The new unemployment data has been released and it’s not a pretty picture. Literally and figuratively. This image is all we need to know about the success of President Obama’s big-government policies. The lower line is from a White House report in early 2009 and it shows the level of unemployment the Administration said we would have if the so-called stimulus was adopted. The darker dots show the actual monthly unemployment rate. At what point will the beltway politicians concede that making government bigger is not a recipe for prosperity?
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. The Obama White House imposed an $800-billion plus faux stimulus on the economy (actually more than $1 trillion if additional interest costs are included). They’ve also passed all sorts of additional legislation, most of which have been referred to as jobs bills. Yet the unemployment situation is stagnant and the economy is far weaker than is normally the case when pulling out of a downturn.
But don’t worry, Nancy Pelosi said that unemployment benefits are stimulative!
[…] The analysis in this video also helps explain why Obama’s so-called stimulus was a flop. The White House genuinely seemed to think a bigger burden of government spending was going to create jobs, but the real-world numbers show higher joblessness. […]
[…] The analysis in this video also helps explain why Obama’s so-called stimulus was a flop. The White House genuinely seemed to think a bigger burden of government spending was going to create jobs, but the real-world numbers show higher joblessness. […]
Even more striking is the chart with the “If we do nothing” line left in, which is STILL better than what actually happened.
It’s time for Obama to start to create real jobs. Here in Florida the unemployment is growing and growing, and the food prices going higher and no money, no jobs and is getting worse. We are tired to hear false promises from this government. Where is the CHANGE that he promise in his politic campaign? was a CHANGE for better of a CHANGE for the worse? People are asking for answers, not for deaf ears. Luz