Posts Tagged ‘FDR’

Historical Tax Rates

Posted by Jason on April 21st, 2009 under Government Spending, Obama, Taxes, budget Tags: , , , , ,  •  2 Comments

I’ve been thinking about the unprecedented budget deficits the Obama administration is racking up.  It has been said that these deficits are the highest since World War Two.  Despite his claims, President Obama’s budget plans for cutting the deficit in half by 2010 would still leave an annual deficit in 2010 larger than any year under [...]

Obama Really Is EXACTLY Like FDR

Posted by Eric on December 1st, 2008 under Economics, Politics, Social Security Tags: , , , , , ,  •  2 Comments

Ever since our economy started showing recessionary measurements and the stock markets started falling dramatically, many people have compared Barack Obama to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR.  FDR came in to office during the early years of the Great Depression.  People say that Obama is inheriting a miserable economy just as FDR did.  This is true.  What also [...]