Democrats’ “Trickle-Down Government” Produces Unacceptably High Unemployment And A Discouraged Labor Force

October 5, 2012

FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Shelley Adler (NJ-03), George Badey (PA-07), Ron Barber (AZ-02), 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), Lois Capps (CA-24), Ben Chandler (KY-06), David Cicilline (RI-01), Jim Costa (CA-16), Mark Critz (PA-12), David Crooks (IN-08), John Delaney (MD-06), Val Demings (FL-10), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), Bill Enyart (IL-12), Elizabeth Esty (CT-05), Bill Foster (IL-11), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Pete Gallego (TX-23), John Garamendi (CA-03), David Gill (IL-13), Alan Grayson (FL-09), Pam Gulleson (ND-AL), Jose Hernandez (CA-10), Brian Higgins (NY-26), Jim Himes (CT-04), Paul Hirschbiel (VA-02), Kathy Hochul (NY-27), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Steve Israel (NY-03), Gene Jeffress (AR-04), 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), Joe Miklosi (CO-06), Brendan Mullen (IN-02), Mark Murphy (NY-11), Patrick Murphy (FL-18), Rick Nolan (MN-08), John Oceguera (NV-03), Bill Owens (NY-21), Sal Pace (CO-03), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Scott Peters (CA-52), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Nick Rahall (WV-03), Hayden Rogers (NC-11), Raul Ruiz (CA-36), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Brandon Shaffer (CO-04), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Gene Stilp (PA-11), Betty Sutton (OH-16), Syed Taj (MI-11), 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)

Chandler’s “Trickle-Down Government” Produces Unacceptably High Unemployment And A Discouraged Labor Force

Kentuckians Cannot Afford To Be Buried Another Four Years Under Job Crushing Policies

Washington — The national unemployment for the month of September was announced today at the disappointingly high rate of 7.8 percent, evidence Kentucky families are still struggling under Democrat’s trickledown government policies that are strangling small businesses and sending jobs to China. Will Ben Chandler continue to support his party’s failed policies, or will he finally admit that his big government spending sprees have failed to create relief for America’s job creators?

“Democrats will be scrambling in the next month to explain why the unemployment rate has remained unacceptably high on their watch, especially given their promises that it would be well below 6% at this point,” said NRCC Communications director Paul Lindsay. “American families can’t handle another four years of economic hardship to fund Democrats’ spending sprees that have strangled growth and failed to improve our economy.”

In September, the national unemployment rate remained unacceptably high at 7.8 percent. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/5/2012)

President Obama has no rationale to defend his ‘trickle down’ government policies:

“…The governor accused President Obama of championing ‘trickle down government,’ Jim Lehrer asked the president to reply, and he didn’t — and the accusation stuck and was repeated later without response.” (Stanley Fish, “Debating Points,” The New York Times, 10/3/2012)

A new report finds middle class families are ‘struggling to advance’ under Washington Democrats’ leadership:

“A majority of Americans now define success as not falling behind. They worry that fundamental changes in the economy are making it more difficult for them—and their children—to get ahead.” (Ronald Brownstein, “Struggling to Advance,” National Journal, 9/28/2012)

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