Obama...Bush...Obama...Bush...Obama...Bush...Obama...Bush...
Obushma? Obupelorema?
I've been reading...yes I know that's dangerous, but I have been. In light of this latest "stimulus" package that just passed I figured I might as well read on up on where my tax money is going. Figure it's only right to do it. In doing so I realized a couple of things. Democrats need to stop blaming Republicans and Republicans need to stop blaming Democrats. EVERYONE in Congress and the past three (including Obama) presidents should all be taken out back and beaten with a switch.
Clinton allowed for the legislation housing market collapse and the congress at the time passed the stuff too so they're to blame on that. Bush ended up spending waaaaay too much on a war in Iraq that seemed like a good idea but the focus should've been in Afghanistan more. Bush also allowed Congress to get away with $700billion to bail out the banks. Obama is already guilty of the same old politics and is already spending waaaay too much in a month! $787billion to "stimulate" something or other. I'm not sure what exactly it's going to do because I don't have a masters degree in Washington Bullshit. That and 1087 pages is a lot to get through...even if I did understand it all.
Congress right now rushed through this process...less than a month? Are you fucking serious? For what? More debt and a $400 check? At least Bush despite his screw ups gave us $600! Dem's complained that "what is $11 dollars extra a week gonna do?" so now Repubs are saying what is $7.60 gonna do? Really...if ya can't take what ya dish out...DON'T SAY IT or quit...we could all be so helpful. And yes, that's what the $400 equates to per week....maybe with the other things in the bill it comes to about $13 a week...wow! Such a stimulus! Both plans were idiotic.
I mean what does $450million for the CDC or $600million for the cable converters or several of the other things that are for research and other such nonsense have to do with the economy? Couldn't those programs have waited a month or so? Why not focus on the problem and not every other small thing? One problem at a time...this just adds more from what I see. The US Government AND a majority of the people are OVER SPENDING.
Both administrations have just spent twice the amount of what the ENTIRETY of WWII cost the US in a few months. That's deplorable. Neither thought anything through...they just rushed and we're all paying for it. Did they forget that the US doesn't have that much money and we've had to borrow money constantly from other countries? I mean come on here...this is just insane.
It's no secret that I don't like Obama, but so far I'm just not impressed. He just wanted it done, didn't care who did it or what any of the opposition said. That opposition represents 58million voters out there that DIDN'T vote for him. Any President that preaches transparency and bi-partisanship and then tells people "I won, do what I want" (paraphrasing there) should be beaten.
Bush spent too much on the war...$10billion a month. Obama will end up spending the same if not more in Afghanistan. (based on his own plan) So who's right there? Eh, tough to say...besides does anyone know if that $10billion included both fronts as in Iraq and Afghanistan? I'm not sure since no one has really said anything on that one. So either way it's a stuck position but only time will tell if it was smartly spent or not on either count.
Congress voted themselves a raise already under Obama...which really doesn't mean much since they always do that. Ok, so it was petty cash but it's double what the average salary in PA is for god's sake! Government spending money, voting raises, buying new planes ect...when they're telling us not to spend and that we're all doomed?! Please...the entirety of Washington is OUT OF TOUCH. Dem's, Republicans, those crazy Green Party people...the whole lot of them!
The point of this is that no single issue is the problem...the problem is GOVERNMENT. What the US Government has turned into is a joke. There was a time when the loser of the presidential race was named the VP. Why? Balance...there is no balance to anything anymore. They get what they want. Something this altering to the landscape of the US should've been brought to the people. A 2/3 majority vote by the ENTIRE country. Hell people could've e-mailed the votes in if they wanted to probably. So again, remember....we're all to blame for this mess. Can't blame Bush, can't blame Obama or any one party individually. EVERYONE (or damn near) that's been voted into Washington over the past 16 years (maybe more) has fucked us all while they raise their pay, fly around and live on our dollar with no worries about their future while the rest of us are stuck with the bill. We've just spent an extra 2/3 of the Federal Budget in 6 months...yea that's gonna fix what again?
Hopefully this works, I don't know if it will but something says it won't to me. When it doesn't I hope to god that the American people realize that we've all been had. Screw the politics, screw the ideology....unless the people take back America and make Washington realize that it's not entitled and it WORKS FOR US! If that doesn't happen in some manner...I'm afraid that we've all screwed ourselves.
Just remember we're spending $91,045,500 a YEAR on these assholes. (based on the average salary alone...doesn't include medical, retirements, petty cash, kick backs, travel, limo service, or anything else) The number is probably much higher if I included other things in there. If you add in the petty cash thing they just voted that's another $50million of our money...for what? Does anyone think it's actually gonna go to their constituents? Maybe some of it but not all of it...and let's not forget all the staff they have.
Oh yea...one more thing...those people that bought things they couldn't afford. Drove up their debt to try and keep up with the Jones'....FUCK YOU! You screwed us just as much as those assholes in Washington.
Again, I'm trying to be as non-partisan as possible with this. I'm not angry at any one side more than the next...the whole thing just disgusts me. Both parties have done some things in the past few years that are just amazingly absurd. And despite that statement it's obvious that at the moment, Obama does NOT equal change...since this kinda stuff is nothing new, it's old hat. The thing that will make or break is presidency is based off old ideas. Old ideas that failed miserably at that. So here's to hoping that he reads the whole thing through himself and understands just what he's about to do to all of us...because if he just signs it and doesn't or just skims it...he's just as much to fault as everyone else in the LaLa Land that is Washington, D.C.
If it works...I'll say "Hey, nice job" if it doesn't...expect the heat on a few Democrats that rushed this through. It's only fair trade since I'm not overly happy with the Republicans for what they did on the $700billion last year and I'll be the first to say that too.
I've been reading...yes I know that's dangerous, but I have been. In light of this latest "stimulus" package that just passed I figured I might as well read on up on where my tax money is going. Figure it's only right to do it. In doing so I realized a couple of things. Democrats need to stop blaming Republicans and Republicans need to stop blaming Democrats. EVERYONE in Congress and the past three (including Obama) presidents should all be taken out back and beaten with a switch.
Clinton allowed for the legislation housing market collapse and the congress at the time passed the stuff too so they're to blame on that. Bush ended up spending waaaaay too much on a war in Iraq that seemed like a good idea but the focus should've been in Afghanistan more. Bush also allowed Congress to get away with $700billion to bail out the banks. Obama is already guilty of the same old politics and is already spending waaaay too much in a month! $787billion to "stimulate" something or other. I'm not sure what exactly it's going to do because I don't have a masters degree in Washington Bullshit. That and 1087 pages is a lot to get through...even if I did understand it all.
Congress right now rushed through this process...less than a month? Are you fucking serious? For what? More debt and a $400 check? At least Bush despite his screw ups gave us $600! Dem's complained that "what is $11 dollars extra a week gonna do?" so now Repubs are saying what is $7.60 gonna do? Really...if ya can't take what ya dish out...DON'T SAY IT or quit...we could all be so helpful. And yes, that's what the $400 equates to per week....maybe with the other things in the bill it comes to about $13 a week...wow! Such a stimulus! Both plans were idiotic.
I mean what does $450million for the CDC or $600million for the cable converters or several of the other things that are for research and other such nonsense have to do with the economy? Couldn't those programs have waited a month or so? Why not focus on the problem and not every other small thing? One problem at a time...this just adds more from what I see. The US Government AND a majority of the people are OVER SPENDING.
Both administrations have just spent twice the amount of what the ENTIRETY of WWII cost the US in a few months. That's deplorable. Neither thought anything through...they just rushed and we're all paying for it. Did they forget that the US doesn't have that much money and we've had to borrow money constantly from other countries? I mean come on here...this is just insane.
It's no secret that I don't like Obama, but so far I'm just not impressed. He just wanted it done, didn't care who did it or what any of the opposition said. That opposition represents 58million voters out there that DIDN'T vote for him. Any President that preaches transparency and bi-partisanship and then tells people "I won, do what I want" (paraphrasing there) should be beaten.
Bush spent too much on the war...$10billion a month. Obama will end up spending the same if not more in Afghanistan. (based on his own plan) So who's right there? Eh, tough to say...besides does anyone know if that $10billion included both fronts as in Iraq and Afghanistan? I'm not sure since no one has really said anything on that one. So either way it's a stuck position but only time will tell if it was smartly spent or not on either count.
Congress voted themselves a raise already under Obama...which really doesn't mean much since they always do that. Ok, so it was petty cash but it's double what the average salary in PA is for god's sake! Government spending money, voting raises, buying new planes ect...when they're telling us not to spend and that we're all doomed?! Please...the entirety of Washington is OUT OF TOUCH. Dem's, Republicans, those crazy Green Party people...the whole lot of them!
The point of this is that no single issue is the problem...the problem is GOVERNMENT. What the US Government has turned into is a joke. There was a time when the loser of the presidential race was named the VP. Why? Balance...there is no balance to anything anymore. They get what they want. Something this altering to the landscape of the US should've been brought to the people. A 2/3 majority vote by the ENTIRE country. Hell people could've e-mailed the votes in if they wanted to probably. So again, remember....we're all to blame for this mess. Can't blame Bush, can't blame Obama or any one party individually. EVERYONE (or damn near) that's been voted into Washington over the past 16 years (maybe more) has fucked us all while they raise their pay, fly around and live on our dollar with no worries about their future while the rest of us are stuck with the bill. We've just spent an extra 2/3 of the Federal Budget in 6 months...yea that's gonna fix what again?
Hopefully this works, I don't know if it will but something says it won't to me. When it doesn't I hope to god that the American people realize that we've all been had. Screw the politics, screw the ideology....unless the people take back America and make Washington realize that it's not entitled and it WORKS FOR US! If that doesn't happen in some manner...I'm afraid that we've all screwed ourselves.
Just remember we're spending $91,045,500 a YEAR on these assholes. (based on the average salary alone...doesn't include medical, retirements, petty cash, kick backs, travel, limo service, or anything else) The number is probably much higher if I included other things in there. If you add in the petty cash thing they just voted that's another $50million of our money...for what? Does anyone think it's actually gonna go to their constituents? Maybe some of it but not all of it...and let's not forget all the staff they have.
Oh yea...one more thing...those people that bought things they couldn't afford. Drove up their debt to try and keep up with the Jones'....FUCK YOU! You screwed us just as much as those assholes in Washington.
Again, I'm trying to be as non-partisan as possible with this. I'm not angry at any one side more than the next...the whole thing just disgusts me. Both parties have done some things in the past few years that are just amazingly absurd. And despite that statement it's obvious that at the moment, Obama does NOT equal change...since this kinda stuff is nothing new, it's old hat. The thing that will make or break is presidency is based off old ideas. Old ideas that failed miserably at that. So here's to hoping that he reads the whole thing through himself and understands just what he's about to do to all of us...because if he just signs it and doesn't or just skims it...he's just as much to fault as everyone else in the LaLa Land that is Washington, D.C.
If it works...I'll say "Hey, nice job" if it doesn't...expect the heat on a few Democrats that rushed this through. It's only fair trade since I'm not overly happy with the Republicans for what they did on the $700billion last year and I'll be the first to say that too.