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TEN POINT TWO PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT FUCK OBAMA

dems, you really botched this whole "economy" thin...
Passionate pea-brained indian lodge
  11/06/09
Retarded. The concessions to the conservatives were arguabl...
Underhanded psychic ape
  11/06/09
What, the $100B of the original $850B package? Please.
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
Non-responsive. Retarded, too? If you want to carp about...
Underhanded psychic ape
  11/06/09
Oh hai Paul Krugman, that's not fucking related to what Obam...
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
lol, most of concessions were to dems and their donors
Elite locale famous landscape painting
  11/06/09
So what would unemployment be if we had elected McCain?
vermilion learning disabled headpube stead
  11/06/09
BUT WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE, you dumb cunt, this is a FUCK...
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
The point is, dipshit, the fucking President can't control t...
vermilion learning disabled headpube stead
  11/06/09
how can this happen in America?
motley gaped garrison
  11/06/09
Shitty politicians, stupid voters, and a leader who governs ...
Talking sickened trailer park striped hyena
  11/06/09
yeah, because the economy was so rosy before January.
maroon partner tanning salon
  11/06/09
are you fucking serious? in case you haven't noticed, 7.2...
Passionate pea-brained indian lodge
  11/06/09
so your argument is that unemployment would have held steady...
maroon partner tanning salon
  11/06/09
i just want obama to KEEP HIS FUCKING WORD that his stimulus...
Passionate pea-brained indian lodge
  11/06/09
Uh, are you serious? Much of the rest of the world is passi...
Talking sickened trailer park striped hyena
  11/06/09
What are you talking about? EU unemployment is projected to...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
the eurozone's current unemployment rate is 9.7%. the EU as...
Passionate pea-brained indian lodge
  11/06/09
Right, but those countries have super generous automatic sta...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
you're damn right i am, to some extent. all that guy does i...
Passionate pea-brained indian lodge
  11/06/09
But a more left leaning response to the economy isn't a real...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
THE BUCK STOPS AT THE TOP. my "beef" is mainl...
Passionate pea-brained indian lodge
  11/06/09
I don't know what you mean by fail. in the absence of the s...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
obama's people said the following: -the stimulus means un...
Passionate pea-brained indian lodge
  11/06/09
How is that lying? The economy is even worse than forecast....
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
they LIED about the stimulus keeping unemployment from risin...
Passionate pea-brained indian lodge
  11/06/09
It wasnt a lie. Thats what their numbers showed. The calcu...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
For national security purposes he should start bombing the S...
Bateful jet-lagged stag film
  11/06/09
Republicans don't have the votes to stop shit, moron. Dems c...
Racy Heaven Karate
  11/06/09
Filibuster
Bateful jet-lagged stag film
  11/06/09
You may want to look into the 60 vote supermajority in the s...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
So they impatiently passed a shittty bill instead of waiting...
Racy Heaven Karate
  11/06/09
There is no guarantee they could have gotten through the Sen...
Bateful jet-lagged stag film
  11/06/09
"those countries have super generous automatic stabiliz...
vivacious disrespectful church
  11/06/09
http://michaelscomments.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/stimulus...
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
lolty
free-loading pale pistol
  11/06/09
Fuckin hate Obama
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
TCR.
Talking sickened trailer park striped hyena
  11/06/09
Plus let's not forget the amount of money generously spent b...
charcoal rehab
  11/06/09
http://michaelscomments.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/stimulus...
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
What percentage of those 10.2% aren't even really looking fo...
Emerald azn
  11/06/09
1981-01 7.50 7.5 Reagan Min. Wage = $3.35 1981-02 7...
Boyish range
  11/06/09
urrite dood, obama should have made time stand still.
histrionic party of the first part boistinker
  11/06/09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR-A4QFHZBA
mewling casino coffee pot
  11/06/09
Here's the real question - what does Obama need to fuck up b...
Talking sickened trailer park striped hyena
  11/06/09
hard to say. the thing about american voters and americans ...
Passionate pea-brained indian lodge
  11/06/09
http://michaelscomments.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/stimulus...
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
Unemployment hit 11% in 1983, yet Reagan was re-elected by a...
Honey-headed chapel
  11/06/09
relevance?
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
That GOP faggots who are ripping Obama for economic conditio...
Bateful jet-lagged stag film
  11/06/09
Reagan was doing things to try and help the economy recover,...
Odious Gay Wizard Home
  11/06/09
REMINDER: http://michaelscomments.files.wordpress.com/200...
Abusive orange puppy jew
  11/06/09
ty
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
that assumes he lets all the banks fail sending us into the ...
Elite locale famous landscape painting
  11/06/09
lol, that's nothing. Unemployment in Spain is 20%.
Emerald azn
  11/06/09
it appears to be 17.9% http://eleconomista.com.mx/notas-i...
Passionate pea-brained indian lodge
  11/06/09
All the young unemployed in Spain are just chilling on the ...
Emerald azn
  11/06/09
how can we implement the same model in america?
Passionate pea-brained indian lodge
  11/06/09
wtf, ARE CULTURE
Emerald azn
  11/06/09
It would require having as high of a white population as Spa...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
take all niggers to the beach?
Black supple whorehouse fanboi
  11/06/09
aren't they SOSHULISTS though?
internet-worthy sepia goal in life box office
  11/06/09
Fuck, and Obama is signing yet another unemployment extensio...
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
It's a stealth stimulus bill, and a good idea, too.
Underhanded psychic ape
  11/06/09
yeah, 99 weeks in many states, including California. Chill o...
Abusive orange puppy jew
  11/06/09
high five
pearl hot sanctuary
  11/06/09
Sounds productive... instaed of hiring them to build electro...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
I love how every fucking left wing media spin article starts...
Racy Heaven Karate
  11/06/09
But it was the right that fought for the stimulus to take th...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
Trust me they will.
Bateful jet-lagged stag film
  11/06/09
Obama should have front loaded the stimulus and focused more...
Big dog poop
  11/06/09
Thats exactly what he tried to do, it was blocked by republi...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
link to republicans blocking private sector job creation.
Racy Heaven Karate
  11/06/09
http://newsletters.agc.org/highway/2009/02/12/stimulus-compr...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
I'm sorry, is Mary Landrieau a Republican?
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
No, but the 100% of republicans in the senate who voted agai...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
why do you seem to be under the ridiculous impression that &...
Racy Heaven Karate
  11/06/09
This is FUCKING GARBAGE. The Republicans can't FUCKING BLOC...
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
of course they can. centrist democracts cant politically vo...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
This will be news to Nancy
fuchsia heady toaster
  11/06/09
I'm not holding that out as good policy, I'm just using it t...
Racy Heaven Karate
  11/06/09
Obama did propose a job creation tax credit, but it was stri...
Burgundy gaping tattoo
  11/06/09
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/56332 Yeah, I guess d...
Racy Heaven Karate
  11/06/09
Are biologists, mechanical engineers, and construction worke...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
hahahahahhahahahahahha they're still ALL unemployed you reta...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
A lot of research seems stupid now but tends to pay off long...
canary field corn cake
  11/06/09
y da h8 against WGWAG brah?
Black supple whorehouse fanboi
  11/06/09
i agree with this. most job creation occurs not in the gover...
charismatic principal's office
  11/06/09
There was no financing whatsoover available for small firms ...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
What exactly would those companies have done with those extr...
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
Disingenuous and stupid point. When news media say that, th...
Underhanded psychic ape
  11/06/09
So this group of "experts" has been caught by surp...
Racy Heaven Karate
  11/06/09
Economists are mostly dumb, but that doesn't make you smart.
histrionic party of the first part boistinker
  11/06/09
You knew that unemployment was going to be 10.2 and not 9.9?
Thriller New Version
  11/06/09
lagging indicator.
Marvelous chestnut site jap
  11/06/09
tyft
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
The jobs number isn't pretty, but job losses have substantia...
Burgundy gaping tattoo
  11/06/09
So I'm just curious, was it the REPUBLICANS who lobbied to h...
Racy Heaven Karate
  11/06/09
You are such an insufferable cunt fag. There wasn't a singl...
Mahogany aromatic station laser beams
  11/06/09
Republicans weren't bringing anything to the table.
Burgundy gaping tattoo
  11/06/09
That is untrue
fuchsia heady toaster
  11/06/09
your hackery is unbearable
free-loading pale pistol
  11/06/09
Explain, pumo
Burgundy gaping tattoo
  11/06/09
Lord you are a fucking hack. It's good to see the blacks sti...
internet-worthy sepia goal in life box office
  11/06/09
as always. but Jews do that too.
Black supple whorehouse fanboi
  11/06/09
Really unbelievable that you find HOAP in losing on 200K job...
shivering bat-shit-crazy half-breed
  11/06/09
the stimulus has been a 200 bil dollar disaster
internet-worthy sepia goal in life box office
  11/06/09
800 billion. Not to mention, 800 billion could have emplo...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
PSA: We live in a more efficient society with less need for ...
Light old irish cottage
  11/06/09
i thought the new "computer/Internet economy" was ...
impressive contagious cuckold
  11/06/09
Hence the term: underemployed
Odious Gay Wizard Home
  11/06/09
this argument was being made in the late 90s. so it would wo...
impressive contagious cuckold
  11/06/09
Dude, I don't know, but my workweek seems to get longer and ...
Odious Gay Wizard Home
  11/06/09
Why would anyone employ 4 people at 10 hours a week when the...
Light old irish cottage
  11/06/09
because the productivity would be 4x higher with the 4 worke...
impressive contagious cuckold
  11/06/09
A company can only have so much success thanks to competitor...
Light old irish cottage
  11/06/09
The problem with "more production" all it means is...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
Because the Collective Bargaining agreement says you have to...
Odious Gay Wizard Home
  11/06/09
Oh ok sounds great bang bang... Instead of the gov just redo...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
I wasn't offering an answer you mouthbreather. Merely a part...
Light old irish cottage
  11/06/09
It's an explanation that is fucking stupid... as 800 million...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
because China is the model for America you mouthbreather.
Light old irish cottage
  11/06/09
They're doing a lot better business than we are right now wi...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
lol
Light old irish cottage
  11/06/09
LOL as you haven't ever set foot there before.
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
yes of course you mouthbreather. Lets throw a significant po...
Light old irish cottage
  11/06/09
hahahha... you realize the significant portion of your popul...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
yes because there are entire towns in the US that are plague...
Light old irish cottage
  11/06/09
Lol right... Sweden is having huge issues "maintaining ...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
It doesn't matter - that simple motherfucker is just going t...
Odious Gay Wizard Home
  11/06/09
its actually 17.5% when you factor in underemployment and pe...
Elite locale famous landscape painting
  11/06/09
yep
internet-worthy sepia goal in life box office
  11/06/09
If you want to use that figure, make sure you compare it to ...
Burgundy gaping tattoo
  11/06/09
Doesn't matter if you did... that figure was like 6% back in...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
Yeah, I'm trying to find it monthly over time going back. BL...
Burgundy gaping tattoo
  11/06/09
I think what has changed is how MUCH higher it's become.. be...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
yes, I am just pointing that out. Politicians whether dem or...
Elite locale famous landscape painting
  11/06/09
OK, 6.8% in Oct. 2000 vs. 17.5% now. 7.9% in Dec 2007 vs. 17...
impressive contagious cuckold
  11/06/09
Tks for the link Broke 10% in June 2008.
Burgundy gaping tattoo
  11/06/09
...
impressive contagious cuckold
  11/06/09
like earl and TMF?
Black supple whorehouse fanboi
  11/06/09
Yeah, factor in all the bums who are chilling on benefits.
Emerald azn
  11/06/09
and your buddy TDK who is slanging phones at Best Buy
Elite locale famous landscape painting
  11/06/09
Doing your best to stimulate consumption?
Emerald azn
  11/06/09
I bought some batteries and some Jameson to drown my sorrows
Elite locale famous landscape painting
  11/06/09
where will it peak? who will stop the unemployment juggernau...
Hilarious Senate
  11/06/09
Nothing will. I'm surprise the market didn't crash comple...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
fucking companies are enjoying a jobless recovery. worker pr...
puce high-end state sneaky criminal
  11/06/09
look REALLY hard at this graph and tell me. http://michae...
impressive contagious cuckold
  11/06/09
that tells me nothing other than Obama's stimulus under-deli...
Hilarious Senate
  11/06/09
I wonder how hard the market will crash once they realize wh...
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
Probably 11%+
Cocky bright school
  11/06/09
that graph assumes he didnt act with anything
Elite locale famous landscape painting
  11/06/09
the red dots are the actual unemployment numbers.
Abusive orange puppy jew
  11/06/09
200K jobs lost or destroyed.
shivering bat-shit-crazy half-breed
  11/06/09
...
Hilarious Senate
  11/06/09


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Date: November 6th, 2009 8:43 AM
Author: Passionate pea-brained indian lodge

dems, you really botched this whole "economy" thing.

YOU RETARDED FUCKING ASSHOLES. WHY DID YOU DESIGN SUCH A SHITTY STIMULUS.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/33714693

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195030)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:33 AM
Author: Underhanded psychic ape

Retarded. The concessions to the conservatives were arguably the worst parts of the stimulus.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195132)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:35 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

What, the $100B of the original $850B package? Please.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195140)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:43 AM
Author: Underhanded psychic ape

Non-responsive. Retarded, too?

If you want to carp about the unemployment rate, it's because the stimulus was too small.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195166)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:47 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

Oh hai Paul Krugman, that's not fucking related to what Obama wanted (under $1T) or what his economic team promised, cunt.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195182)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:53 AM
Author: Elite locale famous landscape painting

lol, most of concessions were to dems and their donors

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195993)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:06 AM
Author: vermilion learning disabled headpube stead

So what would unemployment be if we had elected McCain?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195258)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:11 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

BUT WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE, you dumb cunt, this is a FUCKING OBAMA THREAD, we're not FUCKING TALKING ABOUT MCCAIN, you hack shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195287)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:12 AM
Author: vermilion learning disabled headpube stead

The point is, dipshit, the fucking President can't control the fucking economy. Keynsians are wrong. HTHHTHTHTHTHT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195299)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 8:49 AM
Author: motley gaped garrison

how can this happen in America?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195034)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 8:58 AM
Author: Talking sickened trailer park striped hyena

Shitty politicians, stupid voters, and a leader who governs by cult of personality.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195046)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 8:49 AM
Author: maroon partner tanning salon

yeah, because the economy was so rosy before January.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195035)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 8:51 AM
Author: Passionate pea-brained indian lodge

are you fucking serious?

in case you haven't noticed, 7.2% unemployment IS INDEED better than 10.2%.

and that's 10.2% using those bullshit juked stats. the real rate is around 17%.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195036)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 8:52 AM
Author: maroon partner tanning salon

so your argument is that unemployment would have held steady at 7.2% or would have possibly improved by now if Obama hadn't passed the stimulus? how would that have worked, exactly?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195039)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 8:58 AM
Author: Passionate pea-brained indian lodge

i just want obama to KEEP HIS FUCKING WORD that his stimulus program will keep unemployment below 8%, let alone 10.2%!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195045)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:01 AM
Author: Talking sickened trailer park striped hyena

Uh, are you serious? Much of the rest of the world is passing lower stimulus that's both front-loaded and aimed at keeping people employed. The US did the opposite of that. Hence the EU is kicking our ass, at which point I'm shocked the population isn't furious.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195049)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:17 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

What are you talking about? EU unemployment is projected to hit 10.7 in 2010, and it was the GOP that required that more of the stimulus be tax cuts rather than aid to states which would have been used to maintain employment levels.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195079)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:19 AM
Author: Passionate pea-brained indian lodge

the eurozone's current unemployment rate is 9.7%. the EU as a whole includes lots of festering TTT former warsaw pact countries that drag up the average. but countries like the netherlands have rates in the 4% range.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195087)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:29 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

Right, but those countries have super generous automatic stabilizer social safety nets. If you are saying that Obama's mistake was not to literally convert the U.S. economy to a socialist system then you are criticizing from the left.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195122)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:32 AM
Author: Passionate pea-brained indian lodge

you're damn right i am, to some extent. all that guy does is shovel money to lloyd blankfein, as though that unctuous fuck doesn't have enough already.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195129)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:39 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

But a more left leaning response to the economy isn't a realistic choice. recall that the stimulus only passed because the administration agreed to take out direct stimulus in favor of tax cuts, in addition to cutting the overall size of the package. Your beef isn't with obama, its with people like lieberman, nelson, susan collins, and olympia snowe.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195152)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:40 AM
Author: Passionate pea-brained indian lodge

THE BUCK STOPS AT THE TOP.

my "beef" is mainly with the ludicrous promises that OBAMA'S OWN PEOPLE MADE about that fucking stimulus package.

just be honest and admit that it's probably gonna fail.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195156)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:42 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

I don't know what you mean by fail. in the absence of the stimulus things would be a complete disaster right now. What was needed is the larger, less tax cut based stimulus initially proposed, that was rejected by the GOP.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195162)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:44 AM
Author: Passionate pea-brained indian lodge

obama's people said the following:

-the stimulus means unemployment caps out at 8%

are you saying that obama's own people are total and completely discredited shameless whore liars?

if so, why the fuck should anyone ever trust anything out of those folks? you'll just get torched again by their bullshit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195169)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:46 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

How is that lying? The economy is even worse than forecast. The proper response is more stimulus, which the administration would love to do, but the opposition is preventing.

What do you suggest that they should have done instead of the stimulus?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195178)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:48 AM
Author: Passionate pea-brained indian lodge

they LIED about the stimulus keeping unemployment from rising above 8%!

i no longer care what they do. JUST DON'T LIE ABOUT WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED.

and you know what? if obama actually wants a more robust liberal stimulus, why doesn't he get out there and fucking LOBBY for it? all he does is "compromise" like a fucking no-principles pussy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195183)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:52 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

It wasnt a lie. Thats what their numbers showed. The calculations were publically available and transparent. Economic forcasting isnt a science like physics. they may have been wrong, which goes to their competence, but they werent dishonest.

Obama pushed for the biggest stimulus that was politically feasible. Do you want him to somehow disband congress?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195200)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:55 AM
Author: Bateful jet-lagged stag film

For national security purposes he should start bombing the Senate to end faggot filibusters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195212)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:55 AM
Author: Racy Heaven Karate

Republicans don't have the votes to stop shit, moron. Dems completely OWN everything that is happening right now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195209)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:56 AM
Author: Bateful jet-lagged stag film

Filibuster

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195216)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:59 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

You may want to look into the 60 vote supermajority in the senate. there were 58 democratic senators when the stimulus was passed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195231)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:06 AM
Author: Racy Heaven Karate

So they impatiently passed a shittty bill instead of waiting until they had 60 votes. Great policy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195259)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:09 AM
Author: Bateful jet-lagged stag film

There is no guarantee they could have gotten through the Senate with 60, its a lot harder to get 60 people to vote in block than 40. I don't see how you can blame Obama for the fact the Democratic Party includes conservatives like Ben Nelson.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195278)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:58 AM
Author: vivacious disrespectful church

"those countries have super generous automatic stabilizer social safety nets."

That tends to *increase* unemployment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196033)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:23 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

http://michaelscomments.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/stimulus-vs-unemployment-october-dots.gif

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195104)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:55 AM
Author: free-loading pale pistol

lolty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195211)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:46 AM
Author: Cocky bright school

Fuckin hate Obama

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195937)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 8:58 AM
Author: Talking sickened trailer park striped hyena

TCR.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195044)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:03 AM
Author: charcoal rehab

Plus let's not forget the amount of money generously spent by the Obama administration to bring down the unemployment rate... to 10.2%

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195052)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:24 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

http://michaelscomments.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/stimulus-vs-unemployment-october-dots.gif

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195105)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:40 AM
Author: Emerald azn

What percentage of those 10.2% aren't even really looking for a job? People like Earl.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195157)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:52 AM
Author: Boyish range

1981-01 7.50 7.5 Reagan Min. Wage = $3.35

1981-02 7.40 7.4

1981-03 7.40 7.4

1981-04 7.20 7.2

1981-05 7.50 7.5

1981-06 7.50 7.5

1981-07 7.20 7.2

1981-08 7.40 7.4

1981-09 7.60 7.6

1981-10 7.90 7.9

1981-11 8.30 8.3

1981-12 8.50 8.5

1982-01 8.60 8.6

1982-02 8.90 8.9

1982-03 9.00 9

1982-04 9.30 9.3

1982-05 9.40 9.4

1982-06 9.60 9.6

1982-07 9.80 9.8

1982-08 9.80 9.8

1982-09 10.10 10.1

1982-10 10.40 10.4

1982-11 10.80 10.8

1982-12 10.80 10.8

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195201)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:11 AM
Author: histrionic party of the first part boistinker

urrite dood, obama should have made time stand still.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195288)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 8:52 AM
Author: mewling casino coffee pot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR-A4QFHZBA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195038)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 8:59 AM
Author: Talking sickened trailer park striped hyena

Here's the real question - what does Obama need to fuck up before the numbers start turning against him?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195047)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:02 AM
Author: Passionate pea-brained indian lodge

hard to say. the thing about american voters and americans in general is that they are fucking idiots who mainly care about irrelevant social bullshit issues like abortion. as long as he avoids that type of thing (clinton stepped into the gays/military AND gun control messes by 1993), he can probably ride this thing out for a while.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195051)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:24 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

http://michaelscomments.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/stimulus-vs-unemployment-october-dots.gif

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195106)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:26 AM
Author: Honey-headed chapel

Unemployment hit 11% in 1983, yet Reagan was re-elected by a landslide in 1984.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195115)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:27 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

relevance?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195118)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:49 AM
Author: Bateful jet-lagged stag film

That GOP faggots who are ripping Obama for economic conditions 10 months into his term better be willing to rip St. Faggot Reagan for economic 2 years into his term.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195188)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:01 PM
Author: Odious Gay Wizard Home

Reagan was doing things to try and help the economy recover, and Republicans believed in him that he could do it. AND he did.

I don't think that anyone is seriously arguing that Obama's policies are focused towards fixing the economy and creating jobs - his policies are job killers focused on expanding the social safety net. Now, there are arguments to be made that what O's doing is good, but economy recovery is not on this dude's to do list. That's why I say - fuck 'im.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196060)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:30 AM
Author: Abusive orange puppy jew

REMINDER:

http://michaelscomments.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/stimulus-vs-unemployment-october-dots.gif

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195124)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:30 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195125)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:55 AM
Author: Elite locale famous landscape painting

that assumes he lets all the banks fail sending us into the Great Depression Part 2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196008)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:34 AM
Author: Emerald azn

lol, that's nothing. Unemployment in Spain is 20%.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195133)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:36 AM
Author: Passionate pea-brained indian lodge

it appears to be 17.9%

http://eleconomista.com.mx/notas-impreso/internacional/2009/11/03/suman-38-millones-desempleados-espana

that raises another interesting point - the argument that "bad economies cause crime" is total bullshit. look at spain. their economy is a reamed gloryhole, but crime and murder are very low.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195143)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:39 AM
Author: Emerald azn

All the young unemployed in Spain are just chilling on the beach. Good times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195150)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:40 AM
Author: Passionate pea-brained indian lodge

how can we implement the same model in america?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195158)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:42 AM
Author: Emerald azn

wtf, ARE CULTURE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195165)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:48 AM
Author: Cocky bright school

It would require having as high of a white population as Spain.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195956)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:49 AM
Author: Black supple whorehouse fanboi

take all niggers to the beach?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195959)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:57 AM
Author: internet-worthy sepia goal in life box office

aren't they SOSHULISTS though?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195642)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:42 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

Fuck, and Obama is signing yet another unemployment extension bill. What the hell.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195161)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:44 AM
Author: Underhanded psychic ape

It's a stealth stimulus bill, and a good idea, too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195170)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:44 AM
Author: Abusive orange puppy jew

yeah, 99 weeks in many states, including California. Chill on the couch for 2 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195171)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:38 AM
Author: pearl hot sanctuary

high five

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195892)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:51 AM
Author: Cocky bright school

Sounds productive... instaed of hiring them to build electromagnetic trains from Miami to NYC with the stimulus we are paying people to DO NOTHING.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195979)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:53 AM
Author: Racy Heaven Karate

I love how every fucking left wing media spin article starts with "unemployment rose UNEXPECTEDLY" as if it were some shocking occurrence that Obama never could have predicted or prevented. At what point will unemployment start to increase "expectedly"? I've been expecting increases for over a year now.

The stimulus was a colossal fucking failure. LOL @ all the liberals who have to pretend like a billion dollar giveaway to left wing interest groups was good economic policy. There was enough money there to employ all the unemployeds at decent salary for a couple of years. It says a lot when an expenditure of that scope is so poorly allocated that unemployment continues to skyrocket.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195205)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:58 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

But it was the right that fought for the stimulus to take the form of tax cuts instead of direct aid to the unemployed. you cant have it both ways.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195222)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 9:59 AM
Author: Bateful jet-lagged stag film

Trust me they will.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195228)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:04 AM
Author: Big dog poop

Obama should have front loaded the stimulus and focused more on infrastructure and actual private-sector job creation, rather than giving out money to various government programs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195243)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:09 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

Thats exactly what he tried to do, it was blocked by republicans in congress, who required direct aid to the states and transportation fundung to be replaced by tax cuts. (and lopped 200 billion of the total stimulus for good measure)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195275)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:11 AM
Author: Racy Heaven Karate

link to republicans blocking private sector job creation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195289)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:22 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

http://newsletters.agc.org/highway/2009/02/12/stimulus-compromise-includes-reduced-transportation-funding

http://www.jedreport.com/2009/02/gop-blocks-infrastructure-proj.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195370)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:22 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

I'm sorry, is Mary Landrieau a Republican?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195379)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:28 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

No, but the 100% of republicans in the senate who voted against the infrastructure spending were.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195413)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:50 AM
Author: Racy Heaven Karate

why do you seem to be under the ridiculous impression that "infrastructure spending" is the best way to create private sector jobs?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195577)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:11 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

This is FUCKING GARBAGE. The Republicans can't FUCKING BLOCK ANYTHING, you cuntshit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195291)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:29 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

of course they can. centrist democracts cant politically vote for bills that have no bipartisan support. If th eGOP was willing to vote with the administation, the stimulus bill would have much more infrastructure focused, and 200 billion dollars larger.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195422)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:03 AM
Author: fuchsia heady toaster
Subject: This will be news to Nancy

.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195689)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:05 AM
Author: Racy Heaven Karate

I'm not holding that out as good policy, I'm just using it to drive home how massive the expenditure was. If the stimulus had been like 75% tax incentives/25% aid, unemployment would be much lower.

It's a very basic principle that the government should subsidize that which it wants more of. I find it telling that Obama chose to subsidize unemployment and left wing interest groups. There was enough money in that bill to give massive, massive tax subsidies to companies for creating jobs. Subsidies so massive that they would make it stupid NOT to be hiring people. But instead of subsidizing employment, Obama spends money on time-delayed pork and making unemployment more comfortable. WHY?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195250)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:11 AM
Author: Burgundy gaping tattoo

Obama did propose a job creation tax credit, but it was stripped out of the bill as too expensive (I think it was taken out by Congressional Dems). There's talk of reinstating that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195286)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:14 AM
Author: Racy Heaven Karate

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/56332

Yeah, I guess doing something to actually create jobs was too expensive when we had critical issues to address like studying Asian long-horned beetles and building snowmaking facilities.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195313)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:33 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

Are biologists, mechanical engineers, and construction workers not people with real jobs?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195444)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:54 AM
Author: Cocky bright school

hahahahahhahahahahahha they're still ALL unemployed you retard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195999)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:44 AM
Author: canary field corn cake

A lot of research seems stupid now but tends to pay off long run. I doubt the person who discovered electricity was thinking "COMPUTERS!" at the time.

Lack of long term vision is really what PWNED this country

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195920)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:51 AM
Author: Black supple whorehouse fanboi

y da h8 against WGWAG brah?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195977)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:12 AM
Author: charismatic principal's office

i agree with this. most job creation occurs not in the government or even big firms, but those small start-ups and entrepreneurial ventures. Tax credits would have provided a huge incentive for those people to hire workers. Thus far, the stimulus has only grown the size of government. Massive failure on Obama's part.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195297)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:32 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

There was no financing whatsoover available for small firms to expand last year, and no demand for their products even if they had manage to swing some expansion. You are completely delusional as to the appropriate response to a collapse in private demand. It is the government that has to be the consumer of last resort in these situations,

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195437)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:14 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

What exactly would those companies have done with those extra employees? Private demand has completely collapsed. The only entity in any position to do substantial consumption is the government, either in the form of public sector employment or hiring private sector firm to build infrastructure. thats why the tax cut portion of the stimulus is totally unhelpful in the short term.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195311)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:05 AM
Author: Underhanded psychic ape

Disingenuous and stupid point. When news media say that, they mean the actual figure was above the median or mean estimates of a group of experts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195252)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:10 AM
Author: Racy Heaven Karate

So this group of "experts" has been caught by surprise for over a year even as a J.D. with 6 hours of economics education knows exactly what is going to happen?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195279)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:15 AM
Author: histrionic party of the first part boistinker

Economists are mostly dumb, but that doesn't make you smart.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195321)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:25 AM
Author: Thriller New Version

You knew that unemployment was going to be 10.2 and not 9.9?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195396)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:07 AM
Author: Marvelous chestnut site jap

lagging indicator.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195261)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:08 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

tyft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195272)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:14 AM
Author: Burgundy gaping tattoo

The jobs number isn't pretty, but job losses have substantially declined from earlier this year. Many of the stimulus programs (aid to states, for example) have slowed or prevented job losses. What I think everyone agrees on is that there should have been more infrastructure spending in year 1; remember though, the size of many of these programs were cut down in the bill making process.

Overall, if I were to ask Obama/Rahm to change one thing, it would be to be more specific about what they want in bills. Both in the stimulus and health care, it's been too process oriented.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195318)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:19 AM
Author: Racy Heaven Karate

So I'm just curious, was it the REPUBLICANS who lobbied to have stimulus spending loaded up right around the time of the midterm elections?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195349)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:21 AM
Author: Mahogany aromatic station laser beams

You are such an insufferable cunt fag. There wasn't a single fucking Republican given two shits about this, you dumb whore. They are a completely impotent party. Stop fucking blaming them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195369)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:25 AM
Author: Burgundy gaping tattoo

Republicans weren't bringing anything to the table.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195395)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:42 AM
Author: fuchsia heady toaster
Subject: That is untrue

But we would all be better off had nothing been brought to the table.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195911)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 10:52 AM
Author: free-loading pale pistol

your hackery is unbearable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195601)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:07 AM
Author: Burgundy gaping tattoo

Explain, pumo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195717)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:05 AM
Author: internet-worthy sepia goal in life box office

Lord you are a fucking hack. It's good to see the blacks sticking together, though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195709)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:52 AM
Author: Black supple whorehouse fanboi

as always. but Jews do that too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195984)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:04 PM
Author: shivering bat-shit-crazy half-breed

Really unbelievable that you find HOAP in losing on 200K jobs month after month.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196082)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:06 AM
Author: internet-worthy sepia goal in life box office

the stimulus has been a 200 bil dollar disaster

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195713)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:51 AM
Author: Cocky bright school

800 billion.

Not to mention, 800 billion could have employed 20,000,000 people for $30,000/yr for 18 months. (cut half that for administrative expenses and it's 10,000,000).... that's about how many total unemployed people there are

Could have revolutionized our infrastructure, instead Obama bankrupted our children... yaaaaay.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195974)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:41 AM
Author: Light old irish cottage

PSA: We live in a more efficient society with less need for labor. We simply can't employ everyone these days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195908)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:50 AM
Author: impressive contagious cuckold

i thought the new "computer/Internet economy" was supposed to make everything so efficient that we would only have 10 hour work weeks and have the rest of the time for leisure?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195966)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:51 AM
Author: Odious Gay Wizard Home

Hence the term: underemployed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195978)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:53 AM
Author: impressive contagious cuckold

this argument was being made in the late 90s. so it would work this way:

if you were making $50k at 40 hours a week ($24/hour), the new "information age" economy would allow you to make $50k at 10 hours a week ($96/hour) due to increased productivity.

What happened to that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195994)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:57 AM
Author: Odious Gay Wizard Home

Dude, I don't know, but my workweek seems to get longer and longer. When will it end!?!?!?!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196028)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:01 PM
Author: Light old irish cottage

Why would anyone employ 4 people at 10 hours a week when they can employ one at 40 and keep the extra money?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196056)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:05 PM
Author: impressive contagious cuckold

because the productivity would be 4x higher with the 4 workers, thus adding 4x value to the company. The "information age" economy was supposed to make us a lot moar productive, like 4x moar productive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196096)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:11 PM
Author: Light old irish cottage

A company can only have so much success thanks to competitors and a limited amount of consumers. It doesn't need an infinite amount of productivity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196135)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:18 PM
Author: Cocky bright school

The problem with "more production" all it means is that other countries pwn you with people who actually PRODUCE more than you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196172)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:10 PM
Author: Odious Gay Wizard Home

Because the Collective Bargaining agreement says you have to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196123)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:53 AM
Author: Cocky bright school

Oh ok sounds great bang bang... Instead of the gov just redoing huge amounts of infrastructure with the 5,000,000 people they're paying to be on unemployment... they can just sit around forever and starve to death... fucking moron.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195989)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:59 AM
Author: Light old irish cottage

I wasn't offering an answer you mouthbreather. Merely a partial explanation. I think the government should start building wind turbines and those power grids t boone pickens kept babbling on about. As it is, they're fighting to keep things like Amtrak alive though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196046)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:03 PM
Author: Cocky bright school

It's an explanation that is fucking stupid... as 800 million Chinese are presently employed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196075)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:12 PM
Author: Light old irish cottage

because China is the model for America you mouthbreather.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196139)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:16 PM
Author: Cocky bright school

They're doing a lot better business than we are right now with a much higher city standard of living....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196161)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:20 PM
Author: Light old irish cottage

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196184)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:21 PM
Author: Cocky bright school

LOL as you haven't ever set foot there before.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196190)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:33 PM
Author: Light old irish cottage

yes of course you mouthbreather. Lets throw a significant portion of our population under the bus so those who live in cities can live a better life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196266)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:34 PM
Author: Cocky bright school

hahahha... you realize the significant portion of your population will live under that bus no matter what you do right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196275)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:47 PM
Author: Light old irish cottage

yes because there are entire towns in the US that are plagued with cancer because of polluted rivers. There are millions who are living in absolute squalor. Keep sucking that Chinese dick you mouthbreather. What you forget is that the Chinese government is fucking the Chinese, even the successful ones, in the long run. It's easy to go from nothing to something, especially when other countries have already done all the innovating. Every civilized country in the world has done it. The problem is maintaining a wealthy population, not creating it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196422)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 2:26 PM
Author: Cocky bright school

Lol right... Sweden is having huge issues "maintaining their population"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13197221)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:49 AM
Author: Odious Gay Wizard Home

It doesn't matter - that simple motherfucker is just going to blame this shit on Bush and focus on his dumb ass great society projects - and virtually all registered democrats won't give a fuck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195964)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:53 AM
Author: Elite locale famous landscape painting

its actually 17.5% when you factor in underemployment and people who have given up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13195985)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:55 AM
Author: internet-worthy sepia goal in life box office

yep

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196012)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:56 AM
Author: Burgundy gaping tattoo

If you want to use that figure, make sure you compare it to the expanded figure in peak times as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196018)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:57 AM
Author: Cocky bright school

Doesn't matter if you did... that figure was like 6% back in 2005.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196027)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:00 PM
Author: Burgundy gaping tattoo

Yeah, I'm trying to find it monthly over time going back. BLS has it at 11.1% in October 2008.

EDIT - in May 2007, it was 8.3%

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils67.pdf

Point is the "real unemployment" rate has been higher than the standard one for a few years now; not a new phenomenon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196049)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:04 PM
Author: Cocky bright school

I think what has changed is how MUCH higher it's become.. because there are so many discouraged workers not being counted.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196086)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:05 PM
Author: Elite locale famous landscape painting

yes, I am just pointing that out. Politicians whether dem or rep always put out the lower number.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196090)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:01 PM
Author: impressive contagious cuckold

OK, 6.8% in Oct. 2000 vs. 17.5% now. 7.9% in Dec 2007 vs. 17.5% now.

U-6 seasonally adjusted on here:

http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cpsatab12.htm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196062)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:05 PM
Author: Burgundy gaping tattoo

Tks for the link

Broke 10% in June 2008.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196092)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:56 AM
Author: impressive contagious cuckold



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196020)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 11:56 AM
Author: Black supple whorehouse fanboi

like earl and TMF?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196021)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:07 PM
Author: Emerald azn

Yeah, factor in all the bums who are chilling on benefits.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196104)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:07 PM
Author: Elite locale famous landscape painting

and your buddy TDK who is slanging phones at Best Buy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196111)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:15 PM
Author: Emerald azn

Doing your best to stimulate consumption?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196156)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:17 PM
Author: Elite locale famous landscape painting

I bought some batteries and some Jameson to drown my sorrows

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196170)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:01 PM
Author: Hilarious Senate

where will it peak? who will stop the unemployment juggernaut?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196059)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:05 PM
Author: Cocky bright school

Nothing will.

I'm surprise the market didn't crash completely today... 10.2% was SUPPOSED to be after Xmas.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196094)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:43 PM
Author: puce high-end state sneaky criminal

fucking companies are enjoying a jobless recovery. worker productivity is way up. employed people are working furiously to avoid getting layoff pwned.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196375)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:09 PM
Author: impressive contagious cuckold

look REALLY hard at this graph and tell me.

http://michaelscomments.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/stimulus-vs-unemployment-october-dots.gif

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196119)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:10 PM
Author: Hilarious Senate

that tells me nothing other than Obama's stimulus under-delivered big time.

Is 12% a reasonable assumption?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196125)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:17 PM
Author: Cocky bright school

I wonder how hard the market will crash once they realize what 10.2% in October means (since that wasn't supposed to happen until March of next year)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196168)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:11 PM
Author: Cocky bright school

Probably 11%+

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196131)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:13 PM
Author: Elite locale famous landscape painting

that graph assumes he didnt act with anything

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196142)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:16 PM
Author: Abusive orange puppy jew

the red dots are the actual unemployment numbers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196165)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 12:02 PM
Author: shivering bat-shit-crazy half-breed

200K jobs lost or destroyed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13196070)



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Date: November 6th, 2009 2:24 PM
Author: Hilarious Senate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1131071&forum_id=2#13197208)