tell us about your "selfless" contributions to the world now.. what do you exactly do for the misfortune except advocating government to take more control over people lives and earnings..
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I spend my time talking to you - isn't that charity enough? (fr)
actually, those who know me consider me extremely altruistic.
and let me tell you how much control you have over my earnings - I can choose to work the minimum just to pay my bills and work only 10 hours/week.. I can work 20 or 40 or even 60.. you definitely have no control over my earnings.. in fact, you don't even have control over yours..:-D
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who said I have control over your earnings? nobody is trying to control you or your earnings, stop listening to those voices in your head. (H)

I can work 20 or 40 or even 60
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even 60? you speak like someone who doesn't know what it feels like to actually work for a living. is that what you're afraid of?

Real personal income for Americans - excluding government payouts such as Social Security - has fallen by 3.2 percent since President Obama took office in January 2009, according to the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.
For comparison, real personal income during the first 15 months in office for President George W. Bush, who inherited a milder recession from his predecessor, dropped 0.4 percent. Income excluding government payouts increased 12.7 percent during Mr. Bush's eight years in office.

"This is hardly surprising," said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, an economist and former director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. "Under President Obama, only federal spending is going up; jobs, business startups, and incomes are all down. It is proof that the government can't spend its way to prosperity."
According to the bureau's statistics, per capita income dropped during 2009 in 47 states, with only modest gains in the other states, West Virginia, Maine and Maryland. But most of those increases were attributed to rising income from the government, such as Medicare and unemployment benefits.

Two of the most populous states in the country reported dramatic declines: Per capita income in California dropped 3.5 percent to $42,325; in New York, the drop was 3.8 percent to $46,957.
"The evidence from New York and California reinforces a basic lesson: Where government gets too large, prosperity suffers. Let's hope that the Congress learns this lesson before it is too late for the country as a whole," said Mr. Holtz-Eakin

President George W. Bush, who inherited a milder recession from his predecessor
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left the country on the brink of a Great Depression.

considering the mess GW and his brilliant financial policies left us with, we are fortunate to be where we currently are. in case you missed it, the country's economy was on the verge of a total and complete financial collapse.

let's look at some actual numbers for mentally challenged and brain-washed..
when Bush left office the unemployment was 8%, now under Obama it's almost 10%
when Bush left office the budget deficit was 400 billion, under Obama it's 1.4 trillion
when Bush left office the national debt was 10 trillion, now it's almost 13 with no reduction insight..
when Bush left office the federal government collected in federal taxes 2.5 trillion, under Obama 2.1 trillion..

once again, for the severely mentally retarded, what we have now is the aftermath of GW's eight years in office. when Obama took office, we were on a fast track to a complete financial meltdown. you cannot stop, not to mention reverse in one year (and maybe not even in 20), that which took eight years to set in motion.

hmm.. strange - took the clone to come up with a cliche over an hour.. probably couldn't find any useful link.. (H) btw, correction - the unemployment in Jan. 2009 was 7.6% (when Obama took office), and we were told it would go above 8% in March if we didn't pass the stimulus package.. but I guess it does take brains to realize it's all BS and doesn't work..