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:	post by ShadowSD at 2012-10-07 15:47:55

KEVORD said	[orig][quote]
I don't think Romney is the greatest thing since sliced bread. But Obamas programs have not moved the economy in a direction were I can really say he needs another four years to keep this ball rolling.

When I hear this point made, I don't get what the basis of comparison for this is.

The last downturn this big was the Great Depression, and took over twelve years to get out of.

From over 10% unemployment three years ago to 7.8% employment today looks like the right direction to me. -800K Jobs a Month in Jan 09 to +100K jobs a month for over two years does too.

At the very least, it really seems a completely unsupported argument to want to go back to the direction that led us to the worse set of numbers - unless I'm missing something here.

I never saw an economy in my life as bad as fall 2008. No work anywhere. I don't know man, I just don't get it. It's like if FDR lost in 1936 to someone with Herbert Hoover's policies. Or if Reagan had lost in 1984 to someone with Jimmy Carter's policies. With Obama, we're just supposed to ignore the actual numbers, I guess, why I'll never know.

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