Let's be fair here though. The meltdown itself didn't cost us a dollar.
False.
It's the "fixes" that are costing so much money.
False.
We can debate which things are necessary and all that, but let's not ignore that the decision to spend money is made "now".
False.
Unless you're arguing that the decision to spend the most recent 800ish Billion dollars on stimulus was made by anyone other than the people currently sitting in office? Cause that would be a neat trick for Republicans to continue writing legislation two years after they lost control of both houses and for Bush to continue to hold veto power even though he's not president anymore...
There was no "decision". There is no other plausible option. None. Zero. Zilch. This is why the GOP can't offer one. No one can.
Obama didn't inherit the spending he and the Dems are doing right now, so let's not push that little cart too far up the hill, shall we?
Oh, heavens, no. Why, he's been in office almost 10 weeks now, plenty of time to unravel the economic clusterfuck I told you was coming for years, and explained how and why.
Here's the reality: The actions taken now may, in fact, not work. If that's the case, it's unlikely to be because the wrong actions were taken. If you provide the worlds greatest physician with a corpse, his inability to resurrect it doesn't reflect poorly on his medical skills.
When you can offer any sort of conceivable alternate action that could have been taken, let me know. Until then, stop wasting everyone's time. If the health care stuff somehow magically passes and even vaguely resembles the intended plan, and that fails, let me know. If Cap and Trade passes (hahaha, right) and that fails, let me know. Assigning responsibility for *required reactionary decisions with no other options available* is partisan hackery at its most ludicrous.
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