Avorysuds
Gold Member
Government is what it is, until it's changed, and a new administration never starts with a clean slate, nor does it want to.
I wouldn't even use the phrase "what's different," but instead look at what changed by necessity, such as better oversight by the SEC of Wall Street and big banks that has occurred AFTER the Bush/Obama TARP legislation which saved the economy from further free-fall. Those changes seem to be working as promised: The promise being recovery would be slow and painful.
The latest reports are extremely encouraging, whether or not the right wants to admit it.
Gains in just about every category of merchandise and store led to retailers reporting their strongest monthly sales growth in a decade, a 9.1% sales increase, the strongest monthly sales growth in a decade.
Private employers added 162,000 jobs last month, and employment numbers in the previous two months were revised upward. The unemployment number increased by a small percentage because finally people who had stopped looking for work can see the economy improving and are back out there looking again.
IHS Global Insight says the economy has about 1.7 million more jobs today than it would have had without the stimulus.
Economic index forecasts stronger growth - USATODAY.com
GDP growth is a POSITIVE 5.6% (the highest growth in 6 years), after falling to NEGATIVE 6.4% under Bush.
The Conference Board Index of Leading Economic Indicators is up for the ELEVENTH consecutive month.
The manufacturing sector expanded in March at its strongest pace since July 2004. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives, said that its gauge of industrial companies rose to 59.6 in March from 56.5 in February. It is the EIGHTH straight month of expansion.
The Institute for Supply Managements non-manufacturing barometer rose to 55.4 in March, up from 53 in February, exceeding expectations. Much of the momentum came from a surge in new orders and business activity. It was the highest reading for the survey since May 2006. Exports also rose significantly.
The "Obama Doctrine" on foreign policy has completely changed from the "Bush Doctrine" of preemptive strikes to negotiating where possible and defense where necessary. Both the wars are winding down, not expanding. In fact, the Pentagon is now revising war strategy by moving to ground intelligence in partnership with mission-oriented military involvement, rather than injecting the military into ground wars against perceived enemy states.
LOL, run on it... L O FUCKING L....
Your attitude speaks volumes. You people don't WANT the economy to improve. Without a bad economy, you've got nothing to run against. Pathetic.
"You people"? Your attitude speaks volumes you political infant. Don't grab numbers that mean dick to the working middle class American and claim we are saved. Of course there is more money in the stock market, Obama and the FED have dumped TRILLIONS into it you idiot.
You want the economy to seem better even when it's not because without it you have nothing... You would support a failing economy over a recovery in hop0es that you can buy votes for your party... "you people" are pathetic.
200k jobs created in march 1.5 million lost~