2016-02-13 THRIVE
Kent Ross
THRIVE MINISTRIES
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February 13, 2016 – Saturday Morning E-Devotional
"THRIVE
With These Four" - from the Patriot Post
First
Washing, then Obama, then Hillary and finally Bernie.
"[T]here exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity." —George Washington, 1789
"We saved the economy from a depression," Barack Obama recently boasted. "We helped our businesses create 14 million new jobs over the past six years. We cut the unemployment rate from 10% to 4.9%. We covered nearly 18 million more Americans with health insurance. ... There's no doubt America is better off today than when I took office." He also crowed, "The United States of America, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in the world." Obama followed that with a typical dig: "I know that's still inconvenient for Republican stump speeches as their doom and despair tour plays in New Hampshire. I guess you cannot please everybody."
That's quite a tale of making America great again, but you wouldn't know it listening to the presidential candidates from his own party. That's right: It's not just Republicans bemoaning the Obama "recovery." During Thursday night's Democrat debate, Hillary Clinton took a cue from her husband to feel our pain. "I know a lot of Americans are angry about the economy," she said. "And for good cause. Americans haven't had a raise in 15 years. There aren't enough good-paying jobs, especially for young people. And yes, the economy is rigged in favor of those at the top." Thanks Obama.
Bernie Sanders, the Socialist who's no different than any other Democrat, demanded to know, "Who in America denies that we have an infrastructure that is crumbling? ... Who denies that real unemployment today, including those who have given up looking for work and are working part-time, is close to 10%? Who denies that African-American youth unemployment, real, is over 50%?" Thanks Obama.