I think it was 2003...when Frank was approached by the opposing party and wanted to real thing in....Frank is on tape saying we could not interfere with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, he was afraid people would not be able to buy houses....he said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were in fine shape and to leave them alone. Bush's watch...sure....but Congress has been to blame way before that. They wanted people to be able to be stupid...and a lot of them were.
Yes, I did better financially and made more money each year under Bush, he had nothiing to do with it...nor did Clinton have much to do with it when during his last year my company began letting people go by the thousands...no ONE peson controls the economy or up and down swings, but you can bet there are proven ways to make it better, or get in the way and make it worse...and Congress does that, not a president. They appropriate all funs, they tax, and they spend...they sign it all first before any president does. The two party's have been acting the same for along time, and the majority of them voting the same. Now it appears as if one party may be trying to actually change something, and blame themselves as well, and another party pointing at just the other party like they are the "good ones"....no class. I may be stuck with with not having a real swell choice, but I'm sure not voting all the way to the left 60's style again either. I'm not looking for government to do anything for me but get out of my way. Seems the Dems want to help fix me up some more, please don't fix me any more...if Mac and Palin are saying the government does not have to run it all....I'll go there, and hope at least one party takes less of what I make, and no..please don't tax the heck out of my company either, they are paying too much as it is already, and I'd like to hang out there for a while longer. I also expect a president to not mess around with a real bad bunch, and blow them off the map without too much negotiatons...if that's OK.
While nobody likes war, I still say the best way to keep mad men in line, is to destroy them so fast and so hard that people around the world get sick over it. If your not willing to that, then don't do anything at all. If other countries know the United States is willing to do something that bad, it keeps them in line, same as a crook knowing everyone in his neighborhood is armed and more than willing to kill them fast...it keeps em in line. Sounds bad, works great for peace. No such thing as peace through weakness. That's how I feel about it anyways. Life is a lot simpler than politicians lead you to believe, it just sounds real bad to be logical to a a lot of people. I think America has bred some lazy people, complacent, and spoiled them too much. They probably need a wake up call to get tough again, and stop expecting the government to "fix" your whole life. They are only supposed to control my borders and keep me safe...that's it! The State can deal with all other issues as far as I'm concerned.