With the constant repetition of what Obama inherited from Bush, I thought I would add a few more inconvenient truths about what he inherited:
- Ability to kill Osama bin Laden (waterboarding, Gitmo, rendition; all vigorously opposed by Obama)
- Pulling out of Iraq (on Bush’s previously determined timetable)
- Gas at $1.85 per gallon
- United States AAA credit rating
- Unemployment at 7.2 %
- Three million more American’s working than now (source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; 142 million now verses 145 million then)
- Labor participation rate of 62% verses 58% today
- Increased energy production (all from private sources as Obama cut off all the government sources)
- 50% lower food stamp costs (from 30 million participants to 46 million now)
So stop it with whining about “inherited from Bush”.