Claimed First $787 Billion Stimulus Would ‘Create or Save’ 133,000 Ohio Jobs
As President Barack Obama travels to Columbus to sell yet another round of costly deficit “stimulus” spending Ohioans are reminded that it wasn’t too long ago since liberal United States Senator Sherrod Brown helped rubberstamp Obama’s failed $787 billion stimulus in law.
Brown who’s been a partisan lap dog for Obama’s failed economic policies proudly proclaimed that the first stimulus sent millions of dollars towards rebuilding Ohio’s aging buildings and promised that the legislation would ‘create or save’ 133,000 Ohio jobs.
Since the stimulus has passed the Buckeye State has lost over 87,000 jobs and once again Obama and Brown are claiming that our country needs to spend more money in order to get Ohio’s economy working again.
“Barack Obama and Sherrod Brown’s first round of costly ‘stimulus’ spending failed to create the 133,000 Ohio jobs they promised while driving our national debt through the roof, so why do they want to make the same mistake again?” asked National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “It’s clear that Barack Obama and his left-hand man Sherrod Brown have absolutely no new ideas to offer Ohioans – just more of the same wasteful deficit spending, crushing debt, and job-killing tax hikes.”
Background Information:
Sherrod Brown Promised The Stimulus Would ‘Create or Save’ 133,000 Ohio Jobs
Brown Predicted The Stimulus Would Create As Many As 133,000 Jobs In Ohio. Brown: “Ohio will receive more than $8 billion to help create as many as 133,000 Ohio jobs.” (Senator Sherrod Brown Website, www.brown.senate.gov, Accessed 1/26/11)
Brown Also Said That $430 Million In Stimulus Money Would Help Repair Ohio’s Aging Buildings
WKYC-TV CLEVELAND: “Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown has announced that $430 million in federal stimulus dollars will be coming to Ohio schools for construction and repairs to aging buildings. ‘These funds will ensure the physical infrastructure of our schools matches the quality education that Ohio’s teachers provide,’ Brown said. ‘These funds will create immediate construction jobs and a better learning environment for Ohio children.’” (Brown: Stimulus dollars coming to Ohio for school construction, WKYC-TV, 03/18/10)
ZANESVILLE TIMES RECORDER: Zanesville City Schools could receive an additional $5 million in state aid toward programs and construction, while Morgan Local Schools has the next highest total in the area at $2.1 million. Most schools in our area could realize between $1.1 million and $1.6 million in additional state funding. In Muskingum County alone, $12 million in increased funding could be coming. Meghan Dubyak, press secretary for Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, said while Brown has been fighting to ensure the stimulus package provides much needed jobs in the short-term through infrastructure projects, the package also include provisions for the long-term, strategic goals of preparing the nation’s young people and their schools for the 21st Century. (Brian Gadd, Stimulus could provide increase in school funding, Zanesville Times Recorder, 01/28/09)
Since The Stimulus Was Passed Ohio Has Lost Over 87,000 Jobs
As Of July 2011, Ohio Has Lost 87,803 Jobs Since The Stimulus Passed In February 2009. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, Accessed 9/13/11)
