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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitt wants to know what the Obama "agenda" is for the next 4 years?
Well, maybe I can help?
The number one item on the agenda is to keep Mitt Romney and his Tea Party cohorts from throwing this country back into the same hole which we are beginning to climb out. It was his Party and their trickle-down ideas that took us from a balanced budget in 2001 to $11 trillion dollar debt and a trillion dollar deficit in 2009. Then they left an economy on the verge of collapse and now are whining that we haven't cleaned up the mess yet.
Well, the economy is beginning to grow again. New housing starts were up 15% last month. The unemployment rate has dropped to the lowest rate in 4 years and businesses are starting to hire. Consumer confidence is improving. We cannot afford to return to the policies of George W Bush on steroids.
We are going to let the Bush taxcuts expire on the wealthiest Americans. We are going back to the same tax rate that we had under Bill Clinton when he balanced the budget. We have ended the war in Iraq and we are ending the war in Afghanistan. That will improve the deficit spending numbers considerably. It is unfortunate that the disaster left behind was so huge that it takes considerable time to clean it up. But that is the reality.
We have an agenda. We also know the agenda of Mitt Romney and the Republicans and we cannot afford to make that gamble. It is a dangerous course for America to return to the policies of George W Bush. We ask the voters to think long and hard before they pull that lever. Only you can decide which direction you want our country to go. Think beyond Democrat or Republican - think about America.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)The RW nutjobs say Obama wants to use his 2nd term to take away their guns and ammo, initiate a police state, tag everyone with RFD chips, and turn the US into a Socialist state. Of course, they can't explain why a president would risk waiting for a second term to try this.
TrogL
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