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Gallup: Economic Confidence Down

BUT ISN’T “EVERYTHING AWESOME?” || By FITSNEWS || Americans apparently aren’t buying the “everything is awesome” spin on our, um, “recovering” economy … According to the latest data from Gallup, its weekly U.S. economic confidence index remained stuck at an eight-week low of -11. Take a look … Meanwhile the…

BUT ISN’T “EVERYTHING AWESOME?”

|| By FITSNEWS || Americans apparently aren’t buying the “everything is awesome” spin on our, um, “recovering” economy …

According to the latest data from Gallup, its weekly U.S. economic confidence index remained stuck at an eight-week low of -11.

Take a look …

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Meanwhile the survey’s “economic outlook score” remained stuck at -16, with 56 percent of respondents saying the economy was “getting worse” compared to 40 percent who said it was “improving.”

Here’s that chart …

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Gallup’s index averages two components: How citizens view the economy today and whether they believe it is improving or getting worse.

“The index has a theoretical maximum of +100, if all Americans rate the economy as excellent or good and improving; and a theoretical minimum of -100, if all Americans rate the economy as poor and getting worse,” Gallup notes.

The index hasn’t topped zero since March …

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36 comments

How can FLAT, decrease? July 15, 2015 at 5:58 pm

The fact that is was high enough to be down, is a Fucking miracle, and a testament to what a fucking snow-job the media, and this website, run of the idiots in America.

The economy has been in free-fall since late 2008, and Obama has done nothing but fuck it up even more for the last 6 years.

You’re a moron if you did not know that. But most followers of this website are total fucking Dumbasses.

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Tazmaniac July 15, 2015 at 6:50 pm

It must be a lonely life being the only guy with a brain, in your mind.

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euwe max July 15, 2015 at 7:09 pm

It can be depressing…

up here, when the wind kicks up, and the leaves rustle in the mulberry trees, I sometimes hear the sound of wailing Republicans, suffering below in eternal torment for their many varied hates and arcane sins.

So, that’s some comfort.

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9" July 15, 2015 at 7:18 pm

I wanna brain,but not that much.I heard thinking leads to depression…

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Please explain? July 15, 2015 at 7:42 pm

So you are telling me the economy, under Obama, is in good shape?

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Tazmaniac July 15, 2015 at 8:51 pm

No, I agree that Bush put us in a nose dive and Obama has done nothing but push forward on the stick. The last sentence was over the top though.

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Lynn July 15, 2015 at 8:57 pm

I agree that the 9/11 attacks put us in a nose dive. One that Clinton might have avoided, but we didn’t want war until AGAIN it showed up at our door.

Clinton piggy backed on Bush’s policies, economy working great. Especially when there was a balance of power. Then the younger Bush comes in and we have a 9/11.

Obama inherited a mess, but one that was unavoidable IMO. He has done the best with it anyone could. He was elected two terms by the people. Love him, hate him, he did the best he could and did what he thought was right. Do I agree with his policies? No. But, we could have done far worse and the economy is rebounding slowly…

Limbaughsaphatkhunt July 15, 2015 at 7:31 pm

Takes one to know one.

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euwe max July 15, 2015 at 6:24 pm

Squeezing the pus out of every blemish isn’t attractive.

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Lynn July 15, 2015 at 6:48 pm

Unless you are sadistic….

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euwe max July 15, 2015 at 7:02 pm

Really? I would think even sadists wouldn’t find the pits and craters left from pubescent marathon pinching bouts in front of the bathroom mirror, attractive.

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Lynn July 15, 2015 at 8:49 pm

LOL!

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alisondjensen700 July 16, 2015 at 3:32 am Reply
FastEddy23 July 16, 2015 at 10:29 am

But squeezing the pus out of the greedy Fascist taxsuckers is.

It’s time. Without a whooping big permanent tax cut for the poor, small businesses and middle classes, those charts ain’t gonna get any better.

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euwe max July 16, 2015 at 4:54 pm

If you don’t eat your meat, how are you going to eat your pudding?

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Elfego July 16, 2015 at 10:35 am

Wow! You do have a way with words.

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Lynn July 15, 2015 at 6:53 pm

The economy in my neck of the woods is showing improvement. All one needs to do is take a look around.

We’ve had several properties on the market. One we owner financed. Another we had an offer on today. The other one, we are just putting back on the market, but realtor indicates they are VERY busy, which has not been the case for a few years.

There are several signs the market is recovering, look at the gas pumps, look at the price of groceries, housing and so on. Yes, commodity items are still higher than they were several years ago, but they are recovering. The US market in general is recovering.

Other countries do affect us, but our economy is very resilient.

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Limbaughsaphatkhunt July 15, 2015 at 7:30 pm

Excellent retort. See my post above. Don’t by the chicken little hype.

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Chicken shit-face (: July 15, 2015 at 8:34 pm

Kinda hard to ignore the chicken little, when you have all that chicken shit running down the sides of your mouth.

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Limbaughsaphatkhunt July 15, 2015 at 8:51 pm

Rather that than the best part of you running down yo mamma’s leg all those years ago.

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You Greedy SOB! July 15, 2015 at 7:41 pm

Compare home prices w/ 6-to-8 years ago. Homes are being sold at fire sale prices, and it’s wiping out the wealth of families, who cannot afford to lose the money.

Realtors don’t give a shit if people are getting raped in home sales, as long as you greedy bastards get your commissions, you will hail the evil Obama as an economic god, if it puts a dime in your pocket. Realtors have sold out to the media Bulshit. That’s disgusting on your part.

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E Norma Scok July 16, 2015 at 8:51 am

“Fire sale prices”? Where do you live? Try and buy a house in Mt Pleasant for fire sale prices…you’ll be living under a bridge for a long time.

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Limbaughsaphatkhunt July 15, 2015 at 7:29 pm

Fits’ reporting on the economy reminds me of that song Dirty Laundry from the 80’s by Don Henley..

“Kick em when they’re up….kick em when they’re down”….

There is never any good news for Fits to report, even though there is good news. He just wants to constantly beat down the economy and cherry pick stats to suit his own Laissez-faire approach (which totally doesn’t work btw).

Link below of accurate and honest reporting…enjoy yourselves and turn those artificial frowns upside down:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d610e708-2aea-11e5-acfb-cbd2e1c81cca.html

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Because Obama is a fuck up! July 15, 2015 at 7:36 pm

Since Obama was elected, you are right. It’s been a bunch of bad fucking news. Unless you are a thug, a lazy-assed taker, an Islamic radical, or you are intent on making the government kowtow for the homosexual lobby, it’s been a miserable fucking disaster, since this son-of-a-bitch got elected.

If you wanted good news, why the fuck did you support this failure of a president? You fucking idiot.

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Limbaughsaphatkhunt July 15, 2015 at 7:43 pm

The rage within you is strong with…that means Obama must be doing something right.

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You choose July 15, 2015 at 8:02 pm

Since you, and Obama, HATE America, we must defeat you, or our country will be worthy of YOU lazy-assed takers, instead of us, who built it. No one will want to live in the sewer you are creating.

That’s what it boils down to. Do you want corrupt, shit-for-brains hateful thugs running the country, or do you want people who care about our children and their future, in charge?

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Limbaughsaphatkhunt July 15, 2015 at 8:08 pm

Methinks you’re hiding out in some mud brick house in Syria with an ISIS flag on your wall.

You've fucked it up July 15, 2015 at 8:31 pm

That’s your answer to everything reasonable.
You attack someone with some Bullshit charge. When in fact, you, as an Obama supporter, are ISIS’ best friend. Those motherfuckers are celebrating in the streets, because Obama gave them carte blanche to bomb israel (or any other country they hate) off the face of the earth. You ignorant fuck.

You’re a child, trying to talk to adults. You’re too fucking stupid,and immature to offer anything logical, yet morons like you can vote, and fuck up the country.

Sic Semper Tyrannis July 15, 2015 at 8:39 pm

Join the military, maybe pubs win in 16. You’ll have a double win in some country,

Lynn July 15, 2015 at 8:52 pm

Wow – you are one talk about maturity. I just filed everything you said in the irrelevant file, but entertaining — when I choose to be a political barbarian that is.

Limbaughsaphatkhunt July 15, 2015 at 8:52 pm

Butthurt is your stock in trade. Please make sure to vote for Donald Trump in the primary.

Sic Semper Tyrannis July 15, 2015 at 8:36 pm

Because we’re not at ducking war all over the globe.

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shifty henry July 15, 2015 at 7:52 pm

Doctor (to patient who has just come out of a
long coma): “I have some good news and I
have some bad news, which shall I tell you first?”

Patient: “Do begin with the bad news, please.”

Doctor: “All right.Your son has drowned, your daughter is in a coma, your wife divorced you, your house got blown away, and you have an incurable disease.”

Patient: “Good grief! What’s the good news?”

Doctor: “The good news is that there is no more bad
news.”

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Limbaughsaphatkhunt July 15, 2015 at 7:58 pm

Always quick with a joke.

I have a Ben Franklin-esque philosophy that a man should have a cadre of about 10-15 jokes committed to memory and well practiced for delivery as you’ll never know when you might need them…and people love a good joke (told well).

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Good News July 16, 2015 at 9:03 am

There’s one thing I hope to see if a Republican wins the White House. I want to come here and see all of this “dismal” economic news just vanish and be replaced with rosy glasses opinions and go back to ignoring the labor participation rate.

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E Norma Scok July 16, 2015 at 8:50 am

Fits, maybe you’ll get lucky and a lot of people will get laid off and we’ll go into another recession!

TAKE THE MEDS MAN

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