What Should President Obama Focus on in his Second Term?

[boomerang]

You think that it is not an important issue?

No, it's not.

 

[zsdersw]

Wait a sec... if Obama should immolate himself and he also screws up everything he touches, neither of you are going to get what you want.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Wait a sec... if Obama should immolate himself and he also screws up everything he touches, neither of you are going to get what you want.

Hmm... That makes sense in a strict logical sense. What if he doesn't self immolate? Would he spontaneously combust?

I have an enquiring mind and I want to know.

 

[Genx87]

What he does best. Spending money, war mongering, and crushing civil liberties at home.

 

[zsdersw]

Hmm... That makes sense in a strict logical sense. What if he doesn't self immolate? Would he spontaneously combust?

I have an enquiring mind and I want to know.

Maybe if he was lighting a cigarette at the time.

 

[boomerang]

Wait a sec... if Obama should immolate himself and he also screws up everything he touches, neither of you are going to get what you want.

I'm not getting what I want right now. I'm working for a living and I'm paying for my own damned phone.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Maybe if he was lighting a cigarette at the time.

I wait with bated breath to learn the results of this intellectual exercise

 

[zsdersw]

I'm not getting what I want right now. I'm working for a living and I'm paying for my own damned phone.

No one is. Even those who don't work and don't pay for their cell phone want more money and a better phone.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

Obama should focus on raising our taxes. We simple folk have had it too good the last 4 years.

Yes...the more taxes, the better. But don't forget that we need to stimulate the economy much more as well...the more spending, the better as well.

And those who think this strategy will not end well are fools! /s

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

What he does best. Spending money, war mongering, and crushing civil liberties at home.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

It is my opinion that we need a major reform of how issues are legislated. If I had my 'druthers I'd have all significant acts reviewed by experts much the same way as I advocate for healthcare. For example it seems that just tossing money into stimulus packages does not address a core issue, perhaps THE economic issue, and that is how to effect changes such that industry returns to the US, providing for good paying middle class jobs with long term stability. That would require a combination of carrots and sticks that were well thought out. If a company was making a major investment with the result being employment as I've described give them a huge break on taxes. We aren't going to get anywhere by taxing the rich except for punishment. The way to have good economy is to have good jobs which in turn reduce the need for government programs and hence expenditures, as well as increasing revenues.

No partisan hack spending a fraction of the time could do what dedicated professionals can over many months. A package can be sent to Congress in whole or piecemeal and the package given an up or down vote. The latter controls the purse strings and ultimate what laws and regulations are passed, and the pros don't worry about what group to pander to or how to get reelected or satisfy the partisans. They get to do the best possible job.

Seems like a win, but the hacks will never allow it.

 

[nextJin]

If this is a serious thread I would say entitlement reform. Future projections are scary as fuck. Fuck jobs, war and immigration. Government can't create jobs, war does nothing positive and immigration honestly is not a huge front line issue.

 

[IronWing]

Obama should focus on raising our taxes. We simple folk have had it too good the last 4 years.

This is true to a large extent. Raise taxes to cover deficits and Americans will develop a sudden lust for spending cuts.

 

[fskimospy]

If this is a serious thread I would say entitlement reform. Future projections are scary as fuck. Fuck jobs, war and immigration. Government can't create jobs, war does nothing positive and immigration honestly is not a huge front line issue.

Of course government can create jobs. Where did this myth come from?

Obama should concentrate on further expanding health care reform as well as ramping up infrastructure spending more.

 

[Juddog]

I voted healthcare because right now the costs are growing out of control. My health insurance cost has literally doubled from what it was 6 years ago and I'm not getting any more benefit from it.

It reminds me of when the costs for electricity were suddenly going up and up on the west coast, years ago, and they were saying demand was too high. Then it turned out that Enron was behind the entire thing, shutting down powerplants to purposefully cause blackouts so that they could raise the cost.

There are players in the healthcare market defrauding the system, there are insurance companies middle-manning the entire process and soaking up money, and there are malpractice lawsuits that are out of control. There needs to be some sanity introduced into the system ASAP.

 

[Texashiker]

Today, President Obama will give his State of the Union Address where he will outline his agenda for the next four years. What do you believe the president should focus on in his second term?

What obama needs to focus on to fix the economy is fair and balanced trade.

This lop-sided trade imbalance we have with china has destroyed the middle class.

Of course government can create jobs. Where did this myth come from?

Obama should concentrate on further expanding health care reform as well as ramping up infrastructure spending more.

The US government is 16 trillion in debt, but we are somehow supposed to come up with money for infrastructure?

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

The US government is 16 trillion in debt, but we are somehow supposed to come up with money for infrastructure?

Don't worry...Paul Krugman thinks we should be spending our asses off right now with reckless disregard for future consequences. Hopefully, with a little luck, a Republican will be in office to take the heat when the shit starts hitting the fan. /s

 

[fskimospy]

Don't worry...Paul Krugman thinks we should be spending our asses off right now with reckless disregard for future consequences. Hopefully, with a little luck, a Republican will be in office to take the heat when the shit starts hitting the fan. /s

It must drive you nuts that he keeps being proven right during this economic crisis. It is sad that you would rather cling to your ideology than follow what the evidence tells us.

 

[Texashiker]

Don't worry...Paul Krugman thinks we should be spending our asses off right now with reckless disregard for future consequences. Hopefully, with a little luck, a Republican will be in office to take the heat when the shit starts hitting the fan. /s

It must drive you nuts that he keeps being proven right during this economic crisis. It is sad that you would rather cling to your ideology than follow what the evidence tells us.

Sooner or later we will have to pay back that debt.

The U.S. is broke, our factories have been sent to china, we print money with nothing to back it up,,,, and somehow this cycle is suppose to last forever?

The governments policy of tax and spend to support the economy can not last forever.

 

[Chuck_v]

Today, President Obama will give his State of the Union Address where he will outline his agenda for the next four years. What do you believe the president should focus on in his second term?

He should focus on packing up all his shit and getting the hell out of the White House at the end of this final term in office.

 

[fskimospy]

Sooner or later we will have to pay back that debt.

The U.S. is broke, our factories have been sent to china, we print money with nothing to back it up,,,, and somehow this cycle is suppose to last forever?

The governments policy of tax and spend to support the economy can not last forever.

Who ever wanted it to last forever? The question is what we should do NOW, and that answer is run up more debt. When the economy improves you pay it down.

The US was far more indebted after world war 2 than it is today, what part of the following years had us paying the piper, so to speak?

 

[Texashiker]

Who ever wanted it to last forever? The question is what we should do NOW

This "now" mindset is why we are broke.

Lets print and spend the money "now" and let future generations worry about it.

When the economy improves you pay it down.

Without jobs to support the middle class, the economy will never recover.

 

[Ausm]

Work on being more accommodating to the Republicans.

 

[Ausm]

This "now" mindset is why we are broke.

Lets print and spend the money "now" and let future generations worry about it.



Without jobs to support the middle class, the economy will never recover.

 

[Genx87]

Who ever wanted it to last forever? The question is what we should do NOW, and that answer is run up more debt. When the economy improves you pay it down.

The US was far more indebted after world war 2 than it is today, what part of the following years had us paying the piper, so to speak?

The US govt also had far less obligations post WWII and a responsibly thinking political system with regards to paying debt. Can you honestly say with a straight face any of this debt will be repaid once the economy rebounds?

 

[Jaskalas]

You think that it is not an important issue?

All else considered, even if every bit of it is true - the United States is not in control of where CO2 goes from here. Only effective policy you could have is a nuclear strike on developing nations, like China.