Keep in mind that check does not come from the government. It comes from people like me and you and anyone else that pays taxes. The only way government can make money is by printing it, or taking it from those that work for it.
The check comes from the Government, believe me. I WISH the check came directly from people like you because it would be a lot bigger. Unfortunately only a portion of your tax payer dollars make it through to people like me, but our government needs money to operate, and the interest on our national debt needs to be paid.
The government does not have any money until they either PRINT IT, or TAKE it. I'm fairly certain what you get is a combination of both. The government has no method, model, or system of generating revenue. They commandeer it or print it.
Here's a good "apples to apples" comparison: Obama had a higher average approval rating for his first three months than have the last four incoming Presidents (Reagan, Bush, Clinton, & W Bush) http://www.gallup.com/poll/117598/Obama-Averages-Approval-First-Quarter.aspx Now it's clear that his approval rating isn't *particularly* high for a new President, but it's even more clear that he does have above average popularity for a new President and claims otherwise are not based in reality.
Depending on the poles you look at, its actually quite the opposite with Bush and Clinton both having a higher overall approval rating over the same period. Either way, who gives a rats ass? Dumbama is a moron no matter what the polls say.
I'm really glad to see someone quoting from Gallup, rather than the other biased polls that are out there. For instance, check out lthis polhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/direction_of_country-902.html about how people feel about the direction of the country. You can clearly see how the right wing news outlets of Newsweek and Pew Research are trying to make things look bad for Obama, with only 22/23 percent of the people saying that the country is headed in the right direction when more legitimate and unbiased outlets like the DailyKOS make it very clear that 43% of Americans feel the country is on the right track. Those other sham polling outfits must think we are idiots and we'll buy anything fed to us!
Obviously the OP gives a rats ass, it's the entire basis of this thread. As far as who gives a rat's ass? That's how I feel about your personal opinion that the President is a "moron." It's clear that you are in the minority with your opinion. re: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/direction_of_country-902.html The raw numbers (from each poll) aren't that important really - it's the comparison over time that matters. It's clear that the wording of the question will give different results as far as overall numbers (not necessarily a conservative or liberal bias but a bias towards higher or lower numbers regardless of who is in office.) Looking at the movement in that direction of the country polling it's clear that while people are still worried about the direction of the country - people are much more confident now than they were when Bush was in office and look at that huge jump right after the election. Last year the overall average was in the low 20s and now the overall average is in the mid 30s - that's a significant jump.
Most are... That's why they are called "polls". You can construct a poll to derive just about any outcome you want.
Exactly! That is what I'm getting at. The whole trend of those polls was towards people being more confident about the direction of our country until around late Feb. when these right wing hacks (Pew and Newsweek) start up with their nonsense claiming only 22 % of people feel the country is headed in the right direction, which skewed the entire trending line! These types of low numbers have not experienced since the Bush administration. Are these pollsters trying to claim that Obama is not driving the country in a better direction than Bush? Please. Its not like something happened in February to suddenly change the minds of much of the populace being polled. These right wingers at Newsweek and the Pew research center need to get wake up to reality and bathe in the warm light of the Obama administration.
This the problem with the entitlement mentality. People don't want to work hard and figure that they are entitled to the income of people that make more money than they do. At some point the government is going to have to go after people making 75k+. The rich simply don't have the money to fund the level of spending that Obama wants. You can see it already. First it started with incomes of 200k+ and now people are talking about 6 figure incomes. The other issue is that the government is printing money. I wondering how popular Obama is going to be when people start feeling the pain. Jimmy Carter was popular at first but when inflation hit 20%, Carter became unpopular fast.
Some of my confidence in the American people has been restored to see that they are not accepting this Commisar's, errrr I mean, this President's nonsense. Who does he think he is anyway? His first two months in office and he has tripled the national debt that accrued from George Washington til George Bush. When it's all said and done, this guy is going to make George Bush look like Abraham Lincoln.
People are looking for a handout or someone else to pay. The popularity will erode when they have to dig into their own pockets to help pay for the massive spending. Things are going to get better with all the money being spent. It probably will be a few years before inflation and the dollar crash. The US survived Carter and I'm sure it will survive Obama.
Another 3 point drop since Friday: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...ministration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll Now 33% "strongly approve"...
Yeh, but thats the beauty of the whole thing. At some point, we all become more or less equal. The more those people make, the better off we all are!
Exactly. And the stock markets response to Bank of America's profits shows. Both BofA and the Dow is down. Why? Its pretty easy to make a profit when the Federal Government takes money from people that work and pay taxes, then gives it to the Banks at ZERO interest, then those banks lend that money out at 6% or more interest. At that rate we might as well have the government loan us back our own tax dollars at 0% interest and tell the banks to go away. Its pretty easy to make money when you do not have any overhead.
And it won't. The ones that do pay, are gonna stop. How? We're gonna leave. Ever wonder why so many people have left NYC? I hear Trump is gonna leave now too. Its really hard to call something "Fair", or equal when its anything but.
The amount of taxes collected comes no where near the amount to fund the Government. Even if the Government taxed the rich at 100%, there wouldn't be enough money. If you look back at the 70's after the 73-75 recession, the economy grew well from 1977-1979. Inflation was 13.9% in 1979 but unemployment was only 5.9%. Unemployment Rate 1960 5.5% 1965 4.5 1970 5.0 1975 8.5 1976 7.7 1977 7.1 1978 6.1 1979 5.9 1980 7.2 1981 7.6 1982 9.7 1983 9.6 Inflation Rate 1960 1.7% 1965 1.6 1970 5.7 1975 9.1 1976 5.8 1977 6.5 1978 7.6 1979 11.3 1980 13.5 1981 10.3 1982 6.2 1983 3.2 Real Growth of Gross Domestic Product 1973 5.2 1974 -0.5 1975 -1.3 1976 4.9 1977 4.7 1978 5.3 1979 2.5 1980 -0.5 1981 1.8 1982 -2.2 1983 3.9 http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/6Economy.htm