Friday, February 20, 2004
BUSH PROVIDES 2.6 MILLION EXAMPLES OF MISLEADINGHere's more on that story...
"On February 9th, President Bush endorsed and personally signed his name to a White House economic report that promised he would create 2.6 million jobs by the end of 2004. The report was released to great fanfare, yet, less than two weeks later, the president and his top Cabinet officials are now refusing to stand by those predictions.
Specifically, the Associated Press reports that the president "distanced himself" from his own predictions, refused to directly answer a question about it, and deployed White House spokesman Scott McClellan to deflect more questions. When McClellan was asked about the president's personal promise to create 2.6 million new jobs, McClellan said the president is not interested "in crunching numbers."
The retreat by the president might have something to do with his past jobs promises not coming true. As the Economic Policy Institute notes, "the administration projected that a total of 2,142,000 jobs would be created in the first seven months after [its 2003] tax cuts took effect. In fact, only 296,000 jobs were created over that period for a cumulative shortfall of 1,846,000 jobs."
The president's retreat from his personal pledge came as Treasury Secretary John Snow, Commerce Secretary Donald Evans and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao are touting the president's economic plans in the Pacific Northwest - a region struggling with high unemployment. Snow and Evans both refused to endorse the president's 2.6 million job promise. And as the Cabinet officials spend thousands of taxpayer dollars on their public relations trip, they "said meeting with unemployed workers was not part of their agenda" and indicated the Administration refuses to back an extension of unemployment benefits."
Now do you know why he refuses to do that? Because you know when we get those reports that the unemployment rate went down by such and such a percentage point even though no more jobs are being created? That is when millions of people's unemployment runs out and they can't collect anymore!!!!! So why would he back something that would only make his numbers look worse!
Is anyone but me seeing the stupidity in this even from the conservative viewpoint? Look at their longstanding theory that they should tax the middle class because there are more of them and thusly they should be able to make more money that way. (Stupid theory but we'll go with it for the sake of this point) Realistically there has been no middle class since the 80s. There was starting to be one at the end of the 90s but GW nipped that little problem right in the bud. So now the majority of us are working poor. Their theory then relies on taxing the working poor because there are more of them and they can make more money that way. BUT...If there are no jobs and we all become the UNEMPLOYED POOR...WHO ARE THEY GOING TO TAX???? There won't be anyone left but THEMSELVES!!!!!
So even under their own economic theories, by sending jobs overseas, downsizing, keeping all the profits in the upper management level positions they are eliminating the only thing that is keeping them from paying taxes!!!!! And if they think they can eliminate taxes all together I would
love to see what they are going to do when the trash starts to pile up outside their 5 million dollar condos and no one is fixing the potholes in the road where they blew out a tire on their H2 and there are no cops around to arrest the guy who just mugged them for their $5000 Bruno Malies. (sp)
Am I the only one that sees this? Is it just me? Anyone....Anyone...
posted by Kimber
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Wednesday, February 18, 2004
White House Backs Off Job-Growth ForecastThings that just make you want to PUKE!!!!! You know I don't know what pisses him off more, the fact that reality stubbornly refuses match his little dream world or the fact that we won't just ignore reality and buy his line without even thinking about it.
posted by Kimber
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