Posted by bad_luck on 11/9/2012 10:28:00 AM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 11/7/2012 3:55:00 PM (view original):
To pretend the deficit isn't a problem is to have one's head in the sand. Nonetheless, it doesn't have to take priority but it can't be ignored either.
Even so, I like people who say what they'll do to actually do what they say.
Obama said he'd cut half the deficit in his first term. If Obama had done what he said he was going to do, we'd be back in a recession.
I'm not sure of this. Do you have anything, anything at all, to confirm this certainty?
4 years is a long time. You seem to want it done in one day. IIRC, it was 1.4t when he started and is 1.1t now. He was about 40% to his goal. Did he damage the economy by doing that? If so, why did he get re-elected? He failed on a promise and damaged the economic recovery.