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The President inherited a $10 trillion dollar deficit, 8.1% unemployment, 2+ wars, and the largest financial collapse since the great depression. Regardless of campaign promises, expecting a president, any to president, to make good on all our problems is at best unrealistic.
According to politifact, the President has actually kept more promises on the economy than broken.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-…
On January 20, 2009, the Dow Jones industrial average was at 7,949.09. Right now it's at 12,090.45, +34% since his inauguration.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index was at 805.22, now 1246.23. +35%
The Nasdaq composite index was, 1440.86 now 2626.77. +45%
The markets are still uncertain but not entirely as bad as it was. Obviously job creation is still the biggest issue but it's not like the president hasn't been proposing job creation bills, regardless of the constant opposition received from the opposition party.
Not trying to entirely defend the man. This is a big fucked up system and I wish there where better candidates to choose from, but I don't see how Republicans in recent time have shown themselves to be more capable of dealing with all these issues.
- voters have a short memory, Americans in general, actually. It's a 'what have you done for me lately' society.********
- not all of us doRamanisky2
- It frightens me to think of the results had McCain been elected.mg33
- if McCain had been elected, you'd be doing the same thing you are doing now. Are you guys serious?********
- voters have a short memory, Americans in general, actually. It's a 'what have you done for me lately' society.