- The deficit is now $927B less than it was in 2009
- A Net Gain of 6.8 million jobs
- Stock Market (DOW avg) up 110%
This is an incredible record. So how can you argue with this given the situation we were in when he took office? He's done an outstanding job.
Obama does have an economic story to tell. Unemployment has dropped from a high of 10 percent in 2009 to 5.9 percent last month. The economy grew last quarter at a better clip than many expected. The stock market has rallied to record highs. He inherited a federal deficit of more than a trillion dollars; the deficit has been cut by more than half to $486 billion.
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Barack appears poised to leave Hilary a magnificent record of accomplishments from a Democratic president to run on. Let's not get bogged down in stuff that while important is not as important as the American economy and it's drastic improvements.
"When I took office, the deficit was nearly 10 percent of our economy. Today, it's approaching 3 percent."— Barack Obama