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Originally posted by sicksonezer0
Well if you say so.
I still think he's a horrible leader and those numbers are a lot of fluff.
Originally posted by sicksonezer0
Maybe 200,000 jobs added in china.
Originally posted by seeker1963
reply to post by thepresident
and our deficit is now over 16 trillion dollars! Not much to celebrate if you ask me.....
Originally posted by Jeremiah65
I applaud the tenacity of the Obama followers. It just happens to be that I am not really one of them. I respect people's opinion and their right to seek out their own personal governing philosophy.
I am a Libertarian. My fundamental approach is fiscal responsibility and social freedom. I believe in big freedom and small government. I do not feel the government has the right to choose how people live their lives. I do not feel the government should regulate and tax small businesses into oblivion. I believe if a man wants to buy a cart and a small grill and sell cheap hot dogs along the side of the road...he should be able to do that without government interference or over regulation. I believe people should be free to pursue whatever they wish in an effort to feed, clothe and house themselves.
I believe people have a right to privacy and what they do with their bodies is their business. I believe people should be able to live and behave however they wish as long as their choices do not infringe upon the freedoms of another. What people do behind the closed doors of their home is no one's business.
My problem with the two party system is this...they are two wings of the same bird of prey...and we are the prey. I did not agree with Obama continuing the Patriot act. I did not agree with House Bill hr347 that he signed. I did not agree with NDAA and I did not agree with the healthcare mandate. If he wanted socialized medicine, fine...he should have went for the single payer system. I do not believe it is liberty or freedom to be told that I "have" to buy a product that supports and props up a private industry...health insurance...an industry that is backed up by the securities exchange. I'm sorry, it galls be to the bone.
Romney...is not going to change any of those four things I listed. He pretends to be so different but behind the rhetoric, the agenda to "control" the masses is the same...perhaps two different roads, but ultimately, the same final destination.
I commented in the other thread that I enjoyed Clinton's speech. I did. I also said I had no quarrel with Clinton...and I don't. I made a lot of bank while he was in office.
I cannot go to the polls this Novemeber and vote for "the lesser of two evils"...it is just not in me. I will vote for Gary Johnson. The Libertarian philosophy is "my" philosophy. I believe in it...I think it is what our country needs and I will stand by them...
ADP has missed big before, so its data shouldn’t be taken as rock solid
Originally posted by loam
reply to post by thepresident
That isn't exactly what your source says, now is it?
ADP has missed big before, so its data shouldn’t be taken as rock solid,
but if its estimate is largely confirmed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday
Originally posted by camaro68ss
you need 350,000 new jobs every month to keep up with population growth. The DNC likes to say 4.5 million jobs have been created since obama took office. But 6.5 million americans have entered the job market. Thats a net loss of 2 million jobs.
plus government doesnt create jobs. only the privet sector does.edit on 6-9-2012 by camaro68ss because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by crawdad1914
How many centuries of continued "expanding" will it take to pay off a 16 trillion dollar debt?
So far this "expanding economy" has cost us a few Trillion in added debt.
I dont buy into this fluff, no matter who is serving it up to me.edit on 6-9-2012 by crawdad1914 because: clarify
Originally posted by acparker7
reply to post by thepresident
Well let's not go crazy with these numbers just yet. First of all it is an estimate and by no means fact. Second, 92% of the estimated new jobs are service jobs, which strongly suggests that these new jobs are flipping burgers which are clearly not high paying/benefit receiving jobs. Thus, the common worker's standard of living continues its inevitable decline.