OBAMA'S JOBS COUNCIL STILL MISSING IN ACTION AFTER A YEAR...

 

Well, Barry hit yet another important milestone of his continuing presidency yesterday even as preparations continue for his second coronation. As of yesterday Barry's Jobs Council hit the notable milestone of going one year without an official meeting. The 26-member panel is also set to expire at the end of the month, unless, of course, Barry extends its tenure. But what's the point in doing that? The group, formally known as the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, last convened on Jan. 17, 2012 and that was only the panel's fourth official meeting since it was created in early 2011. A spokesmoron for Jobs Council chairman Jeffrey Immelt, who's the CEO of General Electric, referred all questions about the panel's future to the White House. And of course there was no direct comment from the White House. By the way, Immelt as you may, or may not remember, is also quite the fan of Communist China.

 

You may also remember that it was last July when POLITICO caused a bit of a stir by reporting then, that the panel had not convened officially for six months. At that time the story noted the presence of, what was described as, some simmering tension between the slew of business executives on the board and a pair of labor leaders who are also members of the group. The report also said that some CEOs were reluctant to appear with Barry at the height of the presidential campaign and that Barry's public attacks on GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney for outsourcing complicated the idea of an election-season sit-down between the president and the business leaders. The White House's initial response to the report also fanned the flames when Spokesmoron Jay Carney said Obama was too busy to meet the panel, a remark he later clarified by saying the president was "extremely appreciative" of the group's work.

 

A spokesmoron for the Commie-Lovin Immelt, some dolt by the name of Gary Sheffer, did his best to do what was nothing more than, an attempt, to throw a layer of bullshit on everything. He claimed on Thursday that the council has not been idle over the course of the past year, despite the lack of a public meeting or a full group meeting with Barry. The GE spokesman pointed to a series of supposed "listening and action" events across the country where members of the council—usually one or two of them—talked about the panel's work and solicited ideas from the public. Ok there, Gary, about offering up a little proof. Or, are we just supposed to take Gary's word that these useless little "events" occurred and actually amounted to anything? These days I believe absolutely nothing that comes from anyone even remotely involved with the most corrupt administration to come down the pike in my life time.

 

In an email put out by this goof, Gary, he said, "The Council was focused in 2012 on implementing the recommendations made in its three reports. Of the 60 recommendations for executive action, significant progress has been made on 54. Also Congress passed legislation on six recommendations made by the Council." Council recommendations led to administration initiatives to fast-track infrastructure projects, accelerate the processing of business and tourist visas, and a program to "look back" through existing regulations for those that are outdated and burdensome, Sheffer added. He also pointed to a series of public-private initiatives council members launched to jump start job creation. What, are those more of those same "shovel ready projects" that "weren't quite as shovel ready" as everybody on Barry's team thought? And as far as regulations go, these folks have created thousands upon thousands of brand new ones.

 

It seems pretty unlikely that this silly little cadre of do-nothings, hysterically referred to as a Jobs council, will get around to meeting before January 31, especially since its meetings are required to be announced in the Federal Register at least 15 days in advance and no future meeting has thus far been noticed. Despite the lack of public council meetings in the past year, council members have, or so we're being told, convened a series of 'private conference calls where they have supposedly heard reports from and interacted with senior members of Barry's administration like National Economic Council chair Gene Sperling and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. While those calls were not open to the public, the public recently got some insight into what those discussions may have been like when Jobs Council member Robert Wolf scored interviewed Sperling on his silly little Reuters TV show, something called, "Impact Players." But who watches that? I mean, really?

 

Look, the bottom line here is that no one, including Barry, the commie loving Immelt, or anyone else anywhere in this administration gives a squat about job creation. Their primary area of concern is to get as many people as is possible very firmly attached to the government teat. I mean seriously folks, how can you claim to be serious about job creation and at the same time taken any of the actions that Barry has taken over the course of the last 4 years. Can anyone, other than those who are his most devout followers, and or course those who are black, name me even one policy that Barry has put into place that was for the specific purpose of stimulating job growth? And the answer to that would be a big NO! Because there hasn't been any. His policies have had just the opposite effect unless, of course, you're talking about government jobs. That's what this guy is really all about! Get as many people as possible addicted to the government while working to bring about an economic meltdown at the same time.



THE CONSEQUENCES OF OBAMA'S RE-ELECTION CONTINUE TO GET WORSE...

And the list of companies that have announced layoffs and/or closings continues to grow at an alarming rate in the wake of Barry "Almighty's'" re-election. Wth Wednesday proving to be yet another tough day on Wall Street, the stock market seems to reflect the mood of the country’s business community. Since last Tuesday, we have seen a decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 13,244 to the close yesterday of 12,570, a loss of over 774 points in one week’s time. In just the first three days of this week, we have seen an alarming rise in announcements from some very large corporations like, NBC, Citibank, Xerox, and most of the Atlantic City Casinos. Also among the latest to announce downsizing, many municipalities are cutting back staff in service areas like hospice care, housing for domestic abuse victims, and even fire departments.

In many cases, the companies involved have not been all that shy in citing the fact that its because of Barry having been re-elected to a second term, as well as the tax implications from Obamacare, as being the reasons behind they're being forced into taking such drastic action. Still, other companies have tied their cutbacks to some of the administration’s more restrictive regulations, the number of which seems to be growing on nearly a daily basis. And then there are still others on the latest list that may have been caused by actions taken due to bad business practices or because the companies were "collateral damage", businesses that were hurt when larger operations in their area cut back or closed. No matter in what category a company may be in, the single reason for all of these job reductions can be traced directly back to Barry.

One high profile layoff comes from Stryker Corporation, according to a post on the FreedomWorks website: "One of the biggest medical device manufacturers in the world, Stryker will close their facility in Orchard Park, New York, eliminating 96 jobs in December. Worse, they plan on countering the medical device tax in Obamacare by slashing 5% of their global workforce - an estimated 1,170 positions." For the record, Breitbart is reporting that Jon Stryker (heir to the Stryker fortune) has strong ties to Barry's campaign. His massive donations put him among the biggest donors to both Barry and the Democrats: "Stryker, a member of the Forbes 400 list, was one of the top five donors to the Obama campaign. Having donated $2 million to the Priorities USA Action super PAC, Stryker also gave $66,000 in contributions to Obama and the Democrat Party." So, there you go.

Here is the list of domestic layoffs compiled by DailyJobCuts.com just since Monday (Nov. 12) of this week:
 
NBCUniversal – 500 - In a round of year-end belt tightening, NBCUniversal is cutting about 500 employees, or about 1.5% of its total workforce. The cuts are distributed throughout the media company, which boasts nearly 30,000 employees, according to a person close to the situation who asked not to be identified discussing the sensitive topic.

 Xerox Corp. – 2,500 - On Tuesday, Xerox provided some sketchy details of that restructuring: By the end of the year, 2,500 current employees will be former employees.

 Citigroup Inc. – 100 in Long Island NY - Citigroup Inc., the third-biggest U.S. bank, is dismissing 100 people on New York’s Long Island as the lender seeks to cut costs amid a slump in revenue.

 Atlantic City’s Casinos – Workers Face Layoffs After Sandy - ATLANTIC CITY — While gaming numbers in our area have been sluggish in recent months, the situation has intensified since hurricane sandy, and now more and more casino workers are looking at a cut in hours or even partial or permanent lay offs.

 Update: Smithfield Foods Inc. Meat Plant VA – Starting Layoffs - The Smithfield, Va.-based company said layoffs will start at the Portsmouth plant in January and it will close at the end of March. The first layoffs at the Smithfield Packing Co. facility will involve about 120 workers, with more than 400 workers affected by the time plant is closed, said Jeff Gough, Smithfield’s senior vice president for human resources. Employees have been offered transfer opportunities.

 Update: Cummins – Starts Layoffs in Indiana - Layoff notices starting going out this week to the engine-maker‘s white-collar workers at its headquaters in Columbus. Job cuts are also expected at Cummins‘ three southern Indiana plants: the Fuel Systems Plant and MidRange Engine Plant in Columbus and the Engine plant in Seymour.

 Solel Solar Systems ( International ) – 140+ - Three years after acquiring Solel Solar Systems in Beit Shemesh, which produces thermo-solar energy systems, Siemens AG (NYSE: SI; DAX: SIE) is firing about 140 of the company’s 430 employees. In contrast to six months ago when 100 employees were fired, mainly production staff, the latest round of layoffs includes engineering and development personnel, following the company’s decision to close down several major projects.

 Pierce Manufacturing in Bradenton – Layoffs begin - Pierce Manufacturing in Bradenton, a subsidiary of the manufacturer of emergency response vehicles Oshkosh, is beginning its first round of layoffs, which will eventually affect 325 workers.

 Hostess – 3 Plant Closing = 627 Jobs Lost - The world of Twinkies and Wonder Bread threatened to crumble Monday, as a nationwide strike continued and Hostess Brands Inc., the bankrupt owner of the historic products, said it would close three bakeries, eliminating 627 jobs.

 Gamesa Energy – 92 Layoff Notices - Gamesa Energy has issued layoff notices to more than half of its Cambria Township work force. Company officials say 92 of the plant’s 154 workers are expected to be out of work at the plant by early next year.

Update: Wingspan Portfolio Advisors – 459 Possible Layoffs - DALLAS — Wingspan Portfolio Advisors, a Carrollton-based loan servicing company, will layoff more than a quarter of its workforce at the end of the year.

 Wake Forest Baptist Medical NC – 950 Positions by June 2013 - In a news release, WFBMC said about half of the layoffs will come from "vacant, temporary and contract labor positions, as well as normal attrition and retirements." As many as 475 current employees — about 3.5 percent of the company’s workforce — will get pink slips. While the staff reductions won’t be complete until next summer, 76 employees are being laid off this week.

 Turkey Point Nuclear Plant FL – 277 Layoffs Possible - The 277 employees are to be laid off between Jan. 6 and May 26. The workers include 77 field engineers, 49 superintendents, 44 design engineers and 22 welding field engineers. The employees are not represented by a union. The layoffs are expected to be permanent.

 Tooele County UT – 22 - For the third time in the last four months Tooele County has announced a reduction of employees as the Tooele County Commission and county department heads scramble to reduce expenses to meet an unforeseen reduction in revenue.

 Glens Falls Hospital NY – 29 - Glens Falls Hospital announced Tuesday morning it is eliminating 29 jobs and reducing five other employees to part-time status, as part of a cost-reduction program being blamed on "declining reimbursement levels and other economic challenges."

 Bayou Cane, Louisiana – 7 FD Layoffs Likely - The fire chief’s decision to close the station at Savanne Road and Little Bayou Black Drive is the first of several steps intended to make up the money that will be lost when a federal grant expires in 2014. Other planned cuts include laying off seven employees by Jan. 1, eliminating overtime and reducing the number of calls that its trucks respond to each year.

 Publishing Firm Lulu in Raleigh – 9 - Raleigh-based Lulu, which provides self-publishing services around the world, has made layoffs at its headquarters and other locations. The company is owned by Red Hat co-founder Bob Young. Nine positions were cut in Raleigh and an undisclosed number of positions will be affected at other operations, Lulu said.

 Hamilton FD Ohio – Possible 2 Closing – 17 Layoffs - A study by public safety consultants Berkshire Advisors Inc. recommended a number of changes to improve efficiency in the Hamilton Fire Department, including increasing the workweek from 48 to 52 hours. This would reduce staff by nine firefighters and save the city $825,000 in overtime costs, according to the study. The city is projected to spend $1.1 million in overtime costs in 2012.

 Dana Corporation – Warns Employees of Poss. Layoffs - TOLEDO, Ohio -Dana Corporation is warning its employees that there could be a large number of layoffs on the way. The Washington Times reports that Dana will likely pay $24 million over the next six years in healthcare expenses and that cost is driving the layoffs.

 Mississippi County Arkansas – About 12 Layoffs - The Finance Committee of the Mississippi County Quorum Court slashed $1.5 million from the county’s 2013 budget, which will trigger layoffs of about a dozen employees.

 The Commercial Appeal – Another Round of Layoffs? - According to the media-focused blog Mediaverse, The Commercial Appeal has suffered another rounds of layoffs. This time, the cuts involve the advertising department.

 The Brattleboro Retreat – 27 Layoffs, 4 Positions Lost - Peter Albert, vice president for external affairs at the Retreat, said management decided to cut positions after reviewing third quarter revenues and expenditures. "Projecting out the fourth quarter, the year would come in at a loss," he said.

 Otsego County NY – 10 Layoffs Possible - As the rough parameters of Otsego County’s 2013 budget take shape, it appears that about 10 county jobs will be eliminated and some public services will be reduced, county Treasurer Dan Crowell said Tuesday.

 World Media Enterprises – 105 Jobs Cut - World Media Enterprises Inc., the division created earlier this year by Berkshire Hathaway after it purchased most Media General Inc. newspaper properties, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, today announced it is eliminating 105 jobs, including 33 related to its decision to shutter the News & Messenger in Manassas.

Reports Of Cuts Coming To GE Healthcare In Vermont - SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - More job cuts at GE Healthcare in South Burlington– though how many is unclear. The Vermont location specializes in developing information technology for the health care industry. About 850 people worked there when GE bought out IDX Systems in 2005. There have been several job cuts since then, including at least two others earlier this year.

You know, it's too bad that you can't identify, with some degree of certainty, those folks who voted for Barry. Because, I tell you what, if I ran a business and could do such a thing, I think the very first folks I would be handing out pink slips to would be those morons who had voted for Barry. I'd make them be the first ones to face the consequences of they're having voted for this pond scum. Why shouldn’t they be made to face, first hand, the consequences of their stupid decision? Why should they be permitted to put this guy back into office and then not be held accountable? I say lets just let go all of those who voted for Barry and if we need to hire some folks let it be those who voted against him and are in need of a job. Because far from being a job creating president, Barry has been a job killing president and that trend is continuing.

FAR FROM THE 5 MILLION NUMBER CLAIMED, ZERO JOBS HAVE BEEN CREATED UNDER OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION...

OBAMA’S JOBS PLAN…EXPANDING THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT?

It should come as a surprise to absolutely no one that according to a report released just this week by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the number of people now employed by government in Washington, D.C., has once again increased in the month of July. This little act governmental expansion happened at exactly the very same time that the overall unemployment rate rose in the District of Columbia as well as in 28 of the 50 states. Now according to this report, in June there were 245,700 people employed by government in Washington, D.C., by the end of July, that number had risen to 247,000, or a net increase of 1,300. This included both those employed by the federal government as well as those employed by the government of the District of Columbia. So it is then that with the arrival of Barry “Almighty” onto the scene, I think it very safe to say that the era of big government can be said to have officially returned, and with somewhat of a vengeance. And it comes to us now in the form of the largest federal work force in modern history. The number of those employed by the federal government now tops out at over 2 million for the first time since President “BJ” Clinton declared that “the era of big government is over” and joined forces with a Republican-led Congress in the 1990s to pare back the federal work force. Most of the increases are on the civilian side, which grew to over 1.4million people, in fiscal 2010. This massive expansion of the federal bureaucracy provides plenty of ammunition to those who wish to argue that the government is too big, too intrusive and is trying to do too much under President Barack Hussein Obama.

Theoretically, the number of Americans employed by governments nationwide declined by 37,000 during July, at least according to another BLS report published earlier this month. But, at the same time, according to that same report, the number of people employed by the “federal” government (not counting the Postal Service) actually “increased” by 2,000. That said, the total decline in government workers nationwide was the result of a decline of state and local government workers in some states, plus a decline of 400 employees at the Postal Service. Still, nationwide more than 22 million people continue to work for government at one level or another. Yes, that’s right folks, 22 MILLION, or roughly one in fourteen of us! That would be 22 million public union employees, employees for whom we the taxpayers are responsible for the funding of their rather extravagant pay and benefits packages. Those packages, which are, on average, twice as high for these public employees as it is for those of us out in the private sector who are responsible for picking up the tab. Since Barry “Almighty” was sworn into office, the private sector workforce has effectively shrunk by more than 2.6 %, shedding some 2.9 million jobs. During that same period of time, however, the federal workforce (excluding Census and Postal workers) has grown by over 7%. And then it was in his FY 2012 budget, that Barry proposed adding even more people to the federal payroll. Specifically, Barry wanted to create and additional 15,000 federal jobs including 4,182 additional IRS employees, 1,054 of which will be needed to implement Obamacare. The problem with all these additional government jobs is that government spending does not create the economic growth needed to sustain private sector job growth.


Ironically, at the same time that the number of people employed by federal and local government agencies situated within the District of Columbia increased during July, the overall unemployment rate among people who people who actually reside in the district actually went up. According to the BLS, this is due in part because some of the people employed by government in D.C., commute from Maryland and Virginia—and their jobs are used in BLS calculations to determine the unemployment rates in the states in which they reside, not where they work. This is the typical creative style of government “fuzzy” math. Meanwhile, the overall number of D.C. “residents” who are employed has declined every month since February, while the number of D.C. residents who are unemployed has increased, according to data published by BLS. In February, the total number of D.C. residents employed was 302,678. That dropped to 295,377 in July. In February, the total number of unemployed D.C. residents was 31,611. That rose to 35,861 in July. The unemployment rate among D.C. residents rose from 9.5 percent in February to 10.4 percent in June and then to 10.8 percent in July. A majority of the 50 states—28 of them--joined D.C. in seeing their unemployment rates go up in July. (See list below.) At the same time, even while overall employment by government declined nationwide during July, 16 states did join D.C. in bucking the trend and increasing the number of people employed by government within their borders during the month. (See list below.)
 
16 States and D.C. With Increased Gov’t Employees in July:
State People Employed by Government June and July


                                  June            July
Delaware                     62,600         63,100
District of Columbia     245,700       247,000
Hawaii                       123,600       125,500
Idaho                         117,700      118,600
Iowa                          246,100      251,200
Kansas                       254,000      258,300
Massachusetts             431,100      432,200
Michigan                      620,400      632,400
Mississippi                   243,200      244,700
Nebraska                     165,400       167,100
New York                  1,472,000     1,487,300
Oklahoma                    338,100        339,400
Rhode Island                  60,100        60,400
Tennessee                   410,800        418,000
Utah                           215,100        215,200
Washington                 534,700         540,000
Wisconsin                    416,700        421,000
 
28 States and D.C. With Increased Unemployment in July:
State Unemployment Rate


                                June     July
Alabama                     9.9      10.0
Alaska                        7.5       7.7
Arizona                       9.3       9.4
Arkansas                     8.1       8.2
California                   11.8     12.0
Delaware                     8.0       8.1
District of Columbia     10.4     10.8
Georgia                       9.9      10.1
Hawaii                        6.0        6.1
Illinois                        9.1        9.5
Indiana                       8.3        8.5
Maryland                     7.0        7.2
Michigan                    10.5       10.9
Minnesota                   6.8         6.2
Montana                     7.5         7.7
Nevada                     12.4        12.9
New Hampshire            4.9         5.2
North Carolina             9.9        10.1
North Dakota              3.2          3.3
Ohio                          8.8          9.0
Oklahoma                   5.4          5.5
Oregon                       9.4          9.5
Pennsylvania               7.6          7.8
South Carolina           10.5         10.9
Texas                         8.2          8.4
Utah                          7.4          7.5
Vermont                     5.5           5.7
Virginia                       6.0          6.1
Wisconsin                    7.6         7.8