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Reasons  to agree:  "Obama Could Skip the Class Warfare and Let the Oil and Gas Industry Create Jobs." Fox News. October 3rd, 2011: "President Obama conjured up his favorite boogeyman recently: the oil and gas industry. He reached for it when he released his job creation and deficit reduction package. Despite the fact that the oil and gas industry pays over $86 million a day in income taxes, royalties, bonuses and rents to the federal government, the president claimed that U.S. energy producers have not paid 'their fair share.' The president is proposing an additional $41 billion in new taxes on energy producers. This will result in higher energy prices, more oil imports, and in the end, few jobs in America. No wonder why the economy continues to be mired in an economic funk. President Obama is trying to exploit the misperception that the energy industry earns undo profits, when in fact it earned a net income of just 6 cents on the dollar. That compares unfavorab...

Reasons  to agree: You can call it "taxes" but when you say the government has too much money, you are really saying that you want to take what they earned.  Reasons  to disagree:   Probable interest  of those who agree: Anti black racism Confirmation bias (you decide that you don't like Obama, and so this becomes the prism that you see him. People always root for the home team, because over time they start to show interest, and then each new story tells them they were correct. When the other team acts badly, you get mad. When your team acts badly, you feel justified. You continue to identify with Obama, because you once did).  Your a Republican. He is on the other team. He is the enemy.  Probable interest  of those who disagree: Pro black racial preference Your a Democrat. He is on the same team, against the enemy Common Interest Opposing Interest   Images  That agree Images  That disagree Videos That agree ...

Reasons  to agree: "It needed to be bigger," according to Ezra Klein of the Washington Post and dozens of other economists such as Paul Krugman. Reasons  to disagree:   Probable interest  of those who agree: Anti black racism Confirmation bias (you decide that you don't like Obama, and so this becomes the prism that you see him. People always root for the home team, because over time they start to show interest, and then each new story tells them they were correct. When the other team acts badly, you get mad. When your team acts badly, you feel justified. You continue to identify with Obama, because you once did).  Your a Republican. He is on the other team. He is the enemy.  Probable interest  of those who disagree: Pro black racial preference Your a Democrat. He is on the same team, against the enemy Common Interest Opposing Interest   Images  That agree    Images  That disagree Videos That agree   Vi...

Reasons  to agree: George Bush wrongly started the Iraq War.  George Bush wrongly started the war in Afghanistan. George Bush wrongly passed TARP.  Reasons  to disagree: Obama wrongly kept us in Iraq. Obama wrongly kept us in  Afghanistan.  Obama wrongly started a war with Libya. Obama borrowed too much money . Obama did not cause the bad economy, but he exacerbated it. Obama wrongly extended President Bush's tax cuts . Obama did a very bad job of investing in green jobs . Probable interest  of those who agree: Anti black racism Confirmation bias (you decide that you don't like Obama, and so this becomes the prism through which you see him. People always root for the home team because, over time, they start to show interest, and then each new story tells them they were correct. When the other team acts badly, you get mad. When your team acts badly, you feel justified. You continue to identify with Obama (because you once did).  You'...

Reasons  to agree: “Hindsight is always 20-20,” Obama told George Stephanopoulos of ABC News in October of 2011. “It went through the regular review process. And people felt like this was a good bet.” Solyndra didn’t work out, but that’s the kind of risk the United States must take to compete with countries like China that subsidize solar power. Reasons  to disagree: The economy shouldn't be investing in green economy when we are in debt.  Their are no risks when the federal government supports basic fundamental research that results in greater general understanding. There was no need for risks like Solyndra.  Probable interest  of those who agree: Probable interest  of those who disagree: Common Interest Opposing Interest   Images  That agree    Images  That disagree Videos That agree   Videos That disagree   Website that agree Websites that disagree   Related arguments: Score : # of reasons to agree: 0 # of re...

Reasons  to agree: The Bush taxes only helped the very wealthy. The Bush taxes contributed to the US national debt.  John Feehery. "Opinion: Obama’s fatal missteps." The Hill. October 3rd, 2011: "5. Signed an extension of President Bush’s tax cuts: After campaigning against and complaining about George W. Bush’s tax cuts for the rich, Obama meekly signed a two-year extension of those same tax cuts. By reversing course, Obama did three things. He exposed himself as a man who will blink when put to the test. He made the deficit situation much worse. He has not in any way, shape or form put himself in a stronger rhetorical position for his reelection. He is making the same ineffective arguments that he made last year, and it will likely yield the same result." Reasons  to disagree:   Probable interest  of those who agree: Probable interest  of those who disagree: Common Interest Opposing Interest   Images  That agree    Images  That di...