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In reply to the discussion: If anyone thinks Dems will filibuster [View all]Pantagruelsmember
(106 posts)Just keep pounding the GOP with the truth. 2016 will be a much more favorable situation for progressives, educate everyone you contact:
The big picture, Obama reality the obstructionist GOP won't admit:
The economy has recovered from the Bush/GOP disastrous incompetence
Obama has been at least as good as Reagan for the economy. In fact, U.S. has now had 63 straight months of job expansion, including 54 consecutive weeks of private sector growth.
Obamas administration has created more jobs in five years than Bush managed in all eight.
The current period has also been notable for the huge cutbacks in public-sector jobs, which the White House argues makes the private-sector job performance more impressive. (New jobs in the public sector, and the resulting paychecks, obviously help generate additional private-sector jobs.) So the White House argues that the continued private-sector growth, in the face of massive public-sector cutbacks, is especially significant.
The ebullient stock market reflects BO/Dem leadership.
The Federal Budget Deficit has Shrunk by 2/3 since 2009
The Obama administration is the most honest, scandal free in history. Government Spending has only gone up 1.4 percent under Obama, the lowest spending has increased since Eisenhower, The Last Actual Republican. Government spending increased 8.1 percent under Bush, and 8.7 percent under Reagan.
Taxes have only increased on those making $400,000 a year or more, the richest 2 percent of Americans.
For approx. 95 percent of us , federal taxes have actually gone down.
Bin Laden is dead.There have been no significant foreign attacks on American soil.
U.S. dependence on foreign oil is at a record low due to domestic oil production and higher fuel efficiency standards.
The dollar is KING and there has been no appreciable inflation.
The U.S. under BO is the envy of the world.
Obamacare is working. Approximately 10 million Americans who didnt have health insurance before have it now. Rates havent gone up across the board as predicted by GOP critics mainly because healthcare costs are now rising slower than they have at any point since 1960 and in many cases going down. The success of Obamacare has extended the projected solvency of Medicare out to 2030. Seniors have saved $Billions on prescriptions and millions of Americans have received refunds from their health insurance companies thanks to provisions of ACA.
*Blogger jeff61b , "14 Facts About The Obama Presidency That Most People Dont Know" at hub pages ,compiled, documented and published many of these stats which I'm passing along and suggest you pass along too.