recovery is that president obama just keeps growing the size of government. it s what republicans keep saying, right? that s the problem. the government s giant tentacles rip through this great country of ours and strangle private enterprise. you know that, right? you know it s kind of wrong, right? government spending has gone up under obama. much has been temporary help to the newly unemployed workers and families to afford food, housing, education and health care. but government employment has gone down under obama. and not because he s wanted it to. the entire political and media establishment in this country have had their collective hair on fire over the last three days over six words uttered by president obama at the white house on friday. but it s the 43 words that followed those 6 that are really, really important to the economy right now and have gotten totally lost. the private sector is doing fine. where we re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with sta
just keeps growing the size of government. it s what republicans keep saying, right? that s the problem. the government s giant tentacles rip through this great country of ours and strangle private enterprise. you know that, right? you know it s kind of wrong, right? government spending has gone up under obama. much has been temporary help to the newly unemployed workers and families to afford food, housing, education and health care. but government employment has gone down under obama. and not because he s wanted it to. the entire political and media establishment in this country have had their collective hair on fire over the last three days over six words uttered by president obama at the white house on friday. but it s the 43 words that followed those 6 that are really, really important to the economy right now and have gotten totally lost. the private sector is doing fine. where we re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government. oftentim
the government s giant tentacles rip through this great country of ours and strangle private enterprise. you know that, right? you know it s kind of wrong, right? government spending has gone up under obama. much has been temporary help to the newly unemployed workers and families to afford food, housing, education and health care. but government employment has gone down under obama. and not because he s wanted it to. the entire political and media establishment in this country have had their collective hair on fire over the last three days over six words uttered by president obama at the white house on friday. but it s the 43 words that followed those 6 that are really, really important to the economy right now and have gotten totally lost. the private sector is doing fine. where we re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government. oftentimes cuts initiated by governors or mayors who are not getting the kind of help that they have in the past