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Obama: ‘We’re Better Off Than When I Took Office’
But president’s bragging doesn’t match statistics
WND
Americans worried about the direction of the nation have nothing to fear – President Obama is assuring them they’re better off than when he took office in 2009.
Well, “almost.”
Speaking to supporters in Denver Wednesday, prior to a fundraiser for the reelection of Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., Obama touted his administration’s record of tax fairness, deficit reduction, health care and jobs. It was a record that will be news to millions of Americans who find themselves unemployed, underemployed or sidelined from the job market, not to mention those who lost the health-care coverage they were promised they would be able to keep.
From Obama’s speech:
“We made our tax code fairer. We cut our deficits by more than half.
“We’ve given millions more Americans the security of health care that means you won’t go broke just because you get sick.
“So, thanks to the hard work of you, and some actually pretty smart policies by us, we have come farther and advanced faster than almost any other advanced nation on Earth.
“More companies are choosing to bring back jobs from overseas, thanks to our leadership, technology and innovation.
“For the first time in more than a decade, business leaders from around the world have declared, ‘China’s not the number one place to invest, the United States is.’ And our lead is growing.
“So, despite what you may hear, there is no doubt we are making progress. By almost every measure, we are better off than when I took office. By almost every measure.”
That’s a big “almost,” according to the government’s own statistics.
Take the national debt, for example. At the end of last January, the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Public Debt reported the figure had reached $17,293,019,654,983.61 – an increase of $6,666,142,606,070.53 since Obama’s first inauguration.
And even that incomprehensible figure may be vastly underestimated, according to University of California, San Diego economics professor James Hamilton who warned last year that the government is miscalculating what it owes by leaving out certain unfunded liabilities that include government loan guarantees, deposit insurance, and actions taken by the Federal Reserve as well as the cost of other government trust funds. Factoring in those figures brings the total amount the government owes to a staggering $70 trillion, Fox News reported.
Reposted with permission
