Posted on 01/05/2014 8:37:43 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
It must be nice to a president who has overseen one of the worst recoveries in the modern era, who then moralizes those who think job creation is preferable to endlessly issuing government checks backed by paper money and nearly insurmountable debt.
But such is the life of vacationing multi-millionaire Barack Obama, who gets to look down at us while he drives by in a golf cart as small businesses are imploding in the wake of his disastrous policies. Meanwhile, the poor keep getting poorer, and the rich keep getting richer.
Dave Urbanski of The Blaze reported on the haughty message of the president towards those trying to impose some fiscal discipline on the spendlustful Democratic-dominated Congress. He cites the president’s Weekly Address, which contains some real chestnuts of holiday cheer:
"Just a few days after Christmas, more than one million of our fellow Americans lost a vital economic lifeline – the temporary insurance that helps folks make ends meet while they look for a job. Republicans in Congress went home for the holidays and let that lifeline expire. And for many of their constituents who are unemployed through no fault of their own, that decision will leave them with no income at all."
"We make this promise to one another because it makes a difference to a mother who needs help feeding her kids while she’s looking for work; to a father who needs help paying the rent while learning the skills to get a new and better job. And denying families that security is just plain cruel. We’re a better country than that. We don’t abandon our fellow Americans when times get tough – we keep the faith with them until they start that new job."
Whatever people may say about the declining unemployment numbers, the labor participation rate is at its lowest since the late 1970s. That means most of the unemployment decline is people exiting the labor force or going into retirement. There have been some hints that hiring could pick up, but ObamaCare and increased taxation will continue to dampen hiring; especially due to the uncertainty caused by the looming 2015 employer mandate (which has been unconstitutionally suspended).
Here is a clip of the president’s weekly address, where he charges the GOP with callousness:
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
So, what about all the hardship your policies are causing, Mr. President? There is increased stress in many middle class families from higher health insurance premiums, dropped plans, shifting doctors, small business requirements, new regulations, and ever more taxation. That is causing a lot of poverty, isn’t it? Are you saying you love the poor so much, Mr. President, you’re willing to create millions more of them with disastrous policies?
This may come as a shock, but there are people who disagree with the welfare state on the grounds that it spreads poverty throughout a nation. It just doesn’t strike many people as “compassionate.”
‘Blasts’
LOL
Anyone listen to him anymore?
Something his pals Bernadine and Bill were into.
this is the least self aware human being on the planet, perhaps in history. I can’t wait for the tell all books once this guy is out of office. I think we’re all going to be horrified at how close we came to doom, or near doom.
Why are the democrats still holding the Poor hostage after all these years?
True to form, Barry Soetoro always begins a speech topic with:
* a lie,
* follows with ridicule, and
* then blames a Republican for something that he is already doing.
So much for leading by example, huh “BO”?
Practice what you preach, or just put a cork in it alright.
My goodness ... I think this is the very first time I have ever gotten feisty on Free Republic. What’s come over me???
Who says we’re not on the doorstep?
Johnny Carson: “My this fellow IS shallow...”
Ed McMahan: “How shallow is he?”
What makes you think he will leave office?
It is truly amazing how this man can speak such annoying nonsense with apparently NO sense of how inappropriate his remarks are in a country hurting economically. And yet, the True Believers think he is still working hard (when does he have time to WORK at anything?) to save us all.
Ah. indeed. Good point. Please precede my last reply with the phrase, “assuming he doesn’t blow us all to hell before he leaves office . . .”
Common sense.
Your screen name will probably have to be changed now that you’re such a rebel.
” I think we’re all going to be horrified at how close we came to doom, or near doom.”
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I hope and pray you’re right, in that I’m almost expecting worse. May the United States of America survive an Obama presidency.
And I say this as a person who is now distant from the country she loves and not as aware about what is going on.
Oh, I am confident this great nation will survive 0bama’s presidency. It’s the 2016 elections I am worried about.
“Ah. indeed. Good point. Please precede my last reply with the phrase, “assuming he doesn’t blow us all to hell before he leaves office . . .””
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LOL.... sadly.
I have to get to bed but came on to the pc to listen to a bit of Def Leppard, but came across -”White Lightning,” about Steve Clark (RIP), then checked in FR while listening. So much for a bit of a smile before bed. LOL!.
I think I’ll go listen to the crazy talk on late night radio—aliens & such... ;)
“Oh, I am confident this great nation will survive 0bama’s presidency. It’s the 2016 elections I am worried about.”
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Thanks, SoCal SoCon, for the first sentence. And as for the second, where there’s life, there’s hope. :) I am an optimist with a tendency towards glumness. LOL. :)
*speaking to you from the absolutely frozen North* I hope you and yours are safe, healthy and happy this New Year.
Please ping me on your thoughts about the election. :)
You don’t believe in aliens?
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