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As Unemployment Rate Reaches 9.2% Obama Praises Stimulus Success

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The unemployment rate increases and Obama says his stimulus package worked. He points to the money sent to states to prop up their public sector union jobs as creating or saving bunches of jobs. The only thing this proves to a thinking man is that too much money is being wasted on public sector union employees and it is stifling the private sector. If states can not afford to pay these huge benefit packages without turning to Washington for taxpayer support then the contracts need to be re-negotiated not bailed out.

THIS INSANITY has got to stop. Vote conservative in 2012. For this and other nonsensical things this President says and does he wins this week’s DoDo Bird award hands down.

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Our biggest priority of this administration is getting the economy back on track and putting people back to work. Now, without re-litigating the past, I am absolutely convinced and the vast majority of economists are convinced that the steps we took in the recovery act saved millions of people their jobs, or created a whole bunch of jobs. And, part of the evidence of that, as you see instances of the recovery act phasing out. When I came into office and budgets were hemorrhaging at the state level. Part of the recovery act was giving states help so they wouldn’t have to lay off teachers, police officers and firefighters. As we’ve seen that federal support for states diminish, we’ve seen the biggest job losses in the public sector — teachers, police officers, firefighters, losing their jobs. So, my strong preference would be for us to figure out ways that we can continue to provide help across the board. But I’m operating within some political constraints, because whatever I do, has to go through the House of Representatives. What that means then is, among the options that are available to us is for example the payroll tax cut.

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Just Words, Just Speeches, That’s all folks

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Obama likes to talk and point the finger at others failures, never assuming responsibility for anything. He likes to jump out in front of every issue and stand aloof as he disparages everyone else on issue after issue. Nothing is ever his fault, someone else is always to blame for a problem. The latest example of Obama huberious is this speech where he thinks it is funny that there is no solution to the debt crisis facing the United States. He demeans the congress for taking a break and boasts about being on the job and yet as this video shows he has been doing everything but leading on this issue.

Mr. President where is your BUDGET proposal? Mr. President where is your solution to a balanced federal budget? Mr. President where is your proposal for this weak economy? Mr. President what is your proposal for the high unemployment rate? If those questions are too hard for you to answer could you at least tell the American people when your next tee time is? I bet you know the answer to that question.

Do us all a favor Mr. President why not put in for early retirement so that you can play unlimited rounds of golf?

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“Obama has no plan to balance the budget — ever.” http://nrsc.org

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Proposed $2 Trillion Dollar Spending Cuts Isn’t

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According to the CATO institute the proposed $2 trillion dollar spending cuts propsed actually equates to a spending increase of 1.8 trillion dollars. Government lies. Unless unconstitutional programs and duplicate agencies are actually eliminated will there be any REAL long-term savings. Otherwise it is all smoke and mirrors, an attempt to fool the American people into believing that these fools in congress actually CUT anything. Do not allow your congressman or woman to lie to you. Insist that they actually cut government programs and agencies and eliminate budgets and funding for duplicates and unconstitutional programs. Insist that they eliminate employees and whole agencies. We can not longer afford the status quo.

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Where’s the Democrat Budget? Has Anyone Seen One?

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Did you know that Congressional Democrats haven’t proposed a budget since the fiscal 2010 one was passed on April 3, 2009.

That’s 27 straight months without a budget proposal from a Democrat in either the House or the Senate, And yet they continue to blame the GOP for the fiscal mess we now find our country in. The first and foremost responsibility of congress is to ENACT a budget each year. It is now 2 years and there is still no budget. The GOP house has passed a budget for 2012 but the DEMS who control the SENATE refuse to vote for it or offer an alternative.

All this talk about raising the debt ceiling is mute since the congress failed in its primary duties to pass a budget. How is anyone supposed to know how much money the government really needs if there is no PROPOSED BUDGET. I say let the government shut down until after the 2012 elections. Think about how much money the US TAXPAYERS will save if all them spend-a-holics where to leave town for a few months. Can you spell R-E-L-I-E-F? Now that sounds like one Government action that would actually be for the Common welfare of the people.

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The Sleeping Giant Has Awakened

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As the deadline for the budget impasse approaches the usual suspects are flapping their gums attempting to be relevant. What passes for news today is really pathetic. I do not know if it is the failure of higher education or if the producers of these news programs are simply ideologically driven, in any case real journalism has died in America and along with it critical thinking. Whatever the reason it is what it is.

That being said, there is far more at stake than a continuing budget resolution to fund the federal government another week or two or three. What is at stake is the fiscal health of the country. We are well past the place to allow business as usual to continue. I think even the most jaded among us will have to finally admit America can no longer afford government largess. It is time to lock up the check book, cut up the credit card, eliminate the expense accounts and hold the federal bureaucrats accountable for their actions.

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If you are like me for many years we simply went about our business and paid little mind to politics or the political process, that was until the election of 2008. The two years leading up to this historic election shook me out of my political slumber and I realized that for too long I have been passive.  As a result, the federal till was left unattended, and our national treasure was being looted. Like the frog in the kettle, many of us had tolerated the ever-increasing federal bureaucracy and the slow erosion of our liberties, but the current administration turned up the heat too fast and we frogs realized we were being boiled alive.

We have been stirred into action. We are no longer sitting back and allowing the foxes to raid the hen-house. As a result, the curtain has been drawn back and those who have hidden in the dark have been exposed to the light. It is a new day in America. It is no longer business as usual. The sleeping giant has been awakened, and he is wielding a big club. Fee fi foe fum budget cuts are about to come. There I said it and I meant it. What say you?

Article first published as The Sleeping Giant has Awakened on Blogcritics.

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