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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Obama's job was to try and keep the economy on an even keel while the U.S navigated it's way through economic slowdown.
Which he was relatively successful at when you compare it to Europe who lost many jobs; saw manufacturing jobs head east; and even lost out on the boom in call centres which largely went to India.
Lot of folk want to blame Obama for lack of economic growth throughout his tenure but the truth is America did reasonably well by comparison.
Ask folk in the UK when they last had a pay rise !
People voted for Trump because they liked his bullish 'America first !' attitude. That and the fact the Democrats decided to go with a candidate so mired in questionable business practices she virtually made HERSELF un-electable !
Trump has no political history, of either colour ! So he appealed to Joe blow.
Once the Republicans saw he had backing of supporters who probably would never have considered voting Republican before this election, it became hard for them to ignore him !
In truth (if you remember what that is)Trump would probably have had a landslide win had he run as an independent !
A complete change from the cardboard Republican candidates of recent times !
But then Independents then have to rely on support from both sides of both houses to get anything done ! So he took the job the Republicans offered him !
Unfortunately when you shake hands with the Devil, you have to dance to his tune !
Hence all the 'i'll put Hilary in jail/Create new jobs/make America great again' garbage had to be sidelined because he now has to make a load of faceless wealthy people happy !
Which he was relatively successful at when you compare it to Europe who lost many jobs; saw manufacturing jobs head east; and even lost out on the boom in call centres which largely went to India.
Lot of folk want to blame Obama for lack of economic growth throughout his tenure but the truth is America did reasonably well by comparison.
Ask folk in the UK when they last had a pay rise !
People voted for Trump because they liked his bullish 'America first !' attitude. That and the fact the Democrats decided to go with a candidate so mired in questionable business practices she virtually made HERSELF un-electable !
Trump has no political history, of either colour ! So he appealed to Joe blow.
Once the Republicans saw he had backing of supporters who probably would never have considered voting Republican before this election, it became hard for them to ignore him !
In truth (if you remember what that is)Trump would probably have had a landslide win had he run as an independent !
A complete change from the cardboard Republican candidates of recent times !
But then Independents then have to rely on support from both sides of both houses to get anything done ! So he took the job the Republicans offered him !
Unfortunately when you shake hands with the Devil, you have to dance to his tune !
Hence all the 'i'll put Hilary in jail/Create new jobs/make America great again' garbage had to be sidelined because he now has to make a load of faceless wealthy people happy !
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@Picklebobble2 BEST DAMN ANSWER EVER!!!!!!!!
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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@Bluedragon Well the truth is we hire them to come up with answers.
Sad fact is, often, they don't !
It's not as if economic slowdowns or recessions or even depressions are unheard of !
If you aspire to a consumer led economy, they're a fact of life !
So perhaps we should be asking them, if the banks and their business practices lead to the last recession, what are the government doing to ensure that scenario doesn't happen again ??
Sad fact is, often, they don't !
It's not as if economic slowdowns or recessions or even depressions are unheard of !
If you aspire to a consumer led economy, they're a fact of life !
So perhaps we should be asking them, if the banks and their business practices lead to the last recession, what are the government doing to ensure that scenario doesn't happen again ??
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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@Bluedragon People can think of me anything they like !
But you can't deny the facts of it.
A lot of folk seriously dislike George W Bush and his period in office !
War mongering all over the Middle-East; getting thousand of people killed and for what ? To replace one disliked but functional regime with one that neither functions nor is liked !
So Obama withdrew all troops from the region; tried to set up a line of communication with Iraq; even found and terminated Osama Bin Laden !
Makes little sense to hate the guy when he tried so hard to clean up after the Bush years.
But you can't deny the facts of it.
A lot of folk seriously dislike George W Bush and his period in office !
War mongering all over the Middle-East; getting thousand of people killed and for what ? To replace one disliked but functional regime with one that neither functions nor is liked !
So Obama withdrew all troops from the region; tried to set up a line of communication with Iraq; even found and terminated Osama Bin Laden !
Makes little sense to hate the guy when he tried so hard to clean up after the Bush years.