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Obama’s Schedule: Working Hard or Hardly Working?

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    FBN’s Lou Dobbs on Obama’s lack of meetings with his Jobs Council and Cabinet.

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A single bank.

Every single day and span every waking up.

Thinking about yuan and as far as I knew now -- -- Gee that sure sounds familiar doesn't that's the president in Florida today again telling voters how he wakes up every day thinking about -- us.

You can imagine my surprise when I read the government accountability institute's report on.

Just how much time President Obama is actually spending and economic meetings or economic briefings.

Over the past -- -- -- appears they actually checked about.

And the answer may surprise you as much as it did me.

This president who claims he's fighting his art is he knows how to.

And in those briefings in those meanings for a total of are you ready.

400.

Than twelve hours.

Over a period.

Three.

And one half.

Years.

Jobs.

And growth.

And 412 hour.

Now they institute.

Figures the president spent less than.

Because of this.

4%.

More percent of his total work time in meetings and briefings on the economy.

Compare that effort to the president's more than what what -- as compared -- some other.

Important work that he does.

I he's put in all our concern here -- 1010.

Rounds of golf.

Now they kind of figure that six and he said he spent six hours each outing where we're gonna say that -- it or let's ask him the benefit.

Let's call about four -- around as 400 war.

Institute figured 600 about the president's golf game is still getting about the same attention as the economy.

You might think the president would at least ramp up its focus on the economy a little bit considering where while we're.

-- than four months now away from Election Day but since the beginning of this year the president has attended.

I mean I know it's important.

But.

Fund raising -- Now he's got lots of important work.

And certainly on raising it got to do right yes.

707.

-- -- 100 in -- He's met with his job council -- Zero.

Times.

The one -- says the president has a lot on his plate.

-- full agenda doesn't.

Include cabinet meetings -- you might think he's spending a lot of time with his.

It is secretaries of each department but so far this year the president has held one.

One that cabinet.

Meeting.

The right.

One cabinet it.

That was back in January.

-- sort of ramping up apparently he doesn't appear to be on the cabinet meetings by the way this president has met with his cabinet.

-- wartime flashier.

2000 a lot.

Wartime.

103.

Times -- -- three -- Those are the folks who run the government for -- -- This president apparently meets with the secretaries of state treasury and defense quite often.

One on one but so -- and have a single one on.

One meeting.

With the secretaries have short go through -- sure why not.

The interior.

-- all -- used to cure.

Well all of them.

Parks in the -- and the federal lands.

Labor.

You know that's kind of important design.

I mean we are talking about 41 consecutive months -- employment over.

8%.

-- kind of like him to say hi analyst -- Brothers.

Homeland Security of course that's kind of important to.

But I guess it's not as important appeared to step toward the borders wide opening and a -- -- forcing immigration laws and then of course there's education.

But yeah that's sort of that's sort of a back -- deal for this administration -- it seems because I mean frankly.

Things are going well and education and he doesn't have time for one on one meetings he doesn't have time I mean this is getting a little crazy as far as I'm concerned.

No offense Mr.

President I know you you say you.

-- fight hard for us and we appreciate that.

But the conclusion of all of this is I think.

Maybe you might think about instead of fighting harder -- -- this -- how about working hard.

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