Change We Never Asked For…

bob asked:


After all, wasn’t overspending on giveaway homes with pay later mortgages for everyone what led to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac luring in greedy financial middle men to make that liberal goal happen? Didn’t Fannie and Freddie end up being on the taxpayers’ back while the fee takers in the middle were enriched?

SEBASTIAN

bob asked:


After all, wasn’t overspending on giveaway homes with pay later mortgages for everyone what led to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac luring in greedy financial middle men to make that liberal goal happen? Didn’t Fannie and Freddie end up being on the taxpayers’ back while the fee takers in the middle were enriched?

AUTUMN

The Skiier asked:


There are many things that I like about Obama, but he is dead wrong about agreeing with the feds on a $3 Trillion stimulus package to bailout bad banks. Our children will be slaves forever trying to repay this bailout through the devaluation of the dollar. Bush was bad enough, and now we have Obama who is encouraging wreckless spending of our dollars. Do you agree?
SSK…yes $3 trillion. You should probably learn to read the news and become educated before you comment.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090210/economy_rdp.html
Gomanyes…you say we have 12 trillion in debt, so why not spend 3 trillion more? That makes no sense to me. When I spend too much, I start to save money money, not spend more. Keep in mind that overspending is what CAUSED this mess. People buying homes and cars that they could not afford. Spending more on corrupt banks is just like giving a drug user more drugs. Yes, it solves their “fix” need for a short time, but in the end, the drug user needs more drugs. After the money is spend, we will be worse off, AND in more debt. That’s the problem with America, we don’t want to slow down. But a recession is GOOD for the economy in the LONG run. It’s horrible when you go through it, but in the end, it better.

JERI

Heathen asked:


Licking their wounds, brushing up on on all of the great new bold plans President Obama has for us or just whining & complaining? Can’t we all just get along?

ROCKY

.::rainbow armadillo::. asked:


And don’t give me the ‘it’s little people sending in their hard earned dollar or two’…ask yourself who is REALLY backing Obama?

LESTER

Go Stillers! asked:


Less than half of the $800 billion in the stimulus bill will be used in the next 2 years. What’s the point of having a stimulus package if we have to wait over 2 years to see the majority of the money used? How does that stimulate the economy? What is Obama doing?!?!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/20/AR2009012003980.html
Whatever happened to the fierce urgency of now?

MERRILL

John Doh asked:


on wars etc.

Ok he spent a lot of money we don’t have we all know that.

But why does mistakes in the past justify more going forward?

People here on YA are actually using Bush’s spending to justify Obama’s insane spending so far.

Is it just the Democrats turn to waste money now? This is so childish!

TWILA

mr_cj_jr asked:


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090121/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_executive_pay

Obama is freezing salaries of aides making $100k or more. Looks like he’s being fiscally responsible from day one.

Thoughts?
The money for the balls were RAISED funds. Also, SEVERAL of the balls were FREE, so that those who COULDN’T afford to go COULD go.

AUSTIN

I’m right asked:


… spent money like drunken sailors when they were the majority party for the past eight years under Bush? They acted like we had an unlimited tap of funds for THEIR pet projects (i.e. the Iraq war and tax cuts for billionaires), but when the Demos want a drink from the hose, suddenly we need to be “fiscally responsible”!!! Can you smell the hypocrisy?!?

EDWINA

Borat Obama asked:


Clinton: $342 million
Obama: $99 million
McCain: $0
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-earmarks14mar14,1,3004695.story

TAMMY