooch. I think the Republicans started this crap. Don't pretend your side is innocent.
What I want is a balanced approach where we pay taxes to help the debt. Give tax breaks where it's needed. That would be the poor, but it would also be to companies promising to hire more people or at least not let go of who they have. I want an approach that keeps companies from going overseas. I want regulation in our companies, but not too far.
I want so called entitlement programs, but I also want more programs helping people get off of them. Bush didn't fight for that. Obama did. He encouraged more education to help people get the skills they need to get a job.
