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17. When President Obama took office the unemployment rate was 7.8%

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 10:03 AM

Mar 2012

Now the rate is 8.3%. What is this recovery you speak of?

Now before you go off the deep end, I am a regestered Democrat. I voted for our President and in November I will vote for him again. The thing is, people on this site cheerlead about how everything is just great, peachy, wonderful, couldn't be better. I am a realist. I use the common sense my lord gave me and search for as much information as possible before I make a decision on the state of this nation.
And from everything I can find, we are treading water. For a great number of americans life now is much more difficult then it was 20 years ago. 46 million Americans depend on public assistance just to feed themselves.

This is a recovery??

Not in my book brother.

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Payroll employment rises 227,000 in February; unemployment rate unchanged at 8.3% [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2012 OP

You beat me to it :-) Inuca Mar 2012 #1

I make a point of posting this every month. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2012 #3

Keep on doing what you are doing Inuca Mar 2012 #23

What?!?! There's a rival system of tubes?!?! mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2012 #28

This is good news. jschurchin Mar 2012 #2

Squawk Box CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #4

Yeah Cap, I agree. jschurchin Mar 2012 #5

you sound like your carrying the right wing echo chamber bigdarryl Mar 2012 #7

Here Darryl, A quick search produced this jschurchin Mar 2012 #11

I am a sheep who... da_decider Mar 2012 #27

I feel sorry for individual's such as yourself. jschurchin Mar 2012 #32

I did not get the point in your post da_decider Mar 2012 #37

Zing, oh you got me good. jschurchin Mar 2012 #40

Goodbye child. da_decider Mar 2012 #42

I feel sorry for people like you jpak Mar 2012 #41

this cheerleader does know that a plural does not contain an apostrophe treestar Mar 2012 #18

Hey, thanks for the correction. jschurchin Mar 2012 #22

$70K - what a Playah!! Lucky Luciano Mar 2012 #44

Not believable treestar Mar 2012 #45

You people are hilarious mathematic Mar 2012 #6

Lisman was on that. CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #14

Missed this Johnny2X2X Mar 2012 #15

U3 static. U6 nice drop. Wonfer how many "we must use U6" people will speak up. dmallind Mar 2012 #8

Your absolutly right. jschurchin Mar 2012 #9

Is that higher or lower than 15.1? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL? dmallind Mar 2012 #10

Yeah 15% Unemployment is a GREAT thing. jschurchin Mar 2012 #12

Obama recovery clangsnwhoops Mar 2012 #13

Time not right Johnny2X2X Mar 2012 #16

When President Obama took office the unemployment rate was 7.8% jschurchin Mar 2012 #17

7.8% on its way to 10.2% ... you miss that? JoePhilly Mar 2012 #19

Yeah Joe, all is well. n/t jschurchin Mar 2012 #20

All is NOT well, but it IS getting better Inuca Mar 2012 #25

Did I say all was well?? JoePhilly Mar 2012 #43

Exactly Johnny2X2X Mar 2012 #21

similarly during Reagan's 1st term, unemployment was 8.3% in 12/1983 alp227 Mar 2012 #30

You are not a realist. mathematic Mar 2012 #24

I didn't reject the report. jschurchin Mar 2012 #31

That's easy enough mathematic Mar 2012 #33

Haters are going to hate surfdog Mar 2012 #26

that's not right Enrique Mar 2012 #29

I look at it.... dennis4868 Mar 2012 #36

My personal unemployment rate is about to go from 100% to 0% slackmaster Mar 2012 #34

congrats da_decider Mar 2012 #38

Just awesome!!! Johnny2X2X Mar 2012 #35

Economy is clearly on the mend andym Mar 2012 #39