What was that phase? Its the economy. ECONOMY. ECONOMY. ECONOMY.
ECONOMY = OPPORTUNITY = WELL BEING.
Still Continuing Bushes Biggest failure killing opportunity for all http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article38938.htm
"These idiotic trickle-down policies are destroying my customer base. And yours too.
the fundamental law of capitalism must be: If workers have more money, businesses have more customers. Which makes middle-class consumers, not rich businesspeople like us, the true job creators. Which means a thriving middle class is the source of American prosperity, not a consequence of it. The middle class creates us rich people, not the other way around."
Still Following the same dumb policies of the old neo con regime.
Middle east foreign policy.
War is good for http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/17/a-different-war-is-good-for-us-argument/
Not jailing banksters. Not Fixing the economy.
The economy http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/16/stocks-plunge-460-points-on-qe-exit/
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39983.htm
"bloodbath was weaker than expected economic data from Europe–which is sliding towards its third recession in five years– droopy retail sales in the US, and a report from Department of Labor showing that wholesale prices for producers are edging closer towards deflation, the opposite of what the Fed is trying to achieve via its aggressive monetary policy.
But the real trigger for the selloff was not the dismal data, but the policies that have been in place since the Financial Crisis of 2008. While the Obama administration has steadily decreased demand by shaving the deficits which provide vital fiscal stimulus for the economy, (On Wednesday, the USG announced the budget deficit fell to $483 billion, the lowest since 2008) the Federal Reserve has been providing trillions of dollars of cheap money to the banks and brokerages. The result of this one-two combo has not only been the biggest transfer of wealth in human history, but also “a fundamental breakdown in the functioning of the global capitalist economy.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40001.htm
"October 17, 2014 "ICH" - "Consortium News" - - If you’re nervously watching the stock market gyrations and worrying about your declining portfolio or pension fund, part of the blame should go to America’s neocons who continue to be masters of chaos, endangering the world’s economy by instigating geopolitical confrontations in the Middle East and Eastern Europe."
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/10/can-finally-admit-economic-policy-failed.html "Can We Admit That Economic Policy Has Failed Yet?
October 15, 2014
Government Economic Policy Has Been As Bad As Its Policy Towards ISIS or Ebola
What’s causing the market to tank?"
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/10/12-charts-show-permanent-damage-done-us-economy.html "12 Charts That Show The Permanent Damage That Has Been Done To The US Economy
October 15, 2014"
Ukraine. Sanctions. World economy unhealthy.
Veteran failure was under Bush. Failed to put sufficient money into the services. Then the hospital tried to massage /hide figures. In the hope the veterans would perish, before the hospital was found out.
"When Fox News Shrugged Over A Military Care Scandal (Hint: Bush ...
mediamatters.org/blog/2014/05/21/when-fox-news...veterans.../199406
21 May 2014 - When Fox News Shrugged Over A Military Care Scandal (Hint: Bush Was ... The serious allegations that dozens of veterans died while awaiting ... and that VA managers there created a secret waiting list to hide how long men ...
Documents Show the VA Debacle Began Under George W. Bush ...
www.motherjones.com/.../veterans-affairs-backlogs-waiting-lists-george-bu...
30 May 2014 - The Bush administration was aware of the backlogs and secret waiting ... knew about the scheme at the heart of the scandal—falsifying VA records to ... of the electronic ones to hide the glut of veterans awaiting appointments."
The economy is on skid row, has been since Bush, and his too big too fail corporations. The debt should have been written off. Now when the economy tanks, which it will, reality will bite.
The rise of ISIS/ISIL/IS due to BUSH' invasion and bombing of the middle east. Failure to understand an alien culture. The hardship suffered by the population, the spread of Wahhabism by Saudi Arabia, the lack of security all fed the rise of ISIS.
Aware the money for reconstruction of Iraq is sitting somewhere in Lebanon. Why, who took it there? Who knows. Such slapdash attitude combined with constantly bombing the middle east adding to endless destabilization and instability isnt going to insure peace for the west either, whatever the government yap.
Everytime US bombs middle east its like a sales pitch, to sell to the repressive regimes.
Like shaking a fizzy bottle. Then being surprised it erupts.
https://www.google.com/search?q=rise+of+isis&btnG=Search&domains=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.counterpunch.org&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.counterpunch.org&gws_rd=ssl
Anti trust laws helped the rich corporations.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/17/the-worlds-richest-man-tries-to-defend-income-inequality/
13 years of war or "the war on terror" http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/17/confronting-13-years-of-permanent-war/