Well, maybe not<\/a>.\u00a0 Seems like in real terms (e.g., inflation-adjusted dollars), men working full-time today make less than they did 40 years ago.<\/p>\nWhat about women working full-time, you ask?\u00a0 Well, that peak was years ago, too – in 2007, to be precise.<\/p>\n
So tell me:\u00a0 how’s that “wonderful economic recovery” coming for you, folks?\u00a0 From my perspective, it doesn’t really look all that good.\u00a0 But maybe that’s just me.<\/p>\n
But not to worry, my friends.\u00a0 The current Administration says they’re not to blame, and that if we just do what they say things will straighten out “real soon now”.<\/p>\n
Problem is, we’ve been hearing pretty much that same “song and dance” from them for 5+ years now.\u00a0 And I don’t know about you, but from my perspective things are no better off now than they were 5 years ago. Instead, they kinda look worse.<\/p>\n
Fewer people are working (percentage wise) than they were in early 2009.\u00a0 More are on foodstamps.\u00a0 More are drawing “disability” instead of working.\u00a0 Hell, we’re short well over 5 million full-time jobs just to get back to the same proportion of the population working regularly as we had in early 2009 – let alone make any real progress.<\/p>\n
Don’t even get me started on the deficit.\u00a0 We’ve added over 64% to the US Federal debt in just over 5 1\/4 years.\u00a0 And the current budget proposals from the current Administration add nearly $1.1 trillion to the Federal debt in the next two years alone<\/em>.<\/p>\nAnd don’t forget that “success story of the Century” – the introduction of that wonder-of-wonders, ObamaCare.\u00a0 It’s rear-loaded, cost-wise – but it’s already screwing up things by the numbers.\u00a0 When the real cost of ObamaCare actually starts coming due in about 5 years, well – Katie bar the door.<\/p>\n
Whatever this Administration is doing – it ain’t working.\u00a0 Except maybe to improve a few folks’ golf games.<\/p>\n
Oh, that ain’t working<\/em>
\nThat’s the way we do it\u00a0 <\/em>
\nGet our money for nothing<\/em>
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