what exactly would you say 'the fix' is that we are in?
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%
... the debt owed to the public will more than double during the Obama presidency.
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
Pretty sure that's all the fault of.....
BOOOOOSH.
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is that any more ridiculous than claiming it's all the fault of obama?
i would posit that we are reaping the results of decades of 'trickle down economics', a personal debt riddled populace, and a general lack of infrastructure investment - something that can't really be attributed to any one president something we also can't expect one president to fix over night.