Most of what the Republicans have offered is "Cut ALL the taxes! Stop spending ANY money! (except for things in my district, and defense spending)"
We both know that extreme is highly unlikely.
They are more for keeping the bush tax cuts in place and, you know, ensuring those 46% of Americans who pay no tax to have some skin in the game. But whatever, apparently taxing the rich is "good" and not doing so is "evil", heh.
That's not "offering something", that's akin to "Give everybody in America a magic pony for free!" It's so far from realistic that it doesn't even merit discussion.
Uh, no. What Obama is doing is trying to "Give everybody in America a magic pony for free!" through the PPACA and sweet college loans.
And, uh.. what specific examples can you cite where Republicans are offering something for free?
In essence, they want us to be a much larger version of Greece, only they'd cut taxes too so the whole thing would implode even faster.
Really? How so?
You mean those Republicans who advocate for controlling and reigning in government spending across the board are pushing for another Greece? Drilling for oil? Yeah, I suppose a government who wants another Greece would do that.
Go read up on all the news regarding the California government having to cut essential services across the board because they are in debt and can't meet their budget goals WITHOUT raising taxes and getting federal assistance. California is a microcosm for what Democrats can do with their economic policies. California IS the next Greece.
I think a lot of people (my staunch Republican father-in-law, for instance) who don't fault Obama that harshly because they realize he's faced an opposition party that has been operating in scorched-earth mode since about two weeks after Inauguration Day.
Enough so that they stopped the passage of the PPACA (!), enough so that they stopped Democrats with full control from passing a budget, and all of their other policies!
Man, yeah, when Democrats had full control for Obama's first 2 and a half years, they sure did cause enough problems for Democrats, enough so they scared them into doing NOTHING.
Oh, they were even more obstinate when they got back enough control to make things even. They did this by... playing nice and compromising on issues? Ok.