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We spend billions every year to defend S. Korea and they have the nerve to offer us a one-sided trade deal like we have with China. Obama could have scored political points by coming home with a free trade agreement but don't we need to let these countries know we won't sign one-sided deals as we did in the past?

To extend tax cuts for 10 years it will result in $5 trillion less revenue. With no offset this will increase the deficit and debt. The CBO says at most 30% of tax cuts come back as revenue. I like lower taxes but the budget has to get balanced some time. Is this the type of personal responsibility we can believe in?

Seriously, I have been aggressive about many of my answers on this website because I feel strongly about politics. In truth, we all win when any true vote based on good information is cast on the left or the right, politicians have to listen to votes! Since it takes the best of all of our ideas to succeed the more votes we can muster that are not in support of a special interest is positive. I encourage all to vote regardless of party affiliation! God Bless America!

Some part of the government like the State Department, the Secret Service or maybe the FBI has to check out the President before he gets in office. Is the government so stupid they would accept a fake birth certificate from a Presidential candidate

The economy can not recover with the banks holding trillions of dollars of bad loans? The TARP could loan banks funds they would REPAY to modify loans for people that QUALIFY for reduced mortgages in their current home. We were supposed to fix this with first TARP but we did not. This should not be designed as a handout but rather a necessary way to fix the last major barrier to recovery and a key step to avoid the coming major crisis when banks have to recognize losses on bad loans.

Great Depression and recession of 80's followed major banking crisis. FDR (D) and Regan (R) took at least 4 years to get country on track. Reagan was so unpopular he almost did not get re-elected because economy was so bad. Jobs were last element to rebound in both instances. So how is screaming about unemployment rate 2 yrs into recession really tell us anything about the recovery. Lastly, how can you rate Obama now, when no President in history from either party has been able to do a recovery in 2 years after a major banking crisis. Anyone who says they can predict the future results of Obama actions over the last 2 years is only guessing for political purposes at best. The key is major banking crisis create a unique set of challenges that take time and fortitude to address.

History seems to show it takes a number of years to turn around an economy after a major banking crisis. The great depression took like 7 years for FDR, a democrat, to overcome. In the early 80's Reagan, a republican, almost did not get re-elected because the economy was so bad. This is not a minor market bubble, it a recession after a banking crisis, no President in history has been able to turn it around in 2 years. Are people unhappy with Obama actual being reasonable? Regan could not do it in 2 years and he had the luxury to triple the deficit while in office. Obama is deficit spending but he is does not have the luxury to triple the deficit.

Right now the country is 75% caucasian and they make up most of Republican party. By 2050 there will be more minorities and they will be in the majority. At this time Republicans will be the minority, how will that change the party and the ways they get elected.

Right now our country is 75% white. It is estimated that minorities will be over 50% of the population by 2050. If any one minority ever has more people then whites, will whites then be called minorities?

Right now our country is 75% white. It is estimated that minorities will be over 50% of the population by 2050. If any one minority ever has more people then whites, will whites then be called minorities?