The prez is NOT AT ALL "incompetent"...although the previous one was ...and Obama has
had to spend much of his administration cleaning up the mess W left behind...including a disintegrating economy, 2 feckless wars W started that he left in shambles...and a demoralized nation ...
He hasn't been able to turn everything into "aces" since the MESS WAS STAGGERING...but he has made headway...and managed a few initiatives of his own...like getting OBL, the ACA and improving equity for women and American gays; in the military, the workforce and in private life.
All that in the face of constant opposition from the GOP and various hate groups.
I call that a HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PREZ...and incompetent opposition.
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"The prez is NOT AT ALL "incompetent"..
Not incompetent????
Today your first day out of the 'nervous hospital'?
Here's some reading material that you missed:
1.More than 6.7 million more Americans have been plunged into poverty since Obama became President.
2.Real household income is down 5%
3. Consumer prices are up 10.2%
4. Total federal debt is up 58%
5. Gasoline prices are up 82%
6. Food stamp recipients up 49%
7. Debt held by the public is up 89%
However, the Obama administration recently projected an annual deficit of $750 billion in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, and $626 billion the year after. At that rate, the debt owed to the public will more than double during the Obama presidency.
As of 2012, according to the most recent figures reported by the Census Bureau, median (midpoint) income for all U.S. households was $51,017, which was 4.9 percent lower (in inflation-adjusted dollars) than it was in 2008, the year before Obama took office.
The same story applies to family income, which includes many families with two earners. (The household figure includes single persons living alone, as well as families.) Median family income in 2012 was $62,241, or 5.1 percent below the inflation-adjusted 2008 level.
The number of persons living in poverty also worsened again in 2012, according to the most recent Census figures.
8. As of last year, 46,496,000 persons lived in households with income below the official poverty line, an increase of nearly 6.7 million since 2008 and 249,000 since 2011. The total poverty rate remained unchanged in 2012 at 15 percent of the total U.S. population. So for the second straight year, the poverty rate was 1.8 points higher than it was in 2008.
Obama?s Numbers, October Update
9... in todays recovery the slowest in the modern era going back to 1947 private capital investment has lagged badly. ... so has the jobs situation, with 92 million dropping out of the workforce altogether. A labor-participation rate of 62.8% and an employment-to-population rate of 58% are historic lows indicative of the anemic jobs recovery. Big Business Swings Behind a Mantra of Growth - The New York Sun
10. Tavis Smiley: 'Black People Will Have Lost Ground in Every Single Economic Indicator' Under Obama
Tavis Smiley: 'Black People Will Have Lost Ground in Every Single Economic Indicator' Under Obama | NewsBusters
11. . ".... the... [dollar] has today a value of barely a 1,250th of an ounce of gold, a staggering plunge from an 853rd of an ounce on the day Mr. Obama took office...." Fiat Wages - The New York Sun
12. "CBO says deficits slated to shrink in coming years, but will soar again if spending or tax changes are not made
Federal deficits have soared between 2009 and 2012, bring the total long-term debt to a level equal to 73 percent of the nations GDP. Between 2009 and 2012, the federal government recorded the largest budget deficits relative to the size of the economy since 1946, causing federal debt to soar.
CBO says deficits slated to shrink in coming years, but will soar again if spending or tax changes are not made | Dallas Morning News
13. "Incomes Have Dropped Twice as Much During the 'Recovery' as During the Recession
. ...the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey ....indicate that the real (inflation-adjusted) median annual household income in America has fallen by 4.4 percent during the "recovery," after having fallen by 1.8 during the recession.
Incomes Have Dropped Twice as Much During the 'Recovery' as During the Recession | The Weekly Standard
14. "(CNSNews.com) - The real median income of American women dropped a little more than four percent in the first three full years after the end of the last recession,..... Census Bureau income data, the median income of American women was $21,520 in constant 2012 dollars. That was down $914 dollarsor about 4.1 percentfrom 2009." Median Income of Women Dropped 4%--In First 3 Years of Recovery | CNS News
15. "US economy slowed to 0.1 percent growth rate in Q1
WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. economy slowed drastically in the first three months of the year... to a barely discernible 0.1 percent annual rate in the January-March quarter, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. That was the weakest pace since the end of 2012 and was down from a 2.6 percent rate in the previous quarter.... the anemic growth last quarter is surely a topic for discussion at the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting,..."
My Way News - US economy slowed to 0.1 percent growth rate in Q1
16. "More Than 92 Million Americans Remain Out Of Labor Force
The unemployment rate dropped to 6.3 percent in April from 6.7 percent in March, the lowest it has been since September 2008 when it was 6.1 percent. The sharp drop, though, occurred because the number of people working or seeking work fell. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not count people not looking for a job as unemployed.
The bureau noted that the civilian labor force dropped by 806,000 last month, following an increase of 503,000 in March."
Report: More Than 92 Million Americans Remain Out Of Labor Force « CBS DC
The amount (not seasonally adjusted) of Americans not in the labor force in April rose to 92,594,000, almost 1 million more than the previous month.
PoliChic and her walls of textNOOOOO!!!!!
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Dot-cum and his piles of Bullshit.