 the recovery that wasn t has anyone noticed that there s a huge discrepancy between what s being proclaimed by the white house and the media isn t what we re seeing in our own lives the federal reserve claims inflation is low but prices in the grocery stores and at the pump are rising unemployment has remained over 8 for years yet the president keeps talking about how many jobs he s created after two recovery summers in a row the economy must have recovered right check out these humorou illustrations of administration quotations about the recovery if they say it it must be true  reasoncom archives 20120911 therecoverythatwasnt 