tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41307912242598198.post6059866241190732768..comments2023-09-28T01:31:57.378-07:00Comments on The Ed Weathers Blog: ARE YOU BETTER OFF TODAY THAN YOU WERE THREE YEARS AGO? The answer might surprise you.Ed Weathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03730940686585792420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41307912242598198.post-69733901754792566692012-09-04T14:46:12.917-07:002012-09-04T14:46:12.917-07:00Ah, Rupert, with typical Republican misrepresentat...Ah, Rupert, with typical Republican misrepresentation, you keep comparing things to FOUR years ago, before Obama took office. My comparisons are to three years ago, when his policies began to take effect. Nearly all the jobs lost on his watch were part of the plummeting economy he inherited. Within a year of Obama taking, the economy started adding jobs by the hundreds of thousands. As for the price of gas, you and I both know that during their administrations, no president has any effect on gas prices. (Did you give Obama credit when gas prices dropped last spring? Will you give him credit when they drop this fall because the oil rigs are again up and running in the gulf after the hurricane?) Other than that, nothing you say refutes the fact that according to all the measures here, the economy is much better for the average American than it was before Obama's policies went into effect. Things were going south when he took office. Now they're improving. You simply have to eat that fact.Ed Weathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03730940686585792420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41307912242598198.post-35718232057857464492012-09-04T13:51:28.905-07:002012-09-04T13:51:28.905-07:00Jobs: Morre people are unemployed or underemployed...Jobs: Morre people are unemployed or underemployed today than 4 years ago. Additionally, millions have left the workforce. <br />Unemployment:There are more long-term unemployed today at any time since 1939. Additionally, 60% of Obama'a new jobs are low-wage. And the TRUE unemployment rate is closer to 15%.<br />Corporate Profits: Seriously? How could that be. Corporation and rich people are evil. How could Obama allow them to take all that money from the hard-working people of America?<br />Inflation/deflation. The price of gas has doubled since Obama entered office. If Bush was the cause of fuel inflation then, Obama MUST be the cause today. The cost of corn is way up, too, as is the cost of beef, chicken, etc.<br />Mortgage Rates: It really doesn't matter because due to Democrats' sticky fingers in THAT pie, most Americans can't afford to refinance. <br />Housing Prices: Again the housing bubble and attendant crash were a direct result of market manipulation by a Democratic congress. So, any recovery is is based on the natural adjustment of the market after the government has backed away.<br />Income: It has risen at a rate of 2.4% per year. Almost exactly the inflation rate. So, American's spending power is stagnant.<br />Ruppert BairdRuppert Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290014555954535555noreply@blogger.com