MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:27 am
well, we'll just need to disagree on W.
I'm all for the buck stops here responsibility and humility, but I reject blaming Presidents for everything that happens.
We do agree that the economy was moving in a solid direction during Obama's tenure and that Trump inherited that momentum. And we do agree that some right wingers are quite delusional in their lack of recognition of such.
I'm actually not so sure that the economy was exactly healthy though, as like you I suspect, the concentration of wealth very much continued during Obama's tenure. Do we blame him for that? I don't. Why? Because I don't think he was actively working to make that happen, indeed he would have preferred the opposite, and he, like any other President, is constrained in how much they can actually do themselves.
I look at a combination of what happens during a President's tenure, sure, but I also look at what choices they make, their intent behind such choices, etc. I recognize that much of what happens is not actually in their control, powerful as they may be.
BTW, some (including Trump) have already tried to blame Covid on Obama...
It is a matter of record as I have previously documented that Obama tried to get Congress to close all foreign tax havens. This would have significantly reduced the wealth gap and infused capital back into our economy. But it was Republicans in Congress who refuse to give him the legislative reform he sought. Recall that right wing delusionals on LP posted news of the ever increasing national debt on a daily basis. Closing those tax shelters would have killed off the debt but those right wingers continued to cry "Blame Obama" for the debt. Naturally, today they are silent about the debt tRUMP increases every day.