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Obama in Florida will tout benefits of economic stimulus
Associated Press ^ | Feb 26, 2016 10:35 AM EST | Darlene Superville

Posted on 02/26/2016 7:50:03 AM PST by Olog-hai

President Barack Obama is heading to Florida to tout the benefits of the massive economic stimulus bill he signed shortly after taking office seven years ago.

Obama pumped more than $760 billion into a then-slumping economy beginning in early 2009 in a frantic effort to halt the worst economic downturn in generations. It was an unsettling period for many Americans as hundreds of thousands of jobs disappeared, unemployment climbed into double digits and home values plummeted.

Obama will argue during a stop in Jacksonville on Friday that the country is on a more solid footing because of this and other "tough choices" he made early in his first term.

"I think by all measures ... there's no denying that the American people and our nation are in much better condition than it was seven years ago," said Obama's spokesman, Josh Earnest. ...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: arra; joshearnest; liberalagenda; obama; porkulus; shovelready; stimulus; twentytrillion

1 posted on 02/26/2016 7:50:04 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

And not a penny was wasted due the tireless oversight of “Stimulus Sheriff” SlowJoe Biden.


2 posted on 02/26/2016 7:52:04 AM PST by nascarnation (RIP Scalia. Godspeed)
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To: Olog-hai

And Hillary’s accomplishments


3 posted on 02/26/2016 7:52:33 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (My first choice is Trump he knows economics and tricks politicians use to line their pockets. Cruz2)
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To: Olog-hai

Who actually listens to this guy?


4 posted on 02/26/2016 7:53:20 AM PST by funfan
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To: Olog-hai
"..."I think by all measures ... there's no denying that the American people and our nation are in much better condition than it was seven years ago..."

Holy smokes. This reeks of the Soviet Politburo.

Except that the Soviet Politburo might not have believed their own crap they fed to others.

5 posted on 02/26/2016 7:55:21 AM PST by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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To: Olog-hai

Shovel Ready!

Recovery Summer!

Hope and Change!

Fail.


6 posted on 02/26/2016 7:55:46 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Olog-hai

One Question Resident Obama:

You were entrusted with $900 billion dollars in Stimulus money to rebuild the nations infrastructure and finance “shovel ready jobs” that you later admitted never really existed?

That $900 billion seems to have magically vaporized with no physical evidence that it ever existed.

Will you account to America for the $900 billion dollars placed under your care?


7 posted on 02/26/2016 7:58:18 AM PST by Iron Munro (Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth -- Mike Tyson)
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To: Olog-hai

Yeah and the longest running recession recovery in US history.


8 posted on 02/26/2016 7:58:47 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Olog-hai

I was completely unaware that Obama pushed legislation that lowered taxes and regulations to create a more business friendly climate in Florida.


9 posted on 02/26/2016 8:05:43 AM PST by yuleeyahoo ( Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him. - Groucho Marx)
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To: Olog-hai

GOLF GOLF GOLF ,nothing else


10 posted on 02/26/2016 8:15:57 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Olog-hai

He should go down to Liberty City and tell everybody how great they’ve got it. Hey, they live in abject poverty while the black politicians they vote for live in mansions, but they got their Obama phones.


11 posted on 02/26/2016 8:19:03 AM PST by Kenton
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To: Olog-hai
At least we all got 500 bucks when the evil retarded chimp Bushy McHitler was preeze!

Allah we got from Hussein is more jihadiis!

12 posted on 02/26/2016 8:22:05 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: Kenton

Sounds just like the USSR.


13 posted on 02/26/2016 8:26:35 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Fed money(literally)into Wall St. and pennies "trickled down" into the broader economy.

Imagine a Republican doing that, and the "1%" smear campaign that would ensue by MSM/left-wing pols/pundits.

(shhhhh...don't say a word, he`s OUR turd)

#dem1%liesdontmatter

14 posted on 02/26/2016 8:30:38 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Political Correctness is a kool-aid drinking suicide cult)
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To: Olog-hai

Into the “black hole” that is Jacksonville, FL- and speak to his “constituencies”— minority machine leaders, the “enviro-whacko” white guilt stoners, and.... the banks and insurance cos. who are still getting fedgov money in their coffers to trickle down to their investment accounts and overseas speculation (not shovel ready at home work they would finance).

OH, and be sure to expect a cameo appearance by the never-ending grafter and skimmer— Rep. Corrine Brown— cause “Corrine Delivers!” (her slogan- seriously) to her uh, “constituents”. Corrupt annnnnd self-righteous at the same time.

The juxtaposition of Jacksonian democrats (who formed the city so named), the black lib/enviro machine, and the overrun with freaking liberal Yankees and their Northern mob go-betweens-— lies just to the north of Ponte Vedra and the PGA...

the PEE GEE AAAAAAA! So obamaumao can play better golf in Cuba. Maybe he could stop in Daytona and visit Batista’s descendants (where Batista flew after Fidel took Havana). Always watch where the grifters and rip off artists go, and what they will do. This dictator thinks he will stay in DC and that people will listen to him.


15 posted on 02/26/2016 8:42:45 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Olog-hai

Still Report #628 - Carrier Corp Got $5M Obama Stimulus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5RvhE-R3dE


16 posted on 02/26/2016 8:51:03 AM PST by Whenifhow
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To: headstamp 2

8 years and counting, and counting, and counting. Still digging the way out of this hole.


17 posted on 02/26/2016 9:02:14 AM PST by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

Hey, Bernie Fans.....$960 million would have paid off a LOT of student loans!


18 posted on 02/26/2016 9:02:24 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Iron Munro
Will you account to America for the $900 billion dollars placed under your care?

Well, there were all those green-energy projects. How many jobs were not produced by them?

19 posted on 02/26/2016 9:50:08 AM PST by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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