Thread: Obama's Job Performance

Originally Posted by 59caddy

OK, if its no big deal send me half your paycheck...i did not work last week and YOU need to share the wealth...that the kind of simplicity you want?

So you think that's what Obama meant? interesting.

I have no problem having my tax dollars go to people in need. I would much rather it go towards that then a war in iraq.

Originally Posted by 59caddy

we the taxpayers own GM, CHYRSLER, that is socialism..(obama's words "we own")

It's not Obama trying to take over private industry.

Actually this thread made a good showing until the partisans arrived. May be time to shut it down.

It is of course obvious that non-US folks are judging US president for what he does with his foreign policies.

Imho, Obama has done good job trying to recover good relationships between US and the rest of the world. Those relationships, as well as trust towards USA being a country of common sense were badly damaged when GWB was in power. At least most people here seem to think so.
Sending more troops to Afganistan is necessary if it makes possible to withdraw all foreign units from there. (Hope sooner than later as i have a personal risk of getting there this year or 2011).
How Obama did in Copenhagen was a flaw.

How he does in your homeland politics is really not the business of non-US citizen.
I can only guess why his health care plans get so much resistance.
I can also guess that without helping GM and Chrysler there would be much more people without jobs. Without helping banks in the current crisis you would probably be in much worse trouble.

Originally Posted by Sailor

It is of course obvious that non-US folks are judging US president for what he does with his foreign policies.

Imho, Obama has done good job trying to recover good relationships between US and the rest of the world. Those relationships, as well as trust towards USA being a country of common sense were badly damaged when GWB was in power. At least most people here seem to think so.
Sending more troops to Afganistan is necessary if it makes possible to withdraw all foreign units from there. (Hope sooner than later as i have a personal risk of getting there this year or 2011).
How Obama did in Copenhagen was a flaw.

How he does in your homeland politics is really not the business of non-US citizen.
I can only guess why his health care plans get so much resistance.
I can also guess that without helping GM and Chrysler there would be much more people without jobs. Without helping banks in the current crisis you would probably be in much worse trouble.

Does Finland have public health care? If so then; first, would you classify it as "socialist" in nature and second, do you also have private insurance companies?

Originally Posted by commiecat

Does Finland have public health care? If so then; first, would you classify it as "socialist" in nature and second, do you also have private insurance companies?

We have public health care here. Works very well. We have also private insurance companies. They are ok: If you have some minor disease or something, you might have to wait for few days until you can get to public health care, but with private insurance you always get almost instant access to doctor.
Public health care also covers areas not interested by private companies: psychiatric health care, for example. My wife works for children psychiatric care, and it is easy to imagine why private companies are not interested in such non-profitable tasks.

Calling our health care system as 'socialistic' would easily make everyone here laugh, even those socialists.

Originally Posted by NYCshaver

I have no problem having my tax dollars go to people in need. I would much rather it go towards that then a war in iraq.

I bet a majority in Iraq would say they needed to get rid of saddam, since he was a sunni, the minority group there. Wouldnt it be easier and more efficient for you to send your dollars to the poor and bypass the middleman that takes thier cut off the top? If you were not paying taxes how could they send them to iraq? You did make a good point though, once your taxes are confiscated you have no choice in where they get spent, if they stayed in your paycheck you would have total control of where your money went. There was a time in american history when taxes were completely voluntary, and were completely paid by the rich through their purchases(duties), and voluntary contributions. Then the government fell in love with income taxes at about the same time they fell in love with the idea of being the supreme power in the US, any guesses to when this was. A clue, 100's of thousand lives lost, billions of dollars lost, and loads of private as well as public property confiscated burnt and pillaged. It was also at this time that our constitutional republic got railroaded by the majority rule advocates(democratic) and when federal government became national government. When our most sacred belief, that government derives it just powers from the consent of the governed was destroyed and replaced with the states and their people derive their just powers from the consent of the government.
Most of our founders felt that democracy was essentially mob rule, kind of like asking two wolves and a sheep whats for dinner. That is why they took the time to write a constitution that deliniates exactly what the federal government could do, if it isnt listed specifically they have no right to do it. A democratic constitution would consist of one line, the national government can do whatever the people vote to do.

As far as the poll goes, doesnt one need to be at work and not on vacation before he can be graded. And I could care less if GWB did the same thing, two wrongs dont make a right. Obamas job is here in the US, we have foreign ministers and a secretary of state as well as the state department for taking care of appearances outside. Last year he was on his honeymoon next will be an election year so maybe in 2011 will have enough to start a serious grading poll, imo.

First year? I'd give an F.

It's difficult to contribute something to this thread that hasn't been said already.

In his first 60 days alone he managed to out-Bush Bush.

His choices of underlings are total crap:
Tim Geitner: former tax cheat now in charge of collecting taxes.
Janet Napolitano: "the system worked" "the system failed". More afraid of right wing extremism than Muslim extremism.
Eric Holder: trying the Gitmo detainees in New York City. Brilliant. Wait until the jury hears they were "tortured" for information.
Steven Chu: Paint your roof white.
Rahm Emanuel: Chicago thug.

Yeah, I know, Bush had PLENTY of failures, too. We really need another Reagan. We haven't had a good president since him.

Originally Posted by CableDawg

First year? I'd give an F.

Yeah, I know, Bush had PLENTY of failures, too. We really need another Reagan. We haven't had a good president since him.

AMEN BROTHER, AMEN.......