MADE IN DC: Democrats are Delusional When it Comes to Gauging Economic Recovery

August 4, 2011

Democrats are Delusional When it Comes to Gauging Economic Recovery
June Unemployment Numbers Rose in over 90 Percent of U.S. Cities Thanks to Dems’ Job-Killing Policies

DC DEMOCRATS STILL DON’T GET IT: Time and time again, Obama and his fellow Washington Democrats bragged about their promise to strengthen the economy, but instead they chose to champion job-destroying policies that impeded economic growth and offered no leadership:

“The recession that began in late 2007 was extraordinarily severe, but the actions we took at its height to stimulate the economy helped arrest the freefall, preventing an even deeper collapse and putting the economy on the road to recovery.”

“These are considerable challenges, but we are in a much stronger position to face them today than when President Obama took office. By taking aggressive action to fix the financial system, reduce growth in health care costs and improve education, we have put the American economy on a firmer foundation for future growth.” (Timothy Geithner, “Welcome to the Recovery,” The New York Times, 8/3/2010)

MADE IN WASHINGTON, DC: As Congressional Democrats head home they will have to defend their blatant distortion of priorities that led to indefinitely stunting economic recovery through job-destroying policies:

“Unemployment rose in more than 90 percent of U.S. cities in June, mirroring a national slowdown in hiring.

“The Labor Department says the unemployment rate rose in 345 large metro areas. It dropped in 20 cities and was unchanged in seven. That’s worse than May, when the rate rose in only 210 cities and a sharp reversal from April, when unemployment actually fell in nearly all metro areas.

“Nationwide, unemployment ticked up to 9.2 percent in June, the highest level this year.” (Christopher S. Rugaber, “Unemployment rose in nearly all US cities,” AP, 8/3/2011)

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