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  1. Not wishful thinking - just surprised, I didn't take him as that type. You won't need links in the end.
  2. Ryan becomes weaker each day. Ryan is being hammered for being unequivocally hypocritical.
  3. Great reply to this thread posted by Parmenio. Is Parmenio intent suppose to be some sort of kick in the side of the DNC? Doesn't matter, GREAT reply Learning!
  4. You paint too broad of an inaccurate stroke for me to reply. Thanks Sandstorm
  5. Should government go into business for profit? If so, what? Liquor, Food industry, etc...
  6. I'm a for profit businessman; not a non-profit, not an economist. With all that have happened, America is still - by far - the strongest nation in the world. We're not a 3rd world nation because of our government. Our programs are intended to bring people up - that doesn't always work so well. Programs are also to provide an acceptable quality of life.
  7. I don't think these numbers are considered as rosy. Headlines are headlines, the numbers are explained in the article. Nothing hidden! 368k dropped from the labor force whether retirement or other. As long as they don't file for unemployment we have to consider them as retired. New jobs is the key number. Although lower than predicted by the economic experts (130k), new jobs are still a plus.
  8. Payrolls in U.S. Rose 96,000 in August, Jobless Rate Fell Payrolls rose less than projected in August and the unemployment rate declined as more Americans left the labor force, indicating the U.S. labor market is stagnating. The economy added 96,000 workers last month following a revised 141,000 rise in July that was smaller than initially estimated, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The median estimate of 92 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a gain of 130,000. Unemployment unexpectedly fell to 8.1 percent, and hourly earnings were unchanged. Employers may be reluctant to expand headcounts as they face a global economic slowdown and the so-called fiscal cliff of automatic tax increases and government spending cuts. The damage inflicted by the lack of progress on jobs is the reason Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke last week said the central bank may need to do more. “Businesses are trying to plan for a climate of uncertainty,” Robert Dye, chief economist at Comerica Inc. in Dallas, said before the report. “There’s too much uncertainty about taxes, about expenditure cuts. The economy is already reacting to it.” Stock-index futures pared gains after the figures, with the contract on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rising 0.2 percent to 1,434.4 at 8:35 a.m. in New York, after climbing as much as 0.5 percent. Bloomberg survey estimates ranged from increases of 70,000 to 185,000. Revisions to prior reports subtracted a total of 41,000 jobs from payrolls in the previous two months. Factory employment fell by the most in two years, temporary-help companies eliminated positions for the first time in five months and the share of the working-age population in the labor force slumped to the lowest since 1981. Presidential Election Today’s figures come two months before the presidential election. Employment and the economy are central themes in the campaign, with President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney each trying to convince voters they can best energize the expansion and create jobs. Private payrolls, which exclude government agencies, rose 103,000 after a revised gain of 162,000. They were projected to rise by 142,000, the survey showed. The jobless rate fell from 8.3 percent as 368,000 Americans left the labor force. Unemployment was forecast to hold at 8.3 percent, according to the survey median. Estimates in the Bloomberg survey ranged from 8.1 percent to 8.4 percent. Factory payrolls decreased by 15,000, compared with a survey forecast for a 10,000 increase, after a 23,000 gain in the previous month. Automakers cut 7,500 jobs last month. My link Actually lowest in labor force since Reagan years but still adding jobs.
  9. The Federal Government is not a profit making organization. You run it like a business and you'll serve a lot of pink slips and less will get done. Different strategies to say the least. The fixes, whether temporary or popular, are what the country responds to. A catch 22 situation that the American people will not let the country evade. That's because people don't like change. Isn't this site apparent to that fact? No we can't blame it all on the POTUS but he does have FULL ownership.
  10. Well lots of people pay to hear Bill Clinton speak. In this case, if it's ALL true you can't help but to listen! He knows the economy. Lot of very "short" memories here.
  11. Well now you're shifting to world and devaluation of currency discussions. I'm not sure if you're trying to indict the president or not. The candidates are not speaking on those subjects. But you must know Obama is more informed in these areas. It would be knew to any other president.
  12. Bain invested in over 350 companies. I don't criticize them from the info I'm aware of. They're in business to make money for their shareholders. I think some of the companies were going under one way or another.
  13. I agree... smoooooooth....... these days the fact checkers will burn you quickly.
  14. Agree... BTW: the recession was defined from Dec 2007 – June 2009, 1 year and 6 months. It's obviously improving. Even Romney stated: January 20, 2012 Mitt Romney on Laura Ingraham's radio program: "Of course it's getting better. The economy always gets better after the recession. There's always a recovery. There's never been a time anywhere in the world where an economy has never recovered. They just want to argue it wasn't due to Obama's policies. It will always be a polarizing conflict.
  15. The Big Dog hit all facts. Bill Clinton’s 48-minute speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night was, as FactCheck.org put it, “a fact-checker’s nightmare: lots of effort required to run down his many statistics and factual claims, producing little for us to write about.” Clinton’s numbers checked out, according to most fact-checking outlets, including Politifact, which has been accused of unfair exaggeration by liberals before. Though he frequently departed from the script, the former president correctly cited the statistics on Obama’s job growth, decreasing health costs since 2010, and the stimulus tax cuts for 95 percent of Americans.
  16. THE WORD IS UNDEREMPLOYED that now figures into unemployment depending on who you ask; not having enough paid work or not doing work that makes full use of their skills and abilities. Said it before, some jobs are not coming back. People must adapt to the times. Check the CBO when you have time.
  17. Top chart isn't from White House. Simply tells you where money is spent. Dig a little further if you're curious or just take the word of the politicians and biased media.
  18. Yep - Kind of like if a Dem say it's night - you say it's day. I didn't even have to use factcheck.org Next 6 hours A period of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 4pm. Decreasing cloudiness with temperatures rising to near 84F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Chance of Rain:40% Wind: WSW at 7 mph Humidity:76% UV Index:7 - High Snowfall:0 in Sunrise: 7:00 am Moonset: 12:42 pm Moonphase:Waning Gibbous Past 24-hr Precip:0 in Past 24-hr Snow:0 in Scattered thunderstorms. Humid. High near 85F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%. Night 69° Isolated T-Storms Chance of Rain:30% Wind: SW at 4 mph Humidity:92%
  19. I can appreciate that perspective but if we poll individuals we'll find a balance of responses. Some are doing fantastic comparing to 4 years ago and some stayed the same, and some hit the bubble late in the recession. Some jobs will never be back ,therefore, they must develop new skills. Some people are answering this question relative to how the government is doing. Some answer relevant to the country's debt and unemployment today vs. pre-recession. Some comparing 2 men, Bush and Obama. That's why I say it's shallow or we're not all talking about the same thing. My bank accounts are lower than 4 years ago but income is rising. Am I personally better off - YES. Is the country better off, that's relevant to how bad it could have been with millions of more jobs lost due to industries closings.
  20. That's too shallow of an observation. The country is better off than 2 years ago, post recession. That's reality!
  21. Add is a mistaken word... Ask yourself where does the debt come from; what administration, what policies. Obama policies 1.4trillion (2009-2011).
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