"There have been times when Congress was just as dysfunctional; there have been times where the country was full of vitriol in its politics," he said. "So this isn't unique in our time."
He criticized Republicans for recent "brinkmanship" over raising the nation's debt ceiling but said he "absolutely can do business with them."
Obama said he would push Democrats to find "common ground and compromise."
"And if that's happening on both sides, there's no reason why we can't solve problems," he said.
He criticized Republicans for recent "brinkmanship" over raising the nation's debt ceiling but said he "absolutely can do business with them."
Obama said he would push Democrats to find "common ground and compromise."
"And if that's happening on both sides, there's no reason why we can't solve problems," he said.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-economy-20110822,0,3923080.story
There's a very good reason why "they" can't solve problems - "they" think that problem solving means that "they", men who would be gods, just need to write smarter laws, implement them better and thereby pull the strings of a world wide economy to "create" jobs and "growth."
There's a very good reason why "they" can't solve problems - "they" think that problem solving means that "they", men who would be gods, just need to write smarter laws, implement them better and thereby pull the strings of a world wide economy to "create" jobs and "growth."
Were they to humbly accept that "they", being men, have no idea what to do to via the coercive power of the state that would result in things getting better for "us", they would be moving in the right direction. Then they might consider doing things like this.
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