Tag Archives: Economy
It is an impressive thing to watch Barack Obama smile and lie through his teeth. It is another equally impressive thing to watch the left wing press zombies sit with their drool buckets, nodding their heads without question, thoroughly intimidated. Continue reading →
Barack Obama and the truth are often at odds, and this is a wonderful example
This week he introduced a new prop to illustrate his point. As Obama spoke, a chart popped up on television screens behind him. The graph showed U.S. dependence on foreign oil falling since 2005 — from 60% of net imports to 45% in 2011.
Democrats try to convince us that drilling for more oil is the answer to high gas prices, except when it’s not [Reader Post]
Not long ago Barack Obama accused Republicans of playing politics with gas prices:
“Only in politics do people root for bad news, do they greet bad news so enthusiastically,” Obama said before a crowd of students.
Krugman 2008
Bush tax cut mythology
As the debate turns to economic stimulus, we’re starting to hear this: “Bush realized that the economy needed help, so he asked Congress to enact tax cuts to provide stimulus. And this turned the economy around.”
Obama: You should re-elect me because I have no idea what I am talking about [Reader Post]
The most brilliant man in the universe said in 2008:
“We are in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression…”
John Boehner can take a hit on this one too. You know that wonderful payroll tax cut? Guess who’s going to pay for it?
Just before Christmas, American workers got a rare gift from Washington politicians – the current payroll tax cut would be extended for two more months.
Barack Obama: On the eighth day, God said “raise taxes”
President Barack Obama has been taking lumps from Republicans for years over his support for Wall Street and health care reform, but today at the National Prayer Breakfast he claimed support from on high to defend two of his most controversial legislative achievements.
From HuffPo:
Rachel Maddow: Romney Has ‘Issues Of Patriotism’ Due To Offshore Accounts
Now pay attention carefully. Maddow went after John Mica about Mitt Romney’s offshore accounts: Continue reading →
Whenever Barack Obama makes a key decision, it always seems to benefit special supporters. 80% of the money Obama threw away on “green energy” programs went to his big donors. It’s become painfully evident that crony capitalism has its fingerprints all over other Barack Obama decisions. Continue reading →
Barack Obama is entirely predisposed to claiming that he inherited a an economic mess, and it in truth, he did. He did assert that he could fix the economy in three years and implied that he perhaps ought to be limited to one term if he did not deliver.
Back then he said he should be held accountable but today wants to be accountable for absolutely nothing save for killing Bin Laden. Continue reading →
