Target Dems' Stimulus Still Not Working, Unemployment Hits 9.8%

October 2, 2009

FYI, a version of the release below went out to the following districts: John Adler (NJ-03); Jason Altmire (PA-04); Michael Arcuri (NY-24); John Barrow (GA-12); John Boccieri (OH-16); Allen Boyd (FL-02); Chris Carney (PA-10); Travis Childers (MS-01); Gerry Connolly (VA-11); Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-03); Joe Donnelly (IN-02); Steve Driehaus (OH-01); Chet Edwards (TX-17); Brad Ellsworth (IN-08); Bill Foster (IL-14); Gabby Giffords (AZ-08); Bart Gordon (TN-06); Alan Grayson (FL-08); John Hall (NY-19); Debbie Halvorson (IL-11); Martin Heinrich (NM-01); Baron Hill (IN-09); Jim Himes (CT-04); Steve Kagen (WI-08); Paul Kanjorski (PA-11); Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15); Ron Kind (WI-03); Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01); Larry Kissell (NC-08); Ron Klein (FL-22); Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24); Frank Kratovil (MD-01); Dan Maffei (NY-25); Betsy Markey (CO-04); Jim Marshall (GA-08); Eric Massa (NY-29); Jerry McNerney (CA-11); Harry Mitchell (AZ-05); Dennis Moore (KS-03); Glenn Nye (VA-02); David Obey (WI-07); Tom Perriello (VA-05); Gary Peters (MI-09); Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23); Loretta Sanchez (CA-47); Mark Schauer (MI-07); Kurt Schrader (OR-05); Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01); Zack Space (OH-18); Harry Teague (NM-02); Dina Titus (NV-03); Tim Walz (MN-01); David Wu (OR-01); and John Yarmuth (KY-03).

Baron Hill’s Stimulus Still Not Working, Unemployment Hits 9.8%
September Unemployment Reaches New Heights as Indiana Families Wonder “Where Are the Jobs?”

Washington– With September unemployment numbers now out in the open, one thing is for sure: unemployment isn’t getting any better at 9.8%. Despite continued promises by Baron Hill and his Democrat comrades, the national unemployment rate continues to climb. This is clear indication that Nancy Pelosi’s failed ‘stimulus plan,’ which Hill supported, is nothing but a ploy for Democrats to force their tax and spend policies through Congress and onto the American people.

“Employers cut more jobs than forecast last month and the unemployment rate rose to a 26-year high, calling into question the sustainability of the economic recovery.

“The unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent, the highest since 1983, from 9.7 percent in August, the Labor Department said today in Washington. Payrolls fell by 263,000, following a revised 201,000 decline the prior month that was more/less than previously reported.” (Bob Willis, “U.S. Employers Cut More Jobs Than Forecast; Unemployment Rises,” Bloomberg, 10/2/09)

“After touting Nancy Pelosi’s failed economic policies, Baron Hill has led Indiana families into a jobless disarray and heaps of debt,” said NRCC Communications Director Ken Spain. “Given Hill’s ongoing support for his party’s reckless spending agenda, it is painfully clear he is unable to provide the quality leadership Indiana families want. Rather than making independent decisions, Hill has become accustomed to serving as Nancy Pelosi’s yes-man. At this point it’s clear that Indiana families deserve better.”

With each new report indicating the Democrats’ stimulus plan as a failure, it’s unconscionable that Democrats continue to claim it’s working.

“Vice President Joe Biden delivered a rousing review of the government’s economic stimulus plan in a conversation with the nation’s governors. ‘In my wildest dreams, I never thought it would work this well,’ he said. ‘Thank you, thank you.’” (Elizabeth Williamson, Biden on Stimulus: ‘Never Thought It Would Work This Well,’ The Wall Street Journal, 9/24/2009)

Indiana families have a message for Baron Hill and Vice President Biden: Your policy is a failure.

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