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President Barack Hussein Obama’s war on the middle class. Why?

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ZVUGKTUBM

ZVUGKTUBM

PACEDOG#1 wrote:And a jihadist

Boy are you dense......  Razz

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knothead

knothead

ZVUGKTUBM wrote:
PACEDOG#1 wrote:And a jihadist

Boy are you dense......  Razz

his hatred is palpable . . . ..sad

Wordslinger

Wordslinger

Markle wrote:Once again the middle class is dropping FIVE YEARS after the 2008 Recession.  

President Barack Hussein Obama’s war on the middle class.  Why?

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sense of belonging to the middle class occupies a cherished place in America. It conjures images of self-sufficient people with stable jobs and pleasant homes working toward prosperity.

Yet nearly five years after the Great Recession ended, more people are coming to the painful realization that they're no longer part of it.
President Barack Hussein Obama’s war on the middle class. Why? - Page 2 HouseholdIncome_zps46184091
They are former professionals now stocking shelves at grocery stores, retirees struggling with rising costs and people working part-time jobs but desperate for full-time pay. Such setbacks have emerged in economic statistics for several years. Now they're affecting how Americans think of themselves.

Since 2008, the number of people who call themselves middle class has fallen by nearly a fifth, according to a survey in January by the Pew Research Center, from 53 percent to 44 percent. Forty percent now identify as either lower-middle or lower class compared with just 25 percent in February 2008.

According to Gallup, the percentage of Americans who say they're middle or upper-middle class fell 8 points between 2008 and 2012, to 55 percent.

And the most recent General Social Survey, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, found that the vast proportion of Americans who call themselves middle or working class, though still high at 88 percent, is the lowest in the survey's 40-year history. It's fallen 4 percentage points since the recession began in 2007.

The trend reflects a widening gap between the richest Americans and everyone else, one that's emerged gradually over decades and accelerated with the Great Recession. The difference between the income earned by the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans and by a median-income household has risen 24 percent in 30 years, according to the Census Bureau.

http://news.yahoo.com/more-americans-see-middle-class-status-slipping-155155857--finance.html

How narrow Herr Markle's vision ...

His conservative brothers and sisters are against raising the minimum wage -- hell, they're against having a minimum wage at all!

The conservatives full-heartedly approved of shipping the majority of American manufacturing off shore in order to defeat unions and for bigger profits.  They weren't alone in this either.  Many of the democrats worked for the same destruction of high wage jobs in America ... so we could compete with Bangladesh.

Herr Markle is also dedicated to increasing the taxes for everyone except the ultra rich.  See the Paul Ryan budget ...

Yessirree sir, who would have expected Herr Markle to blame the destruction of the middle class on Obama and the democrats? LOL



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Wordslinger

Wordslinger

PACEDOG#1 wrote:Dude sucks no ifs ands or buts


Boy, you sure can whine. We're you really in our armed forces? I wonder?

Wordslinger

Wordslinger

PACEDOG#1 wrote:Drew red lines that Egypt and Syria  and
Russia ignored


Let's test your "facts." Ready?

What was the "red line" Obama drew in Egypt? Be specific.

The "red line" about Syria was a warning that Assad cease using chemical weapons. As far as we know, Assad up to this point in time hasn't gassed anyone since Obama's warning.

The people of Crimea voted to join Russia, Putin vowed to protect them.

Obama didn't draw a line. He said there would be international penalties.

The penalties became real in the form of economic and political sanctions, and those sanctions have been the force behind Putin's promise not to invade the Ukraine (he hasn't thus far) and to ask Obama for meetings to discuss and defuse the current crisis.

You brag about having spent most of your adult life in the military. No wonder we haven't won any wars since WWII!!

ZVUGKTUBM

ZVUGKTUBM

PACEDOG#1 wrote:And the man who has been dragging America down since the day he was inaugurated

I know Dubya took America down several notches.... It has been a long and slow climb back after the Neocons nearly wrecked Washington DC. It is so sad that you identify with them.

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ZVUGKTUBM wrote:
PACEDOG#1 wrote:And the man who has been dragging America down since the day he was inaugurated

I know Dubya took America down several notches.... It has been a long and slow climb back after the Neocons nearly wrecked Washington DC. It is so sad that you identify with them.

◾The economy continues to gain jobs, but the number of long-term unemployed is nearly double what it was when Obama became president.
◾Wages remain stagnant, increasing a scant 0.3 percent after inflation during Obama’s time. Meanwhile corporate profits are running 178 percent higher than just before he took office, and stock prices have doubled.
◾The number of low-income persons on food stamps remains just below the record level reached in 2012, with 15 percent of the population still getting benefits.
◾Health care spending has increased 15.8 percent under Obama, which is faster than inflation but modest by historical standards. But there’s scant evidence that the Affordable Care Act is causing the slowdown. The government economists and statisticians who track the spending said the law’s impact has been “minimal.”
◾U.S. exports have gone up just 34 percent — leaving the president far short of his announced goal of doubling them by the end of this year.
◾The number of people held prisoner at Guantanamo — which the president once ordered closed by January 2010 — is down only 36 percent.
◾The federal debt owed to the public has nearly doubled since Obama was sworn in, increasing by 95 percent.
http://www.factcheck.org/2014/01/obamas-numbers-january-2014-update/

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Guest

Face it, Obama was a JV player at best and not ready for the prime time

ZVUGKTUBM

ZVUGKTUBM

PACEDOG#1 wrote:Face it, Obama was a JV player at best and not ready for the prime time
 
Dubya was the waterboy for the B-Team....  Razz

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ZVUGKTUBM wrote:
PACEDOG#1 wrote:Face it, Obama was a JV player at best and not ready for the prime time
 
Dubya was the waterboy for the B-Team....  Razz

The economy continues to gain jobs, but the number of long-term unemployed is nearly double what it was when Obama became president.
◾️Wages remain stagnant, increasing a scant 0.3 percent after inflation during Obama’s time. Meanwhile corporate profits are running 178 percent higher than just before he took office, and stock prices have doubled.
◾️The number of low-income persons on food stamps remains just below the record level reached in 2012, with 15 percent of the population still getting benefits.
◾️Health care spending has increased 15.8 percent under Obama, which is faster than inflation but modest by historical standards. But there’s scant evidence that the Affordable Care Act is causing the slowdown. The government economists and statisticians who track the spending said the law’s impact has been “minimal.”
◾️U.S. exports have gone up just 34 percent — leaving the president far short of his announced goal of doubling them by the end of this year.
◾️The number of people held prisoner at Guantanamo — which the president once ordered closed by January 2010 — is down only 36 percent.
◾️The federal debt owed to the public has nearly doubled since Obama was sworn in, increasing by 95 percent.
http://www.factcheck.org/2014/01/obamas-numbers-january-2014-update/

 Razz 

B team LOL

boards of FL

boards of FL

If this thread were a work of art, I would call it "When desperation and stupidity collide."


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knothead

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boards of FL wrote:If this thread were a work of art, I would call it "When desperation and stupidity collide."


 cheers cheers cheers 

ZVUGKTUBM

ZVUGKTUBM

boards of FL wrote:If this thread were a work of art, I would call it "When desperation and stupidity collide."
 
Yep, I took the same notice about when PaceDog said President Obama was "a jihadist."
 
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Desperation and stupidity- both
Of Obama's terms of office

Guest


Guest

boards of FL wrote:If this thread were a work of art, I would call it "When desperation and stupidity collide."

If this forum were a work of art, it would be where ignorance and denial collide, topped with a little PINK ribbon.  Laughing 

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