Category Archives: Economy

NY Times Oddly Unimpressed With Republicans “You Did Build That” Message

In yesterday’s Fish Wrap Of Record there were a total of 3 opinion pieces whining about Republicans taking Obama’s “you didn’t build that!” comment out of context with the RNC motto of “You Did Build That!” Here’s the Times’ uber-far left Editorial Board It was appropriate that “We built it,” the needling slogan of the […]

Romney Reminds People About Obama’s Greek Columns

…and for a good reason. Though, somehow, it’s probably raaaaacist (Washington Times) Mitt Romney, routinely dismissed as a bit stiff and humorless on the stump, is suddenly cracking up his campaign trail crowds. On Saturday, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate delighted supporters at a rally in Powell, Ohio, with a Greek-themed jibe at President Obama. […]

Obamanomics: Most Unemployed Unable To Find A Comparable Job

Obviously, this must be the fault of George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Republicans, international issues, tornadoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, and ATMs. Nothing is ever the fault of Obama’s pathetic, uninformed, far left policies based on imaginary economic notions (Washington Post) Many workers are nervous about their livelihoods despite the economic recovery — and for good reason, it […]

Obama Once Again Pushing Money For Teachers After His Stimulus Failed So Spectacularly

Hey, he needs that unionized public teachers campaign contributions and votes Obama: My plan will save teachers’ jobs President Obama again urged Congress to pass his jobs bill Saturday, this time with an emphasis on teachers. “Since 2009, we’ve lost more than 300,000 education jobs, in part because of budget cuts at the state and […]

AP: US Economic Recovery Weakest Since Great Depression

Exactly how bad is the current “recovery” when even the Associated Press feels the need to write an article telling us that it is really, really bad? The AP hasn’t been known for writing that many negative articles while Obama is in office. This one is horrific (Washington Times) The recession that ended three years […]

Washington Post Attempts To Dispell 5 Myths About Stimulus

The Washington Post’s Michael Grunwald is spinning hard within the opinion section to tell us that Obama’s outsourced Stimulus program, which wasted $787 billion dollars for no real gain, and will certainly top a trillion dollars with the interest, was super awesome! These are the supposed myths 1. The stimulus didn’t create jobs. A year […]

Hiring Stepped Up A Bit In July, But Unemployment Rate “Unexpectedly” Goes Up

Hey, remember these fun Obama quotes? The private sector is doing fine You didn’t build that We tried our plan and it worked! Really? (CNN) Businesses stepped up their hiring in July, but the unemployment rate ticked higher anyway. Employers said they added 163,000 jobs in the month, according to a Labor Department report released […]

Heh! Obama Says He’ll Get The Economy “Going Full Guns”

At a $40,000 a head fundraiser Monday night (weird how the Occupiers weren’t outside protesting) Obama said (Politico) “I’m confident that we are running a good campaign” and will continue to do so, but Democrats are “being outspent substantially,” he told 60 donors, who gave $40,000 each. Though Obama said he doesn’t anticipate being able […]

Hooray! GDP Up 1.5%

The numbers for the 2nd quarter GDP are out, and some are celebrating, since some expected 1.3% (some expected 1.5%, though), and got 1.5%. Um, a clue for those celebrating: 1.5% sucks. (Bloomberg) The U.S. economy expanded at a slower pace in the second quarter as a softening job market prompted Americans to curb spending. […]

Business Owners Not Big Fans Of Obama

Is it any wonder? Obama trots out his “you didn’t build that” quote and has been trying to saddle them with higher taxes, as well as being largely dismissive of the private sector economy (via The Lonely Conservative and Hot Air) (Gallup) U.S. business owners’ approval of President Barack Obama fell in the second quarter […]

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