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Facts matter. Not opinion. Our economy is still going off the Obama economy. Growth has slowed since trump started meddling.
You're just a partisan.
Obama's average GDP growth over eight years, and ZERO interest rates from Fed was a pathetic 1.88%. Trump is 2,5% and the Unemployment Rate is historically low. Obama set records for people on Food Stamps, yet Trump has reduced that by SIX MILLION.
So, the Obama economy helped Wall St, but not Main St. Trump's is helping everyone, and we are now three and a half years removed from Obama, thankfully.
President Obama did the heavy lifting and his recovery act set in motion a decade of economic growth and longest streak of job creation in American history. Not even IM-POTUS Trump the barking carnival clown could slow it down.
Great job President Obama.
Obama has amazing self control to have kept quiet after all of Trump's bashing and attacks on him, his character, and his policies. Remember when Trump claimed with no evidence whatsoever that Obama wiretapped Trump tower? His supporters don't remember.
Here's the thing -- Trump doesn't want to get into a battle of words with Obama on this economy. First, Trump's handle of the English language is minimal and when pushed to defend an economic policy, or agenda Trump isn't able to speak in terms that give his policies any credibility and second.
Bringing up the state of the economy only highlights that this economy has been consistent now for 10 years.
The cumulative impact on jobs or stock market is nothing more than a result of 10 years of job growth. That contradicts EVERYTHING the Republicans sold to people in 2016 --- how horrible the economy was doing and they could do so much better.
They didn't -- jobs added, GDP hasn't been better...consistent and perhaps could have been stronger without the uncertainty with all the trade chaos.......
That's the problem -- Trump should have let this go. Twitter is lit up with charts and graphs and facts and figures showing how during Obama's Presidency economic performance -- jobs added, GDP, even stock market growth -- was as good and in some cases better than Trump has been able to achieve in a 'great economy'.......(Having written this -- reality -- Twitter is not necessarily a popular place amongst most American voters -- but it is indicative of what kind of information is circulated and highlighted in all media when Trump chooses to get into a Twitter war with someone)
Trump hasn't derailed the economy and there is really good material to be used in a campaign. But pretending all this good stuff has happened since February 2017 is lying and makes people wonder what else he lies about -- lol. (of course everything).
The giant bump in Obama's graph was the direct result of the his "Porkulous", while he did nothing to change the policies that were causing this country to leak money like a sieve for decades. Also, it wasn't hard for Obama to post "record growth" coming out of the great recession which we barely escaped. It's easy to make gains when thing have flopped so hard and prices/wages are so low.
The only good thing I give Obama credit for is "drill baby drill" which got us much closer to energy independence. He was a pushover in foreign policy, and ran up more debt than all the other presidents combined.
Obama's policies were working so well that 1200 Democrats lost their jobs due to his policies, the party was set back 100 years, and Hillary Clinton lost an election that was hers to lose. $2B down the toilet.
This speaks for itself about Obama.
Oh and he started 3 wars of choice and the Afghan Surge that got 10s of 1000s of Americans killed in the process for nothing.
Thank God for Trump. The hapless community agitator and his "kash for klunkers" BS is gone.
It was Obama's support of same-sex marriage, abortion, and transgender rights that caused that, not his economic policies.
Obama is right on the economy and the numbers prove it.
Why can’t we be adults and give them both some credit, Obama for getting the ball rolling and Trump for keeping it going by reducing government regulations and the corporate tax rate. Both have increased the deficit by ungodly numbers.
Obama policies were flat and he tried to kill American businesses by excess regulations which force many companies and jobs overseas. He raised taxes which was a deterrent to many small businesses.
The tax cuts have actually raised tax revenue...but unfortunately was erased by supported spending by both side of the aisle.
[QUOTE[The Treasury Department reported this week that individual income tax collections for FY 2018 totaled $1.7 trillion. That's up $14 billion from fiscal 2017, and an all-time high. And that's despite the fact that individual income tax rates got a significant cut this year as part of President Donald Trump's tax reform plan.[/quote]
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