Trump’s economy is what Obama
always wanted but never got
Washington Examiner,
by
Editorial
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
2/21/2020 5:05:14 AM
When Barack Obama secured the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, he famously declared, “We will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide ... good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”
Looking back with 2020 hindsight (pun intended), Obama and everyone else in 2008 would be surprised to learn that significant improvements in the economy, inequality, and emissions would occur but that the public would credit them not to Obama’s eight-year tenure but to Donald Trump’s victory on Nov. 8, 2016.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Petronius 2/21/2020 5:33:13 AM (No. 324934)
1. The economy tanked as soon as it appeared that Obama had a strong possibility of being elected.
2. The economy soared after Obama was out of office and it was certain that Hillary would not be his successor.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
John C 2/21/2020 5:43:24 AM (No. 324935)
Disagree that agree that obama wanted a good economy. HIs speaking out now is a reminder of what he and valjar did to America. Clunkers for cash, obama-phones, fast and furious. Iran deal, locked personal paper work, Tea party suppression, bowing to the Saudi's. Apology tour, Egypt to the brown shirts, Iran billions and freedom fighters he sided with the leaders. Go to the devil you B______.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
privateer 2/21/2020 5:53:19 AM (No. 324941)
I too disagree. The good things now happening are what zero SAID he wanted in 2008 and after. The economy he really wanted for the U.S. was that of Venezuela.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
MattMusson 2/21/2020 6:02:35 AM (No. 324945)
The US Economy - a free economy - is naturally buoyant. It wants to float to the surface. After the recession of 2008, it tried to recover. But, Obama kept holding it's head under with new taxes on Small business job producers, literally closing down car dealerships, completely turning over the Healthcare industry and giving almost his entire stimulus to local Democrat governments and Teacher's Unions.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 2/21/2020 7:41:18 AM (No. 325014)
People with jobs in a growing economy are a direct threat to the democrat party - it’s like showing the cross to Dracula.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 2/21/2020 7:48:17 AM (No. 325025)
If BO wanted a robust economy, he should have stopped pouring sugar (regulations, taxes) in the gas tank.
I agree that BO did NOT want the US strong economically. He felt the US had been a scourge to the world because of its economic and military strength. He hobbled the military by cutting their budget, distracting them with climate nonsense and social missions, and demoralizing them by tying their hands and leading them into failure. He hamstrung the economy through regulations, Dodd-Frank, BOCare, taxes, fighting fracking and pipelines, and numerous other mechanisms.
As soon as Trump got into office he reversed all BO's ephemeral efforts. The economy soared and the military became an efficient, on mission, fighting machine again. Trump deftly used these strengths to destroy and cow our foes and bring the world to the economic negotiation table. The US is dominant but fair. This was against all that BO wanted. BO wanted the US reduced and withdrawn. He dribbled out government payouts and painfully slow economic growth to keep citizens under the government's thumb, just like what Sanders and the other smurfs want to do but moreso.
BO's massive ego wants to get credit for Trump's economy but he deserves condemnation for his incompetence, lack of vision, and shear dead headedness about the role of the US in the world.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
sydney727 2/21/2020 8:56:37 AM (No. 325107)
Obama never wanted a good economy. He wanted dependence on government and citizens too beat down to be a threat to him.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Philipsonh 2/21/2020 10:15:28 AM (No. 325216)
Sorry. Obama and his corrupt cronies were economic ~IDIOTS.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Right Time 2/21/2020 10:47:03 AM (No. 325269)
No, I really don't think Obama wanted the great economy that Trump has created.
That would be good for the USA, which should be punished for its past slavery.
Besides, keeping people dependent on government welfare, medical, and handouts helps build up your posse of supporters.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
cheeflo 2/21/2020 1:36:02 PM (No. 325484)
It’s easy to explain ... Obama didn’t know what he was doing and Trump does.
On the other hand, I’m not sure the adage that you should never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence applies to Obama. A nagging voice in my head says that Obama knew exactly what he was doing and achieved the desired result. He was counting on Hillary to finish the job.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
JimBob 2/21/2020 8:12:28 PM (No. 325754)
SO MANY Good Comments!
I would like to pose a question.
IF Obama were to have done EVERYTHING in his power, in every area, at every level.... moral, military, legal, economic, national spirit, foreign relations, national attitude...... to Hurt, Weaken, Demoralize, Impoverish, and Tear Down America.........WHAT would he have done DIFFERENTLY than what he actually DID?
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