In yet another reminder that Las Vegas Congresswoman Shelley Berkley’s $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 the national unemployment has risen again to 9.2 percent.
When the stimulus was passed, Ms. Berkley promised it would create “millions of new jobs” and keep national unemployment below 8 percent. Since the stimulus was passed the United States has actually lost more than 1.9 million jobs and the national unemployment has remained above 8 percent now for 29 consecutive months.
“These sobering numbers serve as yet another reminder that Nevada simply can’t afford six years of Shelley Berkley or Byron Georgiou’s liberal tax-and-spend agenda,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.
What They’re Saying About Today’s Jobs Report….
- The Hill’s Sam Youngman: “Wow. Dismal.” (Sam Youngman, Twitter Feed, 7/8/11)
- MSNBC’s First Read: “The Numbers Are A Devastating Blow To The Markets, To The American Psyche, And To The Political Psyche In Washington.” (Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg, “First Read,” MSNBC, 7/8/11)
- The Wall Street Journal: “The Choppy Two-Year-Old Recovery Is Proving To Be One Of The Worst Since The 1930s.” (Luca Di Leo And Jeff Bater, “Jobs Data Dim Recovery Hopes,” The Wall Street Journal, 7/8/11)
- WSJ: “The U.S. Economy Barely Added Jobs For The Second Month In A Row …” (Luca Di Leo And Jeff Bater, “Jobs Data Dim Recovery Hopes,” The Wall Street Journal, 7/8/11)
- CNBC: “The Report Shattered Expectations That The Economy Was Starting To Accelerate After A Soft Patch In The First Half Of The Year.” (“Jobs Picture Gets Even Worse As Rate Swells To 9.2%,” CNBC, 7/8/11)
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