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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I am reminded of "rain-men". People who would go into a community and promise rain for a fee. They would collect the fee, do their deed, and when it would eventually rain take credit for it. So it is with Obama and unemployment. His administration has not really done anything that will have a positive impact on employment, but when the numbers turn (and they will), he will take the credit.
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Well, that would be the populist response. But when everyone is judging him based mostly on unemployment numbers, what do you expect?
Are you suggesting that a president has little or no effect on economies such as the U.S., or just Obama? Are you suggesting his decisions will have little or no effect on unemployment? How much intervention do you expect from him?
From what I've gathered from past speeches, I'd think Obama would give the American people credit before he'd take it for himself.
EDIT: I think governments only have so much of an impact on the economy. Dealing with interest rates, stimulus spending, and long-term economic policies (the latter of which I'd say is the biggest factor) only does so much. We are, after all, supposedly dealing with a relatively free market.