Posted on 11/21/2009 3:02:51 PM PST by John Semmens
Seeking to deflect a rising frequency of calls for his resignation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner suggested that “the root source of our current troubles can be traced back to the Reagan Administration. Remember, it was the tax cuts and deregulation pushed by President Reagan that unleashed an abnormal expansion of economic growth. The American people became accustomed to an unhealthy pace of increasing material prosperity that is incompatible with the more socially conscious restraint President Obama is trying to bring to this country.”
“Rising home values, rising investment values, rising salaries all stimulate a sense of greed that is at odds with the type of new nation Obama is trying to build,” Geithner said. “This country was already on the path to learning to live with reduced expectations under President Carter until Reagan took us off the track.”
Geithner insisted that “those who criticize what we’re doing now to get back on track are deluded by an unrealistic optimism about the future. In most of the rest of the world people are much poorer than even Americans who are out of work. Accommodating to lower expectations and living standards is the path that the President has chosen for this country. The sooner people get with the program the easier it will be for all.”
(Excerpt) Read more at azconserv1.wordpress.com ...
At least the heat’s off “W”....
In other words, our current failure wouldn’t look so bad if Reagan’s success hadn’t looked so good.
LOL why is this A$$clown still in office?
I have nothing to say that wouldn't get me banned.
Reagan and the two Bushes were just detours on our long road to third world status.
Oh, oh, let me...
***”...Remember, it was the tax cuts and deregulation pushed by President Reagan that unleashed an abnormal expansion of economic growth. The American people became accustomed to an unhealthy pace of increasing material prosperity that is incompatible with the more socially conscious restraint President Obama is trying to bring to this country.”
Translation...
Reagan bad, Obama good.
Economic growth bad, Poor people dependant on the Govenment for all their needs- good.
Prosperity bad, Socialism good.
Timmy the Turd.
You’re hauling them in again John. Nice one !
“This country was already on the path to learning to live with reduced expectations under President Carter until Reagan took us off the track.”
Oh, so Carter was leading this country to hell, before REAGAN saved the day and NOW Obummer wants to FINISH what Carter started.
What a freeking JOKE this who administration is!!
God help us!1
Now it’s: REAGAN DID IT...what Reagan did is free millions of people and brought America to her feet economically...what a complete crybaby...this goof ball is...he is also a criminal...
Now it’s: REAGAN DID IT...what Reagan did is free millions of people and brought America to her feet economically...what a complete crybaby...this goof ball is...he is also a criminal...
Let’s see, who haven’t they blamed yet....Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Bush-1. I guess there is lots of opportunity for more blaming. Hate to see it go pre-War though, and into the era of beards and mustaches.
Yes they told us this man was one of the sexyist people alive. And they did it with a straight face.
Reagan caused America to prosper too fast. Democrats can never be blamed for something like that. They are good at rationing out poverty, wrecking economies, and leaving people worse off for having elected them. Timmy wants more of that, because it is good for us.
Yeh...It’s John but you caught a bunch!!
Damn that “expansion of economic growth”! Why can’t out streets look more serene like those in Cuba or North Korea do...it would be much better for the environment!
Typical of libs...first, it is NEVER my fault! Second, it has to be Bush's fault.
Now...since you won't buy that...then it must be Reagan's fault!
Don't buy that either??? Hmmmm...ok, then it must be Eisenhower's fault!
Not that either???
Then it has just got to be Grant's fault!!
etc., etc., etc...
Reagan saw the future with optimism and confidence that the American people knew best, not the government. What a loser this tax-cheat is and what a sad day for America. Blame. blame, blame...a ten year old knows better.
Reagan saw the future with optimism and confidence that the American people knew best, not the government. What a loser this tax-cheat is and what a sad day for America. Blame. blame, blame...a ten year old knows better.
Timmy is obviously too stupid to tie his shoes. How the hell did he get out of the fourth grade with that kind of logic-??
Alright Geithner, get this. You don’t tug on superman’s cape, you don’t spit in the wind, Reagan is our third rail, don’t make that mistake again.
Bush, Reagan, Haliburton, Oil, Casper!
Right. While they live in luxury, fly in corporate jets at taxpayer expense, enjoy benefits not available to the American people, and entertain themselves with luxurious White House galas at taxpayer expense.
It’s guillotine time. I’m MME DeFarge and I’ll knit.
Hmmm. And I thought the problem was that he was a young an inexperienced guy who was in over his head. If these quotes are accurate, he just another very hard left socialist. They’re all over this freakin’ admininstration.
There’s going to be a civil war............
I blame Polk, Buchanan, and Pierce!
You couldn’t make something like this up!
This imbecile is giving clueless arrogance a bad name!
But did you hear Krauthammer Friday evening on Brett Baer’s show? He called Timmy a hero for SAVING the economy! What in the he!! gets into these people?! What’s next? Is Chief Justice Roberts going to reveal that he thinks Earl Warren was a great conservative jurist??!
You can’t count on complete sanity out of ANY of these people any more!!
I think this is satire.......
Hey, folks, as much as I despise these a$$hats, it may be hard to corroborate statements such as these. I believe this article holds a lot of SATIRE. I think that the website from which this article springs alludes to this section as SATIRE.
Just be careful when quoting is all I'm sayin'..
It wasn’t until after I posted my obnoxious statement that I noticed who had created the thread. It is flaming satire. What’s really horrifying is that the article is so believable.!
Hey......Hey.....C’mon now!
No gratuitous insults to turds!
Have you no respect, sir?!!!
I think we are seeing the end of the tyranny of liberalism and political correctness run amok. And the more the media and their elite overlords deny and attempt to suppress it the more violent the ultimate reaction will be. No show trials but lots of offenders hung from trees and light poles. The blood shed will end our role as a superpower on the world stage for 10-20 years but if a conservative republic emerges from the conflict, there will be lots of payback for mullahs, ayatollahs and lil kim's in the turd world.
Another one out of the park John ... great job.
The pain of this article is that, despite being satire, it is so conceivable that these jokers do say things like this and totally support such beliefs..
Ok, dude, you caught me. In my defense, though, he really could have said it. I guess that is why it is such GREAT sarcasm. Good job.
It could very well be satire but he is still an A$$Clown and needs to be investigated LOL!!
Agreed.
“Rising home values, rising investment values, rising salaries all stimulate a sense of greed that is at odds with the type of new nation Obama is trying to build,” Geithner said.
Congratulations AZ....you finally got me...I was riled up with this....lol.
Sarah has enough here to hang the Messiah out to dry for the next 3 years.
You have GOT TO BE KIDDING! “ “Rising home values, rising investment values, rising salaries all stimulate a sense of greed that is at odds with the type of new nation Obama is trying to build,” Geithner said. “This country was already on the path to learning to live with reduced expectations under President Carter until Reagan took us off the track.” “
Extolling the false virtue of Carter and trampling the success of Reagan? This guy is absolutely off his rocker! “...at odds with the type of new nation 0bama is trying to build...” and “...”learning to live with reduced expectations...” It can’t be much clearer than that. 0bama is the socialists’ political messiah, and the sheeple are his flock.
It’s time to take back the country.
I’m just waiting until there’s a collective “Oh Snap! Caught”
This is a joke, right?
The Communist pimp Geithner may try to gravel to Democrat Communists in Congress about his admiration of socialism but he is also a shill for Goldman Sachs and Wall Street Fat Cat Democrats who are growing rich of corruption in Washington. The Democrat Party is selling out to the super rich to destroy the middle class and increase dependency among the poor — all in the name of holding on to power.
Great minds and all that rot.
Can't imagine that we are the only ones that this came immediately to mind.
What a putz!!!
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