Democrat Economy ‘Worked’ for Big Government But Left Small Businesses to Carry the Load

July 26, 2012

FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Shelley Adler (NJ-03), Jeff Anderson (MN-08), George Badey (PA-07), Ron Barber (AZ-08), John Barrow (GA-12), Ami Bera (CA-07), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Kathy Boockvar (PA-08), Leonard Boswell (IA-03), Bruce Braley (IA-01), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Ben Chandler (KY-06), Andrei Cherny (AZ-09), David Cicilline (RI-01), Tarryl Clark (MN-08), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jim Costa (CA-16), Mark Critz (PA-12), David Crooks (IN-08), John Delaney (MD-06), Val Demings (FL-10), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), Scott Ellington (AR-01), Bill Foster (IL-11), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Pete Gallego (TX-23), John Garamendi (CA-03), David Gill (IL-13), Alan Grayson (FL-09), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Pam Gulleson (ND-AL), Jose Hernandez (CA-10), Brian Higgins (NY-26), Jim Himes (CT-04), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Paul Hirschbiel (VA-02), Kathy Hochul (NY-27), Rush Holt (NJ-12), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Steve Israel (NY-03), Gene Jeffress (AR-04), Bill Keating (MA-09), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), Larry Kissell (NC-08), Pat Kreitlow (WI-07), Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02), Rick Larsen (WA-02), David Loebsack (IA-02), Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Nita Lowey (NY-17), Dan Maffei (NY-24), Larry Maggi (PA-18), Jim Matheson (UT-04), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Gary McDowell (MI-01), Mike McIntyre (NC-07), Jerry McNerney (CA-09), Mike Michaud (ME-02), Brendan Mullen (IN-02), Patrick Murphy (FL-18), John Oceguera (NV-03), Bill Owens (NY-21), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Scott Peters (CA-52), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Nick Rahall (WV-03), Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23), Hayden Rogers (NC-11), Raul Ruiz (CA-36), David Schapira (AZ-09), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Gene Stilp (PA-11), Betty Sutton (OH-16), Mark Takano (CA-41), John Tierney (MA-06), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Manan Trivedi (PA-06), Niki Tsongas (MA-03), Christie Vilsack (IA-04), Jamie Wall (WI-08), Tim Walz (MN-01), Charlie Wilson (OH-06), John Yarmuth (KY-03)

Obama-Chandler Economy ‘Worked’ for Big Government But Left Small Businesses to Carry the Load
Chandler Expects Small Businesses to Finance His Limitless Spending Addiction

WASHINGTON — At a campaign event this week, President Obama claimed his party’s big-government ‘plan’ has ‘worked.’ However, the only thing that the Obama-Chandler economic approach has succeeded in doing is straddling small businesses with regulations, crippling taxes and the threat of more.

““It’s baffling that Obama is bragging about how his policies ‘worked’ when so many families and small businesses continue to struggle,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “At the end of the day, the tax hikes and burdensome regulations that President Obama and Ben Chandler champion are rippling through Kentucky, leaving small business owners with little opportunity to get the economy back on track.”

Earlier this week, President Obama said at a campaign function that his big-government, job-crushing policies have worked:

“Just like we’ve tried their plan, we tried our plan — and it worked. That’s the difference.” (“Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event,” The White House, 7/24/2012)

Coming from someone who thinks small businesses are ‘doing fine,’ it’s not so hard to believe Obama said that:

“President Barack Obama offered up a gift to Republicans Friday morning, declaring ‘the private sector is doing fine,’ at a White House press conference.” (Zeke Miller, “Obama: ‘The Private Sector is Doing Fine,” BuzzFeed, 6/8/2012)

But according to a new Gallup poll, a majority of small business owners disagree and do not approve of President Obama’s handling of the economy:

“U.S. business owners’ approval of President Barack Obama fell in the second quarter of 2012 to 35%, essentially tying farmers and fishers for the lowest approval among major occupational groups.” (Lymari Morales, “U.S. Business Owners Now Among Least Approving of Obama,” Gallup, 7/26/2012)

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