{"id":7437,"date":"2012-09-06T08:17:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T15:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=7437"},"modified":"2012-09-06T08:17:47","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T15:17:47","slug":"republicansfailbasicmath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/republicansfailbasicmath\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Fail Basic Math"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>No one\u2019s saying that its never been better.<\/p>\n

No one\u2019s saying that Obama waved a magic wand and made it all alright.<\/p>\n

No one\u2019s saying that our economy has never been stronger, that we can all now relax and ease on into an era of unprecedented prosperity and comfort\u2026<\/p>\n

But the republicans need a better pitch.\u00a0 \u201cAre you better off than you were 4 years ago?\u201d\u00a0 The answer, is yes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ahhh\u2026who can forget those salad days of late 2008\u2026when the unemployment rate was soaring, the stock market was plunging, home foreclosures were piling up, corporate profits were sinking\u2026good times.<\/p>\n

UNLIKE in late 2008, jobs are now being created not lost<\/a>, GDP is rising not falling, corporate profits are (waaaaaaay) into the black…<\/p>\n

Even Romney admitted that things were better<\/a> to Laura Ingrahm, liberal darling<\/span> conservative radio hero:<\/p>\n

ROMNEY: Well, of course it\u2019s getting better<\/strong>. The economy always gets better after a recession, there is always a recovery. [\u2026]<\/p>\n

INGRAHAM: Isn\u2019t it a hard argument to make if you\u2019re saying, like, OK, he inherited this recession, he took a bunch of steps to try to turn the economy around, and now, we\u2019re seeing more jobs, but vote against him anyway?<\/strong> Isn\u2019t that a hard argument to make? Is that a stark enough contrast?<\/p>\n

ROMNEY: Have you got a better one, Laura? It just happens to be the truth.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mitt Romney, flip-flopper<\/a>:\u00a0 You see, Laura, I was FOR us being worse off before I was against us being worse off.\u00a0 Actually…no…I misspoke<\/a>!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Republicans should be jumping for joy!\u00a0 Corporate profits jumped to record highs at the end of last year<\/a>.\u00a0 The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 18% from 4 years ago (and about 100% from its early 2009 low).\u00a0 I mean, income taxes are at their lowest levels in more than 50 years<\/a>!!<\/p>\n

Well\u2026I guess \u201cvote for me because I\u2019m worth $250 million<\/a>\u201d isn\u2019t going to catapult Mitt Romney into the White House this November.<\/p>\n

Is it perfect, no?\u00a0 Do we have more work to do?\u00a0 Clearly.\u00a0 But we\u2019ve racked up some pretty considerable achievements<\/a> under our current President (Iraq War = over, Don\u2019t Ask Don\u2019t Tell = over, Osama Bin Laden = dead, automobile industry = saved, renewable energy generation = doubled<\/a>\u2026).<\/p>\n

Are we better off than we were 4 years ago?\u00a0 Yes.<\/p>\n

Good luck, Mitt.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit\"Attribution\"\"Share<\/a><\/em> Some rights reserved<\/a> by Gage Skidmore<\/a><\/p>\n

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No one\u2019s saying that our economy has never been stronger, that we can all now relax and ease on into an era of unprecedented prosperity and comfort\u2026 But the republicans need a better 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