The country knows Mr. O. is on an "It's not-a-campaign-trip" Busapalooza Tour. Thought you'd like to see where he went on the taxpayer dime.
Here are the cherry-picked locations Obama graced with his regal presence:
Goodhue County, MN, unemployment rate 6.8%
Dubuque County, IA, unemployment rate 5.6%
Winneshiek County, IA, unemployment rate 4.8%
Henry County, IL, unemployment rate 6.9%
And what's the unemployment picture in neighboring counties? Here's the scoop.
Clearwater County, MN, unemployment rate 11.1%
Hamilton County, IA, unemployment rate 11.5%
Alexander County, IL, unemployment rate 12.9%
Nationwide unemployment rate? 9.2%
Gee, do you think Obama's Busapalooza visited counties where he was hoping to get a welcoming reception? Counties that haven't felt the crushing sting of lost jobs and no hope?
He has no plan except orchestrating his re-election, and that's precisely what he's doing on this taxpayer funded trip. While America burns, he fiddles. Get ready, Folks, for 2012.
Showing posts with label lost jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lost jobs. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Monday, November 29, 2010
QUANTITATIVE EASING 101
Ever heard of Quantitative Easing? It's what Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve and Obama are doing right now to attempt to solve our economic blues. Obama and the Feds did it once already with the Stimulus Bill for around 2 trillion dollars. They are doing it again now for another $600 billion. This time with no vote from Congress.
They simply say "we are going to infuse $600 billion into the economy to try to create jobs." In other words, we are going to spend money we don't have. Then they decide, "But we are broke so we have to print money to make the purchase." This means they go into their little back room, rev up the printing presses, roll out the bills, grab a bunch of them in their fists, take them down the hall to the room next door and give them to the U.S. Treasury to purchase our Treasury Bonds, which is how we finance our debt. DO YOU GET THIS? We are printing our own money to buy our own Bonds. It's a Ponzie Scheme, a Bernie Madolff moment. But it's our government who's running the scam. This is lunacy! Why do Ben Bernanke and Tim Geitner, our Treasury Secretary, still have a job??
Beware, our biggest threat doesn't come from a foreign terrorist. Our biggest threat is the traitor and his czars sitting at the end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Watch this video for a concise explanation of Quantitative Easing 101. Watch it to the end. It explains it pretty well.
They simply say "we are going to infuse $600 billion into the economy to try to create jobs." In other words, we are going to spend money we don't have. Then they decide, "But we are broke so we have to print money to make the purchase." This means they go into their little back room, rev up the printing presses, roll out the bills, grab a bunch of them in their fists, take them down the hall to the room next door and give them to the U.S. Treasury to purchase our Treasury Bonds, which is how we finance our debt. DO YOU GET THIS? We are printing our own money to buy our own Bonds. It's a Ponzie Scheme, a Bernie Madolff moment. But it's our government who's running the scam. This is lunacy! Why do Ben Bernanke and Tim Geitner, our Treasury Secretary, still have a job??
Beware, our biggest threat doesn't come from a foreign terrorist. Our biggest threat is the traitor and his czars sitting at the end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Watch this video for a concise explanation of Quantitative Easing 101. Watch it to the end. It explains it pretty well.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
CORRECTION, IT'S NOT AN OBAMA PHONE!
CORRECTION, IT'S NOT AN OBAMA PHONE
As promised when I started this blog, I will always admit it if I have posted incorrect information. I try to do extensive research and haven't had to clarify or change anything so far, but here goes my first clarification.
In my post on this subject I said I couldn't track down where this program came from. Turns out this free phone nonsense was started under Reagan (it's nonsense no matter who started it), and it has been expanded upon and changed over the years. So I apologize, it should not be called the Obama Phone. It could be called the Reagan Ringer or the Government Gabber, but no matter what it is called with a multi-trillion dollar deficit it shouldn't be happening. Cuts need to be made everywhere. We no longer have the money to frivolously spend here, there and everywhere.
One other fact? It is administered by phone companies and partially paid for by federal and state fees attached to your phone bills. So we are still footing the bill. The phone companies who administer this program? They outsource their customer service to India. Too bad that the "fees" we pay are not used to provide Americans with jobs.
As promised when I started this blog, I will always admit it if I have posted incorrect information. I try to do extensive research and haven't had to clarify or change anything so far, but here goes my first clarification.
In my post on this subject I said I couldn't track down where this program came from. Turns out this free phone nonsense was started under Reagan (it's nonsense no matter who started it), and it has been expanded upon and changed over the years. So I apologize, it should not be called the Obama Phone. It could be called the Reagan Ringer or the Government Gabber, but no matter what it is called with a multi-trillion dollar deficit it shouldn't be happening. Cuts need to be made everywhere. We no longer have the money to frivolously spend here, there and everywhere.
One other fact? It is administered by phone companies and partially paid for by federal and state fees attached to your phone bills. So we are still footing the bill. The phone companies who administer this program? They outsource their customer service to India. Too bad that the "fees" we pay are not used to provide Americans with jobs.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
THIRD PARTY PUTTING THE PEDAL TO THE METAL
Did you hear Rush Limbaugh's opening monologue today wherein he chastised the GOP? He fears the Reps will regain control of Washington and then revert to their business-as-usual conduct. But wait, he doesn't just fear it, he expects it. In the past the Reps have been complicit in sending America over the cliff.
But I have somewhat more faith than Rush does, though it will depend on which Republicans get elected. The new, young Republicans who are as angry as I am about what is happening may be willing to make the changes we so desperately need to save us from destruction. But if more John McCains get elected the Republicans will be lost forever, just like the Democrats will be after 2 more years of Obama.
Depending on what the Reps do, we may have a real Third Party by 2012. And so be it.
But I have somewhat more faith than Rush does, though it will depend on which Republicans get elected. The new, young Republicans who are as angry as I am about what is happening may be willing to make the changes we so desperately need to save us from destruction. But if more John McCains get elected the Republicans will be lost forever, just like the Democrats will be after 2 more years of Obama.
Depending on what the Reps do, we may have a real Third Party by 2012. And so be it.
Monday, September 20, 2010
RECESSION IS OVER! CAN'T YOU TELL?
Did you see the "What Have They Been Smoking" headline today? "The Recession Is Over." That's what a panel of experts charged with determining these things announced. They say the "current recession ended in June 2009."
WOW, ARE YOU FEELING BETTER NOW?
Or are you one of the millions of Americans looking for a job, or worried about losing your job? Have you had your hours or wages cut? Do you have that squeeze in the pit of your stomach because things are so insecure?
Reported unemployment stubbornly remains at 9.6%, but the real jobless rate is 17.5% as reported by CNBC. If you are not part of this statistic today, you could be tomorrow.
Maybe you are one of the 2.6 millions Americans who have lost their home to foreclosure, or maybe your home is worth 30-50% less than you paid for it, or maybe you are behind in your mortgage payments like one in four Americans are? Or maybe you live in a neighborhood blighted by abandoned homes and therefore you can't sell yours?
Or maybe you have been forced to default on consumer debt and have filed for bankruptcy. A record number of bankruptcies are being filed every month.
Or you might be struggling to feed your kids, keep a roof over their heads, keep them healthy and educated, all while your purchasing power is in the tank and sinking fast.
These statistics are appalling, and economists are projecting that unemployment will not come down significantly anytime soon, and there will be record foreclosures for at least another 2 years.
We have the highest POVERTY RATE (43.6 million Americans living on wages below $22,000 a year) since the only other recession that lasted as long as this one has. That one was called THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
So while the hallucinating panel members can bend their statistics to make it appear "the recession is over," out here in the real world it sure doesn't feel like it.
This recession won't be over until our government gets its financial house in order, and that won't happen until the current crop of Washington Elites is FIRED. Until then we have to hang together and help each other as much as we can. As Americans we are all in this together.
WOW, ARE YOU FEELING BETTER NOW?
Or are you one of the millions of Americans looking for a job, or worried about losing your job? Have you had your hours or wages cut? Do you have that squeeze in the pit of your stomach because things are so insecure?
Reported unemployment stubbornly remains at 9.6%, but the real jobless rate is 17.5% as reported by CNBC. If you are not part of this statistic today, you could be tomorrow.
Maybe you are one of the 2.6 millions Americans who have lost their home to foreclosure, or maybe your home is worth 30-50% less than you paid for it, or maybe you are behind in your mortgage payments like one in four Americans are? Or maybe you live in a neighborhood blighted by abandoned homes and therefore you can't sell yours?
Or maybe you have been forced to default on consumer debt and have filed for bankruptcy. A record number of bankruptcies are being filed every month.
Or you might be struggling to feed your kids, keep a roof over their heads, keep them healthy and educated, all while your purchasing power is in the tank and sinking fast.
These statistics are appalling, and economists are projecting that unemployment will not come down significantly anytime soon, and there will be record foreclosures for at least another 2 years.
We have the highest POVERTY RATE (43.6 million Americans living on wages below $22,000 a year) since the only other recession that lasted as long as this one has. That one was called THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
So while the hallucinating panel members can bend their statistics to make it appear "the recession is over," out here in the real world it sure doesn't feel like it.
This recession won't be over until our government gets its financial house in order, and that won't happen until the current crop of Washington Elites is FIRED. Until then we have to hang together and help each other as much as we can. As Americans we are all in this together.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
DemoBrats and the Blame Game
Did you notice in his speech yesterday that Obama continues to blame the Republicans for the mess we are in and accuses them of working for Special Interests?
Well, the big question is, who gave the banks all that cash and propped them up? Answer, Bush and Obama. But then, Who bailed out the car companies, housing, Freddie and Fannie, the unions and hundreds of other industries and who has driven our debt to bankruptcy levels? Answer, Obama. And who is going to increase EVERY ONE'S taxes on January 1, 2011? Answer, Obama. The January 1 tax hikes are going to be massive and will hurt every segment of our society. And Obama doesn't care. He has an agenda and the outcome be damned, full speed ahead.
And don't forget the DOUBLE TAX ON ENERGY PRODUCERS that Obama is proposing. You know, we have to "punish" the "rich" energy producing companies. Do you think Obama is smart enough to figure out that all those increased taxes to energy companies will be passed directly on to We The People by increased rates? Surely he knows this because he can't be that ignorant. When you buy gas for your car, heating fuel, electricity, or any of the millions of things that are "petroleum products," you will feel the pinch. Thank you, Mr. Obama. And it's not as if Americans have extra money to spend on increased rates. Millions of Americans don't even have JOBS, much less EXTRA CASH. Thanks again, Mr. Obama and your pals in Congress.
He's been the captain of the ship for 19 months now and he still doesn't understand that our mess is his fault. How can anyone not notice that he is a pathological liar? How can he say his new $50 billion bill will give small businesses incentives to hire, when at the same time, the bill is full of job killing regulations? His $800 billion stimulus bill didn't work, so why would a new stimulus bill work? Is he really that dumb? All I see is more companies leaving, taking millions more jobs with them.
He and the DemoBrats need to be stopped in November. If Conservatives gain the majority in both houses, then Obama will be shut down until 2012 and hopefully they can start to undo some of the damage he's done.
So I say to him, "Mr. Obama, Americans are disgusted with the "blame game" and with all of you. Based on your first 19 months we are terror-stricken thinking of how much additional damage you can do in the next two years. If you knew anything about being President, you would LEAD. Instead you just BLAME and SPEND and then BLAME and SPEND some more, and then BLAME someone else for all of it. November? That's when we shut you down. Good Riddance to you and as many of your DemoBrats that we can get rid of!"
Well, the big question is, who gave the banks all that cash and propped them up? Answer, Bush and Obama. But then, Who bailed out the car companies, housing, Freddie and Fannie, the unions and hundreds of other industries and who has driven our debt to bankruptcy levels? Answer, Obama. And who is going to increase EVERY ONE'S taxes on January 1, 2011? Answer, Obama. The January 1 tax hikes are going to be massive and will hurt every segment of our society. And Obama doesn't care. He has an agenda and the outcome be damned, full speed ahead.
And don't forget the DOUBLE TAX ON ENERGY PRODUCERS that Obama is proposing. You know, we have to "punish" the "rich" energy producing companies. Do you think Obama is smart enough to figure out that all those increased taxes to energy companies will be passed directly on to We The People by increased rates? Surely he knows this because he can't be that ignorant. When you buy gas for your car, heating fuel, electricity, or any of the millions of things that are "petroleum products," you will feel the pinch. Thank you, Mr. Obama. And it's not as if Americans have extra money to spend on increased rates. Millions of Americans don't even have JOBS, much less EXTRA CASH. Thanks again, Mr. Obama and your pals in Congress.
He's been the captain of the ship for 19 months now and he still doesn't understand that our mess is his fault. How can anyone not notice that he is a pathological liar? How can he say his new $50 billion bill will give small businesses incentives to hire, when at the same time, the bill is full of job killing regulations? His $800 billion stimulus bill didn't work, so why would a new stimulus bill work? Is he really that dumb? All I see is more companies leaving, taking millions more jobs with them.
He and the DemoBrats need to be stopped in November. If Conservatives gain the majority in both houses, then Obama will be shut down until 2012 and hopefully they can start to undo some of the damage he's done.
So I say to him, "Mr. Obama, Americans are disgusted with the "blame game" and with all of you. Based on your first 19 months we are terror-stricken thinking of how much additional damage you can do in the next two years. If you knew anything about being President, you would LEAD. Instead you just BLAME and SPEND and then BLAME and SPEND some more, and then BLAME someone else for all of it. November? That's when we shut you down. Good Riddance to you and as many of your DemoBrats that we can get rid of!"
ALL AMERICANS NEED TO REMEMBER THE LAST 19 MONTHS
AND GET TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER.
TAKE BACK AMERICA WITH YOUR VOTE.
IT'S ALL WE HAVE.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Stimulus Slush Fund
The Stimulus Bill was $862 billion. It was guaranteed to "create or save" a million jobs and keep unemployment below 8%. Those were Obama's "selling points." Actually, I consider his words political propaganda, Obama spin, falsehoods, misleading, and outright lies. Even top economists have said "create or save" means nothing because it is virtually impossible to measure how many jobs are "saved." It's all smoke and mirrors from Obama and crew.
Unemployment is at 9.7% and the economy continues to shed jobs rapidly. And where is all of the Stimulus money being spent to "create or save" jobs? Let me give you just a few examples of the hundreds of egregious examples of horrific government waste of OUR MONEY:
$90,000 to build a sidewalk leading to a ditch that leads to nowhere
$5,000 per person subsidy to purchase electric golf carts
$150,000 for a water park
$200,00 to help Siberian communities lobby Russia
$5 million to create a geothermal energy system at a shopping mall in Tennessee that "has been losing tenants for years and is mostly empty"
$500,000 to Arizona State University to study the genetic makeup of ants
$145,000 to Wake Forest University for a project to see how monkeys react under the influence of cocaine
$1.2 million to convert an abandoned train station in New Jersey into a museum
$233,000 to the University of California at San Diego to study why Africans don't vote. This created 12 jobs, and 7 of them are Africans in Africa
$762,372 for a Georgia Tech assistant professor to "study improvised music" and "hopefully also create satisfying works of art"
$390,000 to the State University of New York at Buffalo to study young adults who drink malt liquor and smoke marijuana
$554,76 to replace windows at a visitor center at Mt. St. Helen in Washington State that has been closed since 2007. The US Forest Service has no plans to reopen it
$210,000 to the University of Hawaii to study the learning patterns of honey bees
Several million dollars to create and install thousands of signs nationwide touting the stimulus project
and the most appropriate one?
$700,000 to develop a joke machine
Most appropriate because THE JOKE'S ON EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR THIS OBAMANATION!
These are just some of the 100 most wasteful, reckless stimulus spending "projects" as reported by Senator Coburn and Senator McCain. (Google this and check it out)
So VP Biden hits the road and is currently travelling between states trying to convince us that this is the "Recovery Summer."
Washington thinks we are so stupid we will accept everything they do, like sheep to the slaughter.
Let's show 'em in November. VOTE THESE PEOPLE OUT! Democrat, Republican, Independent, I don't care who it is. If their voting record shows they have supported the Obama/Pelosi/Reid big-spending agenda, then they have to go. And if the new crew that gets voted in doesn't do what we want, let's Vote Them Out also. Short of an all out revolution it's the only power we have, the ballot box. Voting is a privilege, it's a right, and it's our duty. SO LET'S DO IT.
Unemployment is at 9.7% and the economy continues to shed jobs rapidly. And where is all of the Stimulus money being spent to "create or save" jobs? Let me give you just a few examples of the hundreds of egregious examples of horrific government waste of OUR MONEY:
$90,000 to build a sidewalk leading to a ditch that leads to nowhere
$5,000 per person subsidy to purchase electric golf carts
$150,000 for a water park
$200,00 to help Siberian communities lobby Russia
$5 million to create a geothermal energy system at a shopping mall in Tennessee that "has been losing tenants for years and is mostly empty"
$500,000 to Arizona State University to study the genetic makeup of ants
$145,000 to Wake Forest University for a project to see how monkeys react under the influence of cocaine
$1.2 million to convert an abandoned train station in New Jersey into a museum
$233,000 to the University of California at San Diego to study why Africans don't vote. This created 12 jobs, and 7 of them are Africans in Africa
$762,372 for a Georgia Tech assistant professor to "study improvised music" and "hopefully also create satisfying works of art"
$390,000 to the State University of New York at Buffalo to study young adults who drink malt liquor and smoke marijuana
$554,76 to replace windows at a visitor center at Mt. St. Helen in Washington State that has been closed since 2007. The US Forest Service has no plans to reopen it
$210,000 to the University of Hawaii to study the learning patterns of honey bees
Several million dollars to create and install thousands of signs nationwide touting the stimulus project
and the most appropriate one?
$700,000 to develop a joke machine
Most appropriate because THE JOKE'S ON EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR THIS OBAMANATION!
These are just some of the 100 most wasteful, reckless stimulus spending "projects" as reported by Senator Coburn and Senator McCain. (Google this and check it out)
So VP Biden hits the road and is currently travelling between states trying to convince us that this is the "Recovery Summer."
Washington thinks we are so stupid we will accept everything they do, like sheep to the slaughter.
Let's show 'em in November. VOTE THESE PEOPLE OUT! Democrat, Republican, Independent, I don't care who it is. If their voting record shows they have supported the Obama/Pelosi/Reid big-spending agenda, then they have to go. And if the new crew that gets voted in doesn't do what we want, let's Vote Them Out also. Short of an all out revolution it's the only power we have, the ballot box. Voting is a privilege, it's a right, and it's our duty. SO LET'S DO IT.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Obama drilling moratorium cost 23,000 jobs
Senior Obama administration officials concluded the federal moratorium on deep water oil drilling would cost roughly 23,000 jobs, but they went ahead with the ban because they did not trust the government's own inspection process. This is according to previously undisclosed documents recently released by the Justice Department due to a court order. So instead of improving the inspection process, it was goodbye jobs.
A federal judge in June threw out the first six-month moratorium saying the administration is "playing down the economic effects." But Obama and crew in some instances have not complied with the judge's order and continue to ban deep water drilling in the Gulf. They obviously think they are "above" the courts. Their arrogance is sickening.
The documents show the new top regulator of offshore oil exploration, Michael Bromwich, stated that a six-month moratorium would result in lost direct employment affecting 23,000 jobs. He also said that the loss of jobs would "resume normally once the rigs resume operation."
Mr. Bromwich apparently didn't know that the rigs would leave the gulf and never come back, which some have done. How could the man in charge of this drilling not be aware that the rigs would disappear?? The lost jobs are likely going to be a permanent loss, at least in part, and Obama and his henchmen didn't give a hoot. They stopped drilling anyway. Thanks, Obama.
A federal judge in June threw out the first six-month moratorium saying the administration is "playing down the economic effects." But Obama and crew in some instances have not complied with the judge's order and continue to ban deep water drilling in the Gulf. They obviously think they are "above" the courts. Their arrogance is sickening.
The documents show the new top regulator of offshore oil exploration, Michael Bromwich, stated that a six-month moratorium would result in lost direct employment affecting 23,000 jobs. He also said that the loss of jobs would "resume normally once the rigs resume operation."
Mr. Bromwich apparently didn't know that the rigs would leave the gulf and never come back, which some have done. How could the man in charge of this drilling not be aware that the rigs would disappear?? The lost jobs are likely going to be a permanent loss, at least in part, and Obama and his henchmen didn't give a hoot. They stopped drilling anyway. Thanks, Obama.
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