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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Vosilla who wrote (135384)	8/2/2013 11:02:13 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

This damn Congress doesn't care for job creation programs. Instead, they are spending taxpayer's money or conducting worthless investigations such as Benghazi, IRS etc. I just can't believe that they are again going to take up Obamacare and vote on repealing it for the 40th time. What the fuck is the Speaker doing. Is he on hooch? Why does he allow that bill to come on the floor 40 times and counting? What the hell is the press doing. Why aren't they pressing these folks to explain to the people why they continue to spend our money in such a fruitless manner? Should I be shocked? Why so I wonder because look at this thread itself where we have some folks just posting the same thing over and over again. First it was the BLS is lying. Now it is Obama is not prosecuting. This madness has got to stop. They need to learn to live with it since Hillary is waiting on the sidelines with her famous line which is something like "...right wing conspiracy"

To: John Vosilla who wrote (135384)	8/2/2013 2:33:30 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

To me it is about right that near 80% seem to struggle living paycheck to paycheck these days down here.. Of course this includes people with incomes, often unstable, far above the poverty line that struggle with keeping a budget. I believe another big reason the economy can't take off is so many have poor credit these days thus purchasing power is no where near what it was in the 80's., 90's and 00's for a lot of people? I think another key component is psychological. Even here where unemployment is at 4.5% you don't seen people painting their houses or putting on additions like in years past. In my area in the last two years, I have seen a couple of roofs replaced.......a necessity in a rainy climate........that's about it. I think the great recession and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have broken the American spirit......at least temporarily. We are not as invincible as we thought........and frankly, I don't think we are prepared enough for a very different future. The world has changed dramatically over the last 100 years and too many Americans have remained insulated from those changes IMO.