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Are we better off after four years of Obama?
Mon, 09/03/2012 - 10:30am | posted by Jason Pye
During an interview on Face the Nation, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley was asked by Bob Schieffer if the country was better off today that it was four years ago. O’Malley, who is thought to be looking at a presidential run in 2016, stunningly admitted that it’s not:
No,” replied O’Malley, a prominent Obama surrogate, adding “but that’s not the question of this election.”
“Without a doubt, we are not as well off as we were before George Bush brought us the Bush job losses, the Bush recessions, the Bush deficits, the series of desert wars, charged for the first time to credit cards — the national credit card,” he added, according to a transcript.
At least part of his initial response was honest, that being that the country isn’t better off. He’s since backed off that statement. But look, there is not question that Bush is responsible for huge budget deficits, but President Obama hasn’t exactly done anything to put an end to the river of red ink flowing from Washington. If fact, with four years of $1 trillion budget deficits, he’s made it worse.
No one denies that the country has had a hard time recovering from the recession, which occured at the end of Bush’s last term, but Obama has added to the regulatory state and passed laws, including ObamaCare, that makes it difficult for businesses to create jobs. Obama now wants to raise taxes, which creates uncertainty and causes entrepreneurs to invest less. And we can talk about Afghanistan and Iraq all days long, but Obama has been in office for four years, and yet, we still have a presence in those two countries.
Back during the 1980 election, Ronald Reagan asked Americans if they thought they were better off after four years of then-President Jimmy Carter. This is a question that Democrats are going to have a tough time answering, which is why they’re going to try to run against George W. Bush, not on President Obama’s own dismal economic record.
Top Ten Reasons America Was Better off Four Years Ago.
09/04/12
by Steven Robert Lawson.
1. Four years ago the war in Iraq was still being fought by our brave young men and woman, and they were still dying.
2. Four years ago Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of 911 and other attacks on the U.S., the world’s most wanted terrorist, was a free man!
3. Four years ago General Motors, Chrysler and the U.S. auto industry were about to become memories.
4. Four years ago the stock market was about to crash. It did. When Obama took office the DOW industrial closed around 8,000.
5. Four years ago the U.S. economy was on the edge of a finacial cliff about to free-fall down into a great depression.
6. Four years ago the middle class as a whole, had lost or was in the process of losing 40% of it’s net worth!
7. Four years ago the Equal pay for women act, was not a law.
8. Four years ago the doughnut hole was still part of medicare. Seniors were paying far more for their medications.
9. Four years ago 18-25 year olds were not able to stay on their parents health care plan.
10. Four years ago millions of american citizens had lost or were about to lose their jobs.
We were better off four years ago when both candidates running for president believed it was OK to drink beer. Mitt Romney wants to take our beer away. The twenty-something amendment to the United States Constitution gives us the right once and for all, to drink beer. I hate to vote for the gun control guy, but what can I do? Mitt Romney wants to take our beer away!
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