I do agree that people are entitled to their own opinion but not their own facts. The reality is that the recession ended 2009 and while a president cannot help an economy the president's policies can certainly hurt. Since 1950 every recession ended within two years and followed with substantial growth. Because of poor economic policies Obama has frustrated the economic recovery ObamaCare, Tax policy, Dodd-Frank, etc have left businesses questioning the future. hence they are using the cash on hand to repurchase their stock . Those people who have been unemployment for a good deal of this econmic downturn may well never return to the market place because of loss of skills, etc.

Obama and his Admin's math reminds me of that story about the enterpreneur that interviewed an engineer, lawyer and accountant with only one question for his new business. When he asked the engineer what 2+2 is the engineer responded 2+2 is 4 unequivocally absolutely and cannot be anything more. When the lawyer was asked he said 2+2 is 4, however, I can make an argument that 2+2 can be 5. And when he asked the accountant, the accountant got up out of his chair closed the door then went behind the enterpreneur's chair and pulled the blinds came back sat down and then leaned forward and said "how much do you want it to be"