How good is Obama doing so far? (poll)

Its time, Obama has been president long enough to have a general idea of him, and what he is doing.

I think he is doing a pretty bad job so far, he has already broken a few promises and reminds me of bush everyday.

Particularly this

"President Barack Obama invoked "state secrets" to prevent a court from reviewing the legality of the National Security Agency's warantless wiretapping program, moving late Friday to have a lawsuit that challenged the program dismissed"

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_follows_Bush_policy_on_wiretapping_0406.html

Thus far I am not impressed.

Its time, Obama has been president long enough to have a general idea of himMind_Mover

So far, he's meeting my expectations.

his wife hugged the queen and lived to tell the tale so he must be doing something right...

So far, he's meeting my expectations.

Oleg_Huzwog

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

So far, he's meeting my expectations.

Mind_Mover

Rather low.

I can only judge him from an european point of view, but sofar he is doing well enough.

he is trying to repair the VERY damaged relations between the states and the rest of the world, and he is doing allright.

I do not need to live with his choices tho, what he does in the states, I will not be able to relate to. But his foregin policies seem to be good, above what I thought if I have to be honest.

he's doing as well as can be expected of a president in such hard times.

I'll give him unti December until I can make a full decision on him but you know he was so overhyped coming in to his presidency that alot of people are in for a big disappointment. My expectations for him were nothing spectacular tbh.

Real bad, just as expected.

he's doing as well as can be expected of a president in such hard times.

ace-of-spades93

He's doing a rather bad job in my opinion.

Obama's presidency is an "obama"nation

[QUOTE="ace-of-spades93"]

he's doing as well as can be expected of a president in such hard times.

Mind_Mover

i knew everything was overhyped

btw i love you too snickums

Really bad! Can you say great depression? maheo30

Yeah he is doing VERY poorly. Its funny cause everyone was saying "He is going to be better than bush... or, He isa god"but uh.. no progress obama... great job...

Im not saying that being the president is an easy job its just that, you know... At least try to get us back on track, instead of sitting at home and making NCAA brackets.

:lol: at all the people saying Obama's not doing a good job because we're in a recessionhamstergeddon

About as good as anyone could do. How could anyone solve all of the current issues the world is facing?

Very good! I hope we increase the deficit tenfold. Hell, printing more trillions will be great too! I can't wait for the unions to control everything either! How about the government being able to set your pay? Yeah, baby! Obama is our savior!Stevo_the_gamer

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Very good! I hope we increase the deficit tenfold. Hell, printing more trillions will be great too! I can't wait for the unions to control everything either! How about the government being able to set your pay? Yeah, baby! Obama is our savior!-Sun_Tzu-

I have a feeling it will get a lot worse :|

I have a feeling it will get a lot worse :|

Dark-Sithious

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"][QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Very good! I hope we increase the deficit tenfold. Hell, printing more trillions will be great too! I can't wait for the unions to control everything either! How about the government being able to set your pay? Yeah, baby! Obama is our savior!Stevo_the_gamer

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Very good! I hope we increase the deficit tenfold. Hell, printing more trillions will be great too! I can't wait for the unions to control everything either! How about the government being able to set your pay? Yeah, baby! Obama is our savior!-Sun_Tzu-

Spitting trillions of dollars into the economy will increase inflation, thus the buying power of the averagee American hard earned money will be reduced. Maybe even the dollar will crash, who knows.

The various bailouts doesn't seem to have had a huge impact, and soon you will pay the price...

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"][QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Very good! I hope we increase the deficit tenfold. Hell, printing more trillions will be great too! I can't wait for the unions to control everything either! How about the government being able to set your pay? Yeah, baby! Obama is our savior!Dark-Sithious

Spitting trillions of dollars into the economy will increase inflation, thus the buying power of the averagee American hard earned money will be reduced. Maybe even the dollar will crash, who knows.

The various bailouts doesn't seem to have had a huge impact, and soon you will pay the price...

Spitting trillions of dollars into the economy will increase inflation, thus the buying power of the averagee American hard earned money will be reduced. Maybe even the dollar will crash, who knows.

The various bailouts doesn't seem to have had a huge impact, and soon you will pay the price...Dark-Sithious

Really bad.

Im biased because im a conservative.

if you compare your bowling score to the special olympics you are a complete moron.

even if you are the president of the united states. you dont talk about or even relate something of yours

to the special olympics.

[QUOTE="Dark-Sithious"]

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"] So basically you want the budget to be balanced (it was a fixation to balance the budget that prolonged the Great Depression) and you want the employer to control everything (which would only lead to wage slavery). -Sun_Tzu-

Spitting trillions of dollars into the economy will increase inflation, thus the buying power of the averagee American hard earned money will be reduced. Maybe even the dollar will crash, who knows.

The various bailouts doesn't seem to have had a huge impact, and soon you will pay the price...

If there is any inflation?

Well, first of all there is always inflation regardless of the bailouts, however you don't need a degree in economics to understand increased printing of money will reduce the buying power of the dollar. More money in circulation means less buying power, a pretty simple concept. Too look at how much the buying power of the dollar has reduced the last 10 years, you can look at the price of gold the last 10 years, the price has increased almost 400%

Considering the GPD of the United States is around 14 trillion if I'm not mistaken, and the bailouts are alreadyup to, or will be 12-13trillion dollars(if I'm not mistaken), then we are looking at a pretty vast increase in printing of money, and inflation will naturally rise.

And I have no reasons to believe they will stop spending money, and you are potentially looking at a hyperinflation, however it will take some time before you really feel the bang.

Me personally, think we are just beginning to feel the economic collapse, by the end of this year it will be a total disaster, god help us all.

If you have any money, I'd reccomend buying gold. Regardless of our finicial situation the value of gold, always stands the test of time

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"][QUOTE="Dark-Sithious"]

Spitting trillions of dollars into the economy will increase inflation, thus the buying power of the averagee American hard earned money will be reduced. Maybe even the dollar will crash, who knows.

The various bailouts doesn't seem to have had a huge impact, and soon you will pay the price...

If there is any inflation?

Well, first of all there is always inflation regardless of the bailouts, however you don't need a degree in economics to understand increased printing of money will reduce the buying power of the dollar. More money in circulation means less buying power, a pretty simple concept. Too look at how much the buying power of the dollar has reduced the last 10 years, you can look at the price of gold the last 10 years, the price has increased almost 400%

Considering the GPD of the United States is around 14 trillion if I'm not mistaken, and the bailouts are alreadyup to, or will be 12-13trillion dollars(if I'm not mistaken), then we are looking at a pretty vast increase in printing of money, and inflation will naturally rise.

And I have no reasons to believe they will stop spending money, and you are potentially looking at a hyperinflation, however it will take some time before you really feel the bang.

Me personally, think we are just beginning to feel the economic collaps, by the end of this year it will be a total diaster, god help us all.

Decent but really the guy's been President for less than 3 months............

[QUOTE="Dark-Sithious"]

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"] If there is any inflation, it would coupled with lower employment (unless there is a supply shock). There isn't going to be a scenario of too much money chasing too few goods, especially with the lackluster amount of spending on the part of the U.S.sSubZerOo

If there is any inflation?

Well, first of all there is always inflation regardless of the bailouts, however you don't need a degree in economics to understand increased printing of money will reduce the buying power of the dollar. More money in circulation means less buying power, a pretty simple concept. Too look at how much the buying power of the dollar has reduced the last 10 years, you can look at the price of gold the last 10 years, the price has increased almost 400%

Considering the GPD of the United States is around 14 trillion if I'm not mistaken, and the bailouts are alreadyup to, or will be 12-13trillion dollars(if I'm not mistaken), then we are looking at a pretty vast increase in printing of money, and inflation will naturally rise.

And I have no reasons to believe they will stop spending money, and you are potentially looking at a hyperinflation, however it will take some time before you really feel the bang.

Me personally, think we are just beginning to feel the economic collaps, by the end of this year it will be a total diaster, god help us all.

Regardless of they disagreeing with me thinking the economy will get worse, you are still facing rapid increase of inflation and that will at first decrease the value ofyour savings.

However, it might get better in the long run, but I highly doubt it

Can anyone actually verify the total gov. spending at this point?

I thought it was 2 trillion tops, before I googled it. Anyone from America heard the numbers on the news or something, because this seems alarmingly high.

80-90% of The total GDP in just 6 months? Can't be right