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progressivebydesign

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4. Umm.. the private sector has added jobs every month for the past three years...

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Jun 8, 2012, 08:52 PM

Jun 2012

.. what exactly is the problem here??? Oh I know, the media is incapable of actually looking things up for themselves, instead they need to feed the manufactured outrages of the fuckheads that sent the jobs overseas, and continue bleeding the States and local municipalities dry.. so that Mittens can have that car garage.

So is it official? Did we finally hit the Idiocracy stage? Anyone with even an 8th grade education KNOWS what he meant.

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Obama backtracks on comments that private sector is doing "fine" [View all] alp227 Jun 2012 OP

When He Said That DallasNE Jun 2012 #1

Well maybe the problem is he identifies the private sector as corporations when it is so much more. dkf Jun 2012 #2

Consumers are the job creators thesquanderer Jun 2012 #3

We aren't the only consumers in the world you know. dkf Jun 2012 #8

*Small* businesses tend to cater to domestic populations. thesquanderer Jun 2012 #12

China’s auto sales grows by 16 percent in May, showing signs of stabilization dkf Jun 2012 #17

Two things... thesquanderer Jun 2012 #23

You're talking "Real World" stuff though... NorthCarolina Jun 2012 #16

OT, but I think you mean 'jibe' not 'jive' (unless you're coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #18

Maybe I was NorthCarolina Jun 2012 #22

everyone I know has purchased a new car this year. progressivebydesign Jun 2012 #5

Depends where you are and what you do. Igel Jun 2012 #7

CNC is hot in many areas right now... BadtotheboneBob Jun 2012 #10

Wow where are you? dkf Jun 2012 #9

That's nothing like what I see here Coyote_Bandit Jun 2012 #13

Unemployment rate in California is currently holding at about 11%. And then coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #19

Umm.. the private sector has added jobs every month for the past three years... progressivebydesign Jun 2012 #4

I don't know where you live and I'm happy that your region of the coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #20

'Just hours after President Obama said the "the private sector is doing fine"...' unkachuck Jun 2012 #6

that's typical broke politics as usual may3rd Jun 2012 #15

The economy is fundamentally sound. BlueIris Jun 2012 #11

...yes, sounds like trouble to me too may3rd Jun 2012 #14

The companies HAVE been doing fine; it's the American worker that's getting pissed on... Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #21