Disappointing Jobs Numbers Reflect Economic Reality: No, House Democrats, This Isn’t Working
August 6, 2012
FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Shelley Adler (NJ-03), Ron Barber (AZ-08), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Bruce Braley (IA-01), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Andrei Cherny (AZ-09), David Cicilline (RI-01), John Delaney (MD-06), Val Demings (FL-10), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), Bill Foster (IL-11), Lois Frankel (FL-22), John Garamendi (CA-03), David Gill (IL-13), Alan Grayson (FL-09), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Pam Gulleson (ND-AL), Brian Higgins (NY-26), Jim Himes (CT-04), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Kathy Hochul (NY-27), Rush Holt (NJ-12), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Steve Israel (NY-03), Bill Keating (MA-09), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), Pat Kreitlow (WI-07), Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02), Rick Larsen (WA-02), Nita Lowey (NY-17), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Gary McDowell (MI-01), Mike Michaud (ME-02), Patrick Murphy (FL-18), John Oceguera (NV-03), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Nick Rahall (WV-03), David Schapira (AZ-09), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Betty Sutton (OH-16), John Tierney (MA-06), Niki Tsongas (MA-03), Christie Vilsack (IA-04), Jamie Wall (WI-08), Charlie Wilson (OH-06), John Yarmuth (KY-03)
Democrats Vote For Job-Crushing Tax Hikes Despite Job Numbers
Washington — The national unemployment for the month of July was announced today at the disappointingly high rate of 8.3 percent. Despite this disappointing report, Democrats would rather vote for tax hikes on small businesses than help get the people of New York get back to work. As Americans’ confidence in the economy dwindles, Democrats like Louise Slaughter would rather be a rubber-stamp for the big government polices her party claims have ‘worked,’ over taking responsibility for the dismal state of the economy.
“Slaughter wants tax hikes, Americans want jobs,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “Democrats can continue delivering failed promises and burdensome taxes on small businesses in this weak economy, but a static unemployment rate above eight percent makes it blatantly obvious that no, Louise Slaughter, this isn’t working.”
In July, the national unemployment rate remained unacceptably high at 8.3 percent. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/2012)
Fears of unemployment worsen as Democrats threaten to drive the economy into a recession unless they get their way:
“The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that, if the full range of tax increases and spending cuts were allowed to take effect–a scenario widely referred to as the fiscal cliff–a shallow recession would occur early next year…” (Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testimony before the Senate Banking Committee,
Federal Reserve Web site, 7/17/2012)
Yet President Obama recently said at a campaign function that his big-government, job-crushing policies have ‘worked’:
“Just like we’ve tried their plan, we tried our plan — and it worked. That’s the difference.” (“Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event,”
The White House, 7/25/2012)
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