No Hope & Change

Let’s talk about what Barack Obama has gotten right. The downturn in our economy started when George Bush was president. True. But it also started when the Democrats took over the House and Senate in January 2007.

Prior to that, the Republican led Congress had reduced the budget deficit four years in a row down to $167 billion. After almost four years of Democrat prodigious wasteful spending and job destruction policies, the deficit has increased by over 800% and unemployment has officially doubled to almost 10%. When one counts those who have quit looking for work, unemployment is almost 20%, higher than during most of the Great Depression!

The President has sued Arizona for trying to help enforce the law to protect our borders. Also the President refuses to provide the manpower and resources necessary to keep these criminals out.

The Democrats in Congress passed a mandatory health care bill that polls show the majority of the American people do not want. The first real statewide poll, the Missouri ballot initiative last week, showed over 70% were against it!

The Democrat Congress (with one lone RINO) passed a finance reform bill that gives the government total control over lending. Government bureaucrats will decide which companies survive and which ones won’t.

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