Fmr. Obama Official Steve Rattner Explains Why the Obama Economy Is Still Failing

‘It’s very hard to make a case for Americans that the economy is great when your income is down’

Fmr. Obama Official Explains Why The Obama Economy Stinks (Washington Free Beacon)

Former Obama administration official Steve Rattner explained Americans’ frustration with the economy in simple terms: wages are down and a lot of people who want to work still are not working.

Rattner said that the Democratic Party’s “positive” economic message “didn’t seem to resonate” with voters because, as Vice President Biden so eloquently stated, middle class workers can “feel it in their bones” that the recovery has been weak.

“Even though there had bean huge number of new jobs created, a lot of Americans who want to work are still not working,” Rattner said.

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