Yes, because that's what happened. The U.S. economy is a huge machine. It takes a long time for any changes to ripple through the system. All of the policies Obama put in place would have taken a considerable amount of time to start affecting the overall economy. But just months after Obama took office, there were signs that the economy was stabilizing:
From July 2009: Fed Report Shows Economy Stabilizing http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500395_162-5196014.html
From August 2009: So the Economy Stabilized, but Just How Much? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...080202017.html
From September 2009: Fed's 'Beige Book' says economy 'stabilized' during summer http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/...during-summer/
The economy had stabilized in the summer of 2009, not because of Obama's policies but because of self-correction. Stabilization occurred before the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus) even had a chance to start having any kind of effect. Remember ... even Obama admitted that those shovel-ready projects weren't as shovel-ready as we were told they were.
I can assure you I'm not an ideologue. I don't worship at the altar of any political party.
That just goes to show you how unreliable polls are. I live in Ohio and I talk to a lot of people. I've never met anyone who credits Romney with the killing of bin Laden. Answers to poll questions can be heavily influenced by many factors, including how the questions are structured. Here's some good info on the poll you're referencing: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...-probably-not/
Well, he's got a point, because anyone who calls himself or herself a Libertarian would never champion any kind of government spending programs like the spendulus and most, if not all, bailouts. They usually believe in limited government (some to extreme levels) and leaving the markets to sort themselves out. So either you're arguing for the sake of arguing, or you're a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Yes libertarians believe in limited govermant, but it dosent have anything to do with what i asked him. I didnt champion the stimulus but it did help stabalize the economy, this is not my interpretation this is from the CBO and many economists. I didnt think the stimulus would help at all when it was signed into law but it did in fact help. Republicans also had a stimulus bill on the table at that time, and guess whats coming if Romney is elected more stimulus. If you read my response to his statement that no goverment has taxed or spent their way to prosperity, it was a simple question, do you know any successful country's that do not tax, spend or have no goverment at all? I am a Libertarian like it or not, I dont criticize everything dems do,like most on this site and i dont critcize republicans for everything they do. I am more interested in what works for the country not trying to promote a certain party. Our choice is apparently romney or obama, Im not voting for either but i think obama is a better choice. The problem on this site is the bias is so strong its almost laughable, I can venture outside of my libertarian views and say hey that worked or that was a good idea, even it it doesnt line up with my philosphy of how the country should operate. If romney wins i will say i was wrong about the election, and if he turns the country around i will support him, i dont think he will but im not afraid to give credit where credit is do.
"A man's got to know his limitations."
Everyone has some bias. Doesn't mean your opinion wasn't rationally formed or you closed yourself off to all other possibilities.
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Case in point?
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By the way this thread is supposed to be about MSNBC's over the top bias, not a referendum on Steeldawg's perception of his fellow message board poster's bias.
"A man's got to know his limitations."
Just read this thread, most responses to my posts have nothing to do with what i posted. yours for instance i said the stimulus and auto bailouts helped stabilize the economy, and you responded about myths of obama saving the auto industry and romney wanting it to go bankrupt. Then i ask mel a question and i get told im ignorant and then terminator says he has a point because im a champion of the stimulus. Look its pretty simple to see before i even disclosed what my political leanings were everyone on here was attacking me for being a liberal because my support wasnt for romney and i wasnt bashing obama at every turn.
"A man's got to know his limitations."
Food stamp usage is up nearly 50%. Unemployment when Obama took office was 7.8%, it is now 7.9%. The national debt has gone from 10 trillion to 16 trillion. Yeah, the economy is better. What a joke.
"“If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.”
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That might be the only promise Obama ever made that he's going to keep.
I read the article but it has nothing to with stabilizing the economy it simply shows that romney wanted a different bankrupcy path for the auto industry. It was showing that romney did not want the industry to go out of business thats all and really didnt have to do with obama stabilizing the economy.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/are-y...ts-2012-9?op=1
Here some charts that might shed some light on things.
Economics is like any good joke. It's not complicated. If you have to think about it too hard, it doesn't work. Average household income has gone down under Obama. So leave the detailed charts at home. Because quite simply, less money doesn't equate "better off"; particularly when things such as gas prices continue to rise under failing federal policies.
"A man's got to know his limitations."
From those charts: "The real GDP growth rate for the past three years, moreover, is similar to the most of the growth years of the Bush administration."
Well, aren't we reaching for the stars!
"You've heard people brag about 'being in the zone'. They don't know what the Hell being in the zone is about. I played in the NFL for 15 years and I was only in the zone that one time." - "Mean" Joe Greene on the 1974 playoff victory over Oakland
I give up , if you really believe obama caused the financial situation the country was in and that the economy has gotten worse thenn it was four years ago then you are simply not doing your homework.
He didn't cause the financial situation, but no one is saying he did. All I'm saying is that it's insanely obvious he doesn't know how to fix it. I'm not sure Romney can either, but Obama has already gotten his shot and made things worse. So he's fired.
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Food stamp usage is up nearly 50%. Unemployment when Obama took office was 7.8%, it is now 7.9%. The national debt has gone from 10 trillion to 16 trillion.
"A man's got to know his limitations."
I never once said limited goverment = no goverment
"A man's got to know his limitations."