Reply #12: Do you understand how the govt REALLY works?

[baldguy]

In a functional govt, two sides of opposing views come together and COMPROMISE. Each side gives a little to get a little. This govt can't do that! Mainly because of the influence of the Teabaggers.

Obama's failure is that he's acting like we still have a functional govt. Instead of starting negotiations for the stimulus package with what we actually needed, he started with a half of that - hoping the GOP would support it. Instead (of course) they cut that half in half again. And so (again, of course) the little stimulus worked only a little bit.

Now, think about a different scenario: Obama fights for a REAL stimulus: airports, passenger rail lines, roads, bridges & other infrastructure, and massive govt investment in the economy - along with the taxes on the rich & corporations to pay for it. What happens? It fails to pass.

THEN, IN 2010 OBAMA & THE DEMOCRATS RUN ON THE FACT THAT THE GOP IS FORCING THE RECESSION TO CONTINUE! And instead of losing seats in Congress, the Dems gain seats.