Obama: Positive 'Trend Is Clear' for Economy on the Upswing

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Ford Motor announced Monday it will add 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs in the United States by the end of 2012.

this is One employer. I listened to the press announcement today and all 7000 jobs are in the US

Tell all those hard working people that can't find work about the 'positive trend,' - maybe they just weren't paying attention.

In times past tragedies have been used to silence opposing parties and promote agendas, which political accusations were later found to be false. Right now we need to pray for those effected instead of as a means to promote political agendas. If any legal action should be taken, it should be one of practical security. If need be, cut unnecessary federal programs so as to pay for more security.

Spin... 103,000 jobs created (mostly holiday temporary) and about 300,000 new unemployment claims. You don't have to be a math major to figure out this is not a net gain....

The facts are the Dems took control of the House in 2007 and all has declined since and now that it was obvious they we going to lose it, things started turning around. With the change things have continued to improve. It is not surprising that the Dems would try to take credit, just like it wasn't surprising they would not except any of the blame for the recession.

The Economy and Jobs can be fixed easy.. 19 Million Jobs await American Citizens... E-VERIFY .....Obama Knows this...

Obama Has not done anything at all while he has been our supposed President!!!!!
Economy is NOT getting better, We are still in a terrible recession. Just ask all the working class people like me.
Scrimping and scraping everyday to make ends meet, and living paycheck to paycheck hoping to have enough to pay our Bills. So do Not tell me that Obama has done anything at all to help out this miserable Economy that we are stuck in!!!!
Media needs to stop spreading lies and tell it how it is.
America is bankrupt and it is NOT getting any better!!!!!!!

Considering the amount of jobs that have been lost to overseas outsourcing over the last twenty years, along with the millions of jobs that were cut during the past 3 years of the Great Recession, the 1.3 million jobs that the President is bragging about don't amount to squat and are not even enough to keep up with normal poulation increases. This hardly constitutes a "clear uptrend". It isn't even breakeven.
The fact is that neither of these parties really care about mainstream and middleclass America. Corporate revenues are up and Wall Street and Washington are happy...and the corporations will get tax breaks for their profits, even though they will use most of those profits to reinvest in overseas labor, plant, and equipment. And any remainder will go to dividend increases and executive bonuses, as always. Tax breaks and tax credits should only be given for documented reinvestment in American jobs. Period.

It is near impossible for the middle class to get any help in this economic mess, and it is definitely getting worse!! How can the President say things are getting better? Where is he living? For over a year I have tried to refinance my house. Because it has lost so much of its value, that is not possible. Now, even though I have perfect credit and could finance a new house for under 4%, I am unable to lower my loans and still continue to pay PMI. When I went to the government website and later spoke to the money management people for help, I found out I make too much money for any program-you must understand at they do not consider car payments, insurance, phones etc. into the equations because they are luxuries. They wonder why people are walking away. I was recommended to short sale or give the house back-either will effect my credit. Don't they understand I want my good credit. All I want is a lower rate, but ALL parties prefer I just give up the house. Unbelievable.

Thanks to the Nov. election which sent Obama a message that government needs to get out of the way for job growth and to Republicans for keeping the taxes unchanged. Raising taxes never increases government revenues but destroys business. Business and job creation by business, not government is the engine of creating tax revenues. People out of work are consuming tax dollars. If Obama can get off his socialist horse and start thinking like a Republican there is hope. The stimulus package only created short term employment and not sustainable economic development. The only hope for America is to cut government expenditures while encouraging business with business friendly policies both of which are objectionable to democrats and liberals.