Obama's Impending Economic Failure
By Jeff Hopkins | 01/09/09 | 12:44 PM EDT | 1 Comment
As we all know, in a campaign speech on January 8, 2009, Obama purported that, "only government can provide the short-term boost necessary to lift us from a recession this deep and severe." Obama is dead wrong.
Fact 1: In February 2008, the Federal Government enacted into law the $168 billion Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. However, this $168 billion failed to stop the impending financial crisis.
Fact 2: In September 2008, the Federal Government bailed-out AIG with an $85 billion bailout package. However, this $85 billion failed to stop the impending financial crisis.
Fact 3: In October 2008, the Federal Government bailed-out banking institutions with an $850 billion bailout package. However, this $850 billion failed to stop the impending financial crisis.
Unfortunately, Obama is trying to double-down with a $1.3 trillion bailout bet to save the
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This "USS Inflatanic" had already struck the iceberg under the previous admin's watch-or lack thereof. Our economy is probably going to fail, but instead of letting it fail by just cutting spending to everything, he was at least willing to take the last paycheck to the casino and try to get lucky. The results will be seen soon enough.
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