It and other regulatory burdens, combined with the subsidization of not working (47.5 million receiving food stamps, 8.6 million receiving disability payments, unemployment benefits extended from 26 weeks to 73 weeks — so far), partially explain this fact provided by Richard Vedder of the American Enterprise Institute: "If today the country had the same proportion of persons of working age employed as it did in 2000, the U.S. would have almost 14 million more people contributing to the economy." Fourteen million is more than the combined workforces of 18 states.
In the rhetorical cotton candy of his inaugural address — sugary, and mostly air — Obama spoke of "investing in" rising generations, and said: "America's possibilities are limitless." He ignores the encroaching limits imposed on the nation by his policies that are funded by debt that will burden those generations.
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Nice exercise in reality denial.
But at 50% Obama's "popularity" is far higher than that of Congress. And far, far higher than that of the GOP.
Agenda to date:
Healthcare for Americans
End of the Iraq war
Exit date for Afghanistan
Unemployment down from 10% to 7.6%.(Lower than when he took office.
National debt has not doubled, and has slowed.
Taxes the More..