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Nov 6, 2009
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Nov 6, 2009
10.2%.
Today, BLS released its monthly jobs report and the numbers speak for themselves. The economy shed another 190,000 jobs in October, bringing the number of jobs lost since Obama was sworn in to 3.8 million. Worse still, the unemployment rate rose from 9.8% to 10.2% percent. With only 130.8 million jobs in the U.S. economy, President Obama is now 7.8 million jobs short of what he promised the American people. That makes President Obama’s stimulus an objective failure.
Saturday, Nov 14 at 6:15 AM gaetano wrote ...
I will not try to argue with an idiot. You ,that voted for obama,are wrong.
32101981 Flag for moderationSunday, Nov 8 at 8:21 PM Another Liberal wrote ...
@Rxfire - Like, never, dude - live with it - my unemployment check is good enough for me - just take yours and quit complaining
31810541 Flag for moderationSunday, Nov 8 at 8:22 AM RxFire wrote ...
The thing that all you libs are forgetting is that Obama told us that if only we passed his stimulus package unemployment would peak at 8%. We are now over 10%. That is a failure... I know... employment lags. OK. fine. How long before the jobs come back???
31782039 Flag for moderationSaturday, Nov 7 at 9:59 PM conservative to liberal wrote ...
I guess I'm not smart enough to understand everything you wrote, sounds like you are a scholar on economics. So I try to keep things simple. If You are so High on President Obama and His economic plan for this country, and so Confident that His plan will work, why do you continue to Blame Bush? It seems to me that President Obama's Plan should be working. You shouldn't have to Blame Bush anymore Right? President Bush should be old news, now that Your guy is in there and his plan is working
31769724 Flag for moderationSaturday, Nov 7 at 9:17 PM Yes wrote ...
The Soviet Union suffered 70 years of poverty after their Communist Regime seized the wealth of all the "rich capitalists" - the Bolsheviks too, promised "Hope and Change"
31768314 Flag for moderationSaturday, Nov 7 at 8:51 PM TWP wrote ...
Socialist utopias are only fun during the looting phase as they squander the wealth of the economic freedom that came before. Then they descend into stagnation, poverty, repression, or some combination of the three. Who wants to move to a place like that?
31767631 Flag for moderationSaturday, Nov 7 at 9:44 AM LD to Liberal wrote ...
I know it's wasted effort to try to explain to you, but...It was not conservative economic policies that tanked the markets, it was the lack of them. It was government interference in the markets, led by Barney Frank & Chris Dodd. Blame Bush 'til you turn blue - it doesn't make it true. Liberals always think they can tinker with markets in the name of social justice. They ALWAYS screw them up, but they NEVER learn. Spew your vitriol - it doesn't change basic economic reality one bit.
31745426 Flag for moderationSaturday, Nov 7 at 9:02 AM Walt to TJ wrote ...
That’s a nice thought and has been a wonderment of mine for many years, why don’t these people leave if they hate America so much but over the years I learned the answer. As much as they hate the direction America is going they realize they will ALWAYS be better off in this country. Liberals just like chaos, marches and rallies and will always find time to protest something, even when they already have everything.
31744031 Flag for moderationSaturday, Nov 7 at 8:54 AM Walt to Liberal wrote ...
You could never stop blaming Bush for anything; it is your life’s blood. Just like you could not stop blaming Bush for MWDs in Iraq even after videos of liberal politicians and world leaders emerged expressing the dangers of that regime to world security and its genocide of the Kurds. You people can’t even believe your own eyes if it dose not include hating something other than your own socialist ideology.
31743781 Flag for moderationSaturday, Nov 7 at 8:42 AM Walt to Joyce wrote ...
One other thing I heard today that BO, realizing that his screw up yesterday made him look even MORE impertinent, had his advisors arranged for him to have a DO-OVER for the MSM; so he can have at least ONE news conference where he is not looking like a complete horses hind end. Incompetence should be this boy’s middle name.
31743364 Flag for moderationSaturday, Nov 7 at 7:23 AM TJ to ANON wrote ...
MOVE, Go to France, or any other country of your choice, they have what you want, please take all your libs friends and move. We like what we have here. We will be fine we can take care of ourselves. Thankyou
31741074 Flag for moderationSaturday, Nov 7 at 6:55 AM Liberal wrote ...
Epic failure? No. Of course, conservatives (including Sykes) are following the game plan by calling everything a failure and focusing on unemployment rate. Here's the playbook: http://washingtonindependent.com/62773/lagging-economic-indicator-sets-up-2010-gop-rhetoric But unemployment is a lagging indicator and the GDP went UP in Q3 2009 a nice 3.5% annual rate. That's right economic growth UP (after Bush's failure). That's a success story for Dems even if conservatives can't admit it.
31740524 Flag for moderationSaturday, Nov 7 at 6:38 AM Liberal @ Conservative wrote ...
We will stop blaming Bush when conservatives admit that it was conservative economic policies (trickle down, tax preference for income from wealth over income from work, asleep at the switch non-regulation, blind faith in market risk allocation) that put capitalism in a coma in 2008. The most market driven sector -- finance -- with near perfect liquidity and (in theory) complete information, shut down, stopped, and broke in September 2008. Can you admit that? If so, I'll stop blaming Bush.
31740139 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 10:05 PM RxFire wrote ...
And lets not forget that Obama told us that as long as Congress passed his stimulus package that unemployment would only reach 8%. And now we are over 10%.... Too bad we can't get that trillion dollars back.
31731934 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 8:42 PM conservative wrote ...
i love it when the democrats use President Reagan's Presidency to justify how things are going in President Obama's presidency. I don't recall though President Reagan blaming Carter every press conference he had. good grief when will he stop blaming President Bush? If a CEO kept blaming his/her predecessor for the Continue Poor performance of their business, i think the board would say fix the problem or get out. this may be a stretch example but it make sense to me.
31729506 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 8:20 PM TWP wrote ...
Never underestimate the capacity of human beings to participate in the most outrageous of lies if they think they can get something out of it by going along or if they're afraid they'll suffer if they don't. The lie of Marxism starts with the one and becomes the other when it's too late. The great lesson of history...
31728836 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 8:05 PM ijeff wrote ...
I think we are nearing the point where the entire mainstream media of Rush Limbaugh critics and all the other Obama apoligists start apologizing to Rush Limbaugh. He was right. Obama succeeding means America fails. Funny how all the those Rush critics were too stupid to even comprehend what he was saying. They were too busy showing their own ignorance.
31728351 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 7:24 PM Walt to Joyce wrote ...
Yes I did see the ORIGINAL “condolence speech” & noticed right away, IT’S ALL ABOUT HIM. The news announcement said “we’re breaking away for a word from the POTUS about the Fort Hood shooting”, but what I actually heard was this arrogant child spend the first few minutes THANKING HIS SUPPORTERS. After that he managed to find a few words of sorry for the dead. The man know his priorities first him and than the rest of us.
31727014 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 7:01 PM Jordan to Shelly wrote ...
I agree. In the face of this trainwreck that seems to get worse by the day, it's nice to know Anonymoron will give us all a good laugh. I'm wondering why Moron H. hasn't chimed in yet. He was glowing about the GDP and the "jobs saved or cxreated" news the other day and was all aglow that the Dow reached 10k...Happy days were here again...
31726214 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 5:30 PM Shelly wrote ...
And special thanks to anonymous for giving us someone to laugh at day in and day out. It makes each work day go by easier as we work to support you and your friends.
31722896 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 5:01 PM Doug wrote ...
PS and thank you Pres Obama and the Democratic led congress for doing 90% all of this.
31721829 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 4:59 PM Anonymous wrote ...
P.S And thank you Mr.Bush
31721711 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 4:09 PM John Gault wrote ...
Thank you oh Great One for the time from work you have given us. Thank you for giving us the ability to "donate" our money to the charities of your choice through our taxes. Thank you for demonizing the banks so that we may stay longer in our houses without paying for them. Thank you for giving us free health care. Thank you for the koolaid I am about to drink.
31719439 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 3:47 PM @Joyce Re TTT wrote ...
Sheesh.
31718329 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 3:18 PM Anonymous wrote ...
PM Maddog:They will never admit that there party(GOP) is wrong...
31716471 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 3:18 PM 8rent wrote ...
sarcasm alert! sarcasm alert!
31716444 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 2:42 PM Joyce wrote ...
Note to TTT. "Obama has no faults. He is perfect. MM-MM." Get off the juice, or whatever illegal substance you are putting in your body... it is not healthy! Not enough space here to list BHO's faults... didya see his condolence speech RE: Ft Hood killings? Man is arrogant, insensitive, uncaring, ignorant of difference between medal of honor v. congressional gold medal... and on and on. DUMB as dirt.
31714114 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 1:59 PM Walt to Anonymous wrote ...
Well, here is another fact you can put into that 1983 column. Reagan may have been President the BOTH houses of congress were ALSO lead by LIBERAL democrats. Reagan fought with congress and lead us into a significant recovery, BO is taking his marching orders from Congress and letting them write his bills, what do you think America will look in a year or so?
31711214 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 1:39 PM Turnip Truck Ted wrote ...
Obama inherited Bush's mess. Nothing that has happened or will happen is Obama's fault. Obama has no faults. He is perfect. MM-MM.
31709804 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 1:30 PM LD wrote ...
I remember the Carter debacle very well. My point is that, regardless of who caused the mess in the 70's & 80's, Reagan took action that ultimately fixed it. Obama is doing things to prolong the recession or even make it worse. An economic simpleton knows that his policies will not generate growth, yet he persists. I can only conclude he is inflicting the damage deliberately. Sure, Bush was President when it started, but what fiscal policy of his got through Congress in his second term?
31709171 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 12:29 PM MADDOG wrote ...
"Fine, Reagan inherited Carter's mess...so why can't you people admit that Obama inherited the Bush's mess?" Yes he did.....and proceeded to pump it full of steroids.
31705056 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 12:25 PM Bjorn Yesterday wrote ...
Unemployment will allow the time necessary to wait in government healthcare lines.
31704834 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 12:13 PM Baffled wrote ...
Both TS and LD are either too young or uninformed to remember the discontent in the early 80's. You conveniently forget the the R's got pasted in the '82 election. To my point about debt levels, please explain how this won't be a significant drag on consumer spending-the heart and soul of this economy. Again, I was not placing the blame on anyone just presenting the facts, when the responses are little more than ideological diatribes this is a reflection on your priorities not reality.
31704054 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 12:06 PM Anonymous wrote ...
Fine, Reagan inherited Carter's mess...so why can't you people admit that Obama inherited the Bush's mess?
31703504 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 12:00 PM LD wrote ...
Why don't you anonymous left wing loons blame Jimmy Carter? After all, it was his mess Reagan inherited. If Obama can blame Bush, it seems only fair to admit that Reagan's "failure" should be attributed to Jimmy. Of course, Reagan was trying to turn a bad economy around. Obama isn't. Consequently, Reagan is remembered as a success. Obama won't be. He's like a bad Hollywood sequel - The Carter Years II: He's Back...
31703114 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 11:57 AM Truth Seeker wrote ...
To Anon: Because, it took until after 1983 until Reagan's tax cuts took effect and created about 20 million new jobs after Carter wrecked the economy. Bush did overspend, and a lot of us were not happy about that, but just wait until Bush's tax cuts expire. Does anyone think that will help this already suffering economy?
31702881 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 11:48 AM baffled wrote ...
If Chuck's listeners had any since of history and economics, they would realize the rate of employment won't rebound until well after expansion occurs. The unemployment rate in Reagan's first term didn't peak until the middle of his second year. In the early 80's consumer debt was less than total income, however after the last 30 years debt has risen 3 fold w/o any significant growth in income further dragging on consumer spending. So Reagan failed at the same point in his Presidency??
31702181 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 11:45 AM Anonymous wrote ...
So, the last time unemployment was this high, it was 1983. Why don't you right wing loons blame that on Reagan?
31701916 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 11:44 AM Walt wrote ...
Well this administration WANTED chaos in America so that it could come riding in on their liberal “white horse” and save everyone. The problem is that this “not ready for prime time” administration thinks that most Americans are Third World stupid, and would fall for it. Who was it that said “you can’t fool all the people all the time”, except a liberal? These morons are even turning the moderates against them.
31701839 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 10:53 AM Pro-America wrote ...
We have a weak president...and you know Turnip Truck Ted your correct to a point but Obama takes it to a whole new level the lying part plus he doesn't like our country
31698231 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 10:52 AM Bob in Zion wrote ...
Where's Nancy Pelosi? Shouldn't she be on the capital steps castigating the President for his jobless recovery?
31698164 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 10:21 AM Turnip Truck Ted wrote ...
Bush is entirely to blame for the the so-called "failure" of the stimulus. Things would have been much worse if not for Obama. MM-MM.
31696116 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 10:19 AM LD wrote ...
This is exactly why intelligent Americans want Obama to fail. Unfortunately, he is succeeding and achieving precisely what he intended all along. If he didn't approve of what was happening, he would do something to stop it. He isn't doing a thing. His as yet unrealized ambitions will only make the economy worse yet. Rather than have the courage to say what he really believes and wants, he tries to tell us it's all Bush's fault - and the gullible among us ring their cowbells and say 'Amen.'
31695906 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 10:18 AM Turnip Truck Ted wrote ...
All politicians lie and spin. There's no difference between those do it a little and those who do it a lot.
31695866 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 10:08 AM Lucy wrote ...
Troy the Ds took over congress in 2006, and stuff has been going down hill since then. Things have gotten worse since they took over the WH. Snowbird is it always necessary to call people names? Aren't you able to make a point w/o being nasty? This is the presidents ecomomy - his stimulus bill gives him ownership. During the Bush years the econmy was pretty good - lower unemployment rate than during Clinton.
31695244 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 9:42 AM Troy wrote ...
I saw that since Dec 08,7.3 million jobs have been lost.What happened in Nov 08,thats right the Dems took over Congress.What the Dems want is to pay off their people{ public workers,by the way Truth seeker,that was good} and the rest of the people,who cares.In the end,those people who loses their jobs,will become more dependent on the government for things,which plays right into the Dems hands.
31693449 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 9:35 AM Stu wrote ...
I love how when the Republican is in office, the buck stops there. And when a vapid self-absorbed socialist is in office, "it is Congress, special interests" and, of course, "the stupidity of the American populace." Yawn. Get a new playbook.
31692941 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 9:27 AM bajaskier wrote ...
To quote Rush: "How's that hope & change workin' for ya?"
31692396 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 9:03 AM Amy P. wrote ...
Wait until Obamacare passes tomorrow and cap-and-trade passes in the next 7-10 days or so. Then 10% unemployment will seem like a dream. If there is 25% unemployment after these two bills become law, I'll be amazed it's that low. Hope! Change! Unemployment!
31690529 Flag for moderationFriday, Nov 6 at 8:51 AM Truth Seeker wrote ...
When he said unemployment would not rise above 8% if we passed this thing, it seems he was only referring PUBLIC employees.
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