Today's thought...another political rant.
I read something today on Facebook. And generally I try not to respond to these things, but this deserves a little scrutiny. Okay this is a picture put out (creatively mind you) with Obama proudly looking at something and it says "We've created nearly 6 million jobs in the last 4 years, Bin Ladin is dead, the war in Iraq is over, we've set a new record for the number of millionaires in our country, the stock market is setting records, stocks have seen their best winning streak since 1996, unemployment has dropped from 10.1% to 7.7%, we cut the deficit and slowed spending to the lowest level in 50 years, the once nearly dead American auto industry is thriving, and people born with pre-existing health conditions can no longer be denied health coverage. -- Just to name a few things. Republican response: Obama is the worst president in history. - Yes President Obama; we hear you laughing and we join you." and it lists their sources as follows:
DEFICIT & SPENDING http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/repeat-after-me-obama-cut_b_1955561.html
MILLIONAIRES http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/06/22/u-s-has-record-number-of-millionaires/
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=z1ebjpgk2654c1_&met_y=unemployment_rate&idim=country%3AUS&fdim_y=seasonality%3AS&dl=en&hl=en&q=unemployment+rate
STOCK MARKET http://www.kiiitv.com/story/21651344/stocks-retreat-from-record-levels
JOBS http://mollysmiddleamerica.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-many-jobs-has-obama-created-or-lost.html
Here's the thing that I have about this. First off the article itself is presumptuous that someone would think that these few issues is why one wouldn't like the President's policies. Second off, a lot of these claims are not the whole story and I will explain further, point by point.
We’ve created nearly 6 million jobs in the last 4 years: And we still haven’t recovered the number of jobs we lost at the beginning of the recession. How many jobs have been lost in the last four years.
Bin Ladin is dead: Thank you George Bush. The only thing that Obama did was gave the go ahead, and furthermore, there is still no body and no real proof he's dead.
The war in Iraq is over: Yeah so now, when the shit hits the fan again, we’ll have to go back in and fix it again, costing even more lives because we’re not there already.
We’ve set a new record for the number of millionaires in our country: That is a question in itself. First off, the report that showed that figure, that it’s up from 2009 to 2010, if you were to take the time to read the article, which was written in 2011 mind you, two years ago. Second, the number of millionaires could very well be going up, but at a considerably slower rate of increase, starting out at 16% growth from '09 to a mere half that of 8% in '10. Now another site shows that it has in fact gone down in 2011 and 2012, coming back up for the 2013 tax year. We’ve also set a new record for people on government assistance and food stamps. No one’s bragging about that.
The stock market is setting records, stocks have seen their best winning streak since 1996: Which doesn’t do a damn thing for the little man. Companies still aren’t hiring. Yes, it has been on it’s longest winning streak, well as of March 15th since ’96 - But if you’d read the entire news article, you would understand that this doesn’t necessarily mean it’s doing great, considering according to the very article in the paragraph before it, the S&P 500 almost to a record low made in October of ’07; Dow Jones was down 0.2% and Nasdaq was flat. That huge winning streak, isn’t looking so big now is it?
Unemployment has dropped from 10.1% to 7.7%: This Google Graph, represents only as they say “adjusted” rates that do not include several factors such as how many people came into the work force age in the month of March, how many of those people have been taken off of unemployment benefits, or people who have simply quit looking for work. If you put that information in and factored all of those things, you would know that the unemployment rate is more along the lines of a staggering 23%. That’s a level last seen in The Great Depression.
We cut the deficit and slowed spending to the lowest level in 50 years: Lets look at the real numbers shall we? If you do the real math, including the part that shows the budget submitted by Obama in 2012 proposed a 31% increase over Bush’s-Democratic Congress budget, and a 9% increase over the budge that Obama himself proposed just two months into his term. Where is the slowed spending there?
The once nearly dead American auto industry is thriving: You mean Chrysler, who is now owned by the Italians, or did you mean GM who is still having the same problems and hasn’t solved any of them. Or maybe you meant Ford, who happens to be the only U.S. automaker that did not take the bailout, picked themselves up by their own bootstraps and are doing quite well.
And people born with pre-existing health conditions can no longer be denied health coverage.: First off, you’re not born with pre-existing health conditions. You’re born with disabilities. Second, why did they need to overhaul the entire health care system just to do that?
Republican response: Obama is the worst president in history. As a Republican, the ever infamous WE - doesn't just flat out think he's the worst president in history. And it's really an insult to label me. I don't like his policies, and he very well could be one of the worst presidents in history, I don't know. I just know that for what he's doing right now, in my "Conservative Republican" opinion, he's certainly not the best.
I'm not even replying with the laughing part. That doesn't dignify much of a response in itself. Oh, and just so there's no question...here are my sources. Please feel free to check them and see what your opinions or thoughts are. I'm definitely open to discuss. Lastly, I have to ask when typing this out and seeing it now, why does it keep saying "We" if "Obama" is the one that did all of this himself? Just a thought.
DEFICIT AND SPENDING: hotair.com/archives/2013/01/16/has-obama-really-cut-deficit-spending - A direct response to Mr. Cesca’s blog post done October 10 of 2012 - all of his sources are listed.
MILLIONAIRES: thinkprogres.org/economy/2011/09/20/324230/mitch-daniels-millionaires/?mobile=nc - Also written in 2011 showing that even if the number of millionaires is going up, it is at a consequently slower rate. - www.columbiatribune.com/business/number-of-u-s-millionaires-raises/article_caedc2ca-8ff0-11e2-a62a-10604b9f1ff4.html - The second article was written March 18, 2013 by the Washington Post.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhill/2013/03/10/the-real-story-behind-fridays-unimpressive-unemployment-rate-decline/ - Written on March 3, 2013 - The second article was www.wnd.com/2013/01/heres-the-real-unemployment-rate/
STOCK MARKET: http://www.kiiitv.com/story/21651344/stocks-retreat-from-record-levels - Same article as used in the original paragraphing, actually written by a CNN correspondent March 15, 2013
JOBS: news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/fact-check-4-5-million-jobs-created-under-175621036--election.html written September 5, 2012
