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US economy creates 243,000 jobs in January

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What a surprise, another lie? The recession began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009 according to NBER

The National Bureau of Economic Research

But that's a lookback. The NBER declares a recession AFTER it happens - when the numbers come in. NBER didn't announce the results until December 2008:

It's official: U.S. in a recession since December 2007 - Dec. 1, 2008

By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com senior writer
Last Updated: December 1, 2008: 5:40 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday that the U.S. has been in a recession since December 2007, making official what most Americans have already believed about the state of the economy .

So he's right.

(Not that everyone didn't know we had extreme financial distress long before the announcement made it official, of course).
 
no problem, just a reminder there is an ignore feature, use it

YOU use it. YOU responded to MY question. If you can't answer my question, don't bother responding.
 
But that's a lookback. The NBER declares a recession AFTER it happens - when the numbers come in. NBER didn't announce the results until December 2008:

It's official: U.S. in a recession since December 2007 - Dec. 1, 2008

So he's right.

(Not that everyone didn't know we had extreme financial distress long before the announcement made it official, of course).

What is it about liberalism that creates this kind of loyalty? unbelievable, the recession began in December 2007, Obama took office in January 2009 with the country in recession, so who is right. The recession was already declared. no wonder this country is in a mess with people who cannot even accept reality
 
YOU use it. YOU responded to MY question. If you can't answer my question, don't bother responding.

I guess shovel ready jobs weren't so shovel ready were they yet 840 billion was spent. The results today are worse than when he took office and yet people like you ignore the results. So tell me again why the money was spent to generate those kind of results? Did Bush sneak back into the WH in 2010 when the discouraged workers were the worst? So much for the Obama leadership
 
What is it about liberalism that creates this kind of loyalty?

What is it about you that you think ANYTHING that is said that disagrees with you in any way is partisan?

People could correct your spelling and you'd call them liberals. It's pathetic.

unbelievable, the recession began in December 2007, Obama took office in January 2009 with the country in recession, so who is right.

He is right that the NBER didn't declare the recession until after that.

You are right that it began in 2007 and people were quite aware of it.

I already said that. What's your problem? Why are you so terrified of having a normal, adult conversation that involves you possibly being wrong about a fact, or a nuance, or anything whatsoever? Why do you seem so determined for every little detail about conservatism and those who call themselves conservatives to be 100% infallible? You're not here to discuss, just to defend. You're like a defense lawyer for conservatism - you concede nothing, you put every fact in a light that favors your client, and when you're proven wrong, you simply switch to a new tactic.

The recession was already declared.

No, it was not. Not until Dec. 1, 2008. Everyone knew we were in one, but it wasn't officially declared until then. This is a minor point too, and you are correct about the important point - that everyone knew there was a recession and an extreme financial crisis long before that. But you can't let go of anything. It's why you get into these long, ridiculous threads where you accuse everyone else of being partisan, when you're the most partisan one here.
 
That's bull****. At the time Obama was elected, it wasn't even announced yet by the NBER that we were in a recession, so how could Obama hava been elected to fix something which was not yet declared?


....are you arguing that in November of 2008 we were not in a financial collapse? are you arguing that the public was too stupid to realize it? Or are you arguing that, as a candidate, Obama was too stupid to capitalize on it?
 
What is it about liberalism that creates this kind of loyalty? unbelievable, the recession began in December 2007, Obama took office in January 2009 with the country in recession, so who is right. The recession was already declared. no wonder this country is in a mess with people who cannot even accept reality

Looksl ike you don't know the president is "hired" in November, not January.xxc
 
Seems like President Obama sure thought he was elected for a particular reason:


 
Tell that to the 24 million unemployed/under employed Americans, a number Bush never had

That's a lie, there aren't 24 million underemployed.
 
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....are you arguing that in November of 2008 we were not in a financial collapse? are you arguing that the public was too stupid to realize it? Or are you arguing that, as a candidate, Obama was too stupid to capitalize on it?

I articulated my rebuttal clearly. What you ask was not what I said.
 
I articulated my rebuttal clearly. What you ask was not what I said.

it really is a shame that more people aren't reading your drivel to see the logic of an Obama supporter. Amazing how it takes NBER to tell some people when we are in a recession even though Obama ran his entire campaign on the terrible economy. Here we are three years later and he is still running on the terrible economy blaming Bush just like you are. Obama and his supporters cannot defend their record thus the posts just like yours.
 
No, that's accurate. Unemployed + underemployed = 24 million.

Labor force: 154,395,000
U6 rate: 15.1%

Under/unemployed: 23,313,645

The lesson here is never believe what Conservative says.
 
it really is a shame that more people aren't reading your drivel to see the logic of an Obama supporter. Amazing how it takes NBER to tell some people when we are in a recession even though Obama ran his entire campaign on the terrible economy. Here we are three years later and he is still running on the terrible economy blaming Bush just like you are. Obama and his supporters cannot defend their record thus the posts just like yours.


Didn't Sheik once say he was most likely to vote for Romeny......
 
Didn't Sheik once say he was most likely to vote for Romeny......

I said I was planning on voting for Romney in the primary and I did. I have not yet decided who I will vote for in November.
 
Because he actually saved jobs and we need someone with business experience to paydown the 5.7 trillion he will inherit from Obama in debt. What did Romney do that Obama didn't do when he took over GM/Chrysler when he caused the closing of dealerships all over the country. The one thing he didn't do was sell an American asset to Italy, Chrysler to Fiat

He didn't save ****,he(Romney ) was a corp vulture.Omama has saved the American auto industry and saved almost three million jobs in the process.GM is once again the #1 car maker in America thanks to the loans made to them by the American people.:2wave:
 
I said I was planning on voting for Romney in the primary and I did. I have not yet decided who I will vote for in November.

But you're a mindless liberal Obama puppet who doesn't think! Conservative said so.
 
He didn't save ****,he(Romney ) was a corp vulture.Omama has saved the American auto industry and saved almost three million jobs in the process.GM is once again the #1 car maker in America thanks to the loans made to them by the American people.:2wave:

Aw, yes, those obama ads have fooled a lot of people, prove that obama saved three million jobs with a verifiable site? Prove that he saved the Auto industry by taking over GM/Chrysler and then selling Chrysler to Italy? You buy what Obama tells you because that is what you want to believe. All that does is make you look foolish
 
Omama has saved the American auto industry and saved almost three million jobs in the process.GM is once again the #1 car maker in America thanks to the loans made to them by the American people.:2wave:

Errr, what? Not that I agreed with it but didn't GWB propose and pass TARP? Weren't the initial auto 'bailouts' included in TARP? And, yes, I know BHO extended it. What I miss is that GWB got RAILED for passing it but now BHO is lavish in his praise for HIS efforts in the results.
 
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