Comments on: Letter: Obama broke too many promises http://elburnherald.com/15371/2010/12/23/letter-obama-broke-too-many-promises/ Over 100 Years of Dedicated Service Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: JamesW http://elburnherald.com/15371/2010/12/23/letter-obama-broke-too-many-promises/comment-page-1/#comment-552 JamesW Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:59:21 +0000 http://elburnherald.com/?p=15371#comment-552 Ms. Gaston,

Barack Obama accepted the responsibility of our nation’s problems with his election as President. He inherited an economy approaching another Depression, two off-budget wars, 500,000 job losses a month, and an unregulated Wall Street and banking system. To expect Mr. Obama to resolve our nation’s ills in two years with an opposition party determined to destroy his presidency is unrealistic.

It is our obligation to be informed American citizens. If you haven’t done so yet, I recommend you study The Great Depression, the role of taxation in a democracy, and Article 2 of the US Constitution.

James W.

]]> By: RM http://elburnherald.com/15371/2010/12/23/letter-obama-broke-too-many-promises/comment-page-1/#comment-551 RM Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:17:34 +0000 http://elburnherald.com/?p=15371#comment-551 It’s great that you’re interested in politics but you need to do more research. You’re missing most of the facts. You can’t just regurgitate your parent’s negative opinions and expect us to come to the same conclusion. You say you can spend all day naming broken promises. Can you really? Obama didn’t make any promise to put money into people’s wallets. Presidents don’t create jobs or wealth. Obama didn’t start the war and politicians make all kinds of promises they can’t deliver on when they are running for office. When someone actually gets elected, they often find they are powerless to do much of what they said they’d do. Who do you think pays for the less fortunate? We are actually paying less taxes thanks to the extended tax cuts that the Republicans forced by refusing to extend unemployment compensation without the extened tax cuts for all. Do you know there is no other revenue source to make up for these cuts? That means the debt will go up. Obama hasn’t actually created the debt. That was done by Congress. There are no grounds to impeach Obama. You need to stay in school and keep studying. It is important to be better informed when you’re old enough to vote.

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