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Obama reaches new lows in hypocrisy.

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  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    Sorry, who?

    All I seem to be seeing is cheering on more QE and longer low interest rate    s.

    Are you bowling me a Googly? I can't imagine Geneer (and his/her gang) subscribing to that one:).
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • ess0two
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    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    Sorry, who?

    All I seem to be seeing is cheering on more QE and longer low interest rates.

    If the cap fits.............
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  • redped
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    During the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico last year - every time Obama mentioned BP, he made sure he called it British Petroleum rather than BP. A nice way of emphasising to US voters that it isn't an American company who caused the problem (despite the other American companies involved in the operation!)
  • ess0two
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    I guess it is pretty much what we have been saying, apart from the HPC crew in our midst, who appear to be cheering on Economic catastrophe :eek:

    Seems a few fail to realise theres more at stake on this,than picking up a cheap house.
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  • chris_m
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    redped wrote: »
    During the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico last year - every time Obama mentioned BP, he made sure he called it British Petroleum rather than BP. A nice way of emphasising to US voters that it isn't an American company who caused the problem (despite the other American companies involved in the operation!)

    Somewhat ignorant considering that BP doesn't stand for British Petroleum anyway and hasn't done for ten years.
  • Thrugelmir
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    redped wrote: »
    During the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico last year - every time Obama mentioned BP, he made sure he called it British Petroleum rather than BP. A nice way of emphasising to US voters that it isn't an American company who caused the problem (despite the other American companies involved in the operation!)

    And overlooking the fact that over 50% of the share capital is held in the USA.
  • redped
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    chris_m wrote: »
    Somewhat ignorant considering that BP doesn't stand for British Petroleum anyway and hasn't done for ten years.
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    And overlooking the fact that over 50% of the share capital is held in the USA.

    Agree entirely, but he's a politician so why would he let the facts get in the way of a good story?
  • Ilya_Ilyich
    Ilya_Ilyich Posts: 569 Forumite
    RJP33 wrote: »
    Except it's not actually universal heath care, it's just a watered down (good metaphor for the whole term) government option which people don't have to take.

    This is inaccurate. The bill introduced a mandate that the public must purchase health insurance from a private provider, in return for which the government will directly pay subsidies to these providers. Obama specifically excluded a 'government option'. Far from universal healthcare and far from socialist!
  • michaels
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    Some would argue that publicly funded private provision is the best of all worlds.
    I think....
  • IronWolf
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    Reflecting the anger of Americans who are blaming Europe for the current economic turmoil,


    Are they having a laugh!?!? It was the US and the scammers on Wall St that caused this whole crisis in the first place!!
    Faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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