Fundamentally Transforming the United States of America.
To what? America is undoubtedly finding out.
We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” — Barack Obama, October 30, 2008
“We are going to have to change our conversation; we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to have to move into a different place as a nation.” — Michelle Obama, May 14, 2008
“We cannot sustain deficits that mortgage our children’s future, nor tolerate wasteful inefficiency. Government has a responsibility to spend the peoples’ money wisely, and to serve the people effectively. I will work every single day that I am President to live up to that responsibility, and to transform our government so that is held to a higher standard of performance on behalf of the American people.” ~ Barack Obama, April 25, 2009
“I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone…The economy is improving but it could be improving even faster.” ~ Barack Obama, January 14, 2014
It is you, our citizens, who make the state of our union strong. And here are the results of your efforts: the lowest unemployment rate in over five years; a rebounding housing market; a manufacturing sector that’s adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s; more oil produced…
“Today, after four years of economic growth, corporate profits and stock prices have rarely been higher, and those at the top have never done better… So our job is to reverse these trends.”
… wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that’s what I’m going to do. …As usual, our first lady sets a good example. ~ Barack Obama, January 28, 2014,
There is certainly no question whether America has undergone a fundamental transformation, or not.
Here are a few of those changes:
Credit Rating: from AAA to AA
Unemployment: from 7.8% to +8.3%
Weeks Unemployment: from 26 to 99
Gas/gallon: from $1.81 to $3.63
Debt: from $10 Trillion to $15+ Trillion
Wars: from 2 to 3
Annual Budget to No Annual Budget
The point is, it changes constantly: http://www.usdebtclock.org
Debt Up $6.666 Trillion Under Obama
Some Dated information, but still to the point:
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