President Obama's Broken Promises On Jobs “President Obama has broken countless promises during his time in office – but none more important than his promise to help create jobs and get our economy moving again.
according to the American Wind Energy Association. Meanwhile, the oil and gas industry has added 75,000 jobs since Obama took office, according to Labor Department statistics.” (Andy Sullivan, “Analysis: Obama's ‘Green Jobs’ Have Been Slow To Sprout,” Reuters, 4/13/12)
The New York Times Headline: “Number Of Green Jobs Fails To Live Up To Promises” (Aaron Glantz, “Number Of Green Jobs Fails To Live Up To Promises,” The New York Times, 8/18/11)
President-Elect Obama’s Advisors Promised To Keep Unemployment Below 8% – But Unemployment Has Exceeded That Rate Every Month Since He Took Office:
President-Elect Obama's Advisors Promised Their Trillion-Dollar Stimulus Package Would Keep Unemployment Below Eight Percent. (Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein, "The Job Impact Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Plan," 1/9/09)
The National Unemployment Rate Has Been Above 8% Since February 2009 – A Record Thirty-Nine Month Span. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, 5/4/12)
“The Congressional Budget Office Is Projecting Unemployment Of More Than 8% Throughout This Election Year And Into 2014.” (David Jackson, “CBO Projects 8%-Plus Unemployment Into 2014,” USA Today, 2/16/12)
President Obama Promised His Stimulus Would Create And Save Millions Of Jobs – But Even He Has Admitted Those Shovel-Ready Jobs Did Not Deliver As Promised:
President Obama, On His Stimulus Spending: “Out The Door Immediately And Go Directly To Job-Creation, Generating Or Saving Three To Four Million New Jobs.” OBAMA: “And that is why I hope to sign an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan into law in the next few weeks. Most of the money we’re investing as part of this plan will get out the door immediately and go directly to job-creation, generating or saving three to four million new jobs.” (President Barack Obama, Remarks, Washington, D.C., 1/28/09)
•President Obama, In 2009: “We Are Seeing Shovels Hit The Ground.” OBAMA: “Because of Joe, and because of all the governors and mayors, county and city officials who are helping implement this plan, I can say that 14 days after I signed our Recovery Act into law, we are seeing shovels hit the ground.” (President Barack Obama, Remarks, Washington, D.C., 3/3/09)
President Obama, In 2011: “Shovel-Ready Was Not As Shovel-Ready As We Expected.” “Remember ‘shovel-ready projects.’ Those were construction projects in the 2009 stimulus bill that were supposed to get moving right away … ‘Shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected,’ Obama said.” (David Jackson, “Obama Jokes About 'Shovel-Ready Projects',” USA Today, 6/13/11)
Vice President Biden’s “Characteristically Blunt Assessment” Of The Stimulus: “We Know Some Of This Money Is Going To Be Wasted.” “U.S. Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged on Tuesday that some waste is inevitable in the spending of a $787 billion economic stimulus package, in a characteristically blunt assessment. ‘We know some of this money is going to be wasted,’ Biden said during a roundtable discussion in New York with business leaders aimed at promoting the two-year stimulus plan.” (“Biden Says Some Waste Inevitable Part Of Stimulus,” Reuters, 6/3/09)
During President Obama’s Time In Office, The Nation Has Lost 572,000 Jobs And
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