Obama Misery Index Continues Relentless Climb
October 12, 2010Speaking for the Obama Administration, Vice President Biden last week insisted that “We know how to create jobs, and we know how to balance the budget. If I hear one more ...
While the Administration Hails the “Accomplishments” of their Stimulus Plan, the Nation’s Unemployment Rate Remains Stuck above 9% for the 17th Straight Month
October 8, 2010Last week the Obama Administration issued a report that, in their terms, suggested Democrats’ 2009 stimulus plan “has accomplished much of what it set out to do.” It is true that Democrats’ ...
It All Depends on Your Definition of “Much”
October 1, 2010According to The Washington Post, the White House is releasing a new stimulus report today suggesting stimulus is coming in "on time and under budget," causing Administration ...
As the Administration’s “Recovery Summer” Turns into Fall,Unemployment Remains Stuck Near 10% and Americans Continue to Ask “Where Are the Jobs?”
September 22, 2010September 22, 2010 marks the end of summer and beginning of fall. So it’s an appropriate time to review the results of Democrats’ “Recovery Summer” for American workers. In announcing the start of the “Recovery Summer” on June 17, 2010, the White House
Even after “Recovery Summer,” 49 out of 50 States Have Lost Jobs since Democrats’ February 2009 Stimulus
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Obama Misery Index — Tracking Rise in Unemployment and Debt — Reached New Record in August
September 7, 2010As President Obama proposes tens of billions of dollars in new government stimulus spending, Americans might ask “how effective were trillions of dollars of past government spending in reducing unemployment?” The answer – not effective at all. As displayed below, since President Obama took office unemployment has risen by 2.9 million while the
Unemployment Rate Remains Stuck above 9% for 16th Consecutive Month
September 3, 2010Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today issued the following reaction to the August jobs report:“The fact that the unemployment rate has remained this high for this long is completely unacceptable. The debt is already dragging down our economy and yet Democrats in Washington are talking about more wasteful ...
Democrats’ “Stimulus” Is Followed by Rise in Unemployment Checks, Drop in Paychecks
September 2, 2010Today’s unemployment claims data show that a total of 9.7 million people are currently collecting unemployment checks in the U.S. As the chart below displays, that is well above the 8 million who collected ...
48 Out of 50 States Have Lost Jobs since Democrats’ Stimulus Law
August 20, 2010While Democrats promised their 2009 stimulus would create 3.7 million jobs, the reality is far different. To date, 2.6 million jobs -
As Unemployment Mounts, Failure of Stimulus Leads Millions of Americans to Ask “Where Are the Jobs?”
August 17, 2010President Obama heads to Ohio tomorrow to continue to sell his economic “stimulus” plan. One slight problem though – Americans simply don’t believe his stimulus plan is working. As Abraham Lincoln famously ...