Obama on unemployment rate: 'That's progress'

Associated Press ^ | March 4, 2011 | JULIE PACE

[Free ThinkerNY]

MIAMI (AP) -- President Barack Obama says that a slight dip in the unemployment rate to 8.9 percent is a sign of continued progress but that keeping that momentum going is important to the economic recovery.

The government reported Friday that February's jobless rate had fallen to a two-year low, down from 9 percent in January.

[Steely Tom]

I’ll tell ya something else that’ll be progress, but it won’t happen until January 2013.

[napscoordinator]

This is not a surprise. Some folks think these are doctored numbers. I don’t know but whatever the case, I knew that the President was going to use them to his advantage.

[Paladin2]

‘Tisn’t.

[napscoordinator]

I’ll tell ya something else that’ll be progress, but it won’t happen until January 2013.

The unemployment rate was our fight to win the Presidency. If it lowers 2 more points it will be VERY difficult to beat this fraud.

[BobSimons]

Obama talking with his rose-colored glasses as unemployment is twice that of President Bush.. a rate that Obama campaigned against for 2 years.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[nascarnation]

How about the amount of $$ the fed gov is receiving in tax receipts these days? How’s that number looking Baraq?

[JaneNC]

They took thousands and thousands off the records, because they say they were not longer looking for jobs. How they deduce this, I do not know.

Unemployment is about 17 per cent.

[ColdOne]

President Barack Obama says that a slight dip in the unemployment rate to 8.9 percent is a sign of continued progress

[ColdOne]

President Barack Obama says that a slight dip in the unemployment rate to 8.9 percent is a sign of continued progress NO IT IS A CONTINUED SIGN YOU AND YOUR BUNCH LIE!

[Iron Munro]

[Sooth2222]

"Labor Force Participation: At 64.2%, it was unchanged from last month, and continues to be at a 25 year low. "

What's Zero drinking? I'd like some, but I doubt I could afford it.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[Lucky9teen]

No...progress would be Obama getting a job on the chain-gang...

[BobSimons]

its a lie.. real unemployment. Gallup Finds U.S. Unemployment Hitting 10.3% in February

[libertarian27]

So when the unemployment numbers go up it’s progress and when it goes down it’s progress?

Must be that New Math

[Signalman]

Gallup says the unemployment rate is 10.3 percent. I don’t know, maybe it just me, but I tend to believe Gallup over the guvmint.

[ilgipper]

a couple more points, or a couple more tens of a percent? 8.7 would still be a disaster. I see know way unemployment drops to 6.9 in the next 18 months. If it did, yes, you are right...he’d probably have a good change for 4 more years.

[paulycy]

President Barack Obama says that a slight dip in the unemployment rate to 8.9 percent is a sign of continued progress

Progress by his numbers-cooking propagandists. Third-party estimates range from 10.3 to 12%. I bet the truth is much closer to those numbers than zer0's.