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Do you believe Obama lied or is just incompetent with the "we misread" statement and stimulus?
Remember, he said, the stimulus was needed to keep unemployment under 8.2%. We now stand at 9.5% unemployment. So did he lie to get the bill passed, or is he incompetent at getting it right?
24 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Both.
- DanielLv 71 decade ago
Only 10% of the stimulus has been acted upon for testing and accountability issues. It is to peak in early 2010. Unemployment is a lagging indicator which is really the unemployment of three months ago when all is said and done. The stock market is a leading indicator, which is up, and is showing where things are headed.
The market had its best percentage quarter of a year last quarter in over 10 years. The stimulus has not hit yet and will be bigger when is all done. Remembering that 1.5 trillion was given to the banks with no accountability by Bush before the election it will take our President some time to clean it up.
If one just HATES Obama then no matter what the answer is, it is wrong. If one is honest and open minded they can see the truth. The truth will set one free. Head in the sand hate is the cause of much pain and should be stayed away from.
I have never seen anyone be able to call Obama incompetent to his face with his intellect. Only when he is overseas and talking to foreign countries do people talk and no one says it to his face.
- huggardLv 44 years ago
The "stimulus" has no longer something to do with turning out to be jobs. it rather is all approximately paying off his political supporters. Pres Obama has had no adventure working even an ice cream truck. This usa is going to pass by way of some very puzzling circumstances however the anyone is, and characteristic constantly been, the potential of this usa. It took us just about 40 years to recover from FDR. it ought to take a little time, yet we are able to recover from the wear and tear the democrats intend to inflict in this usa.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Maybe we can take him at his word, that the stimulus was passed before all the information was in.
Things are bad yes, and not improving as quick as any of us would like. But we are back from the brink of depression. Since only a portion of the stimulus funds have been spent, maybe we should all chill out and be patient.
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- 1 decade ago
Didn't he say that back in February? It turned out the Bush recession was even deeper than anyone imagined. Without the stimulus unemployment would be even higher than it is now.
Remember, Republicans were denying there was a recession for a long time. Who were the incompetent ones?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
His statement was bull crap. The left always talks about how the right uses "scare tactics" well Obama did it when he made that statement and he's doing the same thing now with Health Care.
He'll use the increasing unemployment numbers as a reason for another stimulus as well.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
He says what ever he can to get his dirty little bills passed with utter disregard for truth or reality. He lives with a great Disdain for America as you have read in his book he harbors a hatred for White Americans.
He is after all the chosen one.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
Politicians never admit to lying~~even Nixon just resigned in disgrace
but they will always say~~*we misread the facts*
just like Bush said about the war in Iraq being linked to 911~~horse dooty
- Beatle Band AidLv 61 decade ago
He lied. He needed to get what he wanted to grease the palms of his supporters and now he has to spin his way out of it. Of course, only a very small portion of the money has been spent, so it still remains to be seen where this is going. I just want him to stay out of our pockets.
- turkeybrooknjLv 71 decade ago
He lied, is incompetent, arrogant and will do anything to mislead, manipulate and misinform the nation. He is the poorest excuse for a leader that I have ever seen! He is destroying our Nation with his bad judgement, expensive programs, misappropriation of money and Socialist way of thinking.
- ?Lv 41 decade ago
Let's see your analysis of the economy...... Where will it be this time nest year? If you are wrong can I call you incompetent? Or are you lying because you have nothing better to do than ask dumb questions?