Don’t buy the lie that Obama’s leaving behind a healthy economy ### AS I HAVE SAID!

boards of FL wrote:

Markle wrote:

boards of FL wrote:The economy grew at 3.2% annualized for the third quarter of 2016.  We have seen nearly 12 million private sector jobs added over the last 8 years.  We're at full employment.

Yeah.  Obama is handing of a good economy to Trump - particularly in contrast to the economy that the last Republican president handed off.  

Lame Duck President Barack Hussein Obama is the ONLY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY who has gone their entire term in office without a single year with growth above 3%.

Increased the DEBT by more than ALL PRIOR PRESIDENTS COMBINED.

You must have missed how the Labor Participation Rate has declined sharply and most of the jobs you boast about are part time or jobs the workers do not want.

First I'll address the 3% line.  As our economy grows, it becomes harder and harder to grow at 3%.  Economies like China grow at faster rates because they are rising from a starting point of extreme poverty to a point of an industrialized nation.  The US, on the other hand, has been industrialized for many decades.  Our economy grew fairly quickly throughout the mid 20th century because women entered the workforce.  It grew even more quickly even later in the 20th century because we introduced computers, automation, and international trade.  We are reaching a point at which growth will be stagnant outside of some extreme technological improvement.  Every other industrial nation is experiencing this same drag.  But, nevertheless, the US has outperformed every other industrialized nation economically under Obama.  This was not the case under the last republican president.  In fact, the last republican president dragged the entire world economy into turmoil.  And even in spite of all of this, the average GDP growth under Obama still exceeds the average GDP growth under Bush.  We have seen 12 million jobs added to the economy under Obama.  We lost 400k jobs under Bush.  Long story short, there is no comparison here.  Seriously.  Bush was the worst US president of my lifetime.  Trump will unseat him, unfortunately.  But Bush was the worst of all time.  Obama, on the other had, was the best.  And Clinton was easily the second best.  These are objective facts based on the reality of the economic data points.   There is no debate about this.  There is no room for subjective opinion here.   Moving on...

Markle wrote:

boards of FL wrote:

Markle wrote:

boards of FL wrote:The economy grew at 3.2% annualized for the third quarter of 2016.  We have seen nearly 12 million private sector jobs added over the last 8 years.  We're at full employment.

Yeah.  Obama is handing of a good economy to Trump - particularly in contrast to the economy that the last Republican president handed off.  

Lame Duck President Barack Hussein Obama is the ONLY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY who has gone their entire term in office without a single year with growth above 3%.

Increased the DEBT by more than ALL PRIOR PRESIDENTS COMBINED.

You must have missed how the Labor Participation Rate has declined sharply and most of the jobs you boast about are part time or jobs the workers do not want.

First I'll address the 3% line.  As our economy grows, it becomes harder and harder to grow at 3%.  Economies like China grow at faster rates because they are rising from a starting point of extreme poverty to a point of an industrialized nation.  The US, on the other hand, has been industrialized for many decades.  Our economy grew fairly quickly throughout the mid 20th century because women entered the workforce.  It grew even more quickly even later in the 20th century because we introduced computers, automation, and international trade.  We are reaching a point at which growth will be stagnant outside of some extreme technological improvement.  Every other industrial nation is experiencing this same drag.  But, nevertheless, the US has outperformed every other industrialized nation economically under Obama.  This was not the case under the last republican president.  In fact, the last republican president dragged the entire world economy into turmoil.  And even in spite of all of this, the average GDP growth under Obama still exceeds the average GDP growth under Bush.  We have seen 12 million jobs added to the economy under Obama.  We lost 400k jobs under Bush.  Long story short, there is no comparison here.  Seriously.  Bush was the worst US president of my lifetime.  Trump will unseat him, unfortunately.  But Bush was the worst of all time.  Obama, on the other had, was the best.  And Clinton was easily the second best.  These are objective facts based on the reality of the economic data points.   There is no debate about this.  There is no room for subjective opinion here.   Moving on...

Please show us a reliable source for the false statement.  Given that is false, the rest of your statement is also malarkey.

It might be true if the size of the pie was limited, it is not!  That is another fact Progressives refuse to recognize.

boards of FL wrote:

Markle wrote:

boards of FL wrote:

Markle wrote:

boards of FL wrote:The economy grew at 3.2% annualized for the third quarter of 2016.  We have seen nearly 12 million private sector jobs added over the last 8 years.  We're at full employment.

Yeah.  Obama is handing of a good economy to Trump - particularly in contrast to the economy that the last Republican president handed off.  

Lame Duck President Barack Hussein Obama is the ONLY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY who has gone their entire term in office without a single year with growth above 3%.

Increased the DEBT by more than ALL PRIOR PRESIDENTS COMBINED.

You must have missed how the Labor Participation Rate has declined sharply and most of the jobs you boast about are part time or jobs the workers do not want.

First I'll address the 3% line.  As our economy grows, it becomes harder and harder to grow at 3%.  Economies like China grow at faster rates because they are rising from a starting point of extreme poverty to a point of an industrialized nation.  The US, on the other hand, has been industrialized for many decades.  Our economy grew fairly quickly throughout the mid 20th century because women entered the workforce.  It grew even more quickly even later in the 20th century because we introduced computers, automation, and international trade.  We are reaching a point at which growth will be stagnant outside of some extreme technological improvement.  Every other industrial nation is experiencing this same drag.  But, nevertheless, the US has outperformed every other industrialized nation economically under Obama.  This was not the case under the last republican president.  In fact, the last republican president dragged the entire world economy into turmoil.  And even in spite of all of this, the average GDP growth under Obama still exceeds the average GDP growth under Bush.  We have seen 12 million jobs added to the economy under Obama.  We lost 400k jobs under Bush.  Long story short, there is no comparison here.  Seriously.  Bush was the worst US president of my lifetime.  Trump will unseat him, unfortunately.  But Bush was the worst of all time.  Obama, on the other had, was the best.  And Clinton was easily the second best.  These are objective facts based on the reality of the economic data points.   There is no debate about this.  There is no room for subjective opinion here.   Moving on...

Please show us a reliable source for the false statement.  Given that is false, the rest of your statement is also malarkey.

It might be true if the size of the pie was limited, it is not!  That is another fact Progressives refuse to recognize.

Sorry for being late to respond.

Here you are, Markle.  This is from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.  This is the official calculation of GDP.

https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm

3.2%.  

Now, Ole' Man Markle, stand corrected, and go have a seat in your rocking chair.

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