Reply #6: It is because you are trying to establish a false analogy. [View All]

A recovery from a recession/depression is not a half full/half empty scenario. Which I assume it is the case you are trying to make it.


Think of it as you being a patient with multiple organ failures. You could have an organ recover, but that still does not mean much because you are still in a life threatening situation. This is, you just can not die by a little or by a lot, dying is just that: dying. So the dichotomy is not straight forward, as long as some states are still in deep trouble, there will be still a recession. For an actual recovery to have taken place most states need to only not be creating jobs, but must have created enough to make up for all the jobs lost in the past few years.

It sucks, because a recovery is much much harder. But that is the reality. So the naysayers have in this case a far better case, whether that suits your fancy or not as an Obama fan is another case. We still have a long way to go.