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Streisand: 'Obama More Fiscally Conservative Than Any Other President in Recent History Except..
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Posted on 09/19/2012 9:36:46 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Streisand: 'Obama More Fiscally Conservative Than Any Other President in Recent History Except Clinton' By Noel Sheppard Created 09/19/2012 - 12:32pm

"Compared to George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, Obama has been more fiscally conservative than any other president in recent history, with the exception of President Bill Clinton."

Despite over $5 trillion in new debt created by the 44th president, so hysterically wrote Barbra Streisand at the Huffington Post Tuesday.

"In this election," Streisand began, "the people of America have to make a choice between two candidates with very different values, visions and solutions to the most pressing problems facing our country. The question voters need to ask themselves when they walk into the voting booth on November 6th is: 'Will the country be better off returning to the policies of George W. Bush's Administration?'"

"Like Bush," she continued, "Governor Romney believes we need more tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% and fewer rules for Wall Street. He wants to roll back financial reform and set Wall Street free to write its own rules again."

Actually, that sounds a lot like her true love Bill Clinton.

In 1997, he signed the Taxpayer Relief Act of that year which lowered the tax rate on capital gains. This bill also increased the exemption on sales of personal residences to $250,000 per person, $500,000 per couple while gradually raising the estate tax exemption to $1 million.

All three of these tax cuts disproportionately favored "the weathiest 2%."

In addition, Clinton signed the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 which removed the last vestiges of Glass Steagall thereby completely deregulation banks, brokerage firms, and insurance companies while the next year signing the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 removing all regulations on financial derivatives at the heart of the 2008 collapse.

I guess Streisand didn't know about any of this as she wrote, "The last President who was elected amidst a severe economic crisis and high unemployment was Franklin D. Roosevelt. His policies strengthened government so that it would protect the people (creating Glass-Steagall to regulate the banks, the FDIC to insure bank depositors, the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate the stock market, and Social Security to help people build a safety net for their retirement)."

So Streisand loves Glass Steagall.

If that's the case, why does she also love Bill Clinton who killed it?

Probably the same thought process that leads her to believe Obama is fiscally conservative.

As I've said for years, it takes a lot of rationalizations to be a liberal these days.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bs; clintonista; revisionisthistory; shutupandsing
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To: Sub-Driver

King “Jug Ears” Hussein is no conservative in any way, shape, or form.


41 posted on 09/19/2012 10:36:21 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Sub-Driver

I hear she’s got a concert pending at the Hollywood Bowl - first time in 45 years. Wonder if she’s decided to open her mouth now in hopes of jacking up her ticket sales.


42 posted on 09/19/2012 10:55:05 AM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
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To: Sub-Driver

The New Schnozz speaks again.


43 posted on 09/19/2012 10:56:13 AM PDT by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
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To: Fast Moving Angel

44 posted on 09/19/2012 10:56:36 AM PDT by timestax (Why not drug tests for the President AND all White Hut staff ? ? ?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Barbra Streisand is best described as a “crazy old bag lady who won a lottery jackpot.”


45 posted on 09/19/2012 11:16:46 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (DIY Bumper Sticker: "THREE TIMES,/ DEMOCRATS/ REJECTED GOD")
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To: Sub-Driver

Dementia setting in, Babs?


46 posted on 09/19/2012 11:52:14 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (Resurrect the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...before there is no America!)
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To: a fool in paradise

LOL


47 posted on 09/19/2012 12:02:00 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Sub-Driver

And then, two nice nurses threw a net over babbling Babs and forced her to take her medication. She took no more questions from the press, and was seen to be busily cutting paper dolls while humming show tunes to herself.


48 posted on 09/19/2012 12:17:02 PM PDT by Tuanedge
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One thing about “ Blabbering Babs:” is that she is consistent/she has a unfailing ability to be on the wrong side of Political Ideas. I wonder what Clint has to say about her???
49 posted on 09/19/2012 12:40:48 PM PDT by BooBoo1000 ("The plans I have for you are plans to prosper you.,not to harm you, Plans to give you hope)
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To: a fool in paradise

Be nice.

There’s an empty chair in the WH press corps and Babs is in training for it.

It used to be Helen Thomas chair.


50 posted on 09/19/2012 3:39:30 PM PDT by To-Whose-Benefit? (It is Error alone which needs the support of Government. The Truth can stand by itself.)
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