January 5, 201610 yr A couple of interesting updates and findings when it comes to governme nt provided data. US Government Discovers 10 Years Of "Processing Errors" In Construction Spending Data Slamming GDP | Zero Hedge And then the source of the mystery was revealed: in the fine print of the release, the government made a rare admission: all the construction spending data for the past 10 years had been "erroneous." No emphasis added. With A Straight Face, US Government "Finds" Number Of Retiring 20-24 Year-Olds Has Doubled | Zero Hedge Unemployment is down! With the help of 'retiring' 20 to 24 year olds.
January 5, 201610 yr A couple of interesting updates and findings when it comes to governme nt provided data. US Government Discovers 10 Years Of "Processing Errors" In Construction Spending Data Slamming GDP | Zero Hedge No emphasis added. With A Straight Face, US Government "Finds" Number Of Retiring 20-24 Year-Olds Has Doubled | Zero Hedge Unemployment is down! With the help of 'retiring' 20 to 24 year olds. How convenient.
January 5, 201610 yr A couple of interesting updates and findings when it comes to governme nt provided data. US Government Discovers 10 Years Of "Processing Errors" In Construction Spending Data Slamming GDP | Zero Hedge No emphasis added. With A Straight Face, US Government "Finds" Number Of Retiring 20-24 Year-Olds Has Doubled | Zero Hedge Unemployment is down! With the help of 'retiring' 20 to 24 year olds. Let me start by saying I recognize the number of folks leaving the workplace is troubling. But that stat regarding "retired" 20-24 year old's is really vague. It only gives a percentage, going from 1% to 2%. Give me a number. Is it 100 to 200? I'm willing to bet it's going from a very small number to a larger, but still very small number. And while most of us probably know someone older (30's+) who have given up looking, does anyone know a retired 23 year old? Stats, especially percentages can be very misleading.
January 5, 201610 yr Let me start by saying I recognize the number of folks leaving the workplace is troubling. But that stat regarding "retired" 20-24 year old's is really vague. It only gives a percentage, going from 1% to 2%. Give me a number. Is it 100 to 200? I'm willing to bet it's going from a very small number to a larger, but still very small number. And while most of us probably know someone older (30's+) who have given up looking, does anyone know a retired 23 year old? Stats, especially percentages can be very misleading. Then there was the guy who drowned in a stream with an average depth of 6 inches.
January 12, 201610 yr In 2008, the year before President Obama took office, the number of food stamp recipients was 28,233,000 million at a total annual cost of $37,639,640,000. That's $37 billion dollars. In 2015, food stamp recipients totaled 45,767,000, a 62% increase over the 2008 total. The annual cost of the food stamps in 2015 was $75,859,880,000 which is a 96% cost increase. http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/pd/SNAPsummary.pdf
January 12, 201610 yr The "transparent" Obama Presidency has been the worst in American history. Our country is weaker than ever, and when the pendulum swings back the other way (and it is and will), some folks are going to be crying like babies to their Rockmom and MC Papa. j/k
January 12, 201610 yr In 2008, the year before President Obama took office, the number of food stamp recipients was 28,233,000 million at a total annual cost of $37,639,640,000. That's $37 billion dollars. In 2015, food stamp recipients totaled 45,767,000, a 62% increase over the 2008 total. The annual cost of the food stamps in 2015 was $75,859,880,000 which is a 96% cost increase. http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/pd/SNAPsummary.pdf The good news from the chart you presented is it seems those numbers are starting to trend down. What is concerning is the 40 year climb in SNAP qualifiers. This speaks to more than 8 years of Obama's "ineptitude," but more to the shove of the middle class into poverty. Clinton's last few years was the only period that showed a decline, but we know he didn't do anything it was the Internet boom. (not logical if you can blame Obama, but not give Clinton credit)
January 12, 201610 yr The "transparent" Obama Presidency has been the worst in American history. Our country is weaker than ever, and when the pendulum swings back the other way (and it is and will), some folks are going to be crying like babies to their Rockmom and MC Papa. j/k Worse than Buchanan, Harding, Andrew Johnson, Hoover or George W. Bush? Better check out some history books at your local public library.
January 12, 201610 yr Government Welfare Obama phones Obama care Illegal immigration Secret service arab spring muslim brotherhood Benghazi racial divide blame guns for everything beer summit
January 12, 201610 yr Government Welfare Obama phones Obama care Illegal immigration Secret service arab spring muslim brotherhood Benghazi racial divide blame guns for everything beer summit You realize responsible Obama can't be held responsible for a minimum of half of your list? I think he owns beer summit and Obamacare. The others are debatable.
January 12, 201610 yr Nice start Ref but it could go on and on and on . And on some more . So maybe ole Barry's only the 2nd worst president in modern times , maybe TTP will fill better . FWIW I think he is even worse than Bush .
January 12, 201610 yr You realize responsible Obama can't be held responsible for a minimum of half of your list? I think he owns beer summit and Obamacare. The others are debatable. Oh no. He gets credit for Arab Spring and the rise of Muslim Brotherhood there too. Benghazi, yeah he gets that one too right along with the wicked witch. Illegal Immigrants flooding over, yeah its him also. Obama Phone, yeah it bears his name. Job loss due to Healthcare=government welfare, he gets that too.
January 12, 201610 yr A historian on C-SPAN a few nights ago said President Obama's administration will be judged highly by historians. I agree. The right-wing extremists on this chit-chat board tend to deal in extremes, i.e., "Obama was the worst president in history," etc. Uh, no he's not. It's simply impossible for many of these people to look objectively at this administration.
January 12, 201610 yr A historian on C-SPAN a few nights ago said President Obama's administration will be judged highly by historians. I agree. The right-wing extremists on this chit-chat board tend to deal in extremes, i.e., "Obama was the worst president in history," etc. Uh, no he's not. It's simply impossible for many of these people to look objectively at this administration. Objectively Explain Obamacare in sense have to pass it to read it. Explain how all the illegal immigrants poured accross our border while he let it happen Explain how his support for the Muslim Brotherhood is so strong, but yet other Muslim countries view them as terrorist. Even in Muslim democratic countries.
January 12, 201610 yr Obama phones should be called Reagan phones. He started the program that evolved into cell phones as technology changed. Obama's Arab Spring goes back George W Bush who's foreign policy goals were to spread democracy into the Middle East by removing the dictators. Illegal Immigrants...well I think those issues may have started with Columbus. You may be right with job loss due to health care, BUT normally presidential changes normally start to show up a few years after implementation and here we are a few years after Obamacare and unemployment is going down. Not a lot, but at this point it's good it's not growing, right? So beer summit and Obamacare (which may end up a success if Congress will stop trying to repeal it and start trying to adjust it for Americans)
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