Coakley Is Out--brown Wins

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by randolph

Create jobs a year ago? The economy was spiraling into a black hole! Surely, he should have focused as much on saving jobs as he focused on saving the banks. But even for God things take time and Obama is not God, right?

Yeah, last year TMF said unemployment would go no higher than 8.5% because of his stimulus package. It busted that in february.

Originally Posted by randolph

And politicians regardless of political persuasion never get things done properly, anyway.
They are too busy counting the money from lobbyists. Six hundred million form the drug/health industry for example.
Yes, he lost touch with his base after getting elected. He is no FDR that's for sure.

Well he'll burden generations to come as FDR did at least.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Yeah, last year TMF said unemployment would go no higher than 8.5% because of his stimulus package. It busted that in february.

Well he'll burden generations to come as FDR did at least.

Hey, don't knock Jimmy, my savings were paying 10% in those days.

[ila]

Originally Posted by randolph

Hey, don't knock Jimmy, my savings were paying 10% in those days.

And I'll bet your mortgage rates were close to 20%.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by ila

And I'll bet your mortgage rates were close to 20%.

My mortgage, at that time, was from the 1960s at 5%, fortunately.
You recall, that when Reagan came in the rates came down and so did the Saving and Loan industry. Some of the Bush boys were involved in that fiasco.