Obama, the Liar-In-Chief

[scottw]

Originally Posted by zimmy

Some might say pushing and signing a bill that will ensure health care for millions of people comes somewhat close to that.
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hope he tries to run on that one

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),[1] informally referred to as Obamacare,[2] is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010

January 24, 2012
More Americans Uninsured in 2011

However, more adults aged 18 to 26 now covered

by Elizabeth Mendes

This is the first article in an in-depth series on the state of health insurance coverage in America. Future articles will explore trends in types of health insurance coverage and uninsured rates across states.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More American adults lacked health insurance coverage last year than in any year since Gallup and Healthways started tracking it in 2008. The uninsured rate has been increasing since 2008, climbing to 17.1% in 2011.


at least we're covering more "children" ages 18-26...good place to start or reinforce the road to government dependence oh wait....we're actually forcing insurance companies to accept them as children so that they can stay on mommy and daddy's policy....

Young Adults Seem to Benefit From New Healthcare Law

U.S. adults aged 18 to 25 -- who are now allowed to stay on their parents' plans until age 26 because of a provision of the 2010 healthcare law -- are less likely to be uninsured than in previous years. The percentage of uninsured declined further in 2011 to 24.5%, from 27.6% in 2010 and 28.2% in 2009. Although this group is still among the most likely to be uninsured, it is the only group Gallup tracks that has seen a significant decline in the percentage uninsured in 2011.


should have made it 36.....then the numbers would be really inmpressive

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by scottw

hope he tries to run on that one

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),[1] informally referred to as Obamacare,[2] is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010

January 24, 2012
More Americans Uninsured in 2011

However, more adults aged 18 to 26 now covered

by Elizabeth Mendes

This is the first article in an in-depth series on the state of health insurance coverage in America. Future articles will explore trends in types of health insurance coverage and uninsured rates across states.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More American adults lacked health insurance coverage last year than in any year since Gallup and Healthways started tracking it in 2008. The uninsured rate has been increasing since 2008, climbing to 17.1% in 2011.
Most of the law isnt in effect. You wanted to point out that one of the few parts that went into effect has lowered the uninsured rate?


at least we're covering more "children" ages 18-26...good place to start or reinforce the road to government dependence oh wait....we're actually forcing insurance companies to accept them as children so that they can stay on mommy and daddy's policy....

Young Adults Seem to Benefit From New Healthcare Law

U.S. adults aged 18 to 25 -- who are now allowed to stay on their parents' plans until age 26 because of a provision of the 2010 healthcare law -- are less likely to be uninsured than in previous years. The percentage of uninsured declined further in 2011 to 24.5%, from 27.6% in 2010 and 28.2% in 2009. Although this group is still among the most likely to be uninsured, it is the only group Gallup tracks that has seen a significant decline in the percentage uninsured in 2011.


should have made it 36.....then the numbers would be really inmpressive

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Most of the law isnt in effect. You wanted to point out that one of the few parts that went into effect has lowered the uninsured rate?

[scottw]

Originally Posted by zimmy

Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

Most of the law isnt in effect. You wanted to point out that one of the few parts that went into effect has lowered the uninsured rate?

I could be wrong but I'd be willing to bet that most of those 18-26 year olds would prefer a job to a free ride on their parents health insurance policy and a room in their basement

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

I could be wrong but I'd be willing to bet that most of those 18-26 year olds would prefer a job to a free ride on their parents health insurance policy and a room in their basement

I hope you're right. But the fact that a large majority of those 18-26 year olds will vote for Obama, makes me think they'd prefer a handout.

How do you add $4 trillion to the debt, and still have unemployment over 8%...Not much to show for that expenditure...

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by scottw

I could be wrong but I'd be willing to bet that most of those 18-26 year olds would prefer a job to a free ride on their parents health insurance policy and a room in their basement

Luckily, pretty soon after we got the current president, we stopped purging jobs. I know, don't blame Bush

" For each job the private sector cut under George W. Bush, the private sector gained~0.09 jobs under Barack Obama (if one attributes January 2009′s job losses to Obama, the private sector eliminated ~5 jobs for every job it created under Bush). The economy would need to destroy 701,000 private sector jobs for Bush to break even with Obama (not accounting for the 125,000 jobs that the economy must create each month just to keep pace with population growth)."

Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (May 2012 Jobs Data) | Reflections of a Rational Republican

[scottw]

Originally Posted by zimmy

Luckily, pretty soon after we got the current president, we stopped purging jobs. I know, don't blame Bush

" For each job the private sector cut under George W. Bush, the private sector gained~0.09 jobs under Barack Obama (if one attributes January 2009′s job losses to Obama, the private sector eliminated ~5 jobs for every job it created under Bush). The economy would need to destroy 701,000 private sector jobs for Bush to break even with Obama (not accounting for the 125,000 jobs that the economy must create each month just to keep pace with population growth)."

Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (May 2012 Jobs Data) | Reflections of a Rational Republican

I hope he tries to run on that too

Obama’s remarks on worst job growth: Did he end it or should he own it? - The Washington Post

The Pinocchio Test


There’s no doubt that Bush owns an unimpressive record on job creation. But Obama comes in either last, second-to-last or in the bottom half among presidents since the Great Depression, depending on which way you look at the numbers. considering all of the money he spent saving and creating jobs..you'd think he'd have better results

The president said that policies from 2000 through 2008 produced the “most sluggish job growth we’ve ever seen.” Perhaps so, but the worst numbers on record occurred under his watch.

Obama chose a poor metric for measuring past administrations. To make his point with jobs data, he has to point to his own numbers and completely disavow much of them, or else ignore public-sector losses. We came close to thinking this was worth Three Pinocchios, but ultimately decided he was not necessarily including his record in the statement oh....just give him 4 he's earned it . Still, it’s a very fine line. The president should be much more careful about making such a sweeping claim.

[JohnR]

Three pages and I have a headache - time to roll a new thread