NRSC Launches New Video Highlighting The Failed Promises & Economic Agenda Of Washington Democrats
Three years ago today, despite an already skyrocketing federal debt, President Barack Obama- with the help of Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid and liberal U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley- rammed their $1.2 trillion stimulus spending bill into law promising Americans that it would create millions of news jobs
In fact, Berkley specifically promised the stimulus would ‘create or save’ 34,000 Nevada jobs, but since the legislation was signed into law, Nevada has lost nearly 60,000 jobs because the Obama Administration was determined to spend their way out of this economic crisis instead of targeting the legislation to assist small business owners who are the true job creators of this country.
Notably, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report just yesterday that found that the rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high unemployment in this country since the Great Depression. Additionally they project that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent until 2014, which is again contrary to the promises of Obama, Reid and Berkley.
“After three years, it’s become abundantly clear that the Obama-Reid-Berkley stimulus which spent billions of dollars growing the size of government instead of helping small business owners create jobs was an utter failure,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “With 166,000 unemployed Nevadans, the Silver State deserves better than the tax-and-spend, big government policies of liberals Harry Reid and Shelley Berkley.”
BACKGROUND …
Exactly Three Years Ago Barack Obama Signed His Failed $825 Billion Stimulus Into Law
WALL STREET JOURNAL: President Barack Obama signed his $787 billion economic stimulus package into law Tuesday, with an upbeat speech emphasizing the road to recovery. (Laura Meckler, Obama Signs Stimulus Into Law, Wall Street Journal, 02/18/09)
Which Berkley Promised Would ‘Create Or Save’ 34,000 Jobs
Berkley Cited White House Statistics That Claimed The Stimulus Bill Would “Create Or Save 34,000” Jobs In Nevada. “‘From incentives to increase clean energy production to funding for work on I-15 and the Las Vegas Beltway, this package will mean jobs for Nevada at a time when we continue to face record unemployment levels,’ said Berkley. ‘According to the White House, passage of this legislation will create or save 34,000 jobs statewide, with the majority of those in Clark County.’” (“Rep. Berkley: Report Shows Broad Economic Recovery Package Will Mean More Nevada Jobs,” Congresswoman Shelley Berkley Press Release, 2/13/09)
Berkley Said The Stimulus Bill Would “Create Or Save 4 Million Jobs Over The Next Two Years,” Nationwide. Shelley Berkley: “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will create or save 4 million jobs over the next two years. In my district, thousands of construction workers will be put back to work improving infrastructure, building renewable energy facilities, improving school buildings and generally strengthening the future of our nation.” (“Rep. Berkley Urges Passage Of Broad Stimulus Package,” Congresswoman Shelley Berkley Press Release, 1/27/09)
