The First 100 Days--A Massive Failure?

• believer

  

  CenterBHSFan;722125 wrote:^^ Believer, don't forget that Obama said that he'd veto any bill with pork in it from here on out!

  Makes my leg tingle.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  If we want to take the R's for what they were going to do first thing when they got into office-reduce the debt from the FY 2011 budget, it has been a failure.
  They have cut little by little every time, but overall the R's House block cannot agree on any measures that will totally fund the government until Sept. 30, 2011.
  I think we are on our 4th CR since December for the budget. This is not leadership at all and while there may be some good ideas on budget reductions, it has not been filtered through to the leadership and agreed to by the party.
  
  In addition, we still have not seen the two biggest battles quite yet: Debt ceiling and FY 2012 budget. To be fair though, those were already slated for April anyways.
  But, overall, the House R's are very fractured, very green and trying to figure out how to pass a budget in the 1st 3 months. A tall task, but from the election results, it sounded like the newbies were up for it. Fail so far.
• stlouiedipalma

  believer;722121 wrote:And the Bammer promised to veto it if it somehow sneaked through Dingy Harry's group. Hence, the Repubs did do something stlouiedipalma.
  
  Like I said, at least with the Repubs in the House, Dingy and Barry can't pull off anymore Porkulus Sammiches or Health Scare Reform.
  

  
  You're right on that, they did do something. Now what? Throw up their hands and say "We can't do anything because of Big, Bad Barry"? That's a cop-out and you know it.
  
  The problem as I see it is, with Boehner and his cronies in the House, nothing is going to get done. I actually think it is part of the Republicans' plan, to make sure that the economy stagnates in the hopes that they will reclaim Congress and the White House in 2012.
• believer

  

  stlouiedipalma;722297 wrote:You're right on that, they did do something. Now what? Throw up their hands and say "We can't do anything because of Big, Bad Barry"? That's a cop-out and you know it.
  
  The problem as I see it is, with Boehner and his cronies in the House, nothing is going to get done. I actually think it is part of the Republicans' plan, to make sure that the economy stagnates in the hopes that they will reclaim Congress and the White House in 2012.

  Sorry sir but LMAO. Are you kidding me? You lefties are already pointing fingers at the Repubs for "failing" to create jobs in the first 100 days.
  
  The liberal media and the DNC will not let a good crisis go to waste. They'll use the "failure" of the Tea Party Promise to "prove" that the Repubs don't have any answers either.
  
  It's like clockwork.
• QuakerOats

  Let's look at it the other way ---- No cap-n-tax; no card check; more oversight on the marxist EPA; potential derailment of obamaKare; and constant pressure to exploit our own, massive energy resources. You have to slow the socialist train down first before you can turn it around. Huge cuts in spending will be coming.
• derek bomar

  

  QuakerOats;722534 wrote:Let's look at it the other way ---- No cap-n-tax; no card check; more oversight on the marxist EPA; potential derailment of obamaKare; and constant pressure to exploit our own, massive energy resources. You have to slow the socialist train down first before you can turn it around. Huge cuts in spending will be coming.

  
  Ill believe it when I see it.
• stlouiedipalma

  believer;722473 wrote:Sorry sir but LMAO. Are you kidding me? You lefties are already pointing fingers at the Repubs for "failing" to create jobs in the first 100 days.
  
  The liberal media and the DNC will not let a good crisis go to waste. They'll use the "failure" of the Tea Party Promise to "prove" that the Repubs don't have any answers either.
  
  It's like clockwork.

  
  The only "failure" of the Tea Party was in hitching up their wagons to the Republican Party. The failure I speak of is with Boehner and his promises. He is being exposed as nothing more than a Beltway politician whose only agenda is power. If his Contract With America shows no substantial progress in the first 100 days then I'd say it is a failure.
• BGFalcons82

  

  Hmmm....100 days, eh? That's an eternity, isn't it? :rolleyes: Plenty of time for anyone in diametric polar opposition to the ruling class that's been entrenched in DC for at least a half century you say. If anyone believed the Tea Party would take the ball and slam dunk it all over the ruling elitists every day since they took office is fooling themselves.
  
  Quaker is right...first you have to slow the runaway train down before you stop it and reverse course. For those paying attention, the $61,000,000,000 in proposed cuts were for a budget that only had 7 months left in the fiscal year. That would translate to $105,000,000,000 IF it was over a full year. The one to focus on is in September, when spending for the next fiscal year starts 10-1-11, to which ptown referenced. At least THIS HOUSE will propose a budget, which is a 100% improvement over the last version.
• stlouiedipalma

  BGFalcons82;722785 wrote:Hmmm....100 days, eh? That's an eternity, isn't it? :rolleyes: Plenty of time for anyone in diametric polar opposition to the ruling class that's been entrenched in DC for at least a half century you say. If anyone believed the Tea Party would take the ball and slam dunk it all over the ruling elitists every day since they took office is fooling themselves.
  
  Quaker is right...first you have to slow the runaway train down before you stop it and reverse course. For those paying attention, the $61,000,000,000 in proposed cuts were for a budget that only had 7 months left in the fiscal year. That would translate to $105,000,000,000 IF it was over a full year. The one to focus on is in September, when spending for the next fiscal year starts 10-1-11, to which ptown referenced. At least THIS HOUSE will propose a budget, which is a 100% improvement over the last version.

  The entire House will be up for re-election in 2012. I wonder what Boehner and his buddies will adpot as their campaign slogan then. Something like "Where are the jobs? We're still looking." would best fit their actions.
• tsst_fballfan

  

  All you right wing nut jobs should be bowing at the feet of the liberal left. 100 days should be enough time to completely change every single aspect of the entire state government, balance the budget, and right every wrong in history. Hell Obama was only in office 12 days and he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his greatness. ROFLMFAO!!!
• stlouiedipalma

  tsst_fballfan;722808 wrote:All you right wing nut jobs should be bowing at the feet of the liberal left. 100 days should be enough time to completely change every single aspect of the entire state government, balance the budget, and right every wrong in history. Hell Obama was only in office 12 days and he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his greatness. ROFLMFAO!!!

  
  And the criticism of Obama during the first 100 days of his administration was widespread among you right wing nut jobs. You can't have it both ways. Just admit that you've been duped by the Republican leadership once again.
• queencitybuckeye

  stlouiedipalma;722799 wrote:The entire House will be up for re-election in 2012. I wonder what Boehner and his buddies will adpot as their campaign slogan then. Something like "Where are the jobs? We're still looking." would best fit their actions.

  
  Or perhaps they, unlike some, realize the jobs are in the private sector as they always are, and are not going through the charade that the Congress is capable of creating jobs.
• queencitybuckeye

  stlouiedipalma;722813 wrote:And the criticism of Obama during the first 100 days of his administration was widespread among you right wing nut jobs. You can't have it both ways. Just admit that you've been duped by the Republican leadership once again.

  
  The last two years seem to have proven that the day 100 opinion was completely correct.
• tsst_fballfan

  

  stlouiedipalma;722813 wrote:And the criticism of Obama during the first 100 days of his administration was widespread among you right wing nut jobs. You can't have it both ways. Just admit that you've been duped by the Republican leadership once again.

  Sorry to disappoint you but I am not a republican!
• fish82

  

  stlouiedipalma;722813 wrote:And the criticism of Obama during the first 100 days of his administration was widespread among you right wing nut jobs. You can't have it both ways. Just admit that you've been duped by the Republican leadership once again.

  True...but to be fair, Boehner didn't flush almost a trillion dollars down the shitter in his first 100 days either. That kinda bugged me...if that makes me a "nut job," then I'll gladly tattoo it on my forehead.
• believer

  

  fish82;722927 wrote:True...but to be fair, Boehner didn't flush almost a trillion dollars down the shitter in his first 100 days either. That kinda bugged me...if that makes me a "nut job," then I'll gladly tattoo it on my forehead.

  I'll gladly tattoo it to my foreskin!
• stlouiedipalma

  believer;723081 wrote:I'll gladly tattoo it to my foreskin!

  
  Let's all hope it doesn't turn out like that "Wendy" joke!
• Bigdogg

  We are all still waiting for anything remotely addressing jobs, and the budget out of Washington. Leadership is hard when you actually have to do it.
• BGFalcons82

  

  Bigdogg;725361 wrote:We are all still waiting for anything remotely addressing jobs, and the budget out of Washington. Leadership is hard when you actually have to do it.

  
  They are too busy wasting their valuable time passing temporary debt ceiling limit measures for paltry amounts of time. Why is this? Why can't they make a more permanent solution? Whatever happened to Obama's debt commission recommendations submitted nearly 4 months ago? Where is the debate over that? They better pick up the pace. I read in the Dispatch this morning that Japan's crisis will likely mean they won't be buying as much of our debt, so how do we entice others to pick up the slack? Did you guess raising interest rates? I know you did.
  
  Which half of Congress absolutely refuses to deal with reality and refuses to work on the issues that will enslave all of us very soon? Which half of Congress is driving the debate now and which half is stalling? You can rail all you want against Boehner and his gang, but they aren't the ones refusing to deal with economic realities.
• Writerbuckeye

  

  Addressing jobs? You mean like buying a couple car companies and giving the unions a few billion dollars in exchange for nothing -- so that the whole thing will most likely fall apart at some point?
  
  Or throwing a trillion out there at pork projects and Democrat cronies that did nothing but exponentially expand the debt crisis we're in now?
  
  Congress has not place in trying to "create" jobs in the literal sense, because the only jobs they can create are in government, and that only adds to the fiasco we've got building.
  
  Their ONLY focus right now should be cutting government and getting the debt reduced both in the long and short term -- and blocking ANYTHING proposed that expands spending.
• believer

  

  I'm not at all surprised that the Left is attempting to pin jobs creation on the Republican-controlled House when the real reason Americans kicked Pelosi & Co. out of power was to get the Feds out of spend mode.
  
  But as usual the Dems and their fuck buddies in the media are pointing fingers for the jobs creation issue. Government is NOT the origin of true jobs creation. The best thing the Feds can do is set-up the environment necessary for the private sector to do that through changes in the corporate tax structure, easing up on over-regulation, keeping taxes in general in check, and STOPPING THE SPENDING of our children's money.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  believer;725520 wrote:The best thing the Feds can do is set-up the environment necessary for the private sector to do that through changes in the corporate tax structure, easing up on over-regulation, keeping taxes in general in check, and STOPPING THE SPENDING of our children's money.

  
  Completely agree, add wiser infrastructure investment to the list though.
• believer

  

  Tobias Fünke;725561 wrote:Completely agree, add wiser infrastructure investment to the list though.

  That's true....it definitely needs to be more substantial than a few Porkulus Act Signs, orange barrels, and political "shovel ready" bullshit.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  believer;725520 wrote:I'm not at all surprised that the Left is attempting to pin jobs creation on the Republican-controlled House when the real reason Americans kicked Pelosi & Co. out of power was to get the Feds out of spend mode.
  
  But as usual the Dems and their fuck buddies in the media are pointing fingers for the jobs creation issue. Government is NOT the origin of true jobs creation. The best thing the Feds can do is set-up the environment necessary for the private sector to do that through changes in the corporate tax structure, easing up on over-regulation, keeping taxes in general in check, and STOPPING THE SPENDING of our children's money.

  
  I'd agree that government does not create jobs, just fosters an environment where jobs can grow.
  
  But, the one thing they need to do is reduce the debt and they have failed. Passing CR after CR makes no fiscal sense some programs keep going.
  It also lowers productivity as fed workers cannot plan out past the end of the CR. It also does not fund programs that are needed on specific timelines, raising costs over time.
  If the R's can't get a basic agreement out of the House over to the Senate that will fund the government till 9/30/2011, then they have massively failed.
  
  Oh, and this game on the budget this year just makes next years budget (10/1/2011) that much shorter to pass it.
  So far, the R's equal the D's to me, all talk and little substance.
• Writerbuckeye

  

  So if the R's send a bill that massively cuts the government to the Senate, and it dies there, or gets vetoed by Obama, the R's are to blame?