Obama's positive economic message ignores adverse realities

Can someone please tell what planet our president lives on?

First, he gives a speech telling us how good the economy is while at the same time the stock market is falling through the floor. So now all retired people are hurting; plus, they did not get a Social Security cost-of-living increase this year as the government tells us nothing has gone up in price!

What planet do they live on?

Then the president tells us there is "great news" on the job front. Unemployment is down to 4.9 percent, but he forgets to count all the millions of people who have lost their jobs and are not counted.

And on top of all this he wants to put a $10 tax on a barrel of oil, which will hurt all of us and at the same time put us $20 trillion in debt!

John Williamson

Ellenton

This story was originally published February 11, 2016 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Obama's positive economic message ignores adverse realities ."