Talk:Obama Administration

Health Care

I dislike the current wording in the health care section: 'He claimed that "The cost of health care now causes a bankruptcy in America every thirty seconds", an argument conservatives dispute because people who are very sick lose their jobs and income which in turn causes the bankruptcy.' What the reference says is that there were 1.1 million bankruptcies in 2008 and 2 per minute is 1.05 million and it isn't plausible that >95% are caused by health care costs. Obama's false claim doesn't have anything to do with political viewpoint.

You only count business hours--the bankruptcy courts are only open 40 hours a week. That gives about 250,000 cases a year. RJJensen 19:14, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

Obama said "every 30 seconds", not "every 30 seconds during business hours". My original reference and this one [1] both say Obama made a false claim. Sjay 19:22, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

Blago & company

This img is directly relevent to the subject. Rob Smith 21:03, 28 June 2009 (EDT)

well no. it insults a friend of Israel and seriously misleads students into thinking there is a false connection. RJJensen 01:41, 29 June 2009 (EDT)

Not at all. Tom Delay was a friend of Isreal, too, you know. Rob Smith 16:02, 29 June 2009 (EDT)

Plummeting Approval Numbers

In light of the news on the front page, perhaps there should be a section added comparing Obamas approval numbers to Geroge W. Bush's for the first year in office. As I recall, President Bush had much higher approval for 2001-2002.Patriot1505 16:54, 27 July 2009 (EDT)

Celente

Celente is colorful, but his analysis has not been widely accepted by conservative economists. The article emphasizes the consensus of the conservative economists. RJJensen 09:04, 16 August 2009 (EDT)