A timely video considering today’s grim jobs report, brought to you by oversightandreform :
President Barack Obama just held a Twitter Townhall on #jobs & the #economy, attempting to explain why none of his policies, record spending and unprecedented river of government red tape has helped grow private-sector jobs. With unemployment climbing to 9.2% today (14.1 million Americans unemployed), we put together a #fact check from the #AskObama Twitter town hall. We’d like to #AskObama: where are the jobs?
Here’s another question. Where are the personal sacrifices? Obama likes to tell the American people that “we all need to make sacrifices”, yet where are his?
White House Dossier reports to day, that Ninety Percent of Obama Travel at Least Partly Politics.
Nearly 90 percent of President Obama’s domestic travel in the first six months of this year has been either partially or entirely political, and almost all the costs are borne by taxpayers, according to a White House Dossier Analysis.
Since returning from vacation in Hawaii Jan. 4, Obama has embarked on 25 domestic trips involving use of Air Force One. Of the total, 22 have involved either a fundraiser, travel to a presidential battleground state, or both.
Only three times has the president traveled for purely non-political purposes: a trip to visit flooding victims in Tennessee; a visit to New York City to meet with 9/11 families and lay a wreath; and a trip to Albany, New York to speak about the economy.
He also visited Joplin on May 29, which was probably a sacrifice for him.
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2012 candidate for President, Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (MI) weighs in on the jobs numbers:
“Over sixteen million Americans are unemployed. Over thirty million Americans are unable to pursue better jobs because of the failed stimulus and other irresponsible, job-crushing policies. Inflation is rising. Real wages are declining – everywhere except at the Obama White House. To Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney’s big government and bailout banks, this is an economic statistic. To Main Street, this is real suffering. This must and will end.
“Like every one else in this age of international, global competition, big government and the bailout banks must be restructured for the future, and taxation and regulatory reform must be implemented, so our entrepreneurs and workers can immediately grow our economy and commence an era of unprecedented prosperity for the American people.”
More re-ax via Hot Air: Boehner’s office, calling it like it is: “Yikes” on jobs report
Just One Minute picks Obama’s biggest laugh line from his “Jobs Chat”.
And more from Hot Air: Carney: Yeah, we don’t think Americans care about GDP, jobless numbers
This just in from The Heritage Foundation:
Jobs Report Analysis
In it you will find the following facts:— The unemployment rate increased 0.1 percent to 9.2 percent while the labor force participation rate declined to 64.1 percent.
— The report shows a staggering reduction of 445,000 in employed workers.
— The labor force participation rate fell to 64.1 percent, the lowest level since 1984.
— For women 20 or older, the participation rate fell to its lowest level since 1996.
— There was also a surge in the number of unemployed individuals who have been unemployed for less than five weeks.BONUS: Most of the key items on the President’s agenda raise business costs and discourage expansion, such as…
- The health care reform legislation raises the costs of employer-sponsored health insurance;
- The new financial regulations make accessing capital difficult for smaller businesses;
- The pending Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations of carbon dioxide and coal-fired power plants will raise the cost of energy;
- The promised tax increases on successful businesses discourage entrepreneurs from taking risks on new ventures; and
- Obama’s activist National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeks to foist unions on employers and employees, despite the fact that unionized businesses create fewer jobs.
More info HERE, including charts & full analysis you can easily use on blogs, link sharing sites, etc.
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Oh puhleese…Gateway Pundit: Obama: Don’t Look at Me… It’s the Earthquake, Tornado, State Budget Cuts, Gas Prices, Local Budget Cuts, Greece’s Fault.
Director Blue: Unexpectedly: Unemployment rises to 9.2% and U.S. adds only 18,000 jobs in June — on predictions of 125,000
Doug Powers at Michelle Malkin: June Jobs Report Released, and There’s That Word Again
What word? Oh…that word.
Nice Deb 
As long as there is great uncertainty about tax laws and taxation penalty;
As long as small businesses are punished for having the audacity to try to get ahead economically by one’s own ingenuity;
And long as any businesses are punished by the government for not being “union” but rewarded unjustly for being “union;
And as long as a Nazi/Marxist is in power in the presidency of the United States of America;
There will be no long-term increase in jobs, no long-term improvement in the economy, and no hope for those who put their faith in anything besides the government.
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