Eturnalshift wrote:
It makes me the guy who can't change policy - I don't have the power in politics and I don't have hundreds of economists at my disposal. He does. That makes him the bad President because he can't get anything done. Polls say the economy is the number one issue to Americans... if that's the case don't you think he should've spent more time on that instead of trying to craft some half-ass health care reform? His priorities are fucked and because of it he's going to hand the Republicans power this November. (One term president, too.)
As for jobs, I kinda already said what would spur growth... Help immigration, trim back regulation, lower taxes, etc. I believe any of these three things would help our problem.
OH LOL BUT WE CAN JUST PRINT MOAR MONEYIS!!!
Having hundreds of economic advisors won't help Obama do the impossible. There are some things that can and should be done to help create jobs, but none of them could create jobs fast enough to return the US to normal employment any time soon. Even with sustained job growth equal to that of the best year of the boom 90s it would take almost 5 years to get back on track. With more realistic rates it could take 10 or more years. There is a good chance Obama will be losing power, but that has nothing to do with his abilities as president and everything to do with the fact that the world entered a massive recession the year before he took office (although I suppose that was his fault too?). People don't vote for incumbents when the economy is bad, and the economy is certainly bad.
