I Challenge You

Palin is testing the presidential waters with a "birther" position.  Not directly, of course.  But she seems fond of mentioning it as part of Trump's campaign.  How "innocent" of her.

Romney is running for president.

His first ad says, "All of Obama's policies have failed."  Quite a "none-specific" statement.  To him I say, "Give me just one example of a failure that wasn't caused by the GOP putting up a roadblock."  This is a guy that passed Obamacare for his state and then when on to criticize Obamacare nationally.  This is a perfect example of how a politician puts politics ahead of the good of the nation.

Remember, the GOP wants Obama to fail.  This means they want the country to fail.  Then they can step in and recreate George W's government that succeeded so spectacularly only a couple of years ago.

Since Romney is not responding to my blogs, I will step in for him and list Obama's main failures.

Failure number 1:  Gave Tarp money to bail out all of the rich bankers.
Fact number 1: The Tarp was given out by the Bush administration

Failure number 2: Use money for an economic stimulus that didn't work.
Fact number 2:  The  Great Depression, which the current crisis has been oft compared to, lasted for 12 years.  A mere two and a half years after taking office, the economy is adding job faster than Bush lost them.  the recession is technically considered over although unemployment is slow to recover.    Now, Glen Beck may call this a failure; but I can tell the difference between Glen Beck and the top Economists in the world that supported the stimulus package.

Failure number 3: He's failed to get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan and is now in Libya.
Fact number 3: We are not in Libya in the same sense that Bush was in the other wars.  Lets not forget who lied to get us into those wars and lets not forget the GOP position on Libya which is to invade and throw Gadaffi out.

Failure number 4: Third year in a row of record national debt
Fact number 4:  The first year was from Bush.  The second and third years were on Obama's watch.  However, we would have a balanced budget if the tax break wasn't extended to the rich and we weren't paying for the GOP wars.

Failure number 5:  He is costing jobs.  It's his fault unemployment is so high.
Fact number 5:  Look at my chart on jobs from 3 or so blogs ago and tell me the GOP knows how to create jobs.  Their failed and ongoing failure in the realm of economics is astounding and akin to gross incompetence.

So, if my name were O'Reilly, I would call those last five points "Fair and Balanced."  After all, I'm just stating the facts.

I would like to know how cutting taxes for the rich creates jobs and reduces the national debt.

Give me an example.

I have gone first.  I have laid out exactly why it doesn't work in earlier blogs.  Critique it.  Tell me why I'm wrong.

Don't say, "You're weak point is economics."  I'm not an economist.  However, I've taken classes in Micro and Macro economics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  Several courses at each level.  I'l wager that puts me well ahead of 90% of those trying to make policy.

Plus I'm good at math.

What I'm saying is, I will understand your argument so feel free to use facts.

If you tell me it worked before; I'll tell you I wore a raincoat last week when it rained.  A policy that may or may not have created jobs over 30 years ago is not automatically going to work now.  Tell me why I'm wrong.

I'm on my way to the airport.  It's a long, boring flight to Zurich and on to Budapest.  The last time I took this flight, I saw a bad guy on the wing.  I was able to stare him down and he left us alone.  Nothing worse than having to change into my hero outfit in mid-flight.  The lines to the bathroom can be soooo long.

I'll check back in tomorrow.

Up, up and away...

jim