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"Notwithstanding the decline in economic fortunes since 2009" is a rather unsubtle way of attempting to rewrite history and pin the Great Recession of 2007-2009

"Notwithstanding the decline in economic fortunes since 2009" is a rather unsubtle way of attempting to rewrite history and pin the Great Recession of 2007-2009 due to the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 on Obama. So, no, he's not as reasonable and inline with HN folks as you think.

gowld 10y ago
2009 is when the program costs started to increase. The statement is saying that even in light of declining fortunes, 34% of the public is too much.
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- ethbro 10y ago
  No, the statement contains one fact and one opinion. The fact is bullshit. "Notwithstanding the decline in economic fortunes since 2009, [34%] is too many." Here's US GDP per capita. Notice a "decline in economic fortunes since 2009"? World Bank: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-per-capita http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-per-capita St. Louis Fed: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A939RX0Q048SBEA https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A939RX0Q048SBEA A stronger case could be made for median income, but even there, we're better off than we were in 2009. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N
  - deelowe 10y ago
    None of this adds any support to the case that a 160% increase in costs is reasonable or expected. In fact, the data points you've presented further call this into question.
    - ethbro 10y ago
      What you're talking about is the opinion. I was talking about the fact cited.