Some facts for the Obama haters

backseatLover12

…cause they're gonna hate anyway.

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs, Growth And Investing

Bob Deitrick: ”President Reagan has long been considered the best modern economic President. So we compared his performance dealing with the oil-induced recession of the 1980s with that of President Obama and his performance during this ‘Great Recession.’

“As this unemployment chart shows, President Obama’s job creation kept unemployment from peaking at as high a level as President Reagan, and promoted people into the workforce faster than President Reagan.

“President Obama has achieved a 6.1% unemployment rate in his sixth year, fully one year faster than President Reagan did. At this point in his presidency, President Reagan was still struggling with 7.1% unemployment, and he did not reach into the mid-low 6% range for another full year. So, despite today’s number, the Obama administration has still done considerably better at job creating and reducing unemployment than did the Reagan administration.

“We forecast unemployment will fall to around 5.4% by summer, 2015. A rate President Reagan was unable to achieve during his two terms.”

More at http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2014/09/05/obama-outperforms-reagan-on-jobs-growth-and-investing/

rgambs

I love it! But just like the Romney campaign, they are not going to bullied around by facts, they have no love for the truth.
I wish it was like Facebook where you can tag people...godfather, muskydan, unsung what say you?

rgambs

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/01/31/obamas-love-affair-with-executive-orders-or-not-in-1-chart/

Another inconvenient truth.
I predict the silence will be broken by crickets alone.

badbrains

rgambs said:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/01/31/obamas-love-affair-with-executive-orders-or-not-in-1-chart/

Another inconvenient truth.
I predict the silence will be broken by crickets alone.

Chirp chirp chirp chirp, hahaha

backseatLover12

rgambs said:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/01/31/obamas-love-affair-with-executive-orders-or-not-in-1-chart/

Another inconvenient truth.
I predict the silence will be broken by crickets alone.

That's right! Saw this the other day. Thanks for posting.

josevolution

I'm sure some one will post a different graft showing how terrible he has been for the nation after all he is trying to dissarm all citizens )

rr165892

A inquiring mind might ask what was the quality of the jobs filled?Were they low wage,largely entry level jobs? Its my understanding that they were.Also many just dropped off unemployment so the numbers get skewed.
Now as a buisness owner I have done just fine under this admin although I pay way more to the govt as does my employees.Was it Obama that led to me doing fine or was it our hard work and commitment to succeed in spite of the govt stepping on our toes?

Last-12-Exit

I have not being an outspoken Obama hater. I don't think he's been a good president. And I have been against the bailouts and Obamacare. That being said, wasn't it under his watch that unemployment rose to over 10%? So it would seem natural that the trend would have to come back down. Just like Reagan, when you cause high rates of unemployment, at some point it's going to drop. The economy is cyclical. It's gets really bad, then bounces back. The surprise here to me is that Obama got to see a second term, most presidents that have screwed the economy don't get that chance.

rgambs

Last-12-Exit said:

I have not being an outspoken Obama hater. I don't think he's been a good president. And I have been against the bailouts and Obamacare. That being said, wasn't it under his watch that unemployment rose to over 10%? So it would seem natural that the trend would have to come back down. Just like Reagan, when you cause high rates of unemployment, at some point it's going to drop. The economy is cyclical. It's gets really bad, then bounces back. The surprise here to me is that Obama got to see a second term, most presidents that have screwed the economy don't get that chance.

You have a tenuous grasp on the financial collapse and resulting recession if you think that Obama "screwed the economy."

rgambs

rr165892 said:

A inquiring mind might ask what was the quality of the jobs filled?Were they low wage,largely entry level jobs? Its my understanding that they were.Also many just dropped off unemployment so the numbers get skewed.
Now as a buisness owner I have done just fine under this admin although I pay way more to the govt as does my employees.Was it Obama that led to me doing fine or was it our hard work and commitment to succeed in spite of the govt stepping on our toes?

Valid points! Though I am sure you recognize that they apply to Reagan' Bush,Clinton and Bush as well.
The post doesn't make any claims about his competency though, it only refutes the false notions that are espoused by the right wing establishment. I don't think anyone who knows much about the economy will give Obama much credit, but many of those same people herald Reagan as some sort of economic hero, which is just about as false as "emperor" Obama and his "terrible" economic record.

brianlux

Like many others, I fully admit Obama hasn't fulfilled all the hopes I'd expected of his presidency but when I look at the previous eight years before Obama was elected I feel pretty damn good about the last six years.

Last-12-Exit

rgambs said:

Last-12-Exit said:

I have not being an outspoken Obama hater. I don't think he's been a good president. And I have been against the bailouts and Obamacare. That being said, wasn't it under his watch that unemployment rose to over 10%? So it would seem natural that the trend would have to come back down. Just like Reagan, when you cause high rates of unemployment, at some point it's going to drop. The economy is cyclical. It's gets really bad, then bounces back. The surprise here to me is that Obama got to see a second term, most presidents that have screwed the economy don't get that chance.

You have a tenuous grasp on the financial collapse and resulting recession if you think that Obama "screwed the economy."

I don't blame Obama alone. GW didn't help matter and Clinton started the mess.

gimmesometruth27

brianlux said:

Like many others, I fully admit Obama hasn't fulfilled all the hopes I'd expected of his presidency but when I look at the previous eight years before Obama was elected I feel pretty damn good about the last six years.

^^^ this

rgambs

Last-12-Exit said:

rgambs said:

Last-12-Exit said:

I have not being an outspoken Obama hater. I don't think he's been a good president. And I have been against the bailouts and Obamacare. That being said, wasn't it under his watch that unemployment rose to over 10%? So it would seem natural that the trend would have to come back down. Just like Reagan, when you cause high rates of unemployment, at some point it's going to drop. The economy is cyclical. It's gets really bad, then bounces back. The surprise here to me is that Obama got to see a second term, most presidents that have screwed the economy don't get that chance.

You have a tenuous grasp on the financial collapse and resulting recession if you think that Obama "screwed the economy."

I don't blame Obama alone. GW didn't help matter and Clinton started the mess.

That is a proper grasp :-D :-D

JimmyV

The Obama haters are also pretty quiet when it comes to the latest Benghazi report, too. Well...aside from Lindsay Graham.

Last-12-Exit

JimmyV said:

The Obama haters are also pretty quiet when it comes to the latest Benghazi report, too. Well...aside from Lindsay Graham.

I hate that guy. I'm embarrassed to live in the state he supposedly represents.

rr165892

Last-12-Exit said:

JimmyV said:

The Obama haters are also pretty quiet when it comes to the latest Benghazi report, too. Well...aside from Lindsay Graham.

I hate that guy. I'm embarrassed to live in the state he supposedly represents.

You have Hootie though!

Last-12-Exit

rr165892 said:

Last-12-Exit said:

JimmyV said:

The Obama haters are also pretty quiet when it comes to the latest Benghazi report, too. Well...aside from Lindsay Graham.

I hate that guy. I'm embarrassed to live in the state he supposedly represents.

You have Hootie though!

Lol. He hates to be called hootie. Darius changed to country music though, which I can't llisten to for 10 seconds!

rr165892

Wagon wheel baby!

i_lov_it

Last-12-Exit said:

rgambs said:

Last-12-Exit said:

I have not being an outspoken Obama hater. I don't think he's been a good president. And I have been against the bailouts and Obamacare. That being said, wasn't it under his watch that unemployment rose to over 10%? So it would seem natural that the trend would have to come back down. Just like Reagan, when you cause high rates of unemployment, at some point it's going to drop. The economy is cyclical. It's gets really bad, then bounces back. The surprise here to me is that Obama got to see a second term, most presidents that have screwed the economy don't get that chance.

You have a tenuous grasp on the financial collapse and resulting recession if you think that Obama "screwed the economy."

I don't blame Obama alone. GW didn't help matter and Clinton started the mess.

I agree and there all just as bad as each other...some more so then others.

brianlux

rr165892 said:

Wagon wheel baby!

I love it when some of these threads get twisted or unravel. It's like a knitters nightmare sometimes... but I like it! :-D

rr165892

brianlux said:

rr165892 said:

Wagon wheel baby!

I love it when some of these threads get twisted or unravel. It's like a knitters nightmare sometimes... but I like it! :-D

Brian it is like a river. Sometimes a tiny object can divert the flow creating a new stream in a new unexpected direction.Its Evolution Baby!!!

WhatYouTaughtMe

i_lov_it said:

Last-12-Exit said:

rgambs said:

Last-12-Exit said:

I have not being an outspoken Obama hater. I don't think he's been a good president. And I have been against the bailouts and Obamacare. That being said, wasn't it under his watch that unemployment rose to over 10%? So it would seem natural that the trend would have to come back down. Just like Reagan, when you cause high rates of unemployment, at some point it's going to drop. The economy is cyclical. It's gets really bad, then bounces back. The surprise here to me is that Obama got to see a second term, most presidents that have screwed the economy don't get that chance.

You have a tenuous grasp on the financial collapse and resulting recession if you think that Obama "screwed the economy."

I don't blame Obama alone. GW didn't help matter and Clinton started the mess.

I agree and there all just as bad as each other...some more so then others.

I wish more people realized they are both pretty much the same thing. Different arms of the same war machine.

Last-12-Exit

Just to be clear, where I didn't blam Obama outright for the economic collapse, he holds blame. He is responsible for almost doubling the national debt.

Bentleyspop

Last-12-Exit said:

Just to be clear, where I didn't blam Obama outright for the economic collapse, he holds blame. He is responsible for almost doubling the national debt.

Posts like this one spread misinformation.
A very little bit of research in under 1 minute finds the actual factual truth.

In 2009 shortly after Obama took over the national debt was just under 12 trillion.
As of 3 months ago it was just under 18 trillion.
If I do my basic elementary math correctly that is a 50% increase not 200%.

In checking recent history its easy to find that in 2000 the debt was around 5.5 trillion and by late 2008 the debt was 10.5 trillion.
Once again doing basic elementary math that means during the Cheney/Rove regime the debt increased 190%.

Yes it is a much higher dollar amount and yes it is bad. But, the overall percent increase is much less than during the previous govt.

Last-12-Exit

Excuse you for spreading that misinformation. The national debt on the first day of Obamas presidency was $10.626 trillion. Today, the national debt is just over $18 trillion. Like I said, he has almost doubled the national debt.

Gern Blansten

Last-12-Exit said:

rgambs said:

Last-12-Exit said:

I have not being an outspoken Obama hater. I don't think he's been a good president. And I have been against the bailouts and Obamacare. That being said, wasn't it under his watch that unemployment rose to over 10%? So it would seem natural that the trend would have to come back down. Just like Reagan, when you cause high rates of unemployment, at some point it's going to drop. The economy is cyclical. It's gets really bad, then bounces back. The surprise here to me is that Obama got to see a second term, most presidents that have screwed the economy don't get that chance.

You have a tenuous grasp on the financial collapse and resulting recession if you think that Obama "screwed the economy."

I don't blame Obama alone. GW didn't help matter and Clinton started the mess.

Yeah that damn surplus that Clinton left Bush just screwed the pooch

Last-12-Exit

The housing "boom" started under Clinton. He has even said after the fact that he should have stepped in and regulated those loans that were carelessly given out. Yes, under Clinton, the economy flourished mainly under the internets dot com boom. But Clinton's policies to hand loans out to anyone was the start of what happened in 2007-2008. I supported bill Clinton. He was the only president that I voted for. But that doesn't mean his share of the blame shouldn't be addressed.

hedonist

brianlux said:

rr165892 said:

Wagon wheel baby!

I love it when some of these threads get twisted or unravel. It's like a knitters nightmare sometimes... but I like it! :-D

It's the cat lover in you

Indifference

Bentleyspop said:

Last-12-Exit said:

Just to be clear, where I didn't blam Obama outright for the economic collapse, he holds blame. He is responsible for almost doubling the national debt.

If I do my basic elementary math correctly that is a 50% increase not 200%.

.

Basic elementary math says if something has doubled it is up 100% not 200%.

Bentleyspop

Last-12-Exit said:

Excuse you for spreading that misinformation. The national debt on the first day of Obamas presidency was $10.626 trillion. Today, the national debt is just over $18 trillion. Like I said, he has almost doubled the national debt.

Okay then....
When the Cheney/Rove regime started the national debt was 5.8 trillion.
At the end it was 11.9 trillion.
An increase of 6.1 trillion
An increase of 105%

Using your figures the actual percentage increase during the Obama presidency is 59%.

Last I checked their is a large difference between 105% and 59%.
105% is actually more than double.

But I'm sure you'll come back with potato and I'll say potato and in the long run it won't really matter. But maybe some people will read these posts and take a couple of minutes and do some research and get the facts.