Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 216,000 more Americans lost their jobs in August. The unemployment rate rose to 9.7%, the highest level in 26 years.
Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the White House continues to tout the alleged success of their so-called stimulus bill,” said Congressman Price. “The 216,000 workers who lost their jobs last month join the millions of out-of-work Americans whose prospects for future employment are being hindered, not helped, by the federal government’s inefficient and enormously expensive Porkulus projects. The Democrats’ unprecedented level of government borrowing and spending will not stimulate job creation, nor has it stopped the job losses being experienced by so many Americans.
The Democrats sold their plan as a way to immediately pick up the economy. In fact, it is little more than a multi-year program to borrow and spend hundreds of billions of dollars for special interest giveaways. The real secret to economic growth is simple – reverse the skyrocketing debt that slows down private sector investment and allow individuals and businesses to decide for themselves how best to utilize their hard-earned dollars.
Here are some articles about the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Report:
Non-Farm Payrolls Fall 216,000, Jobless Rate 9.7%
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Here is a great article on the unemployment numbers from calculatedriskblog.com.
I wonder why the GOP is crying now? They did all the violations to piss enough Americans off to vote democrats in. They trampled the Constitution with the Patriot ACT, Military Commissions ACT,, no Medical Marijuana, etc.
Martin I was tracking right with you until I got to the medical weed part. Not that I personally object to medical weed, I just have trouble seeing how opposing it tramples the constitution like the other two things you mentioned.