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sides are going to have to give on each other. the president does not want to do entitlement reform, he s going to do something. the republicans control the house, i m sorry, that s just a fact of life. and the republicans are going to have to meet him halfway on some things. just that people should not tolerate this. this is not an acceptable way for washington to operate. it s just jon: one go ahead, sorry. jon: one web site pointed out the economy shrank in the last quarter, the unemployment rate is up as of the numbers released today. we had a trillion dollar deficit in the last year, more than $5 trillion over the last four years. boy, president obama sure inherited an economic mess from himself. i guess. [laughter] the ditch was very deep, and i think that the president has been trying to climb out of it. he has had stimulus policies. i don t think he s going to be able to have any more of them. and that really limits the tools that he can use to kind of get the economy,
forward, but it could be growing at a faster rate. the republican leadership had taken up and passed some of president obama s job initiatives including the american jobs act and had passed the middle income tax cut. let s cut to the chase. one of those congressional members is lying. either the republicans are right on cutting taxes will add jobs or the president s stimulus policies are fueling the economic recovery in this country. joining me tonight to sort out the facts, david cay johnston, offer of the fine print. let s start with the job growth. unemployment hit rock bottom near the beginning of the under the bush administration. this is changing the color here is when president obama took over in january of 09. who is responsible for this turn around? the president and it would be a better turn around if the
president obama s job initiatives including the american jobs act and had passed the middle income tax cut. so let s cut to the chase. one of those congressional members is lying. either the republicans are right on cutting taxes on small business also add jobs, or the president s stimulus policies are fuelling the economic recovery in this country. joining me tonight to sort out the facts, david cay johnston, pulitzer prize winning journalist and author of the fine print. let s start with the job growth. unemployment hit rock bottom near the beginning of the under the bush administration. you can see this right here. and this of course the changing the color here is when president obama took over in january of 09. who is responsible for this turnaround? absolutely the president. and it would be a better turnaround if the republicans had allowed a bigger stimulus.
beyond the fiscal cliff debate. our economy is moving forward, but it could be growing at a faster rate. the republican leadership had taken up and passed some of president obama s job initiatives including the american jobs act and had passed the middle income tax cut. so let s cut to the chase. one of those congressional members is lying. either the republicans are right on cutting taxes on small business also add jobs, or the president s stimulus policies are fuelling the economic recovery in this country. joining me tonight to sort out the facts, david cay johnston, pulitzer prize winning journalist and author of the fine print. let s start with the job growth. unemployment hit rock bottom near the beginning of the under the bush administration. you can see this right here. and this of course the changing the color here is when president obama took over in january of