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4. Obama biggest failure!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 09:59 AM

Jul 2015

I think NOT!

Good job Mr. President!

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U.S. jobless claims drop to 41-1/2-year low [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 OP

Just think where the unemployment could be if we had a functioning Congress. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #1

No kidding! Adrahil Jul 2015 #5

Awesome numbers taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #2

Thanks Obama! Botany Jul 2015 #3

Obama biggest failure! liberal N proud Jul 2015 #4

What did President Obama have to do with this? Beauregard Jul 2015 #13

Why are you on Democratic Underground? nt geek tragedy Jul 2015 #14

Why not? Beauregard Jul 2015 #15

Think a crashed economy liberal N proud Jul 2015 #16

Oh? Beauregard Jul 2015 #17

When you consider the cost of doing nothing... liberal N proud Jul 2015 #28

"Nothing" was not the only alternative. Beauregard Jul 2015 #30

Do you think that is ever going to happen in this country? liberal N proud Jul 2015 #31

With the right leadership, yes. Beauregard Jul 2015 #33

But did it work? AllTooEasy Jul 2015 #53

The Car Companies Paid Back Every Dime With Interest ProfessorGAC Jul 2015 #34

As did the banks Recursion Jul 2015 #65

This happened under Bush....not Obama. Lochloosa Jul 2015 #60

The bailout didn't "cost" anything; it made money for the government (nt) Recursion Jul 2015 #64

Contrary to all evidence.... Lochloosa Jul 2015 #22

So "trickle down" works? Beauregard Jul 2015 #23

Chart 1 shows the results of the Stimulas package. We were losing 800K jobs a month. Lochloosa Jul 2015 #59

Yeah, NOT trickle down. Adrahil Jul 2015 #71

This is the chart that worries me - jonno99 Jul 2015 #27

Wow! Beauregard Jul 2015 #32

The trend downward started in 2000. DCBob Jul 2015 #43

Please look at this report... Adrahil Jul 2015 #72

This was predicted 10 years go by the BLS taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #48

I think this decline is due more to the baby boomers aging than Obama's policies. Lochloosa Jul 2015 #57

No doubt that is a piece of it. I just see too many out of work, underemployed, and on foodstamps.nt jonno99 Jul 2015 #58

Why are you against people retiring? (nt) Recursion Jul 2015 #66

He repaired the economy the GOP smashed into pieces. JoePhilly Jul 2015 #29

Clue... DCBob Jul 2015 #41

Brilliant riposte! Beauregard Jul 2015 #42

Me thinketh thou should Pulleth thy headeth Darb Jul 2015 #63

Not a deep thinker, eh? nt Adrahil Jul 2015 #73

yay! tazkcmo Jul 2015 #6

To hopefully forestall the inevitable doomer FUD.... whatthehey Jul 2015 #7

VVVVVV******like the poser below?******VVVVVV Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #10

U.S. jobless claims drop to 41-1/2-year low lsufan59 Jul 2015 #8

I am sorry. Being laid off is no fun. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #11

Is an upturn in oil/gas prices a progressive agenda? AllTooEasy Jul 2015 #54

Obama is a Communist and a Muslin. Kingofalldems Jul 2015 #9

Labor particpation rate lowest since 1970. Beauregard Jul 2015 #12

So tell your Republican Congress .... CANDO Jul 2015 #18

"Lurking con"? :) Beauregard Jul 2015 #21

Completely unrelated to jobless claims taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #19

It's the obverse of the original post. Beauregard Jul 2015 #20

start your own Damn thread then taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #24

I think I'll keep posting in this thread. Beauregard Jul 2015 #40

Look deeper. Adrahil Jul 2015 #70

Thanks. I added that link to mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #74

Ahhh ... the RW search for a new metric when the standard metrics don't support their ... JoePhilly Jul 2015 #38

Read this and educate yourself.. DCBob Jul 2015 #47

Highly related to Baby Boomer deaths and retirements AllTooEasy Jul 2015 #55

Put the boomers to work!!! joshcryer Jul 2015 #69

Thats amazing numbers considering most all 'laid off' workers can get unemployment & Sunlei Jul 2015 #25

Well duh!!!! unemployment benefits have been cut to draconian levels. 1.3 million were kicked off fasttense Jul 2015 #26

Honestly this post could not be more wrong taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #35

Yes, yes, yes it's initial. But do you NOT think people are noticing? fasttense Jul 2015 #50

You clearly do not understand what this data is or what it means. JoePhilly Jul 2015 #36

People who are dropped from their unemployment benefits tell others fasttense Jul 2015 #51

So you lose your job, but you don't apply for benefits that you deserve ... JoePhilly Jul 2015 #61

These are great numbers Gothmog Jul 2015 #37

It's the McJobs factor. Wages are going to hell. Beauregard Jul 2015 #39

Your graph does not say what you imply. jeff47 Jul 2015 #45

Thanks. Here's something from the BLS. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #49

Note this graph displays % change.. not actual earnings which are going up. DCBob Jul 2015 #46

Zero Hedge? taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #56

That graph says real wages are higher now than in 2007 (nt) Recursion Jul 2015 #67

The idiot Republicans will dismiss this as statistical noise. DCBob Jul 2015 #44

Idiot republicans will ignore this and bring up the labor force participation rate taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #52

But.. but.. "socialist" Obama is ruining the economy question everything Jul 2015 #62

I blame Obama GOLGO 13 Jul 2015 #68