Among the bills blockaded by Harry Reid’s Senate are any and every attempt made by the Republican House to pass a budget (as required by law) and/or curb the runaway spending that is fast bringing on Debtmageddon. Have you see the Debt Clock lately?
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Filed under Barack Obama, Budget, Democrats, National Debt, Republicans
What do you think should be the top priority for President Obama and Congress in 2014?
(Note: This was an open-ended question, not a multiple choice question.)
The SINGLE BIGGEST RESPONSE: 18% responded “Healthcare”
Here are the responses as grouped and ranked by CtH:
48% = Economy worries and stuff the Feds are supposed to do (combined)
- 16% Jobs/Unemployment
- 15% Economy(General)
- 12% Budget and Taxes (combined)
- 4% Budget(General)
- 3% Budget deficit
- 2% Budget(Gov spending)
- 1% Budget (Other)
- 1% Taxes(General)
- 1% Military Issues/Benefits
- 2% Foreign Policy
- 2% Immigration Issues
- 1% Obama resign
36% = Social engineering stuff the Feds are NOT supposed to do (combined)
- 18% Healthcare
- 2% Education (General)
- 1% Wages/Minimum Wage
- 1% Income inequality
- 1% Class inequality
- 1% Social Issues/Social Services
- 1% Gun Issues/Policy/Control
- 1% Environment
24% = People who don’t pay enough attention to answer intelligently (combined)
- 10% Other (less than 1% each)
- 9% Don’t Know / No Answer
- 4% Bipartisan/Cross party lines/ Coop to get things done
- 1% Candidate cares about people
Which of the following should Congress and the President make a top priority?
Note: This was NOT an open-ended question. Percents given were for those who says YES to top priority.
The SINGLE BIGGEST RESPONSE: 80% Strengthening the Economy
Issues more or less evenly split Republican vs. Democrat:
- 80% Strengthening nation’s economy
- 74% Improving job situation
- 73% Defending against terrorism
- 69% Improving education
- 66% Securing Social Security
- 63% Reducing budget deficit
- 61% Securing Medicare
- 59% Reducing health care costs
- 55% Reducing crime
- 55% Reforming the nation’s tax system
- 45% Dealing with nation’s energy problem
- 42% Reducing the influence of lobbyists
- 41% Dealing with illegal immigration
- 39% Improving infrastructure
- 28% Dealing with global trade
Issues predominantly Democrat:
- 49% Helping poor and needy
- 49% Protecting environment
- 29% Dealing with global warming
Issues predominantly Republican:
- 43% Strengthening the military
- 39% Dealing with moral breakdown
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Filed under Budget, Climate, Democrats, Economy, Immigration, Medicare/Medicaid, Minimum Wage, Obamacare, Polls, Republicans, Taxes, Unemployment
Yesterday, the Senate voted down a House joint resolution entitled Honoring our Promise to America’s Veterans Act.
Today, Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said they will also vote down the bill to provide funding to NIH which helps children with cancer:
Reporter: But if you could help one child who has cancer, why wouldn’t you do it?
Reid: Why would we want to do that?
Please keep in mind that:
A. Democrats have flatly refused to negotiate in any way whatsoever, despite the Republican “obsession” with this bill that a majority of Americans did not want WHEN IT WAS PASSED and which a BIGGER majority of Americans do not want NOW.
B. Ever since Obama first took office in January 2009, Democrats have blocked every attempt by Republicans in Congress to fulfill the ONE JOB the Congress is legally required to do … PASS A BUDGET.
C. All this haggling over Continuing Resolutions is about keeping the money (debting) flowing at the ridiculous rate that Democrats established in 2009, a rate that is very rapidly sending the United States of America into bankruptcy.
Filed under Budget, Democrats, Harry Reid, Obamacare, Republicans, U.S. Senate, Veterans
If you still think the state of the economy is due to Republicans, you have not been paying attention.
When Democrats (including then-Senator Obama) took control of Congress on Jan 3, 2007, Republicans had been leading the country for TWELVE straight years and UNEMPLOYMENT was at 4.4%.
See more info about this @ https://polination.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/april-jobs-report/
Filed under Budget, Democrats, Economy, Republicans, U.S. Congress, Unemployment
Back in 2008, while the war in Iraq was the big issue, McCain was ahead because people trusted him with national defense.
Then, the economy crapped out. Now, I’ve seen credible evidence that the timing of the crash was engineered by Democrats to win them the election, but that’s another story.
My point today is that the media spun McCain as an out-of-touch Rich White Republican who couldn’t possibly be trusted to fix “Bush’s” mess. We needed OBAMA.
H/t itooktheredpill
Filed under Barack Obama, Budget, Democrats, Economy, John McCain, Republicans
Tweets @ #Obamanomics
H/t Angelaisms
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Filed under Barack Obama, Budget, Democrats, Economy, Funny Stuff, George W. Bush, National Debt, Obamacare, Republicans, U.S. Congress, Unemployment
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Filed under Barack Obama, Budget, National Debt, Taxes, Unemployment, Welfare
The Texas State Legislature begins its 2013 session with an EIGHT BILLION DOLLAR budget SURPLUS. How is that possible when the Federal and most State governments are drowning in red ink? Well, it seems that back in 2011, the Texas Legislature cut spending (what a concept) and allowed a fracking boom (ooh eeevil, providing cheap energy to Americans). Not only is the State government flush, but the jobless rate in Texas is at 6.2%. Read the rest @ http://news.yahoo.com/texas-legislature-wrestle-over-unexpected-budget-surplus-184800547.html
Sadly, Democrats care more about ideology than success, so don’t look for BLUE gummints to pick up The Texas Ball and run with it.
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Filed under Budget, Democrats, Economy, Energy, Unemployment
Jerome Hudson @JeromeEHudson – Um..WTF?? RT @DRUDGE_REPORT: Clinton won’t testify before Congress on Bengazi due to schedule… http://drudge.tw/UuK2O4
Angela Nelson @angelaisms – @JeromeEHudson Yeah, she’s totally washing her hair that day. @DRUDGE_REPORT
Elisha ^B^ @ElishaNEWS – For @SpeakerBoehner to kiss the Democrat ring as he quickly has, tells me Democrats also have something on him.
Lee Stranahan @Stranahan – I’d like a world where Harry Reid and John Boehner are both co-managing a Denny’s in Butte.
Teri Christoph @TeriChristoph – If you truly believe business owners are cutting back just to screw their employees, you deserve what’s coming your way.
Whitney Pitcher @whitneypitcher – RT @UberFacts: When it comes to economic freedom, the U.S. is ranked as the 10th most free country – Falling 5 spaces since 2008.
Carolina Zuluaga @carohleenuhh – The idea that minorities and women need help from the government to survive is both inaccurate and offensive.You’re no hero for thinking it.
Obama is a traitor @lembas_n_coffee – I’m so incredibly disgusted by envy masquerading as compassion. Charity is when YOU help the poor, not demand that others do so.
H/t Angelaisms
Filed under Armed Forces, Barack Obama, Budget, Democrats, Economy, Hillary Clinton, John Boehner, U.S. Congress, Unemployment
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