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Everyone loves to blame the president for the sh*t hole that is the American economy of the past 5 years.
I'll explain this once - the problem is not Obama. It's Congress!!!
Here's some reasons why - They've voted to repeal the ACA 33 times. Wow, that's a lot of time wasted on one bill. What have they offered instead? Nothing. 0. They voted to replace the ACA with something better exactly 0 times.
They even seriously CRIPPLED the recovery of the economy. This is 2011, when you heard all about that **** debt ceiling, every day, for months.
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Everyone thought the Republicans were spot on about the debt ceiling and the damage it would cause, and look at that - the US never surplused 100,000 new jobs a month. Not once during that entire debacle - right after it ended, what happened? Jobs spout up to 200K + new jobs per month. Good job, congress.
They are also incredibly polarized. Ridiculously polarized, in fact - they have a 70.8% PU rating, which means this - 70+% of Democrats opposed what Republicans voted for, and vice versa - they simply can not agree. The 112th congress is one of the shittiest ever, and it shows...Congress has a f*cking 9% approval rating. NINE PERCENT. Of 320,000,000 Americans, that means roughly 28 million people think Congress is doing okay. When 290,000,000+ people think you're sh*t at you're job, that probably means it's time to pack it in.
TL;DR
OBAMA MAY SUCK,
BUT CONGRESS SUCKS WAY, WAY MORE.
I'll explain this once - the problem is not Obama. It's Congress!!!
Here's some reasons why - They've voted to repeal the ACA 33 times. Wow, that's a lot of time wasted on one bill. What have they offered instead? Nothing. 0. They voted to replace the ACA with something better exactly 0 times.
They even seriously CRIPPLED the recovery of the economy. This is 2011, when you heard all about that **** debt ceiling, every day, for months.
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Everyone thought the Republicans were spot on about the debt ceiling and the damage it would cause, and look at that - the US never surplused 100,000 new jobs a month. Not once during that entire debacle - right after it ended, what happened? Jobs spout up to 200K + new jobs per month. Good job, congress.
They are also incredibly polarized. Ridiculously polarized, in fact - they have a 70.8% PU rating, which means this - 70+% of Democrats opposed what Republicans voted for, and vice versa - they simply can not agree. The 112th congress is one of the shittiest ever, and it shows...Congress has a f*cking 9% approval rating. NINE PERCENT. Of 320,000,000 Americans, that means roughly 28 million people think Congress is doing okay. When 290,000,000+ people think you're sh*t at you're job, that probably means it's time to pack it in.
TL;DR
OBAMA MAY SUCK,
BUT CONGRESS SUCKS WAY, WAY MORE.
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Nevertheless, whether Congress or Obama are the prominent problems with America, Obama idolizes the beliefs of Socialism.
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Just to let you also know, there is also problems with the senate and house too. It's not all congresses fault or the president's but it is when they start their name calling political slanders about "oh the democrats dont want such and what not" or "oh the republicans cant cut spending."
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In the American government most of the time the president has no say in what to pass. If Obama wants something he would adress it to congress. If not it's just congress sitting around getting payed to pass bad laws.
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No, its just obama. Yeah, thats pretty much it
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Robben_ wrote In the American government most of the time the president has no say in what to pass. If Obama wants something he would adress it to congress. If not it's just congress sitting around getting payed to pass bad laws.
I should have also mentioned that Obama has also the final say in what should be passed as well. So it's partially congress partially Obama.
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They cant make decisions because when a democrat is in power, the Republicans disagree with everything he says. When a Republican is in power, Democrats disagree with everything he says. That's why progress is never made. I have and always will think there needs to be more than 2 parties in Congress voting.
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ODST wrote Just to let you also know, there is also problems with the senate and house too. It's not all congresses fault or the president's but it is when they start their name calling political slanders about "oh the democrats dont want such and what not" or "oh the republicans cant cut spending."
Seems like you don't know, Congress is the senate and house. They are the same thing.
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Robben_ wroteRobben_ wrote In the American government most of the time the president has no say in what to pass. If Obama wants something he would adress it to congress. If not it's just congress sitting around getting payed to pass bad laws.
I should have also mentioned that Obama has also the final say in what should be passed as well. So it's partially congress partially Obama.
Apparently you never had a government class. If President Obama vetos a bill, congress can override it and pass it into law without his signature.
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If pro is the opposite of con, what's the opposite of progress?
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