4 more days

I'll respond after I watch Sean Hannity and he tells me what to think.

No one doubts that President Obama inherited a mess. having said that, lets not forget that the economic mess was the reason Americans turned to Obama four years ago. You can't blame the doctor when you get sick, but it is fair to blame the doctor wwhen you don't get better. I admit that there has been some marginal improvement in the economy, but that pales in comparison to the costs; the additional five trillion in debt.

Obama likes to blame those evil Republicans for his failures. Is that leadership? Both Reagan and Clinton had their best successes with the opposite party in power. Do you know why? It's because they were leaders. They didn't whine about their opposition, they appealed to the people who put pressure on their congressmen. The same can be said for Mitt Romney. He faced a legislature that was 87% Democratic. Eighty-seven per-cent. Democratic majorities in both houses.

John Paul, How much of the additional five trillion in debt can be attributed to the wars? Clearly we should have gone after al Queda in Afghanistan, but Iraq was a mistake. If you take Iraq out of the equation, maybe , just maybe we get out of Afghanistan much earlier. Saving how many trillions?

I'm no expert on the economy but I have read that when an economic downturn is tied with a bank failure, the recovery is much more difficult and takes quite a bit more time. I would also think that since so many manufacturing jobs have gone overseas, we don't have the job base we used to have in order help dig out of a recession.

Considering the mess he did start with, he's not doing as bad as some would like to think. Would I like to see better, yes, but things are turning upward. Slow growth may be better in the long run to avoid any of those "bubbles" that cause so much trouble when they burst.

I feel too much money has been spent inefficiently on failed enterprises that left the tax payer holding the bag. While stimulus sounded good, the money was squandered , doing no one any good , lining the pockets of some executives and politically connected ? The recovery (?) has not kept pace with population growth leaving college grads mired in debt and jobless. So what do we have to show for four years and 4+trillion dollars......not much . It's time for another change .

Remember, Obama just about ignored the economy and jobs for the first two years in office. Had he focused on jobs instead of Obamacare, he may have had something to show for it in 2010. That would have made it possible to keep his Democratic majorities in both houses. Unemployment would be down by now, and his re-election certain. he keeps blaming the tea party for his failures, but the tea party is actually the result of his failures. The GOP majority in the house didn't just happen; it was because voters were fed up.

Poor investing by the private sector does not cost the tax payers anything. Some of the stimulus cost the tax payers billions and leads to corruption to obtain that stimulus money through kick back contributions. The tax payer re usually the first to get their money when a company defaults, now we see loans being defaulted on by Solyndra and the tax payers getting nothing back. There is a huge difference

Stephen "Poor investing by the private sector does not cost the tax payer"

You need to think about that. Tax ayers have to step in time and again b/c of poor investing

Stephen (DDS)
For example AIG (insurer) made promises that it wold cover the losses of many banks. Well when these banks took on risky investments, it made AIG very unstable (the largest insurer int the world). If it had failed, lots of things woudl have failed.

When a private investors who promise to build a road don't do it properly, it costs the tax payers to rebuild it later on.

-------------

for all of you complaining about 4 T in debt. Our typical burn rate (even during the Bush years) is 1/T per year. So, Obama having blame fr that is unfair. And he had this when tax revenues are low due to bad economy.

The only only president in the last 35 years to actually cut the deficit was Clinton...and he had a good economy.

as for Solyndra....You have got to stop watching fox news. The government has a pretty decent track record for sponsoring companies engaged in risky ventures..sometimes they fail ..sometimes they lead to the space program. Solyndra cost 450 million...about $2/american. IT had the potential for bringing in many many jobs.

As an example, if I borrow money to remodel the office, the bank examines my credit worthiness. I hire contractors they make money, their employees make money ,their suppliers make money, my patients like the nicer surroundings as do my employees and refer their friends, then I hire more employees, I pay back the bank.....we all pay taxes , everyone wins and the capital improvements are used. In Solyndra....the capital improvements were wasted, to parts sold off for a loss, no product or services are delivered, the employee are out of work , the loans were never paid back, no more tax revenues...everyone loses ....except for some well connected politician and executive who should have lost his investment ....that's why it is illegal for the Feds to subordinate an loan....but they broke the law because of the kick backs received.

Obama appeared with Chris Christie for a convenient photo-op
while Bloomberg is now catching hell for dropping the ball on these poor storm victims. Bloomberg is taking the heat for our rock-star Prez.
The attack in Libya on 9-11 is so bungled by this administration & the media conveniently ignores this oh so important story to get Obama re-elected.
This inept, lying manipulative con artist might get elected again but America will truly see its darkest days yet. God help us all.

Some stats about the US government:

U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000
Now, remove 8 zeroes and pretend it’s a household budget:

Annual family income: $21,700
Money the family spent: $38,200
New debt on the credit card: $16,500
Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
Total budget cuts: $385

Dumb ipad, couldnt scroll up!

The above posted breaks down the serious trouble the US is in. There is no turning back from this, only a default.

It happens to all empires.

I would like to see a article for reasons not to elect obama to a second term. It would probably take a full president term of time to write the article however.

Every vote for Obama kills a kitten.