President Obama fails to recognize that Americans need jobs; not unemployment, socialized medicine, stimulus, more war, or excessive spending. We need economic growth policies, which will lead to jobs.
President Obama contradicted his 2012 campaign today, again. In 2012, his campaign focused heavily on "the economy is doing fine." This time, rather than focus on creating jobs, it was all about defending unemployment. No longer can Obama blame Bush; he has went to the well too many times and it is no longer effective. Instead, he is attempting to distract us from the failure of Obamacare while admitting to the failure of his economic policies. In reality, he is choosing which political suicide may be the least impactful to the upcoming elections. But, here is the thing...current polls are leaning towards Republicans more and more.
It is a harsh reality when Obama has to face the music. It seems as though he is ignoring reality at the times when it is politically convenient. The economy was just fine when voters were concentrating on Obamacare being passed against their will. Now, as Obamacare goes south, Obama suddenly admits the economy stinks and we need to extend unemployment? How convenient for his reality....
Opposition to the President and Democrat Congress policies has been present throughout. It is time to start looking at the alternatives to today's mess.
Once again, we hear about the great "emergency" of unemployment benefits, for the 4th time in 5 years. Continually, Democrats contend that unemployment benefits will create jobs. Heck, if this is the case, maybe we should ALL go on unemployment! We would create so many jobs. Yet, that does not work, now does it?
No one necessarily opposes supporting those whom cannot support themselves for a time, but when is it too long? This extension will cost another $6 Billion over the next three months. As discussed in The Welfare State: Increasing Government Dependency, it is hard to differentiate between those who truly need help and those whom abuse the system. With over 90 million Americans now unemployed, there is no doubt that some are not using this as a safety net.
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Today, the Washington Examiner made it simple to see the problem with Obamacare. They produced a fantastic comparison (on left) between Obamacare and Wal-Mart. No explanation is needed, as the result is clear. Obamacare is a failure, as written about in the Continued Failure of Obamacare.
What is the alternative?
Most recently, The American Health Care Reform Act was drawn up as a job producing healthcare alternative to Obamacare. There are many others out there, but this is the most widely supported alternative. Instead of killing jobs, let's implement a plan that does not bring down several industries and tax Americans further.
The stimulus, passed in 2009, at a cost of over $1 Trillion dollars did little to nothing to stimulate job growth. At a cost of $266,000 per job created, it was a massive waste of taxpayer money.
The alternative to this would have been simple, had we not incurred so much debt. The following are all alternatives that have been proposed and ignored:
...and many more. Or, even take it from someone who knows something about economics and simply cut corporate or individual tax rates by $1 Trillion and see what happens. The impact of this suggestion is detailed in Want Jobs? Cut Corporate Taxes!
None of the proposals, put forth by the President or Democrats in Congress will lead to jobs. The facts speak for themselves, these policies have failed the country the last 5 years. It is time for a new direction and new leadership. At a minimum, it is time for Democrats to start listening to the crazies who have been right all along; Conservatives, Libertarians, Tea Partiers, Freedomworks, and many other groups whom have been proven right about the policies enacted under this President and Democrats in power. And, that is not to mention, the Republicans who have not used the power of the purse to stop any of this nonsense.
