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I find it ridiculous that people are blaming or praising the president so much when the economy declines or improves. The economy goes in cycles. It goes up for a few years and then it declines for a few years, but the general trend is upwards. Right now, the economy is getting better, but the growth is still pretty slow. I think this has to do with Europe's situation right now. There are a few things that are worrying about this growth. One is that wages are not going up, except for executives (this was also occurring during the bush years). The second is that our debt is still too high. This has to do with republicans not wanting to raise taxes, while democrats do not want to reduce spending. As for the employed percentage, we have to take into account that we are starting to get the baby boomers retiring. I am not saying there are a lot of people who have given up, but we have to take this into account.