He said he would cut the deficit in HALF!

When Barack Obama took office, one of the "promises" he made was that he would cut the deficit in half.  Not only didn't he do that but he increased the deficit exponentially.  He refuses to place any blame on himself...it's always others.

He's enjoying giving press conferences and speeches but never says anything concrete.  No specifics.  A few months ago he spoke of his "plan" to grow jobs and help the Americans who are out of work.  All he has, to date, is keep them with their hands out looking for money for the government.  As Americans, we have had the ideal of working hard and being rewarded by earning money...not taking hand outs.  It seems, though, that might be his actual plan.  Keep Americans looking for handouts.  Keep Americans depending on the government for its support and, therefore, we become a socialist country.  A country where the citizens live off the dole.  I remember as a child folks would ask me, "What do you WANT TO BE when you grow up.  I never said, "I want to stay home, watch TV and collect a government check!!

That's exactly, though, how some folks are thinking.  What are we teaching out kids about this great country of ours?  Don't bother going to college since, when you graduate, there will be no jobs for you.  Just relax and wait at the mailbox for your "government check".  The questions is:  who is paying these monies for our checks.  Are the "millionaires" the ones who are going to carry this burden?  I'll tell you, these "millionaires" will quickly get tired of sending their money so Americans can sit home and watch TV and collect checks. If they are truly the rich of this country who he plans will carry our burden, they will soon tire of this and leave this country.  That, however, seems to be the "Obama get us out of debt plan".

My favorite line now is:  Are we better off today than we were four years ago?  I think NOT!  Take a look at the debt, deficit, economy, jobs situation.  See the perception of us by others.  Look at the President going to speak today at 1 p.m., then 1:30 p.m., then 1:45 p.m.  There is just no confidence being held by Americans and the rest of the world by a man who waits and waits before he says something and then when he finally says something...he says nothing.  There is no leadership here.

The Republicans are being blamed for everything.  This is a Tea Party downgrade when S&P downgraded us.  We hoped Obama would move toward tax reform but not raising taxes on "the proverbial rich" and heaven knows who he really believes are rich, probably you and me!  He needs to have a healthy relationship with small businesses across America.  Encourage growth of small businesses by giving the owners of them favorable tax treatments.

The spin from the White House is becoming more and more transparent.  Let's hope the American people can start to see the difference between the White House fiction and the actual facts of what they are doing, what they have done and what plans, if any, they have to save America from continued downgrading.