This guy (Obama) is unbelieveable. Just last month he was bragging about his administration being the one administration that downsized government employment !!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was for it (downsizing) before he was against it !
Originally Posted by Whirlaway
Um, no.
Here's the transcript of the portion of the video that they cut out (to make Obama look bad - go figure)
In the video:
The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me. So I make that point just so you don’t buy into this whole bloated government argument that you hear.
The immediate continuation of the quote that was edited out:
And frankly, if Congress had said yes to helping states put teachers back to work and put the economy before our politics, then tens of thousands more teachers in New York would have a job right now. That is a fact. And that would mean not only a lower unemployment rate, but also more customers for business.
So he wasn't bragging about anything. He was pointing out, rightly, that the public sector - the part the government could improve if Republicans didn't want Obama to fail - was a lag on the economy.
So thanks for bringing that up.