Via Erika Johnsen at Hot Air, this makes perfect sense in an Obama world. As Erika suggests, if Secretary of Labor Solis is right. . . . .

” But hey, if that’s really the case, why don’t we provide food stamps and extended emergency unemployment benefits for everyone — that will kickstart our economy like crazy, right?”

Obama Labor Secretary: Obama “Saved Millions and Millions of Jobs” with Unemployment Extension – Video 1/4/13

The December 2012 Unemployment Numbers are out, and the Unemployment Rate moved up to 7.8%. The Obama water-carriers are saying it remained “unchanged” because they revised the November number up from 7.7% to 7.8%, after having trumpeted by drop in unemployment to 7.7%!

December 2012 Jobs Report Shows Unemployment Rate Up to 7.8% – Video Report 1/4/13

Speaking in an interview on CNBC yesterday, GOP Vice-Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan reacted to the terrible August Jobs Report by saying, “This is not even close to what a recovery looks like.” Ryan pointed out that the U.S. needs to create 150,000 jobs a month just to keep up with population growth. Only 96,000 new jobs were created in August, with 368,000 people dropping out of the workforce altogether.

Paul Ryan on Terrible August Jobs Report: “This is Not Even Close to what a Recovery Looks Like. . . We Need Growth. We Can Get that if We Get the Right Policies in Place” – Video 9/7/12

Here is video of Gov. Mitt Romney today reacting to the August Jobs Report, saying “Americans are tired of being tired.” The report contained much more bad news, with 368,000 people dropping out of the workforce.

Mitt Romney on Lack of Jobs in the Obama Economy: “Americans are Tired of Being Tired” – Video 9/7/12

Here is video of Gov. Mitt Romney this morning reacting to the dismal August 2012 Jobs Report, showing anemic job creation numbers, and even worse, showing that 368,000 Americans just dropped out of the workforce last month – people who gave up looking for work.

Romney said the report is a continuation of the “bad news,” and it shows “we are going in the wrong direction.”

Mitt Romney Reacts to Dismal August Jobs Report: A Continuation of the “Bad News” that Shows “We are Going in the Wrong Direction” under Barack Obama – Video 9/7/12

The Unemployment Numbers are out for August 2012, and they are uniformly considered to be terrible. Only 96,000 private sector jobs were created, well below the expected 125,000. Even worse, the workforce shrank, with some 300,000 people leaving the workforce. The Unemployment Rate remains above 8% for a 43rd consecutive month at 8.1%, down slightly from 8.3% due to the shrinking of the workforce itself.

REUTERS: Jobs growth slowed more than expected in August, setting the stage for the Federal Reserve to pump additional money into the sluggish economy next week and dealing a blow to President Obama as he seeks reelection in November.

Nonfarm payrolls increased only 96,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. While the unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent in July, it was largely due to Americans giving up the search for work.

The report’s weak tenor was also underscored by revisions to June and July data to show 41,000 fewer jobs created than previously reported. The labor force participation rate, or the percentage of Americans who either have a job or are looking for one, fell to 63.5 percent — the lowest since September 1981.

The lackluster report keeps the pressure on Obama ahead of the November vote in which the health of the economy looms large.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected payrolls to rise 125,000 last month, but some had pushed their forecasts higher after upbeat data on Thursday. . . Read More

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August Jobs Report Falls Short of Expectations; Only 96,000 Jobs Created while 300,000+ Leave the Workforce; Unemployment Remains above 8% for the 43rd Consecutive Month – 9/7/12

Here is an outstanding new GOP Ad in response to the continued high unemployment under the Presidency of Barack Obama. The ad has a single message – “It’s been four years.” Obama isn’t working.

New GOP Ad Responds to Continued High Unemployment Under Obama: “It’s Been Four Years” – Video 8/3/12

You really can’t make this stuff up! But then, the economy is so bad, you have to grasp at whatever you can find to try and make it look better:

USA TODAY: The White House is really getting specific when it comes to the unemployment rate.

Rather than 8.3% — the rounded-up figure — Obama economic adviser Alan Krueger writes on the White House website that the real jobless rate is 8.254%.

“The household survey showed that the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.3% in July (or, more precisely, the rate rose from 8.217% in June to 8.254% in July),” wrote Krueger, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. . . . Read More

U.S. Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.3% in July; Defensive Obama White House Says It’s Actually “8.254%” – 8/3/12

George Will sums up where we are in the Obama Economy. If it were not for “7 million people” leaving the workforce by going on disability or just giving up looking for work, unemployment would be “10.9%” rather than already dreadful 8.2%. But Obama wants four more years to keep doing the same thing.

Via The Rightnewz.com

George Will on “This Week”: “If 7 Million People had not Left the Workforce, We would have 10.9% Unemployment. . . It’s Quite Clear the President got Terrible Advice Early in His Administration” – Video 7/8/12

Democrat National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is at something of a loss today when Fox News’ John Roberts presses her on her statement she’s “pretty happy” with the job creation record of Barack Obama. Roberts was filling in for Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”

DNC Chair “Pretty Happy” with Obama Job Growth Numbers – Video 7/8/12

Well, if you had presided over 41 straight months of more than 8% Unemployment, you also would only spend 26 seconds out of a 40-minute speech talking about the latest Jobs Report!

Obama called the dismal jobs report “a step in the right direction.” The 80,000 jobs created does not even begin to come close to what is needed to really turn things around. It fell well below the already depressed expectations of 100,000 jobs.

Via The Rightnewz.com

Obama Spends 26 Seconds of a 40-Minute Speech Reacting to Dismal Jobs Report; Calls Meager Numbers “a Step in the Right Direction” – Video 7/6/12

And the Obama Economy rolls on . . . .


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BREAKING: June Jobs Report – Only 80,000 Jobs Added; Unemployment Rate Remains at 8.2% – 7/6/12

Here is video of Rush Limbaugh on Friday talking about the shock of the media at the dismal jobs report that came out for May. “They are in panic mode at MSNBC, CNN, etc.,” Rush said.

Rush Limbaugh Talks about Liberal Media’s Shock at Dismal Unemployment Report: “They are in Panic Mode at MSNBC . . . ” – Video 6/1/12

Here is video of Democrat Rep. Chaka Fattah saying what Democrats are counting on to keep the White House – the votes of people getting Government checks. In attacking the Paul Ryan Budget on MSNBC, Fattah told the always fair and impartial Rev. Al Sharpton:

“Those people who are unemployed are not going to be voting for the party that wants to cut their benefits, cut access to Food Stamps, cut Job Training.”

Let’s hope more people still would rather have a good paying job than have Food Stamps.

Democrat Rep: “People who are Unemployed are not Going to be Voting for the Party that wants to Cut their Benefits, Cut Access to Food Stamps . . . ” – Video 4/25/12

Good grief. Only in the bizarre mind of a Leftist – but this Leftist is the senior adviser to the President of the United States!

Here is video of Valerie Jarrett speaking at North Carolina Central University extoling the virtues of “unemployment checks.” After all, they stimulate the economy!

“People who receive that unemployment check go out and spend it and help stimulate the economy, so that’s healthy as well.”

That should make a nice, strong ad for the Fall Campaign!

Via Fox Nation

Obama Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett Extols the Virtue of Unemployment Checks: They “Help Stimulate the Economy, So that’s Healthy as Well” – Video 2/21/12

The New York Times has an article with a chilling forecast from one private Economic forecasting firm, predicting the U.S. Economy is going to get worse, including unemployment that very well may return to double-digit levels:

NEW YORK TIMES: . . . But at least one organization with an exceptionally good track record says another recession may already be here. That is the Economic Cycle Research Institute, a private forecasting firm based in Manhattan. It was founded by Geoffrey H. Moore, an economist who helped originate the practice of using leading indicators to predict business cycles. Mr. Moore died in 2000, but the team he trained is still at work.

Relying on a series of proprietary indexes, the institute correctly predicted the beginning and the end of the last recession. Over the last 15 years, it has gotten all of its recession calls right, while issuing no false alarms.

That’s why it’s worth paying attention to its current forecast. It’s chilling: as bad as the economy has been, it’s about to get worse.

In the institute’s view, the United States, which is struggling to recover from the last downturn, is lurching into a new one. “If the United States isn’t already in a recession now it’s about to enter one,” says Lakshman Achuthan, the institute’s chief operations officer. . . .

More pain is coming, says Mr. Achuthan. He thinks the unemployment rate will certainly go higher. “I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes back up into double digits,” he says. . . . Read More

Economic Forecasting Firm Issues Chilling Prediction on U.S. Economy; “Double-Digit” Unemployment Possible – 10/9/11

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