Well, well, well, lookee here. At least Barry can brag on the fact that he has accomplished something that has not been done in over 65 years, that being the fact that no new net jobs were created in the entire month of August, at least according to Labor Department figures. And thanks to Barry, the jobless rate still remains firmly above 9 percent. Our buddy Barry "Almighty" was hit with that little piece of devastating news on Friday, less than a week before he gives scheduled to give his heavily touted speech to Congress on getting Americans back to work. At the same time there was a new Fox News polls out which shows that now three out of every five voters say they are disappointed with Barry’s handling of the jobs issue. I find myself wondering why it isn't five out of every five voters. Guess there's still some die hard supporters out there happy with their unemployment "benefits" and food stamps.
Naturally, Republicans immediately jumped on the August figures, the first time since the end of World War II that no new jobs were created in a month. The president, though, made no comment as he helicoptered out of Washington for a Labor Day weekend at Camp David. “Today’s disappointing unemployment report is further proof that President Obama has failed,” presidential candidate Mitt Romney said in a statement released just minutes after the figures were released. And House Majority leader Eric Cantor added, “The president says he wants to put job creation first and put politics aside. We agree. It is a two-way street and if the president is willing to roll up his sleeves and join us in helping get Americans back to work, we are ready to work together." Barry doesn't want to work together, he wants to dicate how it is that things shall be done, and when they flop, just continue to blame things on Bush.
The latest figures increase pressure on Barry to come up with something new and significant to jumpstart the jobs market in Thursday’s speech to a joint session of Congress. Anything less will only serve to provide GOP leaders with yet another chance to attack. “I look forward to hearing his ideas to bolster private-sector job creation. The American people are still asking, ‘Where are the jobs?’" said House Speaker John Boehner. And Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said Barry must announce a change course in the address. "Today's unemployment numbers are another painful reminder that America still awaits economic leadership from President Obama,” said Priebus. “He spent his summer fundraising and golfing, promising to lay out a jobs plan only after his Martha's Vineyard vacation – all while nearly 14 million Americans remained jobless. "The president needs the courage to admit his regulatory regime is the biggest road block to job creation. America's job creators cannot hire workers while handcuffed by regulations, crushed by mandates and threatened with taxes. If the president refuses to change course, America's unemployed with be the victims of his failure.” Changing course is not on Barry's agenda.
Katharine Abraham, one of the stellar members of Barry’s Council of Economic Advisers, admitted that the unemployment rate remains “unacceptably high,” in a posting on the White House blog. "Clearly, faster growth is needed to replace the jobs lost in the downturn," she added. “Next week, the President will lay out a series of additional bipartisan steps that Congress can take immediately to put more money in the paychecks of working and middle class families; to make it easier for small businesses to hire workers; to put construction crews to work rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure; and other measures that will help the economy grow while still reducing our deficit and getting our fiscal house in order.” It's the silly phrases used over and over again. There's never anything new. The government does not create private sector jobs. All it can do is to make conditions favorable for hirong to take place, and Barry is just not prone to doing what's necessary or what will work.
At a Thursday press briefing, made before the figures were released, White House spokesman Jay "The Dipstick" Carney said Barry’s speech comes at a “an important moment for the American people who are demanding that Washington put an end to the gridlock and bickering that has paralyzed the process here and take action to help the economy, to create jobs, to help them." Look, these morons can blame it on "gridlock" until the damn cows come home, but I think most of us realize that the only action that can now be taken to resuscitate the economy, as far as lowering unemployment, is going to require doing things that Barry is simply unwilling to do. Because what's required here is the type of action that Reagan took back in the 80s. And that is not going to happen as long as Barry is in charge.
During an interview, former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes said he is not confident that Barry will come up with anything new. “Doing more government spending, doing more stimulus under another name, is not going to help getting this economy back on track again because again the government is in the driver’s seat,” Forbes said. He added, “Extending unemployment benefits does not stimulate the economy. A payroll tax cut, because it’s temporary, does not encourage real spending or investment and the creation of new resources.” I would argue that Barry isn't even capable of coming up with something new. He's been saying the same things over and over again for the last three years. Remember when he said all that was needed to maintain unemployment below 8 percent was his "stimulus" bill. Well sure worked out well, didn't it?
The Fox poll figures show a record-high 60 percent disapprove of Obama’s handling of job creation while only 35 percent approve. That was a record-low approval figure on the subject, “one of the most important issues facing the country.” Only 9 percent of those polled said the administration “knows exactly what it’s doing” on jobs. The August jobs report was the worst since September last year and was underscored by downward revisions for June and July, which lowered jobs added in those months by a total of 58,000. Even the White House seems to be giving up on the hope that the unemployment rate will fall significantly before next November’s election, saying it will still be hovering around the 9 percent figure. The rate stood at 7.8 percent when Barry took office, which actually is something that he inherited from George W. Bush.
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