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Which Presidents inherited a worse misery index than Barack Obama?
In the post World War II era, misery index inherited by each President:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_index_(economi...
Harry Truman: 13.63%
Dwight Eisenhower: 3.28%
John Kennedy: 8.31%
Lyndon Johnson: 7.02%
Richard Nixon: 7.80%
Gerald Ford: 16.36%
Jimmy Carter: 12.72%
Ronald Reagan: 19.33%
George H.W. Bush: 10.07%
Bill Clinton: 10.56%
George W. Bush: 7.93%
Barack Obama: 7.73%
6 AnswersGovernment9 years agoDid liberals think Kerry was a scumbag for having an effective tax rate of 13%?
...and more than twice the [married] wealth of Romney?
14 AnswersPolitics9 years agoWho pays less than 15% in federal income taxes?
I have been to the statistical portion of the IRS website. The average percent of taxes paid for all incomes is 12.8%.
For every category under $200,000 the average is less than 15%. For every category under $100,000 the average is less than 10%.
So what beef do most of you have with Romney?
4 AnswersGovernment9 years agoGuess who held a debate in South Carolina on MLK Day?
The Democrats, in 2008.
So why is this a problem?
1 AnswerCivic Participation9 years agoAre modern American liberals stuck in the 1920s?
"We ask that the government undertake the obligation above all of providing citizens with adequate opportunity for employment and earning a living. The activities of the individual must not be allowed to clash with the interests of the community, but must take place within its confines and be for the good of all. Therefore, we demand: … an end to the power of the financial interests. We demand profit sharing in big business. We demand a broad extension of care for the aged. We demand … the greatest possible consideration of small business in the purchases of national, state, and municipal governments. In order to make possible to every capable and industrious [citizen] the attainment of higher education and thus the achievement of a post of leadership, the government must provide an all-around enlargement of our entire system of public education … We demand the education at government expense of gifted children of poor parents … The government must undertake the improvement of public health – by protecting mother and child, by prohibiting child labor … by the greatest possible support for all clubs concerned with the physical education of youth. We combat the … materialistic spirit within and without us, and are convinced that a permanent recovery of our people can only proceed from within on the foundation of the common good before the individual good."
– From the political program of the Nazi Party, adopted in Munich, February 24, 1920
6 AnswersOther - Politics & Government9 years agoWhy do liberals not understand that conservatives help the poor and the sick?
We just don't use other people's money to do it.
6 AnswersCivic Participation9 years agoHow is this different from liberal American political thought?
"We ask that the government undertake the obligation above all of providing citizens with adequate opportunity for employment and earning a living. The activities of the individual must not be allowed to clash with the interests of the community, but must take place within its confines and be for the good of all. Therefore, we demand: … an end to the power of the financial interests. We demand profit sharing in big business. We demand a broad extension of care for the aged. We demand … the greatest possible consideration of small business in the purchases of national, state, and municipal governments. In order to make possible to every capable and industrious [citizen] the attainment of higher education and thus the achievement of a post of leadership, the government must provide an all-around enlargement of our entire system of public education … We demand the education at government expense of gifted children of poor parents … The government must undertake the improvement of public health – by protecting mother and child, by prohibiting child labor … by the greatest possible support for all clubs concerned with the physical education of youth. We combat the … materialistic spirit within and without us, and are convinced that a permanent recovery of our people can only proceed from within on the foundation of the common good before the individual good."
– From the political program of the Nazi Party, adopted in Munich, February 24, 1920
17 AnswersPolitics9 years agoDidn't Obama inherit the third best misery index in the post World War II era?
Misery Index = unemployment rate + inflation rate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_index_(economi...
Best inherited misery index:
Dwight Eisenhower 3.28%
Lyndon Johnson 7.02%
Barack Obama 7.73%
Worst inherited misery index:
Ronald Reagan: 19.93%
Gerald Ford: 16.36%
Harry Truman: 13.63%
4 AnswersGovernment9 years agoAre the media reporting that Romney gained no personal tax benefit from Bermuda and Cayman operations?
In fact, some are. Here is an article from the L.A. Times.
1 AnswerOther - Politics & Government9 years agoAre you paid based on your performance?
And if you aren't, will your employer continue to pay you if you do not perform well?
I would like to hear from people about the tips, commissions, bonuses and other forms of pay they can receive for performing well.
5 AnswersLaw & Legal9 years agoIs Bain Capital or the federal government better at corporate bailouts?
Which one risks more taxpayer money?
Which one improves corporate management?
Which one is willing to step in and improve the operations of a company that is not "too big to fail?"
2 AnswersGovernment9 years agoIs Obama's inheritance of the worst economy since the Great Depression a myth?
OBAMA: January 2009
Unemployment Rate: 7.6%
Misery Index: 7.73%
REAGAN: January 2001
Unemployment Rate: 7.5%
Misery Index: 19.33%
MISERY Index: Combined unemployment and inflation rates inherited by each President
Harry Truman: 13.63%
Dwight Eisenhower: 3.28%
John F. Kennedy: 8.31%
Lyndon Johnson: 7.02%
Richard Nixon: 7.80%
Gerald Ford: 16.36%
Jimmy Carter: 12.72%
Ronald Reagan: 19.33%
George H. W. Bush: 10.07%
Bill Clinton: 10.56%
George W. Bush: 7.93%
Barack Obama: 7.73%
All but Ike and LBJ inherited a greater misery index than Obama.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_index_(economi...
The economy was on the road to recovery before Obama became President.
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/hotproperty...
The recession ended in June 2009, before the stimulus took effect.
5 AnswersElections9 years agoReagan: 16.7 million jobs. Clinton: 18.7 million jobs. Obama: LOST 1.4 million jobs. Had Enough?
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Civilian Employment, seasonally adjusted.
http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet
Reagan's first three years saw jobs growth of 4 million jobs, despite inheriting an economy from Carter with a misery index (combined unemployment and inflation) of 19.33%. Clinton began with a misery index of 10.56%. Obama inherited a misery index of only 7.73% and a recession which was on the way to its conclusion (in June of 2009).
Had enough?
15 AnswersElections9 years agoDo the Santorum and Obama families share a lot in common?
Santorum’s Communist Clan
1 AnswerCivic Participation9 years agoAre Ron Paul zealots turning off other potential supporters?
My perception is that other people do not really want to be a part of them. Is that perception correct?
9 AnswersElections9 years agoHasn't employment increased by 1.46 million jobs since Obama extended the Bush tax cuts?
...and the GOP took the House?
Employment, JAN 2011: 139.330 million
Employment, DEC 2011: 140.790 million
Civilian Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost
Maybe these are, and maybe they aren't, major factors in employment gains. However, it is high time the facts are set straight on this site.
13 AnswersPolitics9 years ago