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Obama budget multiplies the deficit so far beyond any reasonable level one must assume Obama is purposely trying to destroy the economy. When Obama makes the statement that we are moving from an era of borrow and spend, he is lying, purposely and calculatingly. We are in fact moving into an era of steal and embezzle and Obama and Congress are the mafia dons that run the business. Their business is to remake U.S. in the image of social justice.

Definitely was time for a change! Get used to it Repubs, whats left of you! President Obama you are doing a great job! Keep up the good work!

We barely avoided a depression and currently every sign out there in the market tells we're making our way back out of the recession. Slowly, but steady nevertheless. We are in a recovery, and Ryan can keep his doom and gloom scenarios to himself.
Besides, he came up with a budget plan that 39 Republicans voted against!! It was useless and ridiculous.
So step aside and stop criticizing, until you come up with some worthy idea.

republicans ,as a whole ,are just as lost as the McCain/Palin Campaign was, during the election. i hope their days are numbered. The talibangelical movement of their party has brought them to their knees, deservedly so. they must learn that they are not responsible for dictating other's lives, and denying those same people's civil rights.I believe they are on their way out, and i say," good riddance!"

As a Wisconsonite, I don't know how Paul Ryan got into power - except for his good looks. The words that consistently come out of his mouth are always reciting the dead Republican theme songs. Maybe its good because it may bring about an end the Republican party. I now tell people that, "I used to be a Republican, but George W. and the Republican Congress cured me of it."

It's not a fiscal crisis. It's a financial crisis, which Obama is trying to fix with fiscal policy. If there were no financial crisis, there would be no need to spend the way Obama has to in order to prevent economic freefall.

I love it when a republican criticizes Obama. Where was this criticism when Bush was destroying the economy? It seems to me that the republicans were pretty quiet for 8 years. Obama has been in office for 3 months and apparently can do no good in the eyes of the Party of No. It gives me such pleasure every day to turn on the television and see that the White House is finally in good hands. By "good" I mean intellectual, approachable, and pro-science. When a republican speaks now it's like a mosquito in your ear, it's annoying but you know that it can't do any real harm. I feel sorry for the republicans, they're going to have to deal with the democrats in power for at least the next 8 years.

Rob, I couldn't agree more!

And where have the Republican tools been while Bush was spending on an illegal war, and letting everything in this country fall apart? I'd like to see them shut up, and stay out of they way, President Obama is too busy cleaning up the mess that has been left for this generation by all of them.

This is ironic coming from a party that ran the country in debt so they could hand it to the wealthy. It is also ironic that they want the country to think they are worried about future generations. Since most of these republicans are millionaires, it won't be their children who inherit the debt. As always, it will be the children of the middle class who pay the bill for them.

The right-wingers have no credibility on fiscal matters, and certainly not on what constitutes too much borrowing. The GOP has no shame. But they should.

All I keep hearing is how much President Obama is spending, how his budget is the largest ever, but at least he doesn't try to hide the expenses of the wars we are fighting. He included them in his budget. This is the kind of honesty that was severly lacking under Republican control. I'd much rather see one large budget than a lie with "emergency spending" tacked on later to try to hide the true price of our wars from the American people. You cannot confront your debt until you are honest about it.

The problem is that the Republican solution IS not better. Any Republican who thinks the existing Republican ideas are better is lying to themselves. They are spending TOO except what they are spending on is the same old defense spending. Bombs instead of bachelors degrees and tax cuts for the rich instead of training for the next healthcare professionals isn't going to help America at the end of the day.

Bush was wrong spending and so is Obama. We are going to be a bankrupt country. Wake up people this is not a DEM versus REP. This is our country. Stop the SPENDING!

Many of us seniors today were the children and grandchildren of the Depression and WW11. We and this country were doing ok, right up to the time Ronnie Regan began his Trickle down theory. The 12 years of the Bush era put this country in a hole which Clinton and now Obama are working hard to help us climb out. My point is, the grandchildren of these past hard times did very well, and so will our grandchildren. So, for todays Republicans, help or shut up. If your so worried about your grandchildren, leave them a trust fund, you in the beltway, or in Corporation can well afford it.

The Republican stance and budget does not look to the future and what must be done to vbring progress to America to vbe able to compete in an international world.

You are so right. Anyone with the slightest mathematical skills should realize you can not cure debt by barrowing more and more. What is wrong with the democrats thinking? It just goes to show that someone in that party should study their economics. It has always been the way of the Democrats to spend, spend , spend. We should not have to suffer theri mistakes now shoul our future generations. they want gratification now instead of letting our economy right itself over a period of time with less debt. I shudder to think of where we are going. We are already broken ecconomically and soon will be broken in many other ways. What will we have to show for the Democrat's hisgh spending ways but more debt? WE are in danger of crumbling and becoming a has been society at danger.

Does the GOP know that the Church Age has come to an end ??

Republicans solution is mainly tax cut,but this was practised for 8years&the end result is this mess.Is it too difficult for GOP&its cronies to try another method.It shows lack of tolerance if gop always believe things must be done only their way.Relax and watch this plan,if it doesnt work,you've all earned the right to criticize.Trickle down economies doesnt work where people are greedy

Where was Obama when he was a Senator suppose to be doing his job of being part of the other branch of governement. The democrats controlled that branch for the last 2 years and did have a fillibuster to fight back with in the Senate the other 6 years of Bush. It is not all Bush's fault, the Congress is just as bad. Now, this administration and Congress want to stick us with European Socialism's problems and have the World stick it's nose in our economy by having a veto power!

Willy Brown ....Ha, I laugh at you.

Obama's popularity is sky high here in the states and without historical equal in the world. So what you're saying is...Jan 21, 2013 – Obama's 2nd term.

Three decades of GOP control, with one gap (Woodrow Wilson), ended with the Great Depression. Three decades of GOP control, with one gap (Bill Clinton), ended with this current economic crises. Anybody else see any correlation?

If we learn from history, Hoover attempted to solve the Great Depression crises by the same means expounded by the current GOP members: private enterprise, lower taxation, ect... At the end of the day, the crises became significantly worse. Why not learn from the past, and not stick to failed theories?

No tax cuts for big oil or the uber wealthy, so he must be making it worse?

would somebody please ask the kids in DC to grow up, play nice, and work together?!

Yet in the senate the republicans couldnt rally themselves together for a filibuster. If it was such a bad plan they should have done so.

@ rob

I agree completely.

Please the Republicans lost in 2006 and in 2008 and they keep trying to sell this very tired message more tax cuts for the rich and everybody else you are on your own. Please Republicans our country has changed since the election of President Regan. Please come up with a plan for the year 2009 or you will be the minority party for the next 200 years. Maybe the Wig party can come back there messeasge has to be better than the Republicans?

Willie Brown , you are right. President Barack Obama will continue to implement his change. The Repubs have no one to challenge President Obama. The Repubs have no vision or strategy moving forward. Get use to it.

And the Republican solution is to allow the fire we started to continue to burn, then sell the charchoal. If you don't agree with the plan then you are not an American and support Socialism....

Bush must have held a gun to the Republicans' head for 8 years because they sure voted "Yes" to everything, I guess Bush knew how weak and stupid they are. The Republican party is doomed.

Lots of so-called fiscal conservatives are coming out of the woodwork.... where were they the past 8 years??

The GOP is now aware that no one is buying the "blame Obama" game for the crisis he inherited. So the next best thing they can do is claim he's making it worse.

I have to give it to them, they are simply masters at shifting the blame away from where it belongs. And looking back at previous Presidential terms, they always have been good at this.

And a Republican budget of tax cuts for the rich and screwing everyone else in the country would be better? They really need to change their old way of thinking and learn from past mistakes. The country DOES NOT buy into their policies anymore. Unfortunately for the Republicans, the country learned the hard way of what happens when they are in charge of the country!

I just got my first pay check of April. It looks like the president's middle/working class tax cut is going to give me an extra $10.00 a week. I won't get rich off it but, the extra 40 bucks a month is wellcome.
Thanks, Mr. President.

The Republicans are sceared and jeolous that the Obama"Democrat" administration might succeed in turning the country around to prosperity and peace of which they will get no credit. They, the GOP, are realy, realy sceared.

I am just waiting to see the time that the NO votes from the Repukes start costing them their jobs. THAT is the only action that will stimulate them to start working for their districts.

Luckily I am from a southern red state where I am already working to make this happen.

I have a hard time believing that a party made up of upper class traditionalists really care about the new generations that mostly despise their effect on America during the last 8 years. Stop throwing us into the arguments, get some real reasons behind your objections other than the obvious objections based purely on party lines. You don't seem to care about us when it comes to global warming and warfare, so who would believe you care about us when it comes to this?

What part of "it is going to take some time," to fix this economic mess does the GOP not understand?

I think we have been patient, as it has been almost 6 years since Bush's declaration of "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq, yet the right wing nuts cannot give the new president any time to fix the mess he inherited.

What part of "it is going to take some time," to fix this mess does the GOP not understand?

I think we have been patient, as it has been almost 6 years since Bush's declaration of "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq, yet the right wing nuts cannot give the new president any time to fix the mess he inherited.

Good grief! They gave W eight years and they gave Obie 8 days!!

It takes time just as it takes time to CRASH a world economy. The best Obie can do is stop or reduce offshoring of jobs UNTIL green energy takes off..

I think Boehner should talk to Ryan about fixing his hair. That is all the house GOP seems to care about.

President Obama is doing all he can to change this mess that we're in. Agree with him or not, he's working hard and diligently. We all owe him the respect and opportunity to govern. Who in their right mind can expect this president to tackle these enormous responsibilities and problems in a few months time? It's just not fair. The incompetence of the previous administration is highlighted through the this new administration's great efforts. Also, I am greatly disappointed and disturbed by the "mainstream turned tabloid media" today. The irresponsible "journalistic' behaviors of those on outlets such as the ridiculous Fox News, and various radio outlets are spreading lies and half-truths about the Obama Administration and refuse to retract them when busted. When you allow sensationalism to spread to the minds of the unintelligent, uninformed, and uneducated, what you have done is created an explosive situation with potentially dangerous consequences.

The unemployment numbers compare to the Reagan numbers of 1983.

Boy,,, the Republicans can't find ANYTHING to say positive nowdays...whew...GLOOM AND DOOM! Give this administration a chance! It will take time to undo all the damages done in years past. Whew!

Willy Brown and phoenix86-

38 house republicans joined the democrats to reject the GOP budget plan. Now that is a start to being bipartisan.

I think you two are going to have a very difficult 8 years.

I certainly agree with Willy Brown. We don't need a loose cannon.

I'm so glad Ryan can be original with his words...isn't that quote from the entertainer Limbaugh? "spends too much, taxes too much, yada yada yada."
We've been hearing that "grandchildren" line for decades, ever since my grandparents were alive and putting the debt on US. And guess what? I'm still here, still earning and still saving. My grandkids will be OK, but no thanks to the Republicans. They will be OK because their grandparents have college degrees, and will teach them to love school, work, get their degrees, and save money. We will also teach them that being poor is not, as Republicans seem to believe, a chosen lot in life. They will be generous, compassionate, and wise. They will never be Republicans, who are so concerned about their own wealth, but no one else's.
This worry about future generations is laughable, since Bush is the one who foisted an unfunded, illegal war on them...causing this collapse by borrowing too much and taxing too little. The only US war in history which was not supported by US sacrifice. Well, it is now! And do not tell me that Dems were in charge the past two years...Bush vetoed every Democratic bill that managed to pass...that is not being in charge.

Bush and his Republican cronies did some things I don't agree with either. They didn't force some of us into mortgages we couldn't afford, force us to stay in dying professions, etc. We've got some tough lessons to learn. Hopefully we'll find a middle ground that won't leave future generations with the bill.

Oh for heavens sake, the Republicans need to give the American Public a break. Let the president do his job PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

every second of every day.. the fear for republicans grow.. you can see it in their tone.. their NO votes.. everything they can do to keep it from working.. and even with all their NON support.. America is climbing back..

we will make it.. never underestimate HOPE

Response? This is more like a faint echo that no one outside the Washington Beltway us listening to.

The President is dominating the news with his overseas trip and the Republicans are "responding" when no one is listening to them because they have been so overshadowed by the President. I don't know who does their scheduling, but it almost seems like the Republicans are hiding...or are so ashamed of what they have to defend that they are just going through the motions so they can go home ASAP. It's like they know that neither the news media nor the public are interested in what they have to say so they arwe not putting any great effort into it.

For the sake of argument, let's assume the premise is correct: Barack Obama is making the Republican financial disaster worse. Fine. Republicans, you got us into this mess, can you please give any ideas to fix it that don't involve repeating what you've already done for the last 8 years?

Nope, just more deregulation and tax cuts for the wealthy. Rest assured, it is always darkest just before dawn. We're going to get out of this mess and it won't be with Republican ideas.

Goodbye Republican party, you reap what you sow.

I think that Mr. Ryan needs to take a look at the vote of the House on the Republican budget. More Republicans voted against it than Democrats voting against the Democrat's budget. If more Republicans in the House voted against their own budget, doesn't that say that maybe, just maybe, they even have to admit that there is something wrong with their plans for the country?

President Obama Is trying to Clean up the Disasters Left by Bush and Republicans, MEMO TO REPUBLICANS You and Bush Created this Mess, why on Earth would we want your Help to Fix it ?Leave the President alone Let him Work to Fix your Disasters!

And Republicans answer is more tax cuts? Tax cuts only serve to reduce revenue to the country which means that our children and grandchildren won't have the safety nets such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid food stamps. We won't have police protection, schools. Our infrastructure will continue to deteriorate, bridges, roads, electrical grids ect. Of course we all know that the ultimate goal of Republicans is to get rid of all the entitlement programs. Of course that won't mean corporate welfare or their perks.

Doom and Gloom? Where were they when Bush was spending trillions in Iraq? Now that a Dem is in power they crawl out of the woodwork... give me a break. This two party system is driving us into the ground. Each party's only platform seems to be "Against the other one", neither has anything else that they consistantly stand for.

I, for one, am going to sit back and watch where this stimulus and budget plan takes us. I can't wait to invest in AMERICA for once!!!!!!

I'd hate to see the Republicans fix this mess. They were the creators!

This is really rich. Hearing the republicans invoke the welfare of the children makes me sick. Let's talk about the 4,200 American children who are now dead because of republican lies, republican incompetence, republican arrogance and republican stupidity. And, yes, Willy Brown, the beginning of Obama's second term will certainly be a day to celebrate, all over again.

A Wisconsin guy, huh? I have family in Wisconsin, as a matter of fact, they are hunters and fisherman, that's a fact. Is actually on my mom's side...and boy, is my mom side the rich side I tell you, LOL!! Aunts, uncles, cousins, etc all live there, a good percentage too. They are smart, I mean, very smart. Believe it or not, my mom's nephew, got married at...(wait for it)...60+ years!! He married a 25 year old or something like that and if there's proof my family is crazy, here it is, LOL!!

By the way, did you guys know this stat...did you know last months numbers unemployment numbers were the worst since 40 years??? Well, I'm sure you do because you have all the numbers there with you, LOL!! I don't, it takes time to get em, and yes, I call it work, LOL!!

Republicans weren't concerned for the past eight years, why now??

Where were all these Republicans when our economy started going down the tubes?. . . . standing right behind George W !!!

Willy Brown:

AMEN TO THAT.

Bush and his fellow Republican croonies put us where we are today. I don't think the Republicans should offer up any further ideas. They were and still are the problem.

Jan 21, 2013 is change we can believe in!