| In yet another reminder that President Obama and liberal U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow’s (D-MI) $787 billion stimulus failed to create jobs while driving our national debt past $14.3 trillion, the U.S. Department of Labor reports today that national unemployment has risen again to 9.1 percent.
Today’s rise in unemployment is just the latest development to highlight the failure of Obama and Stabenow’s tax-and-spend economic policies in Washington. While Stabenow and the Obama Administration promised their $787 billion stimulus would create “millions of new jobs” and keep national unemployment below 8 percent, the United States has actually lost more than 1.8 million jobs since Stabenow helped her Washington party bosses ram it into law – and national unemployment has remained above 8 percent now for 28 consecutive months. “As the unemployment rate rises to 9.1 percent, Michiganders are reminded once again that the Obama-Stabenow agenda of reckless spending has failed to create the promised jobs while driving our national debt past a record $14.3 trillion,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox. |
Background Information:
| STABENOW CLAIMED HER $787 BILLION STIMULUS WOULD CREATE JOBS
STABENOW: “[T]his Bill Is All About Creating Jobs.” (MSNBC, 2/9/09)
STABENOW: “So This Is — This Is A Jobs Bill, Number One, Jobs Rebuilding America, Jobs In The Green Economy. It’s Also About Making Sure We Keep People Working, Keep Our Police Officers On The Streets, And Focus On Quality Schools.” (Fox News Channel, 1/28/09)
Stabenow: “But Overall, This Is About Jobs, And This Is Going To Create Jobs.” (Justin Hyde, “Stimulus Deal Has Perks For Michigan,” Detroit Free Press, 2/12/09)
STABENOW: “I Mean, The Bottom Line Is, People Want To Know It Will Work. I Believe That, Working With Republicans And Democrats In The Senate, That We Can Have A Bill That Is Widely Supported. But If It’s Not, That’s Not The Most Important Thing To Me. The Most Important Thing To Me Is Putting People Back To Work.” (MSNBC, 1/29/09)
“‘The People Of My State Don’t Care How Many Democrats Or Republicans Vote For This,’ Said Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing. ‘They Care About How Many Jobs This Creates.’” (Gordon Trowbridge, “Senate Closes In On $780B Stimulus,” The Detroit News, 2/7/09)
July 2010: “‘We Are Now Gaining Jobs Every Month Rather Than Losing Jobs,’ Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Said In A Tuesday Floor Speech.” (Dan Friedman, “Democrats To Focus On Jobs, Economic Agenda, Again,” Congress Daily, 7/14/10)
September 2009: Stabenow Said The Stimulus Package Had Helped. “The two-year federal stimulus package has helped, Stabenow said, but the momentum can’t dry up when the money does. She cited the expiration of a tax credit for people buying their first homes as an example.” (Lindsay VanHulle, “Stabenow Talks Jobs, Carp, Afghanistan,” The [Traverse City, MI] Record-Eagle, 9/1/10)
September 2009: Stabenow Said The State’s Unemployment Rate Appeared To Be Leveling Off. “And the state’s unemployment rate, once the highest in the nation, appears to be leveling off. ‘I’m not saying things are great, by any means. We’ve been hit harder, longer, deeper,’ Stabenow, D-Mich., told Record-Eagle staff on Tuesday. ‘We shouldn’t be somehow afraid to talk about what’s going well.’” (Lindsay VanHulle, “Stabenow Talks Jobs, Carp, Afghanistan,” The [Traverse City, MI] Record-Eagle, 9/1/10)
BUT STABENOW & OBAMA’S $787 BILLION STIMULUS FAILED TO CREATE PROMISED JOBS
The Unemployment Rate Is 9.1 Percent And Has Remained Above 8 Percent For 28 Straight Months. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, Accessed 6/3/11)
Since The Stimulus Was Passed, The United States Has Lost 1.8 Million Jobs. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, BLS.gov, Accessed 6/3/11) |
