All I wanted to see was a snapshot of what the board thought that O's grade would be (without grading on the curve-"the congress stinks, pubs suck, better than romney, etc.) I should have known that it would denigrate into partisan idiocy.
All I wanted to see was a snapshot of what the board thought that O's grade would be (without grading on the curve-"the congress stinks, pubs suck, better than romney, etc.) I should have known that it would denigrate into partisan idiocy.
All I wanted to see was a snapshot of what the board thought that O's grade would be (without grading on the curve-"the congress stinks, pubs suck, better than romney, etc.) I should have known that it would denigrate into partisan idiocy.
$70 billion: Alternative minimum tax: a one-year increase in AMT floor to $70,950 for joint filers for 2009.
" Dealt a bad hand and has made it worse". Do you remember where we were in the Fall of 2008!?
Your Foreign policy grade is straight out of the talking heads from Fox News and is a crock of shit!
The world's view of the US has flipped since W left and even though I would have preferred to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan earlier, we WILL be out in the next 2 years. Obama does not get my approval for his first term but I would put money on an Obama U.S over a McCain U.S and a Romney U.S for that matter.
I think Bin Laden has been strong on foreign policy. I love his tactics towards Iran, the OBL catch was fantastic, and he's a good diplomat with foreign leaders. On the flip side of that: I don't think we had any business at all going into Libya, but there have been multiple articles out about how Obama was against it too until Hillary pushed hard for it.
Oops?
Just because you keep spewing the same brianwashed lies doesn't mean they will ever be true:
1. Out of the $787B (NOT $900B as you keep posting), 1/3 was TAX cuts- Thus your basis premise is FOS.
2. Many tens of billions went to keep teachers, cops, firemen and others in their jobs in EVERY state. Again your premise FOS.
3. There have been over 10,000 projects funded by the Stimulus. Only those willfully blind don't admit this.
Here is how each county in NC spent the money it got http://projects.propublica.org/recovery/locale/north-carolina
Over $14B was spent in NC, but don't let little things like facts get in the way. You never do.
Fall of 2008...in the midst of a campaign and media hysteria. The banking mess was cleaned up by TARP. And the banks paid back what they owed, unlike GM, who for some reason was also bailed out by TARP.
I don't really listen to talking heads in order to shape my views. The number of hours I've watched of FOX during Obama's administration can be counted on one hand, and I wouldn't need all 5 fingers. I see 30 minutes of MSNBC and/or CNN at the gym 5 days a week.
The world's view has not flipped, unless the "world" to you consists solely of western Europeans.
Lol yeah was thinking OBL when I started typing the sentence.
I agree with this to a certain degree, but circumstances certainly influence outcomes. We have this image in America of the great leader, the father, who can come into the room and sway opinions and make deals and, well, lead. But they have to forge a relationship across the isle with another influential leader in the other party, at least one, who can then influence his party and get the legislation passed. Obama has not been able to do this, as of yet. John Bohner is the most logical and most able (Mitch McConnell made himself perfectly clear, he was not going to be that leader), but Bohner is hamstrung by the numbers - he has 40 or so hardliners in the party that he cannot whip towards the center on anything. His party is divided, as someone just pointed out. He can't get the votes to get anything done with Obama. Obama has cachet, he is immensely popular, and I think Boehner was genuine in his desire to solve problems, but Congress is hamstrung by the far right and we get gridlock.
I'm not sure how you strike that against Obama's leadership abilities. The GOP of 15 years ago would make Obama look like Churchill in terms of leadership qualities.
The Act specifies that 37% of the package is to be devoted to tax incentives equaling $288 billion
Tax incentivesTotal: $288 billion
[edit] Tax incentives for individualsTotal: $237 billion
$116 billion: New payroll tax credit of $400 per worker and $800 per couple in 2009 and 2010. Phaseout begins at $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 for joint filers.[26]
$70 billion: Alternative minimum tax: a one-year increase in AMT floor to $70,950 for joint filers for 2009.[26]
$15 billion: Expansion of child tax credit: A $1,000 credit to more families (even those that do not make enough money to pay income taxes).
$14 billion: Expanded college credit to provide a $2,500 expanded tax credit for college tuition and related expenses for 2009 and 2010. The credit is phased out for couples making more than $160,000.
$6.6 billion: Homebuyer credit: $8,000 refundable credit for all homes bought between 1/1/2009 and 12/1/2009 and repayment provision repealed for homes purchased in 2009 and held more than three years. This only applies to first-time homebuyers.[40]
$4.7 billion: Excluding from taxation the first $2,400 a person receives in unemployment compensation benefits in 2009.
$4.7 billion: Expanded earned income tax credit to increase the earned income tax credit — which provides money to low income workers – for families with at least three children.
$4.3 billion: Home energy credit to provide an expanded credit to homeowners who make their homes more energy-efficient in 2009 and 2010. Homeowners could recoup 30 percent of the cost up to $1,500 of numerous projects, such as installing energy-efficient windows, doors, furnaces and air conditioners.
$1.7 billion: for deduction of sales tax from car purchases, not interest payments phased out for incomes above $250,000.
[edit] Tax incentives for companiesTotal: $51 billion
$15 billion: Allowing companies to use current losses to offset profits made in the previous five years, instead of two, making them eligible for tax refunds.
$13 billion: to extend tax credits for renewable energy production (until 2014).
$11 billion: Government contractors: Repeal a law that takes effect in 2012, requiring government agencies to withhold three percent of payments to contractors to help ensure they pay their tax bills. Repealing the law would cost $11 billion over 10 years, in part because the government could not earn interest by holding the money throughout the year.
$7 billion: Repeal bank credit: Repeal a Treasury provision that allowed firms that buy money-losing banks to use more of the losses as tax credits to offset the profits of the merged banks for tax purposes. The change would increase taxes on the merged banks by $7 billion over 10 years.
$5 billion: Bonus depreciation which extends a provision allowing businesses buying equipment such as computers to speed up its depreciation through 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americ...nt_Act_of_2009#Tax_incentives_for_individuals
so it doesn't matter who the president is because they are merely slaves to congress? bullshit.