Look, fellas: the economy started into a slump, a collapse of a house of cards, late in Bush's term as large numbers of screwy, unethical manipulations began to come home to roost. These criminal schemes were the direct outcome of the atmosphere of laissez-faire and deregulation which began with ROnald Reagan, and multiplied into madness under GWB. But the point is not how this catastophic economic situation came about; to hell with that. The point is that you are in no position to act surprised that remedying the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression is a very expensive task. It would be cheaper, probably, to put a bunch of bandaids and then ride your term out in the interim calm, until the underlying flaws re-asserted themselves.   It is far more responsible, if more expensive, to face up to the WHOLE problem and try to redesign our systems of management so that we cure the situation at the root instead of at the leaf.

Them's the fax, ma'am.

I would like to know specifically what it is Obama seems to be doing that he should not. Gradual back off in Iraq? Focusing on key factors in Afghanistan?    Seeking to shift our energy economy toward renewables? SHifting the tax profile to reduce the burden on middle class incomes? Get going on projects that create jobs to end the breadline atmosphere? What do you think he should not be doing he is, or do that he is not?

As for your other crap, GfS, I am not even going to dignify it, it is so full of wild-eyed impossibles. Suggest you find a small square of reality and settle down on it.


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