By Jacqueline Klingebiel

Sep 13, 2009 4:47pm

Marking the Anniversary of the Financial Crisis

Exactly a year ago, I had Alan Greenspan on the show saying it was the worst financial crisis he had seen since the Great Depression.

So how are the numbers a year out?

Unemployment now stands at 9.7%, GDP down…the numbers look grim.

For the roundtable's take on what's changed, the "you lie" tumult and what's next for health care, watch HERE:

- George Stephanopoulos

User Comments

Thank you, Mr. President for pulling the global economy from the “brink”….Benaneke (sp) and Geithner should be given Person of the Year….

Posted by: sara | September 13, 2009, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm

I will not thank you Mr. Bush for spending the first half of the bailout money…I won’t thank Mr. Obama for spending the second half of the bailout money…on the banks, AIG…guaranteed loans to GE, Jeffery Immelt. I won’t thank Mr. Obama for the the trillion dollar Job Pork Recovery Stimulus Bill. I won’t thank you for the ridiculous Budget. I won’t thank you for the Omnibus bill. I won’t thank you for the tax cheat Gheitner. I won’t thank you for the bailouts for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac or the takeover of businesses. I won’t thank you for your radical CZARS. I won’t thank you for this joke of Obamacare. You didn’t keep us from the brink…you made it worse. The only ones that won were Unions and China.

Posted by: ttre888 | September 13, 2009, 11:00 pm 11:00 pm

Oh by the way Mr. Stephanopoulos….I do not thank you for being on ABC as a faux unbiased political reporter…when you are actually an extension of the White House with your morning phone sessions with Rahm Emmanuel, Carville and Belago. You should have the following disclaimer at the beginning of all your articles and media performances….”I am a part of Obama war room…and receive my liberal sound bites and strategy directly from the White House.” You would be respected more that way.

Posted by: ttre888 | September 13, 2009, 11:07 pm 11:07 pm

My comment is about Sam Donaldson. His view of the march on Washington Sat. was sick. He brushed off the tens of thousands of people as “they don’t know what they are talking about.” Yes we do Sam. The east coast elite makes me sick.

Posted by: MARY W | September 14, 2009, 11:26 am 11:26 am

You think we had a financial crisis last year,well that will be nothing compared to what the Democratic party and Obama is fixing to lay on the working class American people.No jobs in sight,that is unless you work for ACORN.Do we actually give them tax money and for what?Some Stimulus!The Democrats think they can add 47 million people to health care and cut cost.I’m not making this up. Cap and Trade will send the rest of our manufacturing jobs to China. Common sense has been lost and the Dems will pay come election day.

Posted by: Johnny L | September 14, 2009, 3:18 pm 3:18 pm

The unemployment numbers are not good. If you do the math there will be serious problems if we go above 10%. This is NOT good.

Posted by: Math | September 16, 2009, 11:42 am 11:42 am

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