1.9% and the truth is there are 552,000 fewer americans working now than when he took office in january of 2009. and we ve now had 40 straight months of unemployment above 8%. this is not fine by any measure. it is shocking and it s unacceptable. after republicans jumped on his remarks, the president tried to clarify them later in the day admitting that the economy is not doing fine but maintaining that the private sector has seen momentum. look, the bottom line is this the president measures economic strengths by how big the government is but he has it backward. government won t have tax revenues to hire people if the private sector doesn t add jobs. so he bemoans the fact that state and local governments are struggling and he issued this demand to the hill. congress should pass a bill putting them back to work right now. giving help to the states so that those layoffs are not occurring. issuing ultimatums especially when your party doesn t control both houses of congr
1.9% and the truth is there are 552,000 fewer americans working now than when he took office in january of 2009. and we ve now had 40 straight months of unemployment above 8%. this is not fine by any measure. it is shocking and it s unacceptable. after republicans jumped on his remarks, the president tried to clarify them later in the day admitting that the economy is not doing fine but maintaining that the private sector has seen momentum. look, the bottom line is this the president measures economic strengths by how big the government is but he has it backward. government won t have tax revenues to hire people if the private sector doesn t add jobs. so he bemoans the fact that state and local governments are struggling and he issued this demand to the hill. congress should pass a bill putting them back to work right now. giving help to the states so that those layoffs are not occurring. issuing ultimatums especially when your party doesn t control both houses of congr
1.9% and the truth is there are 552,000 fewer americans working now than when he took office in january of 2009. and we ve now had 40 straight months of unemployment above 8%. this is not fine by any measure. it is shocking and it s unacceptable. after republicans jumped on his remarks, the president tried to clarify them later in the day admitting that the economy is not doing fine but maintaining that the private sector has seen momentum. look, the bottom line is this the president measures economic strengths by how big the government is but he has it backward. government won t have tax revenues to hire people if the private sector doesn t add jobs. so he bemoans the fact that state and local governments are struggling and he issued this demand to the hill. congress should pass a bill putting them back to work right now. giving help to the states so that those layoffs are not occurring. issuing ultimatums especially when your party doesn t control both houses of congr
to cozying up to the stars? we know of the president s whiteness, it s there. caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone and the factor begins right now. hello, everyone. i m laura ingraham in tonight for bill o reilly. thanks for watching us. president is back on the job and giving his version of the economy. that is the subject of this evening s talking points memo. barack obama surprised everyone today by actually appearing in washington. after a few days of hollywood scmoozing and a week after the department of labor released the worst job numbers of the year, he held a short press conference and had this to report. the private sector is doing fine. where we re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government. what? the economy is growing at only 1.9% and the truth is there are 552,000 fewer americans working now than when he took office in january of 2009. and we ve now had 40 straight months of unemployment above 8%. this is
to cozying up to the stars? we know of the president s whiteness, it s there. caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone and the factor begins right now. hello, everyone. i m laura ingraham in tonight for bill o reilly. thanks for watching us. president is back on the job and giving his version of the economy. that is the subject of this evening s talking points memo. barack obama surprised everyone today by actually appearing in washington. after a few days of hollywood scmoozing and a week after the department of labor released the worst job numbers of the year, he held a short press conference and had this to report. the private sector is doing fine. where we re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government. what? the economy is growing at only 1.9% and the truth is there are 552,000 fewer americans working now than when he took office in january of 2009. and we ve now had 40 straight months of unemployment above 8%. this is