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Maraya1969

(22,441 posts)
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 08:06 AM Aug 2013

Under Obama, we’re off to our best Private-Sector Job Growth since 1999 - Inform the republicans and

some on this site.

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/inform-a-republican-under-obama-were-off-to-our-best-private-sector-job-growth-since-1999/

Here’s a fact most Republicans won’t want to hear—yet they can’t dispute (just ask Politifact): In the first half of 2013, we’re off to our best private-sector job growth since 1999.

Which is funny, considering all Republicans have told Americans since Obama became President was how awful he’s been for jobs. But then again, as I’ve said plenty of times, “fact” and “Republican” aren’t two words that often go together.

And despite the fact we’ve had this 14-year high in job growth for the first half of the year, Republicans continue to perpetuate this myth that President Obama has been terrible for job growth and “Obamacare” is a “jobs destroyer.”

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Under Obama, we’re off to our best Private-Sector Job Growth since 1999 - Inform the republicans and (Original Post) Maraya1969 Aug 2013 OP
It is disidoro01 Aug 2013 #1
Can't you just celebrate him without a "but" in there for a change? Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #3
Are you kidding me? disidoro01 Aug 2013 #5
+100 nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #16
If Progressives were happy with current achievements forever... TekGryphon Aug 2013 #7
x2. And some have become such. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #12
+1 nt raouldukelives Aug 2013 #17
since Obama is not running for anything hfojvt Aug 2013 #43
Got it. I just hate all the hating on our President I see here. But you are right, it takes Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #75
there has long been a doom squad here hfojvt Aug 2013 #98
I'm seeing that and it's very depressing. One thing I do note is that even the people Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #136
yeah sometimes I get bummed because of few replies hfojvt Aug 2013 #145
Thanks for that. It was an excellent post and the replies were great too. Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #146
That gloominess sulphurdunn Aug 2013 #139
"Celebrate Him" cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #47
Don't get racked up over the trivial. Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #76
I know I plan to do that... AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #88
As someone who's fiance was one of those that had her family home of three generations Downtown Hound Aug 2013 #68
That situation is HORRIBLE obama2terms Aug 2013 #140
Would you hungry and unemployed people just shut the hell up? We are trying to have a goddamn jtuck004 Aug 2013 #107
Celebrate him? Are you serious? Marrah_G Aug 2013 #131
Do you like to make fun of people? Like to laugh at them? Does it make you feel superior? Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #148
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Marrah_G Aug 2013 #149
No. sulphurdunn Aug 2013 #137
Oh for the love of God have you ever been to a birthday "CELEBRATION"! Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #147
Naw, sulphurdunn Aug 2013 #153
Copy that ^^^ Koios Aug 2013 #20
Agreed moonlady0623 Aug 2013 #115
All I can say is that somebody in many places has money to spend. The malls are full, kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #2
I was at Costco Saturday and it was so crowded I was annoyed. And I'm in SW Florida, a tourist Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #4
I mean really, can you believe it? Oilwellian Aug 2013 #124
This is disidoro01 Aug 2013 #6
+1000 heaven05 Aug 2013 #9
I never said there aren't big problems in this country still and as far as our economy and our Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #18
who's heaven05 Aug 2013 #19
Everyone that comes on here daily and rags on Obama! Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #78
well, moonlady0623 Aug 2013 #117
It's getting absurd is what it is. Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #135
What's the real problem with the economy? progressoid Aug 2013 #8
I attend a yearly event, BillyRibs Aug 2013 #10
you heaven05 Aug 2013 #11
x2 n/t AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #13
Important if true. But your experience is at odds with what many people can see with lying eyes. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #14
Quote: "So what is the real problem with the economy?" Koios Aug 2013 #26
The problem Zoeisright Aug 2013 #28
I'm grown up ... Koios Aug 2013 #30
Welcome to DU! Fumesucker Aug 2013 #31
Great to be here ... Koios Aug 2013 #40
Excellent point, and I also extend a welcome to you. Divernan Aug 2013 #80
I agree with fumesucker. Phlem Aug 2013 #129
Your foul mouth detracts from any point of view you wish to express. Divernan Aug 2013 #79
I agree with you. We have a congress that is still intent on ruining this president and will ruin Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #81
Obama's not the enemy ... Koios Aug 2013 #94
Enough blame to go around here, from where I sit. n/t AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #90
+1 leftstreet Aug 2013 #36
Booming 'retail' is not a booming 'economy' leftstreet Aug 2013 #35
Hmmm ... Koios Aug 2013 #59
Mostly shitty part time jobs. Teamster Jeff Aug 2013 #15
The third wayers are grasping at straws Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #24
This is what Rmoney was figuring would happen ...so he could take credit for it. L0oniX Aug 2013 #21
right heaven05 Aug 2013 #25
First Quarter Of 2013 Saw Largest Wage Drop Ever AgingAmerican Aug 2013 #22
Why can't you just celebrate Him? limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #32
I try, but.. AgingAmerican Aug 2013 #33
With Crow73 Aug 2013 #38
Move along, nothing to see here. n/t AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #100
Employers are capping wage workers at 25 hours Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #23
Republican response: Worst President ever - Total Failure liberal N proud Aug 2013 #27
He Can't Be Viewed As A Success... KharmaTrain Aug 2013 #41
And when some others and I try and fight that meme all we get is ripped apart the same way the rip Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #82
Obama's heaven05 Aug 2013 #151
This economy sucks. Obama's economic policies are destroying America. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #29
"Obama's economic policies are destroying America." geek tragedy Aug 2013 #39
Too bad it's real huh limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #44
No, it's a deranged, nutjob kind of statement that no sane, informed person would make. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #48
I really don't like or trust Obama at all. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #58
It's one thing to not like him, another to make insane statements about him. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #60
Look closer and learn how to read? Obama's economic policies are destroying America. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #69
A distinction truly without a difference. How else would he destroy America? geek tragedy Aug 2013 #70
Your comments are completely ignorant and simplistic, and/or are designed to confuse people. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #71
Well said Oilwellian Aug 2013 #127
You should add the Bureau of Labor Statistics to that list. If they continue putting out the stuff jtuck004 Aug 2013 #112
The BLS said that Obama is destroying America? nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #113
Don't know, did they? They did, exactly as I wrote, publish numbers that, if the trend continues, jtuck004 Aug 2013 #116
They published numbers that show some clearly worrying trends in the economy. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #119
Wow. Thanks for the insight. And, I say this because I care, there are many brands of jtuck004 Aug 2013 #121
You're the one who jumped in claiming that the BLS said that Obama geek tragedy Aug 2013 #122
As far as tail mine is up, but you will have to check elsewhere for your interests. It's spoken for. jtuck004 Aug 2013 #142
If you're looking to debate someone who geek tragedy Aug 2013 #143
Nope. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2013 #144
Just another village idiot who pretends to be more clever than those around him LanternWaste Aug 2013 #106
It's just a way of saying if you don't worship Obama you must be a teabagger. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #108
+1 Well said Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #64
"Obama's policies are destroying America." geek tragedy Aug 2013 #74
Another one who missed the Free Republic exit. Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #89
I think you missed a turn. Free Republic is on another website. Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #85
Right because anybody who dislikes Obama's policies is a teabagger limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #104
The catch Crow73 Aug 2013 #34
ugh. obama's abysmal record on jobs just barely better than bush's which was the worst in the HiPointDem Aug 2013 #37
Except that Bush inherited a good economy and Obama inherited the worst economy geek tragedy Aug 2013 #42
Don't confuse me with the facts. emulatorloo Aug 2013 #45
Is that why he's kept so many of Bush's key people? leftstreet Aug 2013 #46
Which Bush economic advisors did he retain? nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #49
none. n/t Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #50
Doh! geek tragedy Aug 2013 #51
Are you serious? leftstreet Aug 2013 #52
Bernanke is the Fed chairman and they cannot be removed once they are appointed Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #53
Riiiiiiiiight n/t leftstreet Aug 2013 #54
Obama re-appointed Bernanke Enrique Aug 2013 #55
True....but the Fed chairman is not an advisor. Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #57
Summers was never a Bush advisor. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #56
Oops. I meant Sheila Bair leftstreet Aug 2013 #61
what about Sheila Bair? geek tragedy Aug 2013 #62
A Bush person Obama kept n/t leftstreet Aug 2013 #63
Huh? geek tragedy Aug 2013 #65
Go celebrate the great economy! leftstreet Aug 2013 #66
He didn't 'keep' Bair as an advisor. She was appointed to a five year term that expired after he geek tragedy Aug 2013 #67
except that 5 years after 1929, job growth was higher than it is today. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #84
All the way down to 21%. Woo hoo!!!! geek tragedy Aug 2013 #86
the percent of job creation, starting in 1933 (4 years on) was significantly higher than it is today HiPointDem Aug 2013 #87
Apples and oranges comparison. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #92
We were losing 800,000 jobs a month when he took office. And Obama is barely better than bush? Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #93
that's the comparison the OP made. Obama has the best record on job creation since -- uh -- HiPointDem Aug 2013 #126
I see the same old nay sayers Andy823 Aug 2013 #72
What kind of jobs are being created? AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #83
Why aren't all you people bitching at the CEO's and other executive that are stealing the wages? Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #95
Gee, I thought that those I voted for would do **their** jobs and crack down on these criminals. AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #99
Well Andy823 Aug 2013 #109
Job figures should come with asterisks. AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #125
You have your choice Andy823 Aug 2013 #133
It's a pathology. Scurrilous Aug 2013 #91
There is Cha Aug 2013 #102
I feel the same way at times. Andy823 Aug 2013 #111
well, can you moonlady0623 Aug 2013 #120
their job is to bring everyone down to their level Cha Aug 2013 #101
I hear you Andy823 Aug 2013 #134
.. Cha Aug 2013 #141
What's even more insane is when somebody tries to pass off Downtown Hound Aug 2013 #110
Sure we can do better Andy823 Aug 2013 #114
it's that Reality shit moonlady0623 Aug 2013 #123
Here is some reality Andy823 Aug 2013 #128
Wages are a real problem. Dawson Leery Aug 2013 #73
Republicans cannot STAND it when Obama does something good. Rex Aug 2013 #77
Just like 2/3's of the people on this thread. Maraya1969 Aug 2013 #96
Yeah funny thing is, they voted for him twice. Rex Aug 2013 #97
Yea, more temporary part-time jobs. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #103
I love how you slipped in the word "temporary".. You win the Neo-DU blue ribbon for the day!!!11 tridim Aug 2013 #130
yah for minimum wage jogs!! liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #105
Republicans blocked numerous jobs bills. JaneyVee Aug 2013 #132
Let's see the democratic party propose a $18/hour minimum wage with increases tied to liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #138
It only matters when the numbers are bad. kentuck Aug 2013 #118
DU rec... SidDithers Aug 2013 #150
This is DU, you're not allowed to be happy shenmue Aug 2013 #152

disidoro01

(302 posts)
1. It is
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 08:31 AM
Aug 2013

a mixed bag. Please read this report: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.htm

We have a lot of work to do. Hours continue to drop but wages fluctuate. We also have to get people back into the workforce in full time employment, not part time areas. Also, we can't expect to grow the economy on the back of the leisure and service sector, we have to grow tech and manufacturing.
I'm not saying the President has done horrible but the picture is not rosy at all, many people are suffering needlessly and in that aspect.

He is fully to blame for not going after the banking industry. Those dollars stolen, those houses stolen have destroyed too many lives.

disidoro01

(302 posts)
5. Are you kidding me?
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 08:49 AM
Aug 2013

Celebrate illegal foreclosures that are barely reigned in? In many places not reigned in at all. People's entire retirements destroyed by bankers who are not even admonished for doing so.
If you are willing to break down the part time vs. full time work number and post them, i will cheer the president for pulling us up by our boot straps. Are you willing to criticially look at the job the president is doing?
When you put celebrate in your post, it tells me this is more about your feels or him as a personality than the job he does. That is nuts. Again not fully his fault and he hasn't been horrible but if pressure isn't applied, he won't do anything.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
43. since Obama is not running for anything
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:43 PM
Aug 2013

it would sorta be nice if the Democratic Party got some credit for those jobs, instead of just our lame duck President that many people hate.

That's why when I talked about it, I called it the "Democratic recovery". http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021566043

So it might help the whole party and not just one man.

Maraya1969

(22,441 posts)
75. Got it. I just hate all the hating on our President I see here. But you are right, it takes
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:28 PM
Aug 2013

a village.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
98. there has long been a doom squad here
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:05 PM
Aug 2013

that seems to think that being a progressive means always having to see the dark side of everything. There is no prosperity in America - only poverty and misery. The "real" poverty rate? Why it is 50%, if not 75%. The "real" unemployment rate? Why it's 27%.

And sure maybe a wise-a$$ like hfojvt has a job making $30,000 a year and has some money in the bank, and he has an interstate running through his front yard and he thinks he's got it so good, but it is only a matter of time before the economy gets worse and he loses his job, or he gets really sick and gets thrown into desperate poverty. Just wait, it is gonna happen.

To them, America is always like a fleabag hotel that is on fire and in the middle of Hell's kitchen in a cess pool.

And that's on a good day.

Maraya1969

(22,441 posts)
136. I'm seeing that and it's very depressing. One thing I do note is that even the people
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 07:33 PM
Aug 2013

making low wages still seem to enjoy a lot of things that one would consider as being "prosperous". There would not be so many nail places if the average woman and man weren't getting manicures and pedicures on a regular basis. Everyone has a fancy assed cell phone and a computer and hair extensions and new cars are all over the road. Disney land is still packed even though it is over $100 to get into one theme park and God knows how much if you want to eat. We take our pets to the vet now, when I was a kid we never had that expense because you just never took your dog to the vet. Most people have at least basic cable and internet.

I don't live on that much money but for the life of me I never feel poor! I'm not stupid with my money like I see some people are. I always try to get the best deal for everything. The people that I know that are really poor are spending their money on drugs, alcohol, and gambling. And I am not saying they are the only poor, just the only ones I see.

That is not to say that I think our wages are OK. Far from it. And I am glad there is a growing discussion about wages now.

This place is really starting to get me down. I post something positive about our president and get wacked up side the head by 30 people! At least I'm glad I'm not that negative.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
145. yeah sometimes I get bummed because of few replies
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 01:13 AM
Aug 2013

then I get replies and that seems even worse

but your post reminded me of this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023295291

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
88. I know I plan to do that...
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:47 PM
Aug 2013

...as I sit here waiting to hear about an interview I had last week for a permanent full-time position. As time passes, and the phone doesn't ring, I can pretty much guess what the answer is: More temporary work for me, and self-payment of benefits and other expenses. So, hell yeah, I'm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Disclaimer: As I said in a reply downthread, I'm not pissing on Obama: I'm just seeing things as they are, and I apologize if I can't join in the cheering over a "recovery" that is anemic at best and practically non-existent at worst.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
68. As someone who's fiance was one of those that had her family home of three generations
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:20 PM
Aug 2013

stolen by the banks, the answer is not just no, but hell no. Obama has done nothing to punish those responsible for this rape of the American people. So I'm not about to sing his praises for a bunch of shitty-ass, part-time, low-wage "jobs" being created on his watch. Whoo fucking hoo. Economic slavery for everyone!

Oh and that whole NSA spying thing. Yeah, way to go Obama.

obama2terms

(563 posts)
140. That situation is HORRIBLE
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 09:08 PM
Aug 2013

But would you rather have Obama or Romney? Those were our only choices in the 2012 election, and frankly Obama was the better choice by FAR. I've been very un easy about Obama lately ( due to the spying by the NSA) but then I received a nearly 300 dollar rebate (due to Obamacare) next to the 850 dollar one we received last year ( my family was REALLY being screwed by the insurance company we were with) and it made me pretty thankful that Romney is not our current president. I wouldn't have all this extra money in my pocket if Romney was POTUS as well as a score of other things. When you think about it, as far as presidents go, things could be A LOT worse!

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
107. Would you hungry and unemployed people just shut the hell up? We are trying to have a goddamn
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:26 PM
Aug 2013

party over here!

Stupid 47% 'ers. They should be grateful, but no.

You go, Maraya!!

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
131. Celebrate him? Are you serious?
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 05:57 PM
Aug 2013

Really?

Should we bake him a cake? I thought he couldn't really do anything, He's not a dictator or a god ya know....that's what we get told every time he and washington moves to the right. Then he's impident. But a bunch of half time job gets added and you want us to throw him a party.

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
149. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 08:05 AM
Aug 2013

I'm going to send you off to ignore so I don't do anything more to upset your fragile little world.

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
137. No.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 07:34 PM
Aug 2013

The President of the United States is just the chief executive officer of one branch of government and an employee of the American people, not the Messiah.

Maraya1969

(22,441 posts)
147. Oh for the love of God have you ever been to a birthday "CELEBRATION"!
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 07:07 AM
Aug 2013

I am getting so I can't stand this place. Haters all over the place just looking to stomp on other people.

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
153. Naw,
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 09:43 PM
Aug 2013

nothing that fancy. I just go to birthday parties. Usually, when those who took your word don't trust you anymore, there's a reason, and it's not about hate.

moonlady0623

(193 posts)
115. Agreed
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 05:01 PM
Aug 2013

we can all keep the rosy glasses on and celebrate a bunch of low pay part time jobs or we can insist that something really helpful be done.

 

kelliekat44

(7,759 posts)
2. All I can say is that somebody in many places has money to spend. The malls are full,
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 08:41 AM
Aug 2013

the restaurants are full, the grocery stores are full, Walmarts are full and I see more people spending money on vacations, family outings etc. The airlines are making a sinful amount of money on luggage both hand carry and other. The pharmacies have lines and on-line business for pharmaceuticals is booming. AND corporations are making record profits with huge increases over an already high base from last year. Oh, and there are so many automobiles on the road there are traffic jams every morning. (And no one wants to hear that or deficits have been slashed)

So what is the real problem with the economy? Nothing but Obama being in office.

Maraya1969

(22,441 posts)
4. I was at Costco Saturday and it was so crowded I was annoyed. And I'm in SW Florida, a tourist
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 08:44 AM
Aug 2013

destination and snowbird home. We get a big influx of people for the winter. I can just imagine what it's going to be like.

disidoro01

(302 posts)
6. This is
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 08:56 AM
Aug 2013

a small view. You see full stores in your area and that means the economy is going full bore? Corporations are raking in money but not much reaches the working poor. Class disparity continues to grow unabated.
Costs continue to grow and because I point out that things are not great, I have a problem.
Please read the BLS report for a better view.

So, people are using cash or debit in all of these stores you are in? Any chance they are using credit. Annualized growth in CC balances are around 10%.

Maraya1969

(22,441 posts)
18. I never said there aren't big problems in this country still and as far as our economy and our
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 11:13 AM
Aug 2013

humanity the wage disparity is the worst. But I also see fast food workers walking out and Walmart workers walking out and other small signs that this too is going to pass.

Because there are still problems in our society does not mean we have to take a partial view all the time and only look at our society with a black lens.

progressoid

(49,827 posts)
8. What's the real problem with the economy?
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 09:17 AM
Aug 2013

It's not "nothing more than Obama being in office". It's that the "recovery" is taking us into a more harsh plutocracy.

 

BillyRibs

(787 posts)
10. I attend a yearly event,
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 09:33 AM
Aug 2013

that usually sports 12,000 to 15,000 well it was no surprise to me when just a little over 9,000 show up, most tell me they don't have the money to spend. that tells me cash is still tight. Must be those well meaning Minimum wage jobs cause I don't see it on my level. Supermarkets will always have people in them, Cloths are still a necessity, I don't shop at wally world, so I can't say anything about them. But Most of My friends and family are still Damned near broke and trying to get by. I call B.S. and say Minimum wage jobs are not enough.

 

Koios

(154 posts)
26. Quote: "So what is the real problem with the economy?"
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:10 PM
Aug 2013

Job growth is primarily in the low-paying service sector, and Obama so far is not leading on the minimum wage issue. He paid lip service in 2010, saying he'd work to raise it above $11/hr in 2011 (nada). Then in January of this year, more lip service, and astonishingly, only suggesting $9 / hr.

So our middle class' earnings, in Real Dollars, continue to shrink; and about the only thing growing the GDP is population and inflation. No real policies advanced which do anything other than create some jobs, for a time (until the spending ends).

The cause of the problem, IMO, is Obama has surrounded himself with Capitalists, i.e. Geithner and others like him. So the emphasis remains focused on income from Capital, which is having a hey-day, and not income from Labor, which continues a dangerous downward trend. I wish Obama would at least do what Clinton did: listen to folks like Reich and Stieglitz, at least half the time.

Zoeisright

(8,339 posts)
28. The problem
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:17 PM
Aug 2013

is that fucking repukes refuse to have anything to do with passing a jobs bill.

Grow the fuck up.

 

Koios

(154 posts)
30. I'm grown up ...
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:26 PM
Aug 2013

Now then, presidents are elected to lead. Reagan did, and Tip O'Neill ate crow. Clinton did, and Newt Gingrich had to look for a day job.

Obama is not leading on this issue. And his key economic advisors are all Wall Street Capitalists, in case you're wondering why income from Capital is doing just fine, and in fact thriving, while the middle class sucks wind.

So if Obama were to do more than merely give lip service to a higher FMW, maybe blaming Republicans (a word more nauseating than "repukes&quot would be okay. But even then, why could Reagan whip the great Tip O'Neill, and Clinton whip Gingrich after the uber successful Contract With American strategy? Answer: LEAD!! Play hard ball. Do not flinch first in the game of chicken. Grow a pair, Mr. President, and do what elected you to do. Change stuff. Don't just talk about change. That's campaigning, and not leading as president.

 

Koios

(154 posts)
40. Great to be here ...
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:39 PM
Aug 2013

Thanks, Fumesucker. And no sweat on some crap being flung in my direction. One of the nice things about being grown up is we can handle it.

Best,

-K

Phlem

(6,323 posts)
129. I agree with fumesucker.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 05:50 PM
Aug 2013

Welcome to DU, I see you've encountered the happy bunch. I hope you stay, there are a lot of good folk here.



-p

Divernan

(15,480 posts)
79. Your foul mouth detracts from any point of view you wish to express.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:32 PM
Aug 2013

It's not that I'm personally shocked by obscene language - it's just a fact that spouting the F word does not strengthen your post. We do not operate on a "Whomever shouts the loudest, or spouts the most obscenities, wins the debate." And you also lower the general tone of the board.

Maraya1969

(22,441 posts)
81. I agree with you. We have a congress that is still intent on ruining this president and will ruin
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:39 PM
Aug 2013

the country to do so. They have blocked all jobs bills, including one put forth from the president to stop tax breaks for companies sending work overseas.

People here are so quick to through our own under the bus. Obama is not the enemy. And if you lose sight of who your enemy is you will lost the war.

Then again as I am writing this I think maybe the repukes have been winning. They have got so many democrats to turn against one another. They wanted to ruin this president and all you have to do is look at DU to see that it is working.

 

Koios

(154 posts)
94. Obama's not the enemy ...
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:55 PM
Aug 2013

... but he may not be the friend we think him to be.

Obamacare, so called, maybe gets a pass, even if it is little more than a gift to private insurers, with scant price containment mechanisms. The Scott Brown debacle in MA was a game-changer, and grabbing onto the junk Senate-passed bill may have been the best last option, even if a Blue Dog/Lieberman piece of junk based on Romneycare, which itself came from the righty think-tank, Heritage Foundation, was all the bill was. But, Obama caved too easily to insurance industry lobbyists, and did not fight nearly strong enough for the Public Option.

Meanwhile, TARP funds were distributed no-strings attached, since Obama bonded most closely with Geithner, and sidelined non-Wall Street economists, such as Robert Reich. And Geithner still remains Obama's closest advisor, and is a pure Wall Street income from Capital guy. So while paying lip service to the Minimum Wage, Obama is working overtime to lower Corporate Taxes and grow income from Capital, which is not just channeling Bush 43, but doing him one better.

And FTLG, he lobbied strongly to extend Bush Tax Cuts, and did not repeal them as promised in 2008.

The spying program has been scaled up, and not shut down as promised.

We need change. We need to demand change. Talking about change during an election changes nothing.

leftstreet

(36,081 posts)
35. Booming 'retail' is not a booming 'economy'
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:34 PM
Aug 2013

Where are the huge infrastructure projects and large manufacturing and service contracts putting people to work?

When's the last time a mall added sq footage to accommodate growing population? How many people in your neighborhood have a savings acct?

A new WalMart, a cheesy apartment complex, and 3 new fast foods restaurants doesn't tell much of a story..other than people using expendable cash and credit for food, clothing and shelter.

 

Koios

(154 posts)
59. Hmmm ...
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:03 PM
Aug 2013

In truth, Walmarts and fast food joints are on the rise, because they serve markets with less disposable income. Walmart obviously is the choice of folks on tighter budgets. Fast food, too, has evolved to a point that it feeds a family more cheaply than healthy foods at the grocery store. Moreover, with dual incomes needed to barely make ends meet, preparing a healthy family dinner is often not an option.

We need to raise wages; it worked once before. Once was a time that common labor in factories was the burger flipper of its day. Then they demanded more pay, for less work even (5 day work week). Now we miss those jobs, which is stupid in fact. What we really miss is their paychecks. Raise service worker pay to a level that small businesses can thrive selling stuff to workers, and problem solved.

In short, our value is not the work we do, per se. It's what we make, and spent back into the economy. Proof of that is in the fact that we haven't least bit of problem getting work done; in fact, there's a glut of people wanting to do the work. The problem is too few customers coming into store, and spending their paychecks.

And the irony is, no fancy Billion Dollar spending programs are needed. Just change the law, from $7.25 to about $12 / hr. And since that would move people from "working poor" to "tax payers," government in fact would get more money, and not spend more money, on Band-Aid nonsense (creates jobs only as long as the spending lasts). Conversely, a higher wage minimum is self sustaining; it raises consumption, and actually grows the market that Capitalist invest in. If enterprises have a market for their stuff, Capitalist flock to invest in them faster than cops respond to a hold up at Dunkin Donuts.

Grow the middle class, and all else prospers right along with it. But we're doing stuff exactly backward. Focus on Capital, as if somehow investors will willy-nilly invest it, without regard for whether they're a customer out there who can buy whatever it is they're selling.

It's just plain stupid, and pure supply-side hogwash, which Obama has fallen victim of.

 

L0oniX

(31,493 posts)
21. This is what Rmoney was figuring would happen ...so he could take credit for it.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 11:59 AM
Aug 2013

In other words ...this was going to happen no matter who the POTUS was or is.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
25. right
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:09 PM
Aug 2013

and romshit would have sent a lot of these 'shitty' jobs to other countries and further impoverished americans. Doesn't matter in this case. Yes a job is a job, but can a person making a non livable wage cover costs for rent payments, utilities, kids clothes(even from salvation army stores ect) food, gasoline, car note, insurance, and the myriad hidden costs of living in this society? HELL NO!!!! Real manufacturing has to be regained by american policy makers and corporations which will never happen. Those two entities care nothing about the citizen where the 'bottom line' is concerned.

 

AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
22. First Quarter Of 2013 Saw Largest Wage Drop Ever
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:01 PM
Aug 2013

The first three months of 2013 saw wages fall 3.8 percent – the largest drop in hourly pay in the 65-year history of that statistic – despite an increase in worker productivity. With high unemployment freeing employers from fears that their employees will turn elsewhere, the U.S. recovery has been marked by a decoupling of rising productivity from stagnant wages.

The gloomy milestone partly reflects the predominance of low-wage service jobs in the slow, steady streak of job growth since the recession. Increasing the minimum wage, as progressives in Congress hope to do, could help counter downward wage pressures at the bottom of the earnings ladder.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/06/07/2121581/first-quarter-of-2013-saw-largest-wage-drop-ever/

Harmony Blue

(3,978 posts)
23. Employers are capping wage workers at 25 hours
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:04 PM
Aug 2013

now to ensure no one is close to 30 hours.

The economy is worse off while wall street is better off. Shocked I tell you.


liberal N proud

(60,302 posts)
27. Republican response: Worst President ever - Total Failure
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:12 PM
Aug 2013

Whenever they mention Obama, they always fallow-up with some statement about him being a failure or worst President.


KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
41. He Can't Be Viewed As A Success...
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:40 PM
Aug 2013

...cause any credit he's given refutes some previous rushpublican action. If the economy improves, it puts a light on the abuses that occured under the dubya regime...or if he removes troops from Afghanistan or Iraq that highlights the illegal invasions, poor planning and overall criminality of the previous regime. The perception must be that things are bad or worse despite facts that prove otherwise if the rushpublicans are to ever have any chance to win elections...

Cheers...

Maraya1969

(22,441 posts)
82. And when some others and I try and fight that meme all we get is ripped apart the same way the rip
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:42 PM
Aug 2013

Obama apart.

I think some people are just miserable and like to spread it around.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
151. Obama's
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 10:32 AM
Aug 2013

administration is, even as a President who has continued some of bushmonkey's policies, light years ahead of the previous administration. Yet he has proven himself a typical politician in that he promised and did not deliver. Yes I voted for him, twice, but I am disappointed in his appointments, his clintonesque cabinet, his 'compromises'. Yes, he has had an uphill climb since gaining office but he has stopped climbing in my opinion. I know all politicians promise the universe, yet only deliver a planet. Hey, I'm a political realist. Been that way from the beginning, will be that way till the end......yet in spite of the RW obstruction and obvious racism, I wish our President wouldn't have been so worried about being seen as an angry black man. Hell, by 47% who voted for romshit, he's seen as that and worse. So this term he should have had that asshole boner in his office, making him piss him self with fear of 'the man'. Reid, the same thing. Pelosi, same thing, Feinstein, oh wait, she and her hubby are too rich from from profit made off bush's illegal war to worry about our President's anger. No I wanted a tiger, to me it seem we got a cute little house tabby. Sorry, if that's too harsh, just the way I see it. If no better alternative showed up, like Dr. Elizabeth Warren, and Obama could run for another term, I'd have to vote for him again, not without reservation.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
29. This economy sucks. Obama's economic policies are destroying America.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:25 PM
Aug 2013

The jobs being created now pay much less than the jobs that were lost during the crashes. And the benefits are worse.

During the past decade the whole economy has been restructured in the interests of the super rich.

Working class families have lost income and lost value in their homes and other investments, like college degrees.

Obama is a god damn two-faced smooth talking salesman for the 1%. His polices are openly hostile to working class and middle class people in this country.

"Entitlement Reform".
Secretive "free trade" deals.
Bail outs for Wall Street while main street goes bust.
"Foaming the runway" for the banks by allowing them to destroy people's lives.

Can't you just celebrate him ?
#post3

Surely you jest.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
44. Too bad it's real huh
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:43 PM
Aug 2013



I thought tea-bagger was used to refer to the tea-party people ?

So what's a leftwing teasbagger?

Also why am seeing your posts
 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
48. No, it's a deranged, nutjob kind of statement that no sane, informed person would make.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:47 PM
Aug 2013

What kind of person says that Obama is destroying America?

Allen West.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/post/allen-west-obamas-economic-policies-are-destroying-the-black-community/2012/05/04/gIQA71S11T_blog.html

David Limbaugh

http://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2012/07/10/is_president_obama_intentionally_destroying_america/page/full

Glenn Beck

http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/09/19/is-barack-obama-destroying-america-in-an-attempt-to-create-fairness/

Sarah Palin

http://gothamist.com/2012/11/07/sarah_palin_tells_everyone_this_ele.php

Bill O'Reilly

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/07/bill-oreilly-unleashed-obamas-policies-could-destroy-the-entire-economic-infrastructure-of-the-country-video/

Ben Carson



Pat Boone:

http://www.westernjournalism.com/pat-boone-obama-purposely-destroying-america/





That's the kind of person who claims Obama and his policies are destroying America--crazy wingnuts. It's also part of the nutjob narrative that Obama is some kind of trojan horse designed to destroy America from within.


I believe that explains the leftwing Teabagger line.

Again, congrats on spoofing those nutjobs with your satire! Because only crazy people believe Obama is destroying America--no exceptions.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
58. I really don't like or trust Obama at all.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:00 PM
Aug 2013

But for entirely different reasons than Sarah Palin and Bill O'Reilly.

Too bad you just lump anybody who dislikes Obama into the teabagger category.

It's overly simplistic and intellectually dishonest.


 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
60. It's one thing to not like him, another to make insane statements about him.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:04 PM
Aug 2013

Most republicans dislike him, but only their nutjobs claim Obama is destroying America.

it's simply something that sane people do not believe. It is unfortunate that you make statements that sound like they came out of the mouth of Allen West and Glenn Beck, reflecting a similar thought process of insane hatred towards the President.

By all means, ask Skinner if "Obama's policies are destroying America" is the kind of rhetoric he wants to encourage around here.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
69. Look closer and learn how to read? Obama's economic policies are destroying America.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:22 PM
Aug 2013
This economy sucks. Obama's economic policies are destroying America.

The jobs being created now pay much less than the jobs that were lost during the crashes. And the benefits are worse.

During the past decade the whole economy has been restructured in the interests of the super rich.

Working class families have lost income and lost value in their homes and other investments, like college degrees.

Obama is a god damn two-faced smooth talking salesman for the 1%. His polices are openly hostile to working class and middle class people in this country.

"Entitlement Reform".
Secretive "free trade" deals.
Bail outs for Wall Street while main street goes bust.
"Foaming the runway" for the banks by allowing them to destroy people's lives.

Can't you just celebrate him ?

#post3

Surely you jest.


If you think this is coming the same attitude as Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin then you don't understand the first thing about American history, politics or economy.


Your "leftwing teabagger" comment is a divisive concocted fantasy. It's designed to confuse people and is basically saying that anybody who dislikes Obama must be nuts, or maybe racist

Obama is a two-faced spokesman for corporate America. He plays the good cop while the gop plays the bad cop. Either way, the American people lose.



 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
70. A distinction truly without a difference. How else would he destroy America?
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:32 PM
Aug 2013

And it's still something only the batshit insane would say.

Not everyone who dislikes Obama is nuts. But the ones who say he and his actions/policies are destroying America ARE nuts, insane, batshit, crazy, loons, kooks, etc.


With no exceptions.

They make Ted Cruz and Rand Paul look well-adjusted.


Michelle Bachmann got fact-checked for making your argument.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/23/politics/truth-squad-bachmann-economy

"President Obama has embraced a view of government-directed temporary fixes and gimmicks. They don't work. He's destroyed the economy."

-- Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, during Thursday night's Republican presidential debate on Fox News.
The verdict:

False.


Go sit next to Alex Jones

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&safe=active&q=obama+destroying+america+alex+jones&oq=obama+destroying+america+alex+jones&gs_l=hp.3..33i29i30.35101.36801.3.36942.13.11.1.0.0.0.250.1529.1j3j4.8.0....0...1c.1.23.psy-ab..21.28.5494.jX3cZy3fhwI&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.&bvm=bv.50165853,d.dmg&fp=9fb4aa7b22681b82&biw=1280&bih=773

Last word is yours, since rational discussion is not possible with you:

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
71. Your comments are completely ignorant and simplistic, and/or are designed to confuse people.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:42 PM
Aug 2013

These policies are destroying America:

"Entitlement Reform".
Secretive "free trade" deals.
Bail outs for Wall Street while main street goes bust.
"Foaming the runway" for the banks by allowing them to destroy people's lives.


The teabaggers/fox news also thinks Obama is destroying America, but in an entirely different way.

They think he is a Kenyan socialist who wants to destroy America by turning it gay and giving everyone food stamps and free cell phones.

That is actually crazy.

That's a totally different way of destroying America that is really just a right wing fantasy.


Your comments lump legitimate dislike and distrust of Obama in with crazy hatred of Obama that is coming from the opposite political perspective.





 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
112. You should add the Bureau of Labor Statistics to that list. If they continue putting out the stuff
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:48 PM
Aug 2013

they publish the whole nation will be nothing but renters with a few part-time jobs.

I don't know about these people you listed (frankly, the only time I hear what they say is you and others re-publish their work here. I lost enough brain cells in the 60's and 70's, so I can't really afford to spend any time with them). But I do read every table and every page of every BLS report, and they make these policies look TERRIBLE!!

I mean, look at the totals so far this year...ALL of this is from the BLS! Nothing, NOT A WORD, about how grateful people should be for the scraps they get.

"Full time jobs? Down 240,000. And looking back at the entire year, so far in 2013, just 130K Full-Time Jobs have been added, offset by a whopping 557K Part-Time jobs"

Here.



Oh, sure, some want to blame it on Obamacare, but the BLS has been reporting the loss in full-time jobs for a lot longer than that, so it's clearly NOT just Obamacare. Do they think we are stupid? Do they think we don't know that there there are over 5,000,000 (yeah, million) less full-time jobs than we had in 2007, while the population has grown by 14,000,000 (yeah, million) people, with most of the effort in the economy going to help banks stay weatlhy, because that is GOOD for us? Do they think we can't read?

It would look a LOT better if the BLS would quit publishing their job statistics, I think.

Now I'm gonna go have coffee, 'cause tea sucks.



 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
116. Don't know, did they? They did, exactly as I wrote, publish numbers that, if the trend continues,
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 05:02 PM
Aug 2013

will lead to worsening poverty, infrastructure that continues to deteriorate, and nearly overwhelming inequality between the few wealthy and the rest, which will lead to the destruction of democracy for scores of Americans.

In the reality-based America I live in, that means unless the direction is reversed it will not survive.




 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
119. They published numbers that show some clearly worrying trends in the economy.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 05:09 PM
Aug 2013

They did not blame those trends on Obama's policies, nor did they say these trends would destroy America.

Because they're sane.

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
121. Wow. Thanks for the insight. And, I say this because I care, there are many brands of
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 05:15 PM
Aug 2013

decaffeinated coffee that are just as tasty as the real thing.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
122. You're the one who jumped in claiming that the BLS said that Obama
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 05:17 PM
Aug 2013

was destroying America. Sorry you had to retreat from that claim, tail between legs.

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
142. As far as tail mine is up, but you will have to check elsewhere for your interests. It's spoken for.
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 12:30 AM
Aug 2013

And, btw, it was the post AFTER mine, (Hint, since it seems needed -> It was yours <- ) that wrote your words.

I said if we keep on with a trend of replacing full-time jobs with part-time jobs as we have been doing since, roughly, early 2009, it will destroy democracy, and the country. And that is the case, until someone quits pointing fingers and stands up like a leader to fix it. Which doesn't mean making bankers richer, an apparently popular partisan belief.

They may not believe that on planet-where-ever-the-fuck-it-is (are your Internet charges outrageous?) but the rest of us in the real world with real hunger, homelessness, and unemployment are living it right now. It is getting worse for a lot of people, and unless they can recover, millions will be entering the next 10 years or more facing poverty.









But thanks for playing, rocket man.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
143. If you're looking to debate someone who
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 12:32 AM
Aug 2013

thinks the current reality is sustainable or even acceptable, sorry not that person.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
106. Just another village idiot who pretends to be more clever than those around him
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:25 PM
Aug 2013

"So what's a leftwing teasbagger?"

Just another village idiot who pretends to be more clever than those around him during his prophecies of a post-apocalyptic, dystopian fortune reading...

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
108. It's just a way of saying if you don't worship Obama you must be a teabagger.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:37 PM
Aug 2013


Why can't you just celebrate him?

 

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
37. ugh. obama's abysmal record on jobs just barely better than bush's which was the worst in the
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:37 PM
Aug 2013

post-war era

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
42. Except that Bush inherited a good economy and Obama inherited the worst economy
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:40 PM
Aug 2013

any President's been stuck with in 80 years.

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
53. Bernanke is the Fed chairman and they cannot be removed once they are appointed
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:55 PM
Aug 2013

Summers and Geithner were not Bush advisors.



You really need to educate yourself.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
56. Summers was never a Bush advisor.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 12:59 PM
Aug 2013

Bush didn't appoint Geithner.

Bernanke:

So here’s my question: Will it make any difference that Ben Bernanke has now joined the ranks of the hippies?

Earlier this week, Mr. Bernanke delivered testimony that should have made everyone in Washington sit up and take notice. True, it wasn’t really a break with what he has said in the past or, for that matter, with what other Federal Reserve officials have been saying, but the Fed chairman spoke more clearly and forcefully on fiscal policy than ever before — and what he said, translated from Fedspeak into plain English, was that the Beltway obsession with deficits is a terrible mistake.

First of all, he pointed out that the budget picture just isn’t very scary, even over the medium run: “The federal debt held by the public (including that held by the Federal Reserve) is projected to remain roughly 75 percent of G.D.P. through much of the current decade.”

He then argued that given the state of the economy, we’re currently spending too little, not too much: “A substantial portion of the recent progress in lowering the deficit has been concentrated in near-term budget changes, which, taken together, could create a significant headwind for the economic recovery.”

Finally, he suggested that austerity in a depressed economy may well be self-defeating even in purely fiscal terms: “Besides having adverse effects on jobs and incomes, a slower recovery would lead to less actual deficit reduction in the short run for any given set of fiscal actions.”

So the deficit is not a clear and present danger, spending cuts in a depressed economy are a terrible idea and premature austerity doesn’t make sense even in budgetary terms. Regular readers may find these propositions familiar, since they’re pretty much what I and other progressive economists have been saying all along. But we’re irresponsible hippies. Is Ben Bernanke? (Well, he has a beard.)

The point is not that Mr. Bernanke is an unimpeachable source of wisdom; one hopes that the collapse of Alan Greenspan’s reputation has put an end to the practice of deifying Fed chairmen. Mr. Bernanke is a fine economist, but no more so than, say, Columbia’s Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate and legendary economic theorist whose vocal criticism of our deficit obsession has nonetheless been ignored. No, the point is that Mr. Bernanke’s apostasy may help undermine the argument from authority — nobody who matters disagrees! — that has made the elite obsession with deficits so hard to dislodge.



http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/opinion/krugman-ben-bernanke-hippie.html

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
65. Huh?
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:15 PM
Aug 2013

1) She was appointed to a five year term in 2006, and left in 2011.

2) She was much better while in office than some of Obama's actual appointees, such as the aforementioned Summers and Geithner.

leftstreet

(36,081 posts)
66. Go celebrate the great economy!
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:18 PM
Aug 2013

I asked if Obama kept so many Bush people in hopes of improving the bad economy you claim he inherited.

Apparently you're not sure what his motives were and are
That's okay

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
67. He didn't 'keep' Bair as an advisor. She was appointed to a five year term that expired after he
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:19 PM
Aug 2013

took office.

That's like saying he 'kept' Scalia on the Supreme Court.

 

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
87. the percent of job creation, starting in 1933 (4 years on) was significantly higher than it is today
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:46 PM
Aug 2013
 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
92. Apples and oranges comparison.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:51 PM
Aug 2013

Unemployment peaked in 1933 at 25%. It then fell to 21% or so in 1934, stayed at above 15% every year until WWII, with the exception of 1937 where it dipped to 14.8%.

You're telling me that FDR being in office 7 years and only knocking 4% of the unemployment rate is a grand success?





 

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
126. that's the comparison the OP made. Obama has the best record on job creation since -- uh --
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 05:40 PM
Aug 2013

George Bush 2. (2000).

whoop de doo break out the champagne.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
72. I see the same old nay sayers
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 02:51 PM
Aug 2013

Seems like it's not only the republicans that don't want to hear any good news about jobs, it's the same old DU crowd that always seems to jump in, take over any threads that have some good news, and go about trashing the president!

It really is insane when people who claim to be democrats can't say anything nice about the president, all they can do is attack him.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
83. What kind of jobs are being created?
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:43 PM
Aug 2013

Or does that matter? If a job is low paying and part time and/or temporary, then I really don't consider that progress. It's not being a bad Democrat, or trashing Obama, or siding with the GOP: It's called seeing it for what it really is.

Maraya1969

(22,441 posts)
95. Why aren't all you people bitching at the CEO's and other executive that are stealing the wages?
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:57 PM
Aug 2013

You bitch about Obama but the real thieves you say nothing about!

They could fix this in congress by making the CEO's and executives only make a certain percentage of the workers but I see republicans stomping up and down on it on the house floor.

California is making Walmart and other companies pay back the money that the state pays to supplement their workers.

Find an answer for this problem because this is the problem.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
99. Gee, I thought that those I voted for would do **their** jobs and crack down on these criminals.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:07 PM
Aug 2013

Do you not agree that most of the jobs that have been created have been those that will not provide a decent standard of living? We're supposed to be happy because the numbers look better?

And note: CEOs and other execs could give a flying FUCK what I think. I'm too busy trying to find meaningful, honest work in this so-called "improving" economy.



Andy823

(11,495 posts)
109. Well
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:40 PM
Aug 2013

If a person has run out of unemployment I am sure that they want just about any job they can get. The president, and the democrats, want to raise the national minimum wage, is that so bad? My nephew just went back to work as and equipment operator for $35.00 an hour, not to bad if you ask me.

And who's fault is it that things are so bad? Seems like the last president, George W. Bush, made a hell of a mess out of this country. Took it to the eye of disaster, and then left that mess for president Obama to fix, and like or not, he has been fixing it. Sure it could be better, but with republicans in control of the house, fighting everything he wants to do, not passing any jobs bills, and doing their best to sell everything off to their rich donors, I think the president has done pretty damned good!

Now as for the "seeing it as it really is comment", thats fine, but if all people here can do is trash the president, say he is a total failure, just like Bush and Reagan, blame him for everything that is going wrong instead of admitting those nasty republicans have a lot to do with the problems, and NEVER have anything good to say, I still say they aren't very good democrats! When they spout right wing talking points, libertarian talking points or the Paulbot talking points, again, not very good democrats, liberals or progressives if you ask me!

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
125. Job figures should come with asterisks.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 05:32 PM
Aug 2013

Because as much as you try to spin all this "progress," the fact of the matter is that a majority of the jobs that have been created are below subsistence level. That's been pointed out here and elsewhere ad nauseam. And as I noted in another post upthread, there is enough blame on BOTH sides of the aisle for this mess, as BOTH sides continue to pander to those who have the most influence in this country, and I'm not talking about you, me, or your nephew.

Congrats on his pay rate, by the way. I'm a temporary full-time worker who won't return to the job until October. I'm hoping to get some kind of raise then, but it won't be anywhere near $35 an hour, I can guarantee you that.

By all means cheer the job numbers. But all some of us ask is that you be honest about what they truly represent. That is all we're asking. But what I'm seeing here in some of these responses is akin to Marie Antoinette's cake reference.

And does being a "good Democrat" call for blind allegiance? Sorry, I'm not part of any group that demands that.

Thanks, though, for the civil reply.



Andy823

(11,495 posts)
133. You have your choice
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 06:01 PM
Aug 2013

We all do, but I for one am no part of a bunch of doom and bloomers who only want to see the bad, never the good. If you want change how do you go about it? The president won't be running again, but next year a lot of people need to decide who they want in charge of congress. Sure to many they are all the same, but do you really think things can get any better if republicans continue to control the house, or if they also take control of the Senate? As I have sated that president wants to raise the minimum wage but can he do that if republicans control things?

Think about the state governments. In Washington state we have a minimum wage of $9.19. That may not be great, but it's better than many states especially those with republicans running things. Do you not think that in order to get the changes you want, higher wages, it would be a better chance if democrats were in charge and not republicans? If you have democrats that aren't working for the people, then vote for someone else who will.

I do not idolize anyone. The president has made sure that my daughter who has a pre-existing condition can get health insurance that she can afford. I appreciate that, but I do not idolize him. I do not agree with everything he has done, but all in all he is by far better than any republican, and a hell of a lot better than George W. Bush was.

I know people have it tough these days, I see it all the time. I see people that have a hard time paying their bills, but I also have seen some of them doing much better and can now catch up on those bills simply because they did find a job. As I said it could be a hell of a lot better, but not as long as republicans continue to fight every bill that might help the people and not the corporations, and that goes for some democrats that are doing the same thing. As I said the only way to change things is to vote in new people who will work for the people. It won't be easy but if we don't try, if we don't have some hope nothing will change.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
91. It's a pathology.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:50 PM
Aug 2013

I approach DU sometimes as I would if I were a person interacting with a relative or associate suffering from some sort of mental distress.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
111. I feel the same way at times.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:43 PM
Aug 2013

Wouldn't be so bad if once in a blue moon the nay sayers would actually say the president do something good, but constant trashing is just plain pathetic. Take over every thread that gives credit to the president for the good he has done, is also pathetic.

moonlady0623

(193 posts)
120. well, can you
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 05:15 PM
Aug 2013

list a few Somethings Good from oh say the last 6 months? Particularly something good that would actually benefit We the People? I voted for hope and change in 2008. It didn't happen.

Cha

(295,929 posts)
101. their job is to bring everyone down to their level
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:10 PM
Aug 2013

Not. Gonna. Happen.

Criticizing is expected but, stupid attacks on PBO's Birthday greeting thread and blinders and denial on the good that has happened when the facts are presented is way beyond criticizing .. it's just nasty mean shit.

I don't expect them to "say anything nice" but, the gratuitious venom is what says everything about them and nothing about the President.

And, reeks of an agenda other than Democratic Principles.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
134. I hear you
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 06:07 PM
Aug 2013
"I don't expect them to "say anything nice" but, the gratuitious venom is what says everything about them and nothing about the President."

Exactly. It seems like some here can only spew that venom no matter what, and that's pathetic. When they have to come in and highjack threads about the good the president has done, and spew their doom and gloom, yet get mad as hell when someone comes into one of their "anti Obama trashing threads" and actually says something positive, it really does say a lot about the poster.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
110. What's even more insane is when somebody tries to pass off
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:42 PM
Aug 2013

low wage, part time McJobs as something we should be celebrating. Sorry, but we can do better than this. Way better.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
114. Sure we can do better
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:49 PM
Aug 2013

And if I am not mistaken the president and democrats are trying to raise the national minimum wage, but as long as democrats control the house, do you think that can happen? If democrats don't get out and vote in 2014 and you end up with a republicans, or worse yet teabaggers in charge of not only the house, but the senate, do you think things will get better? Do you think there will be more high paying jobs?

President Obama has accomplished a lot, and he doesn't get on TV everyday and brag about it, but when someone here on a board that is supposed to support democrats comes on to a thread that actually points how how much good has been accomplished, and then the same old gang of "doom and bloomers" jump and and take over the thread posting nothing but negative crap, well that's pathetic!

moonlady0623

(193 posts)
123. it's that Reality shit
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 05:19 PM
Aug 2013

that keeps ripping the paper bag off my head. I know plenty of folks who have sparkly eyes over Obama and don't believe he could ever do wrong. I find that to be immature idol worship. No President is all powerful, no President can accomplish all the campaign promises, I get that. But to celebrate *MORE JOBS!!!!* when in fact they are low paying part time dead end jobs that used to be where teenagers and folks wanting to earn a little extra went, while my adult children struggle to make ends meet with multiple part time jobs and low paying jobs, is complete denial to me. It mostly keeps Democrats from demanding that something be done!

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
128. Here is some reality
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 05:44 PM
Aug 2013

Yes pays is low but in reality the president and democrats want to increase the national minimum wage. Not good enough for you?

In reality people who no longer have unemployment can find work, it may not be as much as they want, but with no other income it will help. Don't you agree?

In reality the republicans are the ones who have stopped any bill from passing that would create jobs. Have you not seen that?

In reality you can actually go to any search engine and type in "Obama's accomplishments" and find all kinds of things he has done. Have you ever tried that?

In reality we would have gone over the cliff if we would have had a McCain presidency, and even worse everything that has been fixed since president Obama took office would have been bumped, the country would have been sold off to the highest bidders if we would now have a president Romney! That should scare the shit out of anyone if you ask me.

The reality is that my comments are about all those who can NEVER say anything good about the president, those who say he has accomplished nothing, he is a complete failure. Those are the ones who do not see reality.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
77. Republicans cannot STAND it when Obama does something good.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:32 PM
Aug 2013

This new information will make their heads explode.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
97. Yeah funny thing is, they voted for him twice.
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:00 PM
Aug 2013

They can at least acknowledge when he does something and the outcome is positive. If I can, they can imo.

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)
138. Let's see the democratic party propose a $18/hour minimum wage with increases tied to
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 07:38 PM
Aug 2013

increses in cost of living expenses. Then we'll talk.

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