Numbers don’t lie, check out this chart of President Obama’s progress towards creating an America built to last:

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This graph shows that the Obama administrations swift action to avoid another depression is paying off. For 23 months we’ve been adding jobs to our economy and giving opportunities to workers right here in America. During these months our economy has added 3.7 million jobs, and for the first time since the 1990s American manufacturing is growing.

To highlight this success, State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald and State Senator Jack Hatch (Des Moines) held a press conference this morning in Des Moines: