The president was not right to ignor tea party. But there was no excuse for this. They worked 18 months on debt reduction and it was scuttled, almost as an after though, by a small group of republicans at the very last minute. This same small group that insisted on mixing debt reduction and raising the debt ceiling together. They refused to negotiate. They even attacked other republicans. It's like they went out to lunch, got looped, and game back in a fighting mood. It was surreal. Even ancors on the news channels were in shock watching it unfold.

The results are tea party gets blamed for crashing the stock markets. The president gets blamed for lowering the nations credit rating. Congress gets blamed on one side for refusing to compromise, and on the other for giving in. Anyone who has a market based retirement loses their life's savings. Everyone gets higher interest rates. And the trolls get to say I told you so.

Big problems are not solved with simple solutions. The republican solution is cuts in selective government programs they don't approve of. But cuts do not address the problems of waste and excess in government and do nothing to cut costs of health care. Heath care insurers charge too much and care too little. But republicans give health insurers non profit status, instead of working on alternatives.
What have republicans done to help the economy? They are forcing deep cuts to hurt the economy in time of recession. Republicans can't beat the president at the polls without destroying him. The scheme backfired, crashing the market, so they blame the tea party. It will take us years to recover our losses. If republicans deliberately force triggers our credit will go down further, along with the markets. The republican congress has declared war on the president. Republican governors are doing all they can to cripple the economy and stifle job growth. They are gambling with the countries economic future just to win an election. There will be other elections for them. But no turning back for us.

No more republicans, gambling with our futures!

The republican plan is to cripple the economy and stifle job growth to defeat Obama. But attacking unions in the state that invented collective bargaining is not so bright.
Republicans are willing to ruin the entire world's financial market just so they can continue to hoard all the nations' money. 1 trillion lost each year to individual and corporate deductions and breaks is vital to the nation's fiscal health. Value bugetting would help corporations, by setting a fair but not excessive tax, no loopholing around it.
You can have wage without tax, but you cannot have tax without wage. Governments cannot be ran like corporations. Just about every penny the government spends is tax. Why cry about tax when we could be arguing about wages. Corporations are robbing us blind, denying workers a livible minimum wage , one that does not keep workers with families below poverty level. All employers could be encouraged to give their emoployees pay increases rewarded with tax decreases.

@Michael: First do a little research. Google Corporate tax rates worldwide. What economies are hurting the worst in the past decade? The US and Japan have by far the highest Corp tax rates in the world. Individual rates are much higher in those Countries who are business friendly. Denmark has a tax rate on individuals of 50-62%. What do you think our rates will be when we provide health care for everyone? Medicaid is expensive because it is run by the Government, stupid rules and added costs. People take an ambulance to the ER for a sore throat!
The only way to create more jobs is to bring them back from overseas, lowering Corporate taxes would help.
The market downturn is because a deal was struck that is worthless. Not enough cuts have been made and the debt is going to continue to grow. When a bond rating decreases, interest rates increase- thus killing the chance for economic recovery and more importantly makes the debt snowball faster due to the rate hike. This is why interest rates have been near 0% for the past year or so- the debt ceiling would have been reached much sooner.

Under our current taxation, employers taxes decrease when the employees make more- it isn't working because we are competing globally. It is hard to compete with China's pay scale at a bowl of rice a day! Drop Corporate taxes to help get jobs back here. Give a two year tax holiday for corporate profits to be brought back into the US for investment- thus helping the market. Capital gains on that money will become revenue down the road. This also would address the issues of the US velocity of money- which is nearly dead- an indicator of a dying economy.

We've experienced the agenda of the Republicans - layoff American tax-payers from higher paying jobs with the hope they'll snag a lower paying job with less revenue to spend. What's wrong with that? Everything. Send them packing.

Wow! Sky high by 9 am? You must be living in the magic kingdom.
Not everyone who owns businesses are GOP. There are many wealthy Democrats out there.
Al Gore's tobacco farm is hiring: start packing.
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Was it a GOP agenda to give China Most Favored Nation Status?
Slick Willy stuck it to more than just Monica Lewinsky- he stuck every American worker.

So. That is old news. Bush ran that debt sky high by waging two wars on credit. So what does that have to do with republicans spending today?

What's with the voter fraud going on in Menomonee Falls?

@Wade: Clinton believed in 'spreading the wealth' (among other things)
Giving the jobs to China spread the wealth of the middle class worker to the Chinese.
His goal was to have us all on an even playing field except for the super rich.
When you don't have tax rev. coming in from the middle class- the Gvt. goes broke.
BO is now involved in 3 wars. So if W was a moroon what does that make Obama?
I would like every citizen to have free health care, free dental, a yacht! But if we have no money to pay for it because manufacturing is all in China- what are you going to do?
The dems and BO need to let someone with brains fix the problems they have created.

@Nate: I only voted twice. What fraud?

LOL No BBQ's today- just free smokes, and at $8 for a pack I'd vote for you.
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I think this is a clearly stated and important article from the Washington Post about the recall elections...and yes, I'm posting this more than once. Please think about it....and please vote.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/wisconsin-recall-fight-ends-where-it-began-with-a-big-lie/2011/03/03/gIQALHqD5I_blog.html

Any thing that hurts some one is a sin. Jesus preached love. Your message is one of hate.

The republicans asked Jesus which law was right. Jesus knowing they were trying to trick him answered, "don't lie, don't steal, don't cheat." When the people hear this they ran to the temple and voted all the republicans out.

The patriot says: Apostles organizing is a privilege not a right.

Will Obama-your-mama tell us what he shot today out on the links or does he have any ideas to turn the economy around yet?

A blast from the past for all you liberal fans. Seemed like only months ago.

http://www.fox6now.com/videobeta/a8a9a3e3-bc9b-4599-a9e8-5d1704628b6c/News/Battle-for-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court-still-close

@Nate: Give BO credit: He stopped playing after only nine holes to manipulate the market again, make a call to the Fed to talk about interest rates, and to call his special advisor in the Taliban.

ooh. I angered the tea compartment. What are you going to do. Comment me to death with your boring hate mongering.

This coming from an idiot who spews hate and calls people names. So credible.

Anyone want a glimpse of the Communist Party of WI? Turn on MSNBC with Saul Alinksy disciple Ed Shulz choking on his ego.

Vote tampering is a very serious accusation- that claim is transparent and will not do the Democrat Party any good at all.
It shows desperation and contempt.
I think the Dem party just shot themselves in the foot!

You do not comprehend what Canvassing is do you?
Your cred was suffering before, quit while you are ahead.

Again, you make my point ever so clear.
The Co. Clerk never touches the ballats, she is 17 miles away!
What is the point....can't fix stupid.

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