Statements about Economy
"We have the fewest people employed in this country since 1979."
An annual income of $500,000 "in Manhattan, believe it or not, is middle class."
"There are 3.6 million jobs sitting vacant, in part because there aren’t enough qualified applicants to fill them."
Says the federal government is earning more tax revenue now "than any other time."
"After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three."
Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago."
Says during George W. Bush’s administration "we were losing millions of jobs per month," while under Barack Obama we have "three years of gaining hundreds of thousands of jobs per month."
"We borrow $4 billion every single day, much of it from China."
"Latin America’s economy is almost as big as the economy of China."
"Veterans’ unemployment is actually now lower than (the) general population. It was higher when I came into office."
Says his administration has created "5 million jobs … over the last 30 months in the private sector alone."
"Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women."
President Barack Obama’s "spending drove us $5 trillion deeper in debt."
"This is what President Obama said the jobless rate would be if we passed the stimulus: 5.6 percent."
Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter."
"Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession.
"Eight million Americans have dropped out of the work force since (Barack) Obama became president. ... The real unemployment rate is 19 percent."
"Redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America."
"Under Obama, families have lost over $4,000 a year in income."
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