Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130117:19:40:00
Welcome back. as we gear up for the president's second inauguration, are we better off than we were four years ago? the answer depends on the stats you pick. there are plenty of numbers suggesting that the country is on more solid footing than it was when the president took office in 2009. the dow up 5,550 since then, just shy of the 14,000 mark. the economy's growing instead of contracting. in the first quarter of 2009, the gdp contracted and grew 3.1% when measured last. now, though it remains where it was before the great recession, consumer confidence has nearly doubled and a larger percen...
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