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Obama accuses economy skeptics of living in ´alternative reality´
Washington Examiner ^ | 3/4/16 | Joseph Lawler

Posted on 03/04/2016 3:24:56 PM PST by Nachum

(Video) Political candidates who are telling voters that the economy is bad are living in an "alternative reality," President Obama said Friday. Touting the jobs report Friday morning that showed relatively strong growth, Obama accused people skeptical of the economy of engaging in "fantasy." "There seems to be an alternative reality from some of the political folks that America´s down in the dumps. It´s not. America´s pretty darn great right now," Obama said in brief remarks delivered at the White House. Obama boasted that the unemployment rate remained below 5 percent in February while 1.5 million workers have entered the

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: alternatereality; alternative; economy; fiscalcliff; liberalagenda; obama; reality
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Liar Man-Bear-Pig's gotta lie.
1 posted on 03/04/2016 3:24:56 PM PST by Nachum
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2 posted on 03/04/2016 3:25:39 PM PST by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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The reality of Obamanomics today-

In The Past Year, The U.S. Added 360,000 Waiters And Only 12,000 Manufacturing Workers

More Older Workers Returning to Labor Force; More Long-Term Unemployed

This Wasn't Supposed To Happen: Weekly Earnings Drop Most On Record

Over 80% Of Jobs Added In January Were Minimum Wage Earners

US nonfarm payrolls totaled 242K in Feb

Labor Force Participation Improves; 93,688,000 Americans Not in Labor Force

Junk Bond Funds Report Record Inflows

Fed Makes A Stunning Discovery: "Consumers Across The Country Are Borrowing More To Buy Cars And Go To School"

3 posted on 03/04/2016 3:26:44 PM PST by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

1.5 million (mostly illegals) have entered the workforce while 5 million+ American workers have left it.


4 posted on 03/04/2016 3:27:55 PM PST by digger48
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To: Nachum

that junior has to address this shows how weak the economy really is.


5 posted on 03/04/2016 3:29:22 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

The ObAMA ECONOMY IN A NUTSHELL

Lose a job making 100k
Can only Get after that pays 20k

What a great economy your employed!


6 posted on 03/04/2016 3:31:56 PM PST by ground_fog
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To: Nachum

Pot...meat kettle.

Sorry Pres. Obama...your administration has jury rigged the employment number by simply refusing to count the millions and millions who have stopped looking for work and not treating them as the unemployed.

A 4.8% unemployment rate in tour corrupt calculations is more like 15% unemployment.

You do the same with the other metrics.

People out here in what you might call fly over land, live and feel the doldrums you have created.

It is why a Tsunami is going to come along this November and wash away all of your type...and all of the fallacies, lies, and deceit that have been the hall mark of your eight years. And leave a clean slate like you were never there.

The one thing we cannot wipe away immediately is the hurt you have inflicted...but give us a few years and then, like the Carter years they will be left behind in the joy and brightness of the turnaround that is coming.

When that occurs, Jimmy Carter will no longer be remembered as the worst US President in living memory...you will have taken over that spot.

And it will all be your own doing.


7 posted on 03/04/2016 3:32:00 PM PST by Jeff Head (Semper Fidelis - Molon Labe - Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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Obama accuses economy skeptics of living in ´alternative reality´

Well, hell, it's never been better for Soetoro, and that's what matters.

8 posted on 03/04/2016 3:32:17 PM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Nachum

More Americans unemployed and more Americans trying to survive on part time work and eighty percent of the few jobs are minimum wage only without benefits and mostly part time too. Obama keeps importing his islsmonazis invasion terrorist guerillas while GOP-e gets their unskilled Mexican cheap labor-—— a more unholy alliance has never been forged -— and it’s the regular American citizens like us that get the Royal Shaft.


9 posted on 03/04/2016 3:33:04 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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To: Nachum

One good thing about this election is you don’t hear from Lame Duck too often


10 posted on 03/04/2016 3:33:50 PM PST by Donglalinger
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There’s at least 96 million Americans living in that “alternative reality”. Those are the folks out of the labor force who gave up looking for a job.


11 posted on 03/04/2016 3:34:09 PM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Nachum
How did his grandparents tolerate his tone-deafness? How does Moochelle, 'cause you know for damn sure she know bettah. But that's ok Bobo, tee it up for Trump, and fetch some coffee for Bubba:


12 posted on 03/04/2016 3:38:13 PM PST by StAnDeliver ("Sweet, sweet tears ..")
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To: Nachum
I kept playing basketball, attended classes sparingly, drank beer heavily, and tried drugs enthusiastically. ... If the high didn't solve whatever it was that was getting you down, it could at least help you laugh at the world's ongoing folly. ...
He'd know about alternate realities.
13 posted on 03/04/2016 3:38:26 PM PST by Olog-hai
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UNREAL BUT YET REALITY


14 posted on 03/04/2016 3:42:04 PM PST by StAnDeliver ("Sweet, sweet tears ..")
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To: Nachum

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-04/over-80-jobs-added-january-were-minimum-wage-earners

February was even worse: most of the jobs that were created, if only on a goalseeked, seasonally adjusted basis, were of the lowest paying, worst possible quality as has been the case for the past 7 years as the BLS desperately seeks to “pad” its political mandate of providing proof in a recovery which however is impossible if it were to tell the truth.

As a result, as the BLS itself admitted, “job growth occurred in health care and social assistance, retail trade, food services and drinking places, and private educational services” - all of which are the lowest-paying wage groups.


15 posted on 03/04/2016 3:50:50 PM PST by ecomcon
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To: Nachum

What a tool.


16 posted on 03/04/2016 3:57:23 PM PST by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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To: Nachum

Reality Deficiency Syndrom, or RDS


17 posted on 03/04/2016 4:19:56 PM PST by saywhatagain
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To: saywhatagain
Whiplash

Obama Blames Republicans For Slow Economic Recovery

daily caller ^ | 3/4/16 | Connor D. Wolf

President Barack Obama responded to reports of slow job growth Friday by blaming Republicans who have opposed parts of his economic agenda.

Obama accuses economy skeptics of living in ´alternative reality´

Washington Examiner ^ | 3/4/16 | Joseph Lawler

"There seems to be an alternative reality from some of the political folks that America´s down in the dumps. It´s not. America´s pretty darn great right now,"

18 posted on 03/04/2016 4:30:42 PM PST by saywhatagain
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To: ground_fog

Yup...

50K to 30K for me...

But things are great...!!!


19 posted on 03/04/2016 4:36:48 PM PST by Popman
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To: saywhatagain

Wow!!

So on one hand the economy is booming. In the next breathe is slow.

Something is wrong with him. I mean that in a nice way, too


20 posted on 03/04/2016 5:00:16 PM PST by LMAO (I know Hillary and I think she'd make a great president or Vice President. Don Trump 2008)
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