{"id":3076,"date":"2011-06-14T12:36:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T12:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2011-06-14T12:36:40","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T12:36:40","slug":"perspective_on_unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=3076","title":{"rendered":"Perspective On Unemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"

CNS News<\/a> reported today that 1.9 million fewer Americans have jobs today than had jobs before the stimulus law was signed.  <\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

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“In February 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that 141.7 million people were employed. By the end of May 2011 – the last month for which data are available – that number had fallen to 139.8 million, a difference of 1.9 million.<\/em><\/p>\n

“While the number of people with jobs has increased slightly from its low point during the recession – 137.9 million in December 2009 – those 1.9 million jobs have been lost despite $800 billion in stimulus spending.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That is an awful lot of money spent on a program that didn’t get the intended result.   Former White House chief economist Larry Summers reported in a Washington Post op-ed<\/a> recently that the percentage of the population that has jobs has not improved–in fact it has fallen from 60.3 percent in February 2009 to 58.4 percent in May 2011.<\/p>\n

As I have stated previously, I did not watch the Republican debate last night.  I am on vacation, and the time difference is totally confusing my news consumption.  However, I heard enough sound bites from the debate to know that the Republicans have valid plans to create jobs and turn the economy around.  The excessive regulations–those regulations already passed and those regulations that companies fear will be passed–have put a damper on economic growth during the past two years.  We need to end overregulation and create a balance between total chaos and overregulation for the future.  I believe that any one of the Republican candidates currently running for President will aim in that direction.  As a country, we cannot afford four more years of President Barack Obama. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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