Reply #103: Yes, naive [View All]

[woolldog]

if he believes Obama is coming up with these economic policies himself. Of course he's not. He's largely following the recommendations of his economic advisers, who are just as, if not more, educated on macroeconomics as your brother. You know, the Council of Economic Advisers, the Treasury Secretary, etc. If he has a problem with the economic policies of the Obama administration and think's those policies are clueless, then he is really saying that those guys are clueless, because its not Obama coming up with these economic policies. No President does. They provide Presidents with recommendations, and the Presidents usually follow them, subject of course to political constraints of what can get through Congress, what will fly with the American people and so on...