...My hope is that congress gets more conservative/liberatarian ...
I think Obama wins. My hope is that congress gets more conservative/liberatarian and nothing happens for 4 years.
I hope we get a congress that is not in somebodies pocket.
Gridlock by our leaders is one of the reasons the S&P downgraded our rating. I guess you're hoping for the U.S. to go bankrupt?
Surprisingly and shocklingly enough, the 100% debt to GDP ratio actually had nothing at all to do with the downgrade. Kinda shows how ridiculous the system is. Not that they werent spot on for downgrading based on the prevailing evidence of Republican inwillingness to mve on the Budget.So the $16 trillion debt with no way to repay it has nothing to do with the downgrade?
So the $16 trillion debt with no way to repay it has nothing to do with the downgrade? If there were gridlock in DC, maybe we wouldn't have such an astounding debt.
Tell me, what do you think these clowns can actually accomplish to get us out of this mess considering they are the ones who orchestrated it?
As far as the US going bankrupt, too late, we're there.
Bit surprised there aren't any Ron Paul fanboys here. There's a rather rabid one on another forum. He is convinced that Paul is the only candidate who can possibly beat Obama and that Paul will be a force at the convention because he's apparently going around behind the scenes and stealing delegates from other candidates. I asked him why Republican voters would support a guy that they've gone to the polls and clearly shown they are not interested in, but he says this is irrelevant. Ugh. Paul fanboys are the worst.
In any case, I think Obama wins and it's not even that close. Won't be a landslide, but there will be no doubt who's going to win even before the polls open.
...In any case, I think Obama wins and it's not even that close. Won't be a landslide, but there will be no doubt who's going to win even before the polls open.
I don't know. The Hedge Fund crowd is backing Romney with big money. I guess to preserve their 15% tax rate, which I don't think they deserve, they are investing other peoples money, i.e., no risk to HF manager.
let's do it!fire all of congress.
let's do it!
I wouldn't check 'satisfied' next to Obama's performance so far, but I'm pretty much scared of the two GOP front runners. Like, run* away to the moon scared.
*fly on a space ship, probably Russian.... because, well, you know
Part of the problem is that no matter how much people claim they hate Congress, they go out and re-elect them. I've seen years where people give Congress an approval rating of like 30%. Then they go out and re-elect like 80% of them. One of two things is going on. Either voters are stupidly voting for people they hate (entirely possible) or the other parties can't run anyone who's better than the incumbent (also possible.) Ugh.
Bit surprised there aren't any Ron Paul fanboys here. There's a rather rabid one on another forum. He is convinced that Paul is the only candidate who can possibly beat Obama and that Paul will be a force at the convention because he's apparently going around behind the scenes and stealing delegates from other candidates. I asked him why Republican voters would support a guy that they've gone to the polls and clearly shown they are not interested in, but he says this is irrelevant. Ugh. Paul fanboys are the worst.
In any case, I think Obama wins and it's not even that close. Won't be a landslide, but there will be no doubt who's going to win even before the polls open.
What happens is local people like their congressman but hate everyone else's congressman. Take that bonehead congressman that apologized to BP when the President lashed out at them for the Gulf oil spill, most of the country was like "WTF is that guy apologizing for? Is he really kissing up to the oil industry after that oil spill?" He's one of the local politicians here. For some reason the people in his district STILL love him and he'll probably be re-elected. People will also re-elect the politicians that bring pork spending to their district.
I am a Paul supporter, but I believe he has no chance now. Anyone who believes otherwise must be crazy.
As for Romney and Obama, I don't like either, but I plan on voting for Romney if it comes down to these two. (which it most likely will.)
I'd bet that Ron Paul runs as independent or something. And I will say that I'm not too sad to see Santorum go.... but, I do think that it'll be Romney v. Obama for the main event.
I'm hoping that he drops out and endorses Gary Johnson. They have almost the exact same platform.I'd bet that Ron Paul runs as independent or something. And I will say that I'm not too sad to see Santorum go.... but, I do think that it'll be Romney v. Obama for the main event.
Really? Here's the S&P report where they detail the downgrade:Surprisingly and shocklingly enough, the 100% debt to GDP ratio actually had nothing at all to do with the downgrade. Kinda shows how ridiculous the system is. Not that they werent spot on for downgrading based on the prevailing evidence of Republican inwillingness to mve on the Budget.
Anyway, I'm far more interested in Sarkozy vs Hollande right now.
In other words, the US has a lot of debt and it only shows signs of increasing.The downgrade reflects our opinion that the fiscal consolidation plan
that Congress and the Administration recently agreed to falls short of
what, in our view, would be necessary to stabilize the government's
medium-term debt dynamics.
So, if the slope of the debt increase is higher than they are currently projecting, they'll downgrade us more.The outlook on the long-term rating is negative. We could lower the
long-term rating to 'AA' within the next two years if we see that less
reduction in spending than agreed to, higher interest rates, or new
fiscal pressures during the period result in a higher general government
debt trajectory than we currently assume in our base case.
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