| Inauguration Day | Today | Change |
Unemployment | 7.3% | 9.2% | +26% |
Debt | $10.6 trillion | $14.3 trillion | +35% |
White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe told Bloomberg News: “The average American does not view the economy through the prism of GDP or unemployment rates or even monthly jobs numbers.”
The data unmistakably shows that America is maxed out. Our federal government is broke and borrows to cover its debt, using one credit card to make payments on the other. And, judging from Plouffe’s comments, Americans don’t look into – or understand – whether high unemployment affects them.
Obama, Plouffe, and Democrats in Washington, D.C., are oblivious to the fact that our friends, family members, and spouses cannot find work.
So what’s Obama’s solution? Raise our taxes of course!
“So, when you hear folks saying ‘Well, the president shouldn’t want massive job killing tax increases when the economy is this weak.’ Nobody’s looking to raise taxes right now. We’re talking about potentially 2013 and the outyears.”
Yes, not only will those closest to us – or yourself, if you are unemployed – not be able to find a job in this “jobless recovery,” but in a few more years we’ll be paying more for it, too.
Let’s get this straight: Obama’s so-called “stimulus” – a $787 billion spending increase from Democrats in February 2009 – was his “A Plan.” This was supposed to be the stroke of genius from the “chosen one,” the best plan from the best thinkers.
And it has failed. Miserably.
It also drove up more debt, so now we have to pay for that, too.
And Obama goes back to the same Democratic playbook as before: Raise taxes, kill more jobs, and blame someone else.
Isn’t it time for Obama to admit that we’re on the wrong track? What do you think it will take before he gets the message?
Regards,
