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U.S. unemployment rises to 9.2%
So much for all those "shovel-ready" jobs created by spending billions of tax dollars to fund those Generational Theft Acts - more commonly referred to as "stimulus bills." (Thanks, Obama!) Guess we could say that the rhetoric coming out of the White House regarding jobs and the economy is what is really "shovel-ready!"
In the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel today (7/9/11) the headline on the front page reads: "U.S. Unemployment rises to 9.2% - Job growth meager in May, nonexistent in June." After reading the entire lengthy article, guess what was missing? One name: Obama.
Now imagine if national unemployment, rather than improving, was getting worse - as it is - and Bush was President. Our nation is now at 9.2% unemployment with no end in sight. Think the press would have not mentioned President Bush in such an article? Be honest. You know that they would have - and not just once, but repeatedly - pointing the finger of blame directly at Bush for the situation. Yet, Obama once again gets a free pass.
Even though Presidents themselves cannot create jobs out of thin air across the United States, the policies and legislation they help craft CAN and DOES contribute to the jobs and economic outlook in the country. Right now, the policies coming out of the Obama White House have had a very detrimental effect on jobs. From The New York Post (6/3/11) by Charles Gasparino:
What is really disheartening is an article that appears later in the Journal/Sentinel (main section/pg. 4A) from the Associated Press: "Jobs report a goad to debt talks - unemployment up as deadline creeps nearer." Seems President Obama is using the recent dismal job report - with unemployment at 9.2% - to "prod Congress toward a swift agreement on deficits and the national debt." And we know what that means - the Democrats want to raise taxes and fight any spending reductions. The House Democratic Caucus chairman, John Larson of Connecticut, even stated: "You can't cut your way to prosperity." Oh really? Do the Dems and Obama really think one can "spend their way to prosperity?" by continuing on the same destructive path that the Democratic Party has lived by: raising taxes and spending money the country doesn't have?
Remember years ago when then-President Bill Clinton borrowed Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson's W-2 Welfare Reform Plan? Maybe President Obama needs to borrow current Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's budget plan. After all, Walker finally has put Wisconsin back on track for becoming fiscally sound and prosperous. Isn't' that what the politicians at the national level should be aspiring to do?
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262 Comments
jhayett - Jul 09, 2011 10:31 AM
Carl Hicks - Jul 09, 2011 11:08 AM
jhayett - Jul 09, 2011 11:21 AM
These handouts also take away (individuals receiving the taxpayer entitlements. Oops, freebies to a lib) their ability or desire to become part of the workforce so to pick themselves up and be competitive and enjoy the American dream. We all know the adage about handing me the fish to eat or teach me how to fish.
However, to a liberal politician, this is the best way to garner their votes. Move aside Greece, Obama and his minions have us right behind and ready to surpass!
jhayett - Jul 09, 2011 11:31 AM
No spin at all. You might want to check out the difference from household and establishment surveys. Sadly, your liberal MSM that you obviously follow, and nothing else, do not and will not report this.
But let me save you some time. here's the the official US Gov (spin too Carl?) website.
have fun!
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ces_cps_trends.pdf
But this one is even better! BLS (US Gov Carl!) says unemployment is closer to 20%!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcljnq7nGRE This is a MUST watch Carl!
Carl Hicks - Jul 09, 2011 11:36 AM
jhayett - Jul 09, 2011 11:43 AM
Carl, if I may, I want to give you some good advice: What Obama tells you is not exactly what he does or even the truth or the facts. His popularity and handling of the economy (poll numbers) are falling not due to his honesty and his ability to get us out of this recession and his moving us so close to bankruptcy, but his dishonesty and his lack of any experience or knowledge as to how to move America forward.
Tom Bal - Jul 09, 2011 12:01 PM
It is what it is if you want to use the 9.2% number go right ahead but Jim is exactly right it’s over 20% when you count everyone who has just plain given up your just lying to yourself if you can’t see the truth when it’s right there.
Spin this whatever way you want this is a complete failure of the Liberal Socialist experiment that they shoved down our throats.
It was a shotgun approach to a problem that missed miserably.
The Government cannot create prosperity they need to get out of the way and let it work like it has for over 200 years.
Unless we have become Socialist nation their job is not to create jobs but to let the private sector do its thing.
A whopping 18,000 new jobs created last month when they said and expected over 100,000.
Carl do you know anyone whose hurting I know plenty and this administration has had ample time to at least get us on the road to recovery By staying the Hill out of the way but they haven’t they are the ones blocking us from moving forward.
There scaring the heck out of corporate America.
Threating to raise the tax level for Corporations has brought on so much uncertainty that no one’s going to move until this Anointed Man Child Is Gone.
Not to mention Obama Care and numerous other Socialist programs.
Instead of tax the rich how about Stop The Frivolous Spending.
irked - Jul 09, 2011 12:06 PM
those not confused liars . Is a problem in this country . It is like a knee jerk reaction
even though the proof is there .
Tom Bal - Jul 09, 2011 1:23 PM
Your reasoning is how shall I say” ridiculous”
You want to support him fine but not everyone receives Government Support
geno53151 - Jul 09, 2011 1:31 PM
Now If you remember: This was from March 3, 2009.
WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- Shovels already are hitting the ground in just the two weeks since the $787 billion stimulus package was signed, U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday.
Speaking to Transportation Department employees and flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Obama said " 400,000 jobs of the estimated 3.5 million jobs either created or saved were involved in rebuilding infrastrucuture, updating transit or laying broadband line."
These were to be shovel ready jobs. The shovels used, could be found at a beach in a pail full of sand.
I wonder if the Debt ceiling would have to be raised now, as Obama says it must, if he had not blown the majority of the 2 trillion dollars on wastefull spending.
He had 2 years where his party controlled the Presidency, Congress, and the Senate. They accomplished nothing. Our country and children face a worse future than when he took office. Too bad we cannot recall a President, instead of giving him another 1 and 1/2 years to further screw up our economy and country..
ahemmer - Jul 09, 2011 1:50 PM
It's insanity.
Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) recently summed it up nicely: "“We have overspent, we are overextended, and now have to get out of debt. We need to turn this country in a completely different direction.
Broun says his proposal (the proposed Debt Ceiling Reduction Act) would “force Washington to make the spending cuts we so desperately need to pay down the debt.
State and local governments, businesses, and families understand that when you’ve maxed out your credit card, you can’t give yourself a credit increase. Instead, you have to cut spending and pay down your bills. The federal government is the only entity that does not understand this.”
Exactly. And I sure hope that the Republicans stand firm, do not raise the Debt Ceiling limit AND do not allow any tax increases to go through. Obama and the Dems need a lesson in fiscal management - that is, if they really WANT to improve the economy and help aid job growth. Some (like myself) wonder if this is the case - or are they happy with the dismal economy and job losses that result in a desired goal of socialism - making people depend upon the government for their every need? Scary thought.
Tom Bal - Jul 09, 2011 3:43 PM
I sure hope that they are indeed Insane and not trying to push his Liberal Socialist agenda down our throats.
I don’t think he knows what he’s messing with if that’s true.
I’d like to think he’s just a hand sitter meaning he just sits on his hands not knowing what to do but at the same time he’s got some really ugly Liberal, Socialist and Communist People around himself.
It really is a scary thought and I hope I’m wrong thinking it.
oddsox - Jul 09, 2011 3:47 PM
http://portalseven.com/employment/unemployment_rate.jsp?fromYear=1981&toYear=1990
Of course, we were down to 7.2% by Election Day 1984 and 5.4% when Reagan left office in January 1989.
If we can match those two numbers, I'll vote for Obama again in 2012 and lobby to repeal the 22nd Amendment by 2016.
geno53151 - Jul 09, 2011 4:40 PM
From Huffton Post:
"NEW YORK -- The Obama administration reversed course Monday in its proposed budget for fiscal 2012, forecasting slower growth and higher unemployment for the next two years in an implicit acknowledgment that the economy continues to suffer.
This year, the White House estimates that 9.3 percent of workers will be jobless. Last summer, in its midyear budget update, the administration forecast a 9.0 percent unemployment rate. Next year, when President Barack Obama runs for reelection, the administration forecasts an 8.6 percent unemployment rate, a half-percentage point increase from last summer's projection of 8.1 percent. The White House also raised its projection for the unemployment rate in 2013."
If you vote for the greatest con man (who is better suited for selling used cars since he can scam anyone) lots of luck to your future.
oddsox - Jul 09, 2011 5:17 PM
No sale at 8.1 or 8.6%.
(Unless the Repubs nominate Sarah Palin, but that ain't happenin'.)
yert49 - Jul 09, 2011 6:02 PM
Both parties know that they are going to have to come up big or they are all going to get thrown out. I think we all might be surprised at what happens here. Bama is going to have to go long because if it's the same old thing, he is toast next year. He already is pretty close.
referee33 - Jul 09, 2011 8:47 PM
yert49 - Jul 09, 2011 9:12 PM
reformed trucker - Jul 09, 2011 11:34 PM
Unfortunately, yes. Even though Keynesian economic theory has proven to be a fool's errand, they still cling to it. Can you say, "stuck on stupid"?
Now Obama is asking for more money for "infrastructure" (which I'm all in favor for). Wait, what happened to the first TRILLION we gave you?
reformed trucker - Jul 10, 2011 12:28 AM
Exactly; Obama needs to move towards the center like Clinton did to capture the independent vote. Otherwise, he's toast. Is he just another Chicago moron? (and I love Chicago; go there every year for vacation).