Well, Bush promised not to raise taxes. He didn't. It just caused the debt to skyrocket. At least he kept his promise.
Who cares if he kept his promise? I would have been happier if he didn't. It's not like it's going to clean up his dad's legacy of not keeping promises, and it isn't as if the public doesn't expect for some promises to be broken. Also, he didn't just not raise taxes, he cut them. That caused the debt to skyrocket.
I may have heard wrong, but I believe we're experiencing some drug shortages, which was predicted to happen after obama care.
I have heard of it, too. But... since we're not in ObamaCare mode yet, I guess we can't blame it for the shortages?
Also, why would we have more shortages with it? If the reason for such a shortage is that more people would have access to medical help, then... that makes ObamaCare a good thing?
2. He blames Bush for all the problems we have now (Ya I didn't like Bush either but the current president has to be held accountable for his actions).
But what are his actions? I'm not saying Bush caused an economic downturn, but what I am saying is that Obama didn't, either. So it isn't his action. Unless you feel like he didn't do anything, then okay. But, my question to you is -- as a conservative, how do you suppose he could do something to fix the problem? You want him to focus on the economy, yet your political ideology is one of not having much intervention by the government in economic affairs. Sounds a little loopy.
4. Hes never run a business before and he doesn't know how to run an economy.
That doesn't help. Running a business requires knowledge of the market and leadership skills, not a genuine understanding of macro/micro-economics. Also, Bush, a businessman himself, didn't do much to save our economy, and he himself has had some bad business ventures.
6.(last reason) Gas prices, food prices, and products in general are having increasing prices because he won't drill for oil in Alaska which would create jobs building the oil rigs, drilling for oil and working on the rigs. We would have a growing economy if we drilled in Alaska.
Okay, on that one, I'm with you. WTF is he doing. Also, I wouldn't mind just American companies drilling. Wtf was bp doing in our gulf. [Btw, they are expecting to resume drilling]
3. Hes out campaigning for 2012 when its 2011
Come on, everyone does that. I know it looks bad but... everyone does that.
Rather than pushing for change,
How does one do that, exactly, without costly programs?
Another president of ours, Lyndon B. Johnson, established costly programs that spiked the national debt during the Vietnam war, and got some good results. [Although, the war really dragged his this down a bit].
I think that overall, given his circumstances, he's done a fairly good job. He isn't some amazing president, and though he can speak well I'm not sure yet as to how good of a leader he is. He's pretty funny, though
. I'm chill with ObamaCare, so I feel like that's a good addition to his presidency. Furthermore, I think he's better than the rest of the possibles out there. I wouldn't mind someone with more political experience, though. I know it always doesn't matter, but I feel that Obama doesn't really speak up or push for his agenda/thoughts. Whatever the case, I know that if I were a year and 14 days older, I'd probably vote for the guy.
