First, the moderator said:
Stop with the charts and pictures!
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=277272
Second, 4 complaints in that little graphic:
1) trillion dollar deficits: that would have been the same no matter who was president. The deficits are a result of Bush's recession, Bush's wars, Bush's tax cuts, entitlement programs that were already in place.
No president would try to reduce the deficit while the economy is not close to full employment and there is no way the economy could get close to full employment 3 to 4 years after the Bush economic collapse.
2) gas costs and food costs rising: That's an interesting claim. When you remove food and energy from the consumer price index you wind up with a
higher rate of inflation. So food and energy is not rising. Annual rate of inflation of 1.7% is very low. The problem with the economy is low inflation due to weak demand, not high inflation. Complaining about inflation now is another way of admitting stupidity.
CPI all items = 1.7%/year
Aug 2011:226.545
Aug 2012:230.379
CPI All items less food and energy = 1.9%/year
Aug 2011:225.874
Aug 2012:230.196
3) debt exceeds the economy: debt held by the public minus the debt held by the federal reserve is 8.463 trillion which is 54% of the economy (GDP is 15.6 trillion). The debt that influences interest rates and govt's ability to borrow is the debt held by the public minus the debt held by the fed, not the gross federal debt which includes govt borrowing from trusts like social security. 54% of GDP is not an alarming number. When Clinton ran for re-election in 96, it was 42% of GDP.
1996: net public debt = 3.343 trillion, GDP = 7.838 trillion, 42% of GDP
4) food stamps at record highs: That would be the same no matter who was president. No jobs added to the private sector for 11 years meanwhile the population grew by 12% = record food stamp rolls.
Private sector employment:
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0500000001
Jan 1999: 107.402 million
Jan 2010: 106.800 million== 602,000 jobs lost over 11 years
Aug 2012: 111.400 million= 4.6 million added over 2.5years