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nanabugg

(2,198 posts) Thu May 31, 2012, 05:33 PM May 2012

"Economy GREW less than expected" is being reported as bad and negative news for Obama???WTF??? [View all]

The media reports all and any slight positive news for the administration as really BAD, BAD news for the country. Does anyone understand the operative word here is "grew"? Plus do people understand compound growth. It's like EXXON reporting that they suffered losses when their profits were only 30% of last year's profit when last year's profit was at record levels and a 400% increase over the previous year.

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"Economy GREW less than expected" is being reported as bad and negative news for Obama???WTF??? [View all] nanabugg May 2012 OP

Translation: The economy didn't do as bad as we had hoped. HubertHeaver May 2012 #1

Exactly ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2012 #2

Considering our media is controlled by Obama hating billionaires who were out to destroy him day one... Initech May 2012 #3

But we HAVE to increase profits 10% per quarter! EVERY quarter! Wall Street said so! Buns_of_Fire May 2012 #4

It would have been headline news from 2001-2009 sofa king May 2012 #5

You must not have read newspapers during that period. former9thward May 2012 #7

No, I just had no personal experience of such a thing. sofa king Jun 2012 #8

When are you cheerleaders going to recognize.. sendero May 2012 #6