False Truths

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Example One: when your mother asks if you have done your homework, replying "since I picked up the pencil there has been a 25% reduction in the homework deficit." Or, if you have completed all of your homework thus far this semester and are trying to skip tonights "Since the beginning of my administration the homework completion average is 98%. All true but in what context.
Diablo's State of the Union or State of the PropGANDA.....
“Over the last few years, both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion — mostly through spending cuts, but also by raising tax rates on the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans. As a result, we are more than halfway towards the goal of $4 trillion in deficit reduction that economists say we need to stabilize our finances.”
This is debatable, depending on how you do the numbers. Many budget analysts measure the decline in deficits from August 2010 — which was a high point for spending. (Obama’s $2.5 trillion figure adds in interest savings from reducing anticipated debts, which is different from actually cutting spending or adding revenue.)
“After years of grueling recession, our businesses have created over 6 million new jobs.”
The president is cherry-picking a number that puts the improvement in the economy in the best possible light. The low point in jobs was reached in February 2010, and there has indeed been a gain of about 6 million jobs since then, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. But the data also show that since the start of his presidency, about 1.2 million jobs have been created — and the number of jobs in the economy is about 3.2 million lower than when the recession began in December 2007.

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Diablo continued....“After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three.”
Obama again is cherry-picking a jobs number. The low point for manufacturing jobs was reached in January 2010, and so there has been a gain of 500,000 jobs since then. But BLS data show that the number of manufacturing jobs is still 600,000 fewer than when Obama took office in the depths of the recession — and 1.8 million fewer than when the recession began in December 2007.
Moreover, growth in manufacturing jobs has essentially stalled since last July.

Subject: Re: False Truths March 10th 2013, 11:45 pm

So many new jobs, but they don't want to talk about the jobs lost!!!! I don't trust ANYBODY in DC!!!

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I just don't like Obama.

Subject: Re: False Truths March 11th 2013, 7:52 pm

TBONE21 wrote:: I just don't like Obama.

There it is! Bingo!

Subject: Re: False Truths March 11th 2013, 8:33 pm

More low wage jobs,and many high paying jobs lost. Like if you town buys 5 hybird busses That would be 5 new green jobs. It's a racket.

Subject: Re: False Truths March 11th 2013, 9:03 pm