Now going into a third straight year of budget and staff cuts, the district staff at my school district have just been told about massive staff cuts (me included). Why don’t you pull some more numbers out of Obama’s ass (they’re in there next to your head) and explain again about how the economy is recovering and has been for some time. Explain how real unemployment has gone down.
Look, the economy is in the shitter and everyone except you and your President know it. So out of respect for me being laid off for the second summer in a row (ya know, last hired = first fired), I order a 24 hour morotorium on any statement implying the economy has been getting better under your President.
Oh I know it’s an idiotic rant. It comes from minutes after finding out about the (job) massacre we’re having here I hear on talkradio about out we are in our 3rd year of recovery and unemployment is at its lowest point and it’s all thanks to Obama and I’m thinking, “You know, that is exactly the antithesis of what I want to hear right now.”
I’m sorry, I have plans for today. Can I go fuck myself tomorrow?
Meanwhile, enjoy a delightful–and insightful–cartoon from the Christian Science Monitor.
Eh, if the same thing were happening with McCain as President the same sources would be saying it’s all thanks to McCain.
The fact is, we got hit in 2008 with the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression, and no administration without superhuman powers would be able to turn that around completely in a mere few years. Minor improvements are worth being thankful for, but we’re nowhere near out of the woods yet.
Which is why, as you note, a lot of people are still getting hurt in the current state of the economy. Sorry to hear about your job situation, and I hope it works out okay.
I realize it’s a personal bummer for you and your family. Are you just now getting the message that you happen to be in that segment of the ‘Gummint’ that Grover Norquist and his ilk want to “drown in the bathtub”? If you happen to be a true conservative you might applaud the efforts to get rid of these over-reaching government programs.
Again, man, I do feel for 'ya - a lot of ‘us’ are in the same boat, but you do need to remember the old saying:
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.
I support President Obama, the country is better off with him in the White House, and with any luck, the entire Republican Party will implode this November so we can finish what needs to be done to repair the damage caused by two terms of conservative misadventure. Tax cuts don’t create jobs.
I hope that makes you feel better. OK, not really.
When I hear things like the OP here, I am a little boggled - you think President Obama managed to dump the global economy in 2008, before he was even President? Wow, he really IS the most powerful man alive! What, he hasn’t completely fixed everything in three years, with the Republicans dragging their feet on every motion? I guess he’s completely useless then.
ETA: And I really am sorry that you’re about to lose your job, Saint Cad. Regardless of the circumstances or the politics, that sucks.