The College Fix
by Nathan Harden
February 11, 2014

While young voters overwhelmingly supported president Obama’s reelection in 2012. Voters age 18 to 29 supported Obama over challenger Mitt Romney 60% to 36%.

Obama promised voters he would create millions of new jobs–while simultaneously slashing the federal budget deficit.

Now a little more than a year later, Obama’s spending sprees have kept the deficit at $680 billion–with a “B”. That’s down from the $1.1 trillion with a “T” from last year, but still more than 50% higher than the $455 billion deficit of 2008–the year Obama was first elected.

Even more worrying is the fall of the U.S. labor participation rate to a new 35-year low of 62.8%. That means 37% of Americans aren’t working or even seeking work–a fact that explains why the official unemployment rate has continued to fall despite the fact that monthly job creation number have continued to fall short of expectations.

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