Spend it Obama!

[allvol123]

I know some of you Obama supporters have moaned and moaned about the cost of the Iraq War and in some ways that was one of your reasons for voting Obama. I guess you are cool with spending now, right?

Obama says aiding economy trumps budget deficit | U.S. | Reuters

The consensus is this, that we have to do whatever it takes to get this economy moving again, that we have to -- we're going to have to spend money now to stimulate the economy," he told the CBS television network's 60 Minutes news program.
"And (consensus is) that we shouldn't worry about the deficit next year or even the year after; that short term, the most important thing is that we avoid a deepening recession."

Glad he does not view the government as the solution to everything, as one poster on here said recently.

[therealUT]

You must be mistaken AV, because BHO has had this posted on his website for a few months now...

Plan for Restoring Fiscal Discipline

The Problem

Increasing Debt: Under President Bush, the federal debt has increased from $5.7 trillion to $8.8 trillion, an increase of more than 50 percent.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden's Plan

Restore Fiscal Discipline to Washington


End Wasteful Government Spending: Obama and Biden will stop funding wasteful, obsolete federal government programs that make no financial sense.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Fiscal

???

[govols182]

Putting money into the economy is a good way to get it stimulated. FDR did it and it seemed to work. I didn't vote for him, I'm just saying.

[MG1968]

Originally Posted by govols182

Putting money into the economy is a good way to get it stimulated. FDR did it and it seemed to work. I didn't vote for him, I'm just saying.

FDR's big government make work programs were killing the economy. WWII bailed him out from an economic standpoint.

[AgentOrange007]

Other that the war on terrorism and tax breaks for the taxpayers who pay the most in taxes, I wonder what Obama considers wasteful government spending?

I haven't heard him name too many other programs on the chopping block....

[droski]

fdr's programs are what 40% of our budget now? let's hope mr obama doesn't follow his lead.

[TrueOrange]

since the election's over, let's wait till the guy's in office before we start to criticize what he said and what he does....since he hasn't done anything yet and all

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by TrueOrange

since the election's over, let's wait till the guy's in office before we start to criticize what he said and what he does....since he hasn't done anything yet and all

no. He's not waiting in tossing around his weight.
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[jdsa]

Originally Posted by allvol123

I know some of you Obama supporters have moaned and moaned about the cost of the Iraq War and in some ways that was one of your reasons for voting Obama. I guess you are cool with spending now, right?

Obama says aiding economy trumps budget deficit | U.S. | Reuters



Glad he does not view the government as the solution to everything, as one poster on here said recently.

So you're just giving Bush a pass on this -- Bush the so-called conservative -- while taking Obama to task? Where've all the righteous indignation with Bush's spending threads been?

Moreover, in general the government's supposed to spend its way out of recession.

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by jdsa

So you're just giving Bush a pass on this -- Bush the so-called conservative -- while taking Obama to task? Where've all the righteous indignation with Bush's spending threads been?

Moreover, in general the government's supposed to spend its way out of recession.

I assure you that you're paying no attention if you missed the righteous indignation over Bush's spending. This board is littered with it.

Government spending out of a recession is a nice idea, but depends entirely on the type of G we're talking about.

[lawgator1]

Republicans criticizing Obama for government spending is like Vols fans criticizing ACC football teams with losing records.

[Vol Mania 21]

Barney Frank....enough said

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by lawgator1

Republicans criticizing Obama for government spending is like Vols fans criticizing ACC football teams with losing records.

do you mean from a historical perspective or are you basing this upon Bush not being a conservative in the least?

A democrat poking fun at anyone regarding spending is simply retarded.

[OWB]

Originally Posted by jdsa

So you're just giving Bush a pass on this -- Bush the so-called conservative -- while taking Obama to task? Where've all the righteous indignation with Bush's spending threads been?

Moreover, in general the government's supposed to spend its way out of recession.

Exactly.

[BigPapaVol]

Originally Posted by OWB

Exactly.

Exactly how does spending out of recession work from the tax and spend party?

The private sector is the only thing that has ever ended a recession. WWII ended the biggest one because the private sector fired up for WWII to help overcome FDRs disastrous spending.