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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Mitt Romney promised to bring unemployment down to 6%.... Newt Gingrich promised $2.50 gas"
Come to think of it, the 62 percent of Americans who described the economy as poor in a CNN poll a week before the Republican landslide in the midterm elections were also wrong. I guess that sounds elitist. Second-guessing the wisdom of the public may be the last bastion of political correctness; if ordinary people dont feel good about the economy, then the recovery isnt supposed to be real. But arent the 11 million Americans who have landed new jobs since 2010 and the 10 million Americans who have gotten health insurance since 2013 ordinary Americans? Its true that wage growth has remained slow, but the overall economic trends dont jibe with the publics lousy mood. And the public definitely does get stuff wrong. A Bloomberg poll this month found that 73 percent of Americans think the deficit is getting bigger, while 21 percent think its getting smaller and 6 percent arent sure. In fact, the deficit has dwindled from about $1.2 trillion in 2009 to less than $500 billion in 2014. My favorite part is the mere 6 percent who admitted ignorance; 73 percent are definitely sure the shrinking deficit is actually growing.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/everything-is-awesome-113801.html#ixzz3N7JhKNia
Just imagine the crowing that would be going on if this had happened under a Republican president.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)been and how out of reality Romney and the others have been. It is time to start saying how successful Obama has been over and over, maybe it will reach them. Had a RW telling me yesterday how awful it is Obama did not return from vacation in time to attend the funerals of the two policemen in NY, I ask how many other funerals of policemen have you heard the president went to, how many funerals did she hear Bush went to of the deceased troops from Iraq and even did not show the bodies returning to US soil. I also reminded her of Bush flying over New Orleans and looking down from his plane and 3000 died there also.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Turnabout is fair play.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)world wide wally
(21,719 posts)There there are the deceptions and omissions that need to be dealt with on top of That.
It is unfortunate for the entire world that Fox is able to exemplify Orwellian propaganda in such an efficient way and we can apparently do so little about it.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,011 posts)"... if this had happened under a Republican president."
When you look at the historical data, you realize just how much imagination this requires. It's the imaginary world where fairies clean your house, rainbows are edible and everybody rides unicorns.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)I guess Obama accomplished exactly what Newt and Mitt were going to do... is that really a good thing?
I'd rather have higher $5 gas and $15min wage. Not to mention higher tax rates on the 1%, no TPP, no more gitmo. Being happy that Obama delivered to us what a couple republicans were trying to sell is not my definition of a "win".
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)And I think low gas prices are too. Lower gas prices represent, percentagewise, a big tax cut for the poor and a tiny tax cut for the rich.
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)But its really a farce how they report the numbers. Tons of middle class jobs that can support a family were replaced by fast food and walmart cashier jobs... which sucks.
As for gas being *less expensive, that helps the poorest people which is good. But it encourages those with extra money to buy humvees and pollute more, while stifling funding on alternative (cleaner) fuel sources and modes of transportation... which I view as a big negative in the long haul.
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spanone
(135,637 posts)question everything
(47,271 posts)Of course, under President Romney, these improvement would be attributed to his business acumen. Otherwise it is just a "cycle."