Unemployment rate falls to 8.5% pointing to continued improvement in labor market

He trumped up the war with Afghanistan? Shall I play you what Democrats were saying about Iraq's WMD even before Bush got in office?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwqh4wQPoQk"]Democrats on Iraq + WMD's (Weapons of Mass Destruction) - YouTube[/ame]

Bush cut taxes 5%. The Democrats cut it 21% in 1965 during the Vietnam War and Johnson started his multi billion dollar war on poverty to go with it. But you never hear Liberals bring that up do you?


1963

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1964

91.0 %



1965

70.0 %



1966

70.0 %



1967

70.0 %

 

http://bigjournalism.com/wthuston/2...ob-growth-false-because-of-natural-disasters/

 

23 million underemployed and unemployed

 

Grasping at straws again are we??? I think your overmatched on this one.

My son who is in the military says that most of the job cuts are going to come from soldiers who are at retirement age. They'll retire and not be replaced. Its not as bleak a picture as you paint.

 

Dude...what do you figure?
That Democrats take Congress and poof...instant recession?
PLEASE tell us yer not that shallow?

In 2007, the effects of 2 unfunded wars began to rear its ugly head...by 2008 de-regulation compounded the problem.

In 2008 and 9 Bush and Obama released the TARP funds to the economy.
They saved the major banks and the car industry.
They also infused the economy with some much needed cash.

It is now the beginning of 2012.
For the last year and a half we've been seeing the effects of the efforts of Bush (once he woke up) and Obama.

Your argument is not only shallow...its nonsense.

 

That means terrorists don't like us

 

I think you are smart enough to figure that out. Congress makes the laws that DIRECTLY influence the economy.

 

Show proof of that or is that just sarcasm

 

Yet Obama has done more damage than Bush

 

Where in that article does it show Obama or Reid unfairly promoted negative news to undermine confidence in the economy?

 

No, The NDAA Bill

http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit.../31/gIQATzbkSP_story.html?tid=pm_politics_pop

 

Not even close to accurate.

Obama beats Bush in terms of improvement in every major category at this point in Bush's tenure.

 

Bushes First Term & half his second were Heaven on Earth

 

Barack Obama has been a complete and utter failure in every major category.....
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Who didn't want to pay for the war in Vietnam and Johnson's war on poverty when he cut taxes 21%, not a lousy 5% that Bush did?

Most of the money Clinton left was used up rebuilding after Katrina.

 

Ahhhh I see.

So this is a Republican written bill that Obama doesn't really like very much.

Hmmmm...so are you also condemning the Republican Congress for wanting even MORE power to detain than Obama does?

 

Originally Posted by Obama
“I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation, and prosecution of suspected terrorists,” Obama said. “I want to clarify that my Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation.”

This is why Obama is a bozo. HELLO Obama you cannot promise this for future presidents, so why would you sign it? Idiot.

 

Ya...just ask all the golf courses he visited and Barney...who got to spend most of that time on holidays with Daddy GW on the ranch in Texas.

Heaven on Earth...Not paying attention...

KABOOM!!!

oops...

 

Bush vs. Obama (June 2003/2011 - 30 months into office):

Unemployment:
Bush at this point in his presidency had a 2.1 percentage point increase in unemployment.
Obama has had a 1.4 percentage point increase in unemployment.

and the Deficit:
Bush had a 285 billion increase in the deficit in his first full year
Obama had a 179.5 billion decrease in the deficit in his first full year.

and the stock market:
The Dow had decreased 13% at this point in the Bush presidency
The Dow has increased 47% at this point in the Obama presidency

and GDP:
Bush had a 0.7 percentage point improvement in GDP to 1.8% growth in his second year.
Obama had a 5.5 percentage point improvement in GDP to 2.9% growth in his second year.

Bush was a bigger failure in every major category.....

 

So he is forcing people to retire early. how much will their pension be reduced?

Yet unemployment among veterans is high


http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/05/9979517-vfw-cautious-about-obama-plan-for-military-cuts

 

Do you think that OVER regulation (of wall st. traders) made the housing bubble and crashed the economy?
Do you think that OVER regulation (of environmental health) contributed to the BP oil rig spill?

They both happened because of UNDER regulation so of course the righties believe the opposite... that's how they operate.

 

No different than after 3 years you are still blaming Bush which means Obama has failed

 

Ask Barney Frank & Nancy Pelosi & Anthony "*******" Weiner ...

 

All this despite the obstruction efforts by the Good-Old-Party

 

Considering that the unemployment increase was confined entirely to his first year, and over 2 million jobs have been added since, we can conclude that you're blaming Obama for the great Bush Recession.