**Jefferson's Parlor**: What Has Obama Done?

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Friday, April 23, 2010

What Has Obama Done?

“What has he DONE?,” scream the Teabaggers. Sarah Palin sneers, “How is that hopey-changey thing working for you?” Fair questions. Here is what I have seen in the news:

New home sales surged in March, biggest monthly jump in 47 years [2010]

Jobless Rate Falls to 9.7%, Giving Hope Worst Is Over [2/6/10]

Signaling Jobs Recovery, Payrolls Surged in March
After losing eight million jobs since the recession began in December 2007, payrolls finally surged in March, the Labor Department reported on Friday. Employers added 162,000 nonfarm jobs last month. Nationwide, the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent. [4/3/2010]

Dow Jones Industrial Average for 1 year as of 4/23/10:
[shows steady increase]

Retail sales surge in March [2010]

"...[T]aking into consideration the effects of inflation, effective tax rates may actually have rem ained level or even dipped a bit." [for 2009 taxes]

Teapublicans live on the hope that Obama will fail to deliver. They are the Goldman Sachs of US politics.

Alex Budarin