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Obama’s Policies Moving the Economy Backward?

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    FBN’s Gerri Willis on the impact on the economy of Obama’s policies.

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Now that he's officially campaigning for re election the president's put out a seven minute video of his accomplishments.

If there wasn't even enough to make it an even -- and revealing his one -- campaign slogan forward as we talked about before have a takes.

-- the president's stimulus plan saved up to four point two million jobs including teachers.

Construction workers police and firefighters working to build a stronger America.

I'll feel so good doesn't it but I think if you look at that record you've got to say a better slogan would be.

Backward.

-- his economic policy in a nutshell what he called raising taxes in the middle of that recovery.

He signed 21 tax hikes 21 in July in the last three and a half years.

And the worst of them haven't even -- into effect yet and that doesn't count the expiring tax cuts this president has vowed not to -- -- What's the impact.

Well our growth last quarter was a paltry 2.2 percent unemployment stuck above 8% won't go down and it doesn't stop there.

The president sliding backwards on health care here remember his promises on what Obama -- would do.

Our approach would preserve the right of Americans.

Who have insurance to keep your doctor and their plant.

It would reduce cost and premiums for millions of families and businesses.

Our approach would bring down the deficit by as much as one trillion dollars over the next two -- Well and not really Mr.

President.

In reality the cost of obamacare.

Is rising and the cost of your health care premiums have only gone up since it was passed over 2000 dollars now for the average family.

Finally the president is backward on energy gas was at a dollar 84 when he took office today three to.

It's more than doubled all the while millions of barrels of oil are off limits -- and far off the coasts in the Gulf of Mexico.

Instead of common sense solutions like approving the Keystone Pipeline the president -- Rosa -- hundreds of millions of dollars on Green energy failures like the -- at.

But there is one way the president is I guess she did say very forward thinking.

The national debt.

It's up nearly 47% since the president took office is going to pay for all these programs by pushing the bill -- -- -- -- our children and our grandchildren.

But beyond this there's one more forward connection you might not a -- up.

The great leap.

Forward.

China's clever branding for -- country trying to make the transition to a modern society.

But now -- -- government takeover of farming back in 1958.

It was a disaster.

Millions died.

Former just isn't a good rallying cry at least utility about it for -- warrant is for armed.

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