# I PIT Obama's Jobs Speech

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obamas-jobs-speech/595499>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 7, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obamas-jobs-speech/595499 "2011-09-07T13:28:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obamas-jobs-speech/595499/61 "2011-09-08T15:02:04Z")

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Son, you’ve got to get your mind right. What you need is a good sharp dose of austerity.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obamas-jobs-speech/595499/62 "2011-09-08T20:10:10Z")

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> **[Thousands Camp Out for Job Fair as Jobless Rate Rises](https://abcnews.go.com/Business/thousands-show-job-fair-jobless-rate-rises/story?id=14336519)**
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> Thousands of unemployed waited overnight, camping out in their business suits and office heels and braving the tormenting heat in Atlanta to stand in line for a job fair Thursday. Authorities treated 20 people for heat exhaustion. The incredible...

Look at all these people who are living high on unemployment and are not wanting a job.

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**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obamas-jobs-speech/595499/63 "2011-09-08T20:42:25Z")

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[Whatever Bernanke](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44441970/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/) He doesn’t understand why consumers are so cautious?

We’re not cautious asshat, things that people actually need costs a whole lot more than it did 2 years ago.  
Never mind the price of gas, check out the prices at the grocery store or even the local Walmart Mr. Bernanke. That’s where the extra money is going.

You say high gas prices are only temporary, really, do you have any evidence for that statement?  
I don’t see food prices going down anytime soon either, especially with such fine programs as the mandated ethanol quota that makes absolutely no goddamned sense at all.

Oh and also, the way that the government calculates inflation so as to make you all look good in Washington is complete bullshit and doesn’t reflect the real price of everyday things in the real world at all.

Who gives a fuck if cars and refrigerators and plasma tv’s haven’t increased in price? How often do people need to buy those things? Food and gas and toilet paper get bought on a weekly/monthly basis not every 5 or 10 years like durable goods.

Fuck off sir.

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