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What can be done to reverse the trends, if anything?
1 posted on 04/02/2010 11:30:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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What can be done to reverse the trends, if anything?

Oust the Democrats. Back when the GOP was in charge, people had jobs.

2 posted on 04/02/2010 11:36:35 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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Interest rates. It’s hard to get negative approvals when governing in a 0% interest rate environment, but Obama is below 50% already and the bad stuff hasn’t even happened yet. The government can’t hand out free goodies without cheap money.


5 posted on 04/02/2010 11:43:50 PM PDT by Cheap_Hessian (I am the Grim FReeper.)
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Nothing can be done. People--not only libs and RINOs but self-identified conservatives--never want to give back once they've had cent one taken from them.

Don't believe me?

How many people here on FR would forfeit all they've paid in the system if Obamacare, Social Security, and any other government program we criticize were ended today?

6 posted on 04/02/2010 11:44:16 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Conservative Bostonian, atheist pro-lifer, soon be gone)
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The Ubanga/Democrat base: atheists, pinky-ringed union thugs, welfare grandmothers, abortion enthusiasts, “victims”, condom-throwers, race hustlers, Boy Scout-hating lesbians, hand-wringing college professors, Hollywood drunks, parasites, losers, and all the rest of the America-hating goofballs.

Like dear old Dad always said, “Once the parasites outnumber the hosts, America is done.”


7 posted on 04/02/2010 11:44:43 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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What can be done to reverse the trends, if anything?

Only net taxpayers should be allowed to vote.

10 posted on 04/03/2010 12:06:10 AM PDT by cynwoody
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By 1980 we had been through one recession after another with an inflation rate that I watched shrink big 10 cent candy bars down to a miniature version for 50 cents. Three-bedroom, 11/2-bath homes went from $10,000 to $25,000 to $60,000. We had been through the Arab oil embargo followed by scary, periodic gas shortages. Beef shortages, toilet paper shortages. . .The huge sudden spikes in gold and silver as people scrambled to hoard a little tangible wealth in coming Mad Max post technological world. Then we abandoned Vietnam. During Jimmy Carter's tenure the Soviets took control of seven nations around the world in four years. I was going to vote for John Anderson simply because he seemed like a fine man. My wife said we should both vote for the same candidate so our conflicting ballots didn't cancel each other out. We both voted for Reagan. His soothing national voice might get us through the impending Apocalypse. Then Reagan was shot by a mentally ill man and Reagan cracked jokes in the emergency room. During that period I had an epiffany that changed the whole course of my existence

Thirty yearts later the time is rigt and conservatives are ready.

Please don't sink into dispair. WE WILL DO IT !!!

12 posted on 04/03/2010 2:16:00 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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What can be done?

Stop destroying businesses with endless tax and regulations.

Stop rewarding people who don’t work.

Stop punishing people who do work.


13 posted on 04/03/2010 2:43:48 AM PDT by DB
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We need to eliminate/reduce our debt. Obama is doing the opposite. He is exploding our debt. We are headed for either a deeper depression (we are in a mild one now) or very high inflation — worse than the 70s. We’ll see which one wins.

The time to prevent this problem was about 20 years ago. Now it is to late for anything but taking our medicine.

A lot of people here are right wing and naturally want to blame Obama for EVERYTHING. I like this, because it reflects the thinking of the population at large and hopefully he and many Democratic Party office holders will be thrown out on their backsides.

That said, Obama did nothing to cause this economic collapse. He is worsening it terribly, but he did nothing to cause it. This was 40+ years in the making and he has NO power to fix it. He can only be or make it worse. He is making it worse.

Nothing can be done to reverse the current trends in the short term (5 years, maybe more). Good fundamental capitalism would reverse the trend in the longer term. We are racing toward all-out Socialism. You do the math. As long as a huge portion of the electorate is getting free handouts, this trend will accelerate.


18 posted on 04/03/2010 3:58:37 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Bye bye Miss American Freedom. Liberal idiot voters put a stake through your heart.)
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Carter handed out free goodies but then interest rates hit 18 % and inflation hit 12 %. Do you think OBamgi would remain popular then ? Good luck with that program


20 posted on 04/03/2010 4:35:09 AM PDT by Nonstatist
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From February 2008 to February 2010, the number of unemployed men and women doubled


Hmmmmmmmm.

And what even happened in Feb 2008 that just might have caused America’s long slide into Socialism and Anarchy ........???

Thinking ...

Thinking ....

Nope, Can’t think of a thing.


*** The Obama Recession is now the Obama Depression —— just go check the empty stores at your local mall.


22 posted on 04/03/2010 4:39:40 AM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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Government must return to h conservative ands. That is not on the horizon though since the Rats are preparing to steal the 2010 elections and rule in perpetuity.


29 posted on 04/03/2010 7:11:05 AM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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Global Muslim Demographics

An interesting look at how fast Islam is taking over the world. You’ve been warned

http://www.mediacircus.com/tag/muslim/


37 posted on 04/04/2010 6:42:43 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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