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| Obama: Americans Not Better Off Than They Were Four Years Ago |
| 2011-10-04 |
| It's Twilight in America again... George Stephanopoulos, ABC News: "And a lot of anger out there. There's so many people who simply don't think they're better off than they were four years ago. How do you convince them that they are?" President B.O.: "Well, I don't think they're better off than they were four years ago. They're not better off than they were before Lehman's collapse, before the financial crisis, before this extraordinary recession that we're going through. I think that what we've seen is that we've been able to make steady progress to stabilize the economy, but the unemployment rate is still way too high. And that's why it's so critical for us to make sure that we are taking every action we can take to put people back to work." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Define "better off." Money's not the only thing to judge by - we have less freedom and more gummint intrusion. And |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-10-04 20:58 |
| #12 Good for you, Glenmore. I've got a brain the size of a planet and they've got me parking cars. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-10-04 19:43 |
| #11 I'm better off today than 6 years ago - kids are off the payroll. And than 40 years ago - got a real job now, instead of parking cars for tips. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-10-04 19:10 |
| #10 So why have things continued to get worse? 'Stablize' means something different in DC than in the real world, e.g. the Federal Reserve has a legal responsibility to maintain stable prices, something it has never done. It's also supposed to maximize employment. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-10-04 18:36 |
| #9 "We've made steady progress to stabilize the economy" So why have things continued to get worse? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2011-10-04 17:50 |
| #8 I'm still waiting for a poll of voters who were unemployed when they voted for Obama - are they still unemployed & would they re-elect him if they could? I strongly suspect the answer is 'yes' to both questions, but would like to be wrong. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-10-04 15:36 |
| #7 well he's being honest. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2011-10-04 14:57 |
| #6 Look for that first sentence to be used in every Republican's advertising for the whole 2012 election cycle. Boy, for the smartest and most awesome intellect ever to occupy the White House, he's sure not very bright, handing his opposition a money quote on a silver platter like that. |
| Posted by: Mike 2011-10-04 14:14 |
| #5 Can you say "malaise"? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-10-04 11:32 |
| #4 They're not better off than they were before Lehman's collapse, before the financial crisis, before this extraordinary recession that we're going through. Translation: It's Bush's fault. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-10-04 10:25 |
| #3 Hell, Americans are not even better off than they were 40 years ago. Take care of our own and make our own stuff. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-04 09:50 |
| #2 You mean we are a lot worse off than 6 years ago when the Donks took over Congress and started this whole mess? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-10-04 08:51 |
| #1 Americans seem better able to spot a Marxist liar now. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-10-04 07:44 |