Do all republicans have memory loss?

It was neither the republicans or the democrats that got us into this mess it was us as a country. We all over spent and created a mess. It was greed from big companies, it was lies from people that were trusted. Bush did not do this, he is the fall guy. Don't get me wrong I am not republican but I will say he has taken the blame for things that many was a part of. I can stand in the middle and look at both sides to blame Bush is insane. Look around your home and if you can honestly say that everything in your home is bought and paid for without credit then you do not have to take any blame. Other wise if you did not pay cash and owe for the product them you are part of the problem

I am going out on a limb here. It was not just the Republicans. It was not just the Democrats. It was not just Bush and his administration. Certainly the past eight years have added to the problem but he was simply icing on the cake. The cherry on the sundae. This problem has been bubbling for a long time. It started with deregulation. It started with the lifting of tariffs and duties. It continued with NAFTA. It has been stirred and baked and frosted by Republicans and Democrats; the the Right and the Left. We all have to own a piece of this. We wanted and wanted and wanted. We bought and bought and bought. We spent and spent and spent. We did this with money we didn't have. The government did the same thing. We, the people, didn't pay attention. We let our government get away with the murder of our economy through murdering our core principles. We allowed them to be bought and paid for by industry and Wall Street. We, the people, are paying the price. Instead of being satisfied with Middle Class principles and saving for the things we want. We demanded more and cheered the billionaire and consumption principles. We are paying the price for greed and the "right now" morality that we have developed in this society. We can't simply point at our government and our elected officials and say, "it is all your fault". It isn't. We put them there, again and again and again. The same people over and over.

President Bush has been warning us about the pending economic problems but no one would listen. http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1 Every time tax cuts have been implemented they work. When the government goes on a spending spree or tries to use the economy for social engineering the economy takes a hit and we all suffer. The Free Market works and will correct itself quicker than government aid. Will people suffer yes but the some will prosper. The companies that are meeting the customers demands will survive and those that can not produce what the customer wants will go out of business.

Yes they do have memory loss. and no they will never learn because they are not the ones losing their homes living in cars with their children. They are not losing their jobs because the company they work for has went bankrupt. They are sleepwalking and sleeptalking and making decision for this country while doing it. Bush slept walk and slept talked for how many years...........

It is not Bush's fault and not just the Republicans. Both parties where in on the deregulation that allowed poor mortgages to be given out, but most of all it was the people who belived the liberal viewpoint that everyone should own a home whether they could afford it or not. How can anyone think that they can afford to buy a $340,000 house at a starting adjustable rate of over 8% that was very quickly going to go up to 13% and nothing down when they are unemployed and trying to go to college. This is just one example that was reported on a nightly news program and this woman wanted help because she was going to get foreclosed on. Just what did she expect to happen? Anyone should have more common since than that and especially someone who has gotten admitted to college. In addition everyone seems to be forgetting about 9/11 and that Bush managed to keep the economy going and growing for a long time after that and inspite of it.

You fail to recall that there was a Democratic majority in Congress for the last two years - a Congress that INCLUDED Barack Obama!

Great post! They're like a broken record, for anyone here old enough to know what that sounds like. They tried tax cuts and they didn't work so instead of trying something else they decide we simply need MORE tax cuts for the SAME rich people. Oops, we're in a deeper recession...bet give some more tax cuts...lol! Annie

Nobody has memory loss. Bush is not president and he has nothing to do with the current house and senate. It wasn't simply the "Bush policy" that got us into this mess, it was poor application of those policies. It's like having a great strategy for winning a football game, but getting distracted and fumbling a strategy that could have won the game. Aside from that the Republicans aren't simply pushing "huge tax cuts, LESS government regulations, and free market principles". Right now what they're pushing is a complete restructuring of a bill that is FILLED with pork that wastes money, doesn't create jobs, and does nothing to stimulate the economy. Do YOU think that a $246 million dollar tax cut for Hollywood producers will stimulate the economy? What about a new dog park? Perhaps you believe that spending millions on teaching people not to smoke will stimulate the economy. Face it, this bill is absolute garbage that was designed to reward the groups that finance the democrats campaigns and does jack for average Americans who need jobs.

It is really hard to pin down any one thing that got us in the current economic mess. It could have been the sub-prime lending, the push by the democrats to put everybody in a house whether they could afford it or not, the crash of the housing market, people living way above their means, or maybe a combination of all or none of the above; who knows. But this splan that the democrats are pushing was loaded with pork( if they havn't changed it)and doesn't seem like it is going to make a big difference for the amount of the tax payers dollars that they are spending.

Yep, total memory loss...

its about ur country not interested inthese discussion any way happy mylotting

I just want to say that this whole conversation is awesome. This is exactly why our country is so great today. We do not conform to one view or anything like that. We argue, perhaps too much but that is besides the point. We will never all agree on how the country should be run, but we should all be able to agree on a few things. That our country needs this sort of diversity is one thing we should all agree on. And to address the fact that we all argue too much maybe we should focus more on our current president and what he is proposing rather than talk about the past, which we can do nothing about.

I am so sick of this argument!!! Do you have memory loss? Did the New Deal work? No! Did carter help this country or make it a little worse!! Worse! Was there only one party in Washington in the past 8 years... or even longer than that! Instead of blaming all of this on the republicans how about you actually look at what happened! Which is way more complicated than its his fault and not mine! Are you really saying that tax cuts for buisness would not help them?! Are you saying that the government giving incentives to banks to give lower income people loans(Carter had the idea and Clinton and other people in washington inacted) is deregulatory! If trickle down economics doesn't work than why isn't washington bailing out individuals instead of buisnesses! Come on everyone made this mess and it is going to take all of us to fix it. But instead of pointing fingers why don't we all look at what happened instead of assuming that its all Bush's fault!

Simply put yes Republicans have SEVERE memory loss when things don't go their way. Now if they, the Republicans, make some sort of proposal that actually works they will never forget it but FAILURES are always forgotten and never admitted.