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Re: The Presidents Policies

posted at December 29, 2011 3:27 PM EST
Posts: 938
First: December 1, 2011
Last: May 7, 2013
Banks were bailed-out meaning they borrowed money without interest?

And kids pay 8% interest for student loans...


i wouldn't like that of course!

Re: The Presidents Policies

posted at December 29, 2011 3:50 PM EST
Posts: 1923
First: November 27, 2011
Last: May 18, 2013
In Response to Re: The Presidents Policies:
Banks were bailed-out meaning they borrowed money without interest? And kids pay 8% interest for student loans... i wouldn't like that of course!
Posted by Astra2012


The Banks that have paid back the bail out (TARP) funds did pay interest, but since interest rates are low right now, they paid a low interest rate back.

Student loan interest could be to a bank (private student loan) OR to the government.  Last I heard the government was charging a prettty good rate of interest on their student loans.  Got to make up for all those "forgiveable student loans" they are giving out and all the ones in default too.

If it is a private student loan, via a bank - perhaps that student needs some education on signing a contract.

Re: The Presidents Policies

posted at December 30, 2011 1:58 PM EST
Posts: 938
First: December 1, 2011
Last: May 7, 2013
no, i was  talking about 8% on FEDERAL loan
and it is adjusted- meani ng it should be low!!

Anyway, from another forum i copied great post (with permission)
"-Albanian Minerals · · Works at Albanian Minerals
Sahit Muja: US Presidential Election in 2012 will be a landslide victory for Republicans
I think the 2012 presidential election will be more of a Republican landslide than people think.

I mean, let's come down to reality, folks.
President Obama is utterly bankrupt in terms of political capital.

As much as the democrats might want to revise history on this president's record, the American people will see through the rhetoric.
This president is finished, so long as American voters are equipped with the mental faculties to perceive up from down.

In the 2012 election the voters would ask President Obama where is $15.2 trillion dollars.

President Obama like his friend and mentor John Corzine will say “I don’t know , I need 4 more years,”Yes We Can" "Get 15 trillions from the rich ” .
All the rich in the world doesn't have 15.... 2 trillion dollars.

The national debt is running at an alarming clip, with no sign of a let up in its growth.

In just one year, the debt jumped from $13.8 trillion to $15.2 trillion, and the U.S. spend $1.3 trillion more than it takes in during the current fiscal year.
President Obama has nothing to show for his 4 years except for economic devastation, $15.2 trillion in debt, over 45 million Americans on food stamps and 15 million unemployed Americans .

American people are smart , informed enough, both politically and economically, to see beyond the rhetoric and demagoguery.
To smart people, the necessary changes are obvious: Cut the government, reform entitlements, make defense more efficient.

To liberals, perpetually at odds with common sense, the necessary changes include expanding an already unsustainable federal government, increasing entitlements, nationalizing healthcare, expanding government influence in the free market by subsidizing failure . Of course without a basic understanding of economics, people assume that government can be sustained by higher taxes.

Do liberals realize that higher taxes, on any bracket of society, most especially that bracket between $250,000 and $500,000 year, actually works to contract economic growth and decrease employment levels, which just so happens to mirror the problems involved in the great Obama stagnation.

The issue is that Obama has so negative effect on governing.
President Obama claimed 'rights' and privileges, by breeding people who are all about entitlement and not about responsibility, who all believe they have the 'right' to a nice job for life in a shirt and tie, in a nice comfy office, with a regular, hefty, annual pay rise and increasing benefits and holidays, with feather-bedded retirements which start earlier.

Obama promised to bring American politics into a post-racial, transparent, and accountable era.

That was my highest hope after his election, which I opposed on grounds of his ideology, inexperience, superficiality and apparent arrogance.
After learning of the disastrous results of the 2008 election, I hoped that if Obama could at least deliver a federal government that actually worked for America rather than its own self-interests.

But today the federal government is larger, more parochial and self-serving, more corrupt and less transparent than it ever was, and we have Obama to thank for it.
Sahit Muja

president and CEO

Albanian Minerals

New York"



hope you will find interesting.

Re: The Presidents Policies

posted at January 1, 2012 5:13 PM EST
Posts: 938
First: December 1, 2011
Last: May 7, 2013

This is also from another forum -  i don't know iif the numbers are right--just for your onsideration
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  • by Shannon Moore
    Here’s recap of Hope and Change since President Obama took office in Jan 2009. Comparing economic indicators starting in Jan 2009 to present day:
    1. Federal debt has increased by 43% from $10.6 trillion to $15 trillion.
    2. Americans living in poverty have increased by 16% from 39.8 million to 46.2 million.
    3. Total unemployment (U6) has increased by 68% from 13.7 million to 23 million.
    4. Price of gasoline has increased by 80% from $1.86/gal to $3.35/gal
    5. Americans on food stamps have increased 42% from 31.8 million to 45.2 million
    6. Home foreclosures per year have increased by 34% from 850,000 to 1,140,000
    7. Total bankruptcy filings per year have increased by 42% from 1,117,641 to 1,593,081.
    8. Median Household incomes have declined by 4%.
    9. Average selling price of new homes has declined by 10%.
    10. US dollar compared to foreign currencies has declined by 8.7%. [US dollar index of 85.9 in Jan 2009 to 78.5 in Dec 2011.]
    11. US dollar compared to gold has declined 105%. [ $855/ounce to $1750/ounce] 
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  • Re: The Presidents Policies

    posted at January 5, 2012 2:02 PM EST
    Posts: 938
    First: December 1, 2011
    Last: May 7, 2013
    This is about US budget
    Obama (like FDR) spnds money (ours!) like "a drunk sailor...

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2012/assets/hist.pdf

    Re: The Presidents Policies

    posted at January 6, 2012 8:39 PM EST
    Posts: 3
    First: December 19, 2011
    Last: January 6, 2012
    This president is the biggest crony capitalist we've even had in office. A small time Chicago machine politician who never managed or accomplished anything in his life.
    Everything he does is a payback to his left wing millionaire cronies, from suing Boeing for trying to start a factory (i.e. - create jobs) in a non-union state, to giving 1/2 billion $$ to Solyndra. He gives millions of $$ to George Soros' ventures to drill for deep water oil, while shutting down USA underwater drilling.
    And if you critize the Prez's policies, the left calls you a racist. The unspoken truth is that a white person with the same thin resume' would never have been elected. Hell, they wouldn't have even made it thru the primaries.
    The real racists are the ones who voted for him because, to paraphrase Joe Biden and Harry Reid, he's a clean, well spoked black guy who can speak without a negro dialect. This prez makes Jimmy Carter look competent.
    But the voters have learned what an empty suit he is and he'll be voted out by the end of 2012. Then we can finally try to recover from this national nightmare.
     

    Re: The Presidents Policies

    posted at January 6, 2012 8:41 PM EST
    Posts: 3
    First: December 19, 2011
    Last: January 6, 2012
    You are correct. And if you go back to 2006 (when the Dems took over congress), the downturn is even worse.


    In Response to Re: The Presidents Policies:
    This is also from another forum -  i don't know iif the numbers are right--just for your onsideration \\ by Shannon Moore Here’s recap of Hope and Change since President Obama took office in Jan 2009. Comparing economic indicators starting in Jan 2009 to present day: 1. Federal debt has increased by 43% from $10.6 trillion to $15 trillion. 2. Americans living in poverty have increased by 16% from 39.8 million to 46.2 million. 3. Total unemployment (U6) has increased by 68% from 13.7 million to 23 million. 4. Price of gasoline has increased by 80% from $1.86/gal to $3.35/gal 5. Americans on food stamps have increased 42% from 31.8 million to 45.2 million 6. Home foreclosures per year have increased by 34% from 850,000 to 1,140,000 7. Total bankruptcy filings per year have increased by 42% from 1,117,641 to 1,593,081. 8. Median Household incomes have declined by 4%. 9. Average selling price of new homes has declined by 10%. 10. US dollar compared to foreign currencies has declined by 8.7%. [US dollar index of 85.9 in Jan 2009 to 78.5 in Dec 2011.] 11. US dollar compared to gold has declined 105%. [ $855/ounce to $1750/ounce]     
    Posted by Astra2012

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