President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Listening in back are Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner, right. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
President Barack Obama speaks at Asheville Regional Airport in Fletcher, N.C., Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, to begin his three-day bus tour promoting the American Jobs Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
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ralpho posted at 7:04 pm on Mon, Jan 23, 2012.
Just what is it they think he has been doing to get us from the 750,000 jobs a month we were losing under Bush to where we are now.
And to the Governor and her balanced budget. That Obama stimulus working like a mother aint it.
You bunch of losers.
k33j88 posted at 2:47 am on Tue, Jan 24, 2012.
Did Intel receive federal monies? If so, they're doomed to implode into the ashheap of failure. Sure hope those sitting in the boardrooms had enough common sense to avoid any of the presidents economic policys/handouts.
Rational Human posted at 6:47 am on Tue, Jan 24, 2012.
Some falsely claimed that 8 million jobs were lost during the Bush administration. To the contrary, there was a net gain of 1 million jobs under President George W. Bush. It's true that more than 8 million jobs were lost as a result of the recent recession — from the job peak to trough — but only about half of those were lost under Bush and still there was a net gain.
In 8 years, Bush turned a $5.7 trillion inherited debt into a $10.6 trillion debt. That was due to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In less than 4 years Obama turned a 10.6 trillion inherited debt into over 15 trillion debt and he wants another 4 years. He continued the policies of Bush and then some. Great job Obama. Tell us all about the future you have in store for us.
TeaPartyPatriot posted at 7:20 am on Tue, Jan 24, 2012.
Unemployment currently sits at 8.5%. When Obama took office, it was 6.8%.
There are fewer payroll jobs in America than there were in 2000, and 40% of those are considered to be “low-paying.”
Also in decline, the self-employed. In the past six years, two million fewer people consider themselves to be self-employed.
The price of a gallon of gas when Obama took office was $1.68. Today, the average price of gas is up 102% to $3.38/gallon.
Home energy costs have also risen substantially: The average American household spends $1420 per year on electricity. The increase is about $300 per year.
The U.S. Census claims that 146 million people, nearly half of the country is considered “low income” or living in poverty.
Median household income is down 7% over the past six years
20% of the American men between the ages of 25-35 now live at home with their parents, because they have to do so.
Food Stamp use is at an all time high. 46 million people no rely on govt. assistance to get food into their homes, an increase of 14 million since Obama took office.
In 1985, Americans bought 11 million cars. In 2009, that number had fallen to 5.4 million.
The average age of a car on the road in America is now 10 years. In 1990 – the average car was just 6.5 years old.
America takes in $2.1 trillion dollars each year. The latest budget says that we will spend $3.8 trillion.
When Obama took office in 2009, our debt was $10.6 trillion. Today it stands at $15.23 trillion and is on track to smash through the $6.2 trillion dollar threshold during Obama’s first term. That would be a record – one president amassing more debt than all of the presidents from Washington to Clinton COMBINED.
The food stamp president has done quite a job on us and in only 4 years. 4 more years should be enough to finish his agenda.
Suziehaystack819 posted at 10:09 am on Tue, Jan 24, 2012.
You know the difference between Oboma and his dog?
His dog has papers.
TeaPartyPatriot posted at 12:23 pm on Tue, Jan 24, 2012.
Canadian Resources Minister Joe Oliver says Barack Obama blocked the pipeline deal on behalf of radical left-wing Billionaire George Soros.
Soros has pumped millions into American far-left groups, many of which used some of his money to campaign for Barack Obama.
Barack Obama vetoed a major oil pipeline deal that would have brought thousands of new jobs and decreased our oil dependency on the Middle East. Obama is ensuring that unemployment stays high, gas prices climb, and America keeps sending tens of billions to Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. The so-called “environmental concerns” are completely unfounded.
The liberal Washington Post called Obama’s veto “an act of national insanity.” Liberal TIME magazine attacked Obama and said the veto means Canadian oil will go to China and Americans will continue buying oil from Saudi Arabia.
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver recently blamed billionaire agitator George Soros, who funds extreme left-wing causes in North America, Europe, and Central Asia. He also fingered the US based Tides Foundation.
The Tides Foundation is a left-wing not for profit with a budget in the hundreds of millions. They are most known for promoting the global warming hoax.
Heywood_Jablome posted at 4:47 pm on Wed, Jan 25, 2012.
Obummer, Hysterical Pelosi and Dingy Harry Reid are traitors to America and need to be arrested, tried and incarcerated,