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It should have, look how much public $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ was given away to Wall Street. Seems the tile of the article failed to mention the corresponding rise in the national debt. This was nothing but a measurement of the transfer of wealth in his first term.

Have you never posted on this forum before?

You lurked for an hour after you made the OP and that's the best you can come up with????

Nope, you PM'd me and said so. I took your word.

The "market" likes whoever is in office.

You don't have to dislike dems to see that.

Have a look at the graph in the article Z.
"W" gutted the market like a mackerel. Not only did the market not like him, it called him names and said he had a small Johnson.

Yet you don't believe me when I tell you I'm a lawyer representing a rich Nigerian prince who just needs your SSN so he can give you some of his money?

I call shenanigans.

Brewha, you are wastin your voice on people who wont give this president for credit anything, most of whom cast votes that dont count.

Yes, no doubt this is the finest economy I've seen in my 53 years on the planet. How can you argue with sustained, long-term unemployment at 8%, all-time high gas prices, sky-rocketing food prices, record numbers of people going on SSDI, record numbers of people going on food stamps and cash assistance cards, a fresh round of tax hikes, unsustainable borrowing and debt, zero willingness by either side to cut even a penny of entitlement spending .... yes it's a real humdinger. Can't argue with that.

At least we're finally into the period where a few on here are willing to stop whining about "W" and start admitting he's been out of office for 4 years and isn't running for re-election.

Kinda hard to give credit to someone who claims anything negative is not of his making but wants to step up when he thinks he can score a PR win.

A leader is able to take the good with the bad, to bad your boy is a one way street.

So, the Wall Street Fat Cats are doing well under your boy. Wish the rest of us were.

I guess all those folks in the unemployment, welfare and food stamp lines can rejoice over the value of their stocks. Oh, wait a minute, thy don’t own any, do they? Silly me.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha! Obama got the markets rolling? He has done everything in his power to destroy wealth, to destroy investments, to punish business, and despite all that, the markets are up in defiance of his polices. Yet you and the talking heads think it's Obama's doing. I'm laughing so hard, I’m ready to split a gut.

Are you trying to tell me George flew those planes into the WTC?


I usually don't get into the political discussion but this one sets me off!

Don't Tread On Me MF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm picturing an endless, rolling, maniacal laughter. An insane laughter.
A laughter bereft of sence or reason.


. . . . Nurse!

So poor states like Mississippi and Alabama vote red because the Repulicans help the poor?


Say, if I put "The policies of the Democrates benefit the rich" on a T-shirt, would you buy it?

The destruction of the three WTC buildings was not the cause of us going into Iraq.


Does MF stand for Mon Frere?
Yeah, your my brother too.

I fully give the Dems credit for creating a culture of entitlement. At some point we will all live on the public dole, but I wonder who will pay the bill.

NO!!!!

What started out as temporary fixes have become longtime solutions. In my line of work, on the public dole if you will, I come across people everyday who take advantage of the system. To them, it has become a source of expected income.

Seventy-three weeks of un-employment benefits??? Or, if you live in New York eighty-three weeks??? Nothing like telling someone they can collect free $$$ for a year and a half. I don't know what the un-employment rate is where I live, but I suspect it's hovering between 5-9%, yet in Sunday's paper there were at least 12 pages of help wanted ads.

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/11/25/how-long-can-you-collect-unemployment-benefits/

I could go on, but its not really necessary.

The REAL problem is the us against them mentality that we as a nation have come to be. We can thank the Republican and Democratic parties for that. With their cookie cutter platform planks, we are thrown on one side or another. I'm in no way supportive of abortion, but I don't feel it's my place to tell another person what to do with their body. That puts me at odds with both parties. I'm not in favor of government giveaways. Again, on one hand we have un-employment benefits and on the other farm subsidies. That leaves me on the outside looking in.

Then we have the hypocrisy. On one hand, we have trade unions cursing the very businesses who sign contracts so the members of those unions can earn a pay check. We have über rich calling for higher taxes, yet they shield most if not all of their wealth from the very taxes they champion. I wonder how big a tax bite John and Melinda Kerry's estate will pay? Not much im sure. Walk into any tax planning accounting firm and ask them to show you the room where they kep the tax avoidance manuals for he working class. It doesn't exist. But, the library where plans or the rich would rival some school libraries.

When was the last time a politician came to your house for dinner. Do they come as often as they go to parties hosted by the very people trying to get legislation passed hat will benefit their clients? Prolly not.

I wouldn't laugh so hard if you wouldn't post so many jokes.

Um, the reason why the Markets went up was all the Institutional Trading,,

They get virtually free money from the Fed...
Therefore they don't do commercial lending or Mortagages,,,

It's all a shell game and means nothing to the Economy..
But that's all we have left. We manufacture nothing,,,,

And the market dropped under W because?


(I just want to here it)

Really ?

The Mortgage Derivate scam...
The Big Banks finally sold them to the last man standing..
And, the jig was up...

Thank you Barney Frank, Janet Reno and Bill Clinton and The Community Reinvestment Act,,!!

The correct answer he was looking for was "What is the Republicans' fault, Alex". Here are some nice parting gifts.

What is this "ongoing unemployment" you speak of? We are experiencing one of the greatest economic booms ever under President Obama.

Much of the Bush years the economy was fine. It wasn't until late in his 2nd term that the collapse happened. The collapse had nothing to do with tax cuts or economic policy but a combination of loose monetary policy and artificially low interest rates by the Fed along with the housing bubble brought on by the Community Reinvestment Act and the guaranteeing of bad loans by Fannie and Freddie. Correlation is not causation.

Do you really think either party cares about the common man? The Democrats only favor entitlements to consolidate their power by making the public more reliant on government services. Its not because they altruistically care, they just want to create a permanent voting base by offering free goodies at the expense of the "wealthy". Its a sick joke is what it is. Smaller government might not save us all but it will make ensure more individual liberty and accountabilty and I would rather have to rely on myself than count on the government to do what is in my best interest.