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Obama: The Country Is Better Off, People Just Don’t Feel It
Washington Free Beacon ^ | 09/28/2014

Posted on 09/29/2014 8:35:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

President Obama firmly believes the United States is better off now than when he took office, even though the American people cannot “feel” it.

During an interview with 60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft, Obama said, “the country is definitely better off than when I came into office.”

“When I came into office, our economy was in crisis,” Obama said.

The president then cited lower unemployment, private sector job growth, and deficit cuts as evidence of his administration’s success. “I can put my record against any leader around the world in terms of digging ourselves out of a terrible, almost unprecedented financial crisis,” Obama said.

When asked if the president thought the American people could feel that economic success, Obama said, “They don’t feel it.”

“The reason they don’t feel it is because incomes and wages are not going up,” he said. Obama suggested raising the minimum wage, rebuilding infrastructure, and investing in American business to continue strengthening the economy.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: economy; obama; obamainterview; obamalies
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To: csmusaret

I agree with your assessment. Few seem to pick up on that.


21 posted on 09/29/2014 8:46:21 AM PDT by hawkaw
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To: SeekAndFind

Wow, severely reduced income, soaring prices everywhere I look, racism initiated and sponsored by the state, family values and parental rights marginalized by the state, unemployment and underemployment rampant, a President who does everything in his power to protect one specific religion whose practitioners want to slaughter us. O hell yeah! how could I fail to see how much better things are. I think the A$$hat confuses his party life on the taxpayers dime with the average American.


22 posted on 09/29/2014 8:50:55 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Don’t believe your own eyes.


23 posted on 09/29/2014 8:51:46 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s too bad we’re all not as smart as Barry! Surely then we’d all understand how much better off we are

/s


24 posted on 09/29/2014 8:54:36 AM PDT by therightliveswithus
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To: SeekAndFind

Gasoline was $1.87 when Hussein took office in 2009.


25 posted on 09/29/2014 8:55:51 AM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The poor are still poor and the rich are still rich but the middle class are going further down the tubes each day.

Peachy!


26 posted on 09/29/2014 8:58:10 AM PDT by Texicanus (Texas, it's a whole 'nother country.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This moron is delusional he is a pathetic piece of trash..how many have seen this...

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/09/breaking-muslims-shouting-praise-allah-surround-ok-police-following-press-conference-on-beheading/


27 posted on 09/29/2014 9:10:48 AM PDT by PLD
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To: SeekAndFind

Wow.

I guess we’re just too stupid to realize it.


28 posted on 09/29/2014 9:13:00 AM PDT by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S.)
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To: rockrr

What a narscissist a$$hole!!!


29 posted on 09/29/2014 9:20:52 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 (Get the USA out of the UN then get the UN out of the USA; send bamaboy back to Kenya ASAP!!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind
oh we feel it alright, right in the arse...

30 posted on 09/29/2014 9:29:08 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: therightliveswithus

Yes, we’re all too stupid to see the great things he’s done for us. He reminds me of Hitler in his bunker, lamenting that the people had proved themselves unworthy of him.


31 posted on 09/29/2014 9:41:37 AM PDT by jumpingcholla34 (.)
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To: SeekAndFind
So Obama’s policies are equivalent to Botox in the butt hole? We know what's going on, we just can't feel it?
32 posted on 09/29/2014 9:45:18 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The meal has great flavor, it just can’t be tasted.


33 posted on 09/29/2014 10:03:25 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fictional)
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No really. It’s only raining on that one leg of yours and I’ve only got this itch I’m scratching.


34 posted on 09/29/2014 10:21:39 AM PDT by USCG SimTech (Honored to serve since '71)
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To: Blue Jays

Understanding Obama: The Making of a Fuehrer

http://www.faithfreedom.org/obama.html


35 posted on 09/29/2014 11:28:40 AM PDT by polymuser ( Enough is enough.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes, it’s a crisis that I pay 3-4 times as much for fuel in all forms under the Bammy administration. Just for 1 example.
Wait, that’s supposed to be an improvement that I don’t feel! Right?


36 posted on 09/29/2014 1:59:41 PM PDT by vpintheak (Keep calm and Fire for Effect!)
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