Pelosi Laughably Claims Democrats Are The Jobs Party - by ilona trommler We just couldnt be prouder, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said of the health reform that has been separating Americans from their preferred... View Enlarged Image Election 14: Chief House Democrat Nancy Pelosi says her party can win this November by asking, Where are the jobs? Thats like Bill Clinton running for re-election asking, Where are the interns? Former House Speaker Pelosi supposedly had been celebrating the fourth anniversary of the enactment of ObamaCare last week. She was, after all, standing before a placard touting The Affordable Care Act Four Years Later, which featured photos of happy-looking, satisfied patients. We just couldnt be prouder, she said of the health reform that has been separating Americans from their preferred doctors, their health plans and lots more of their money in taxes and higher premiums. But when a reporter asked if ObamaCare is a political liability for your party in an election year, Pelosi gave a jaw-dropping reply: Were not running on this, she claimed. Were running on what the American people want us to run on, and that is job creation. Then, as if her party had nothing to do with the economic policies of the last five years that have given the country the worst economic recovery of the modern era, Pelosi added: Show us the jobs. Where are the jobs? She then asked, as if incredulous, Why are we not here passing a jobs agenda? Excuse us, Congresswoman, but we did pass a jobs agenda. Your jobs agenda. Remember when your party had control of the White House and both houses of Congress — with a filibuster-proof margin in the Senate — during the first two years of the Obama administration? Remember, Congresswoman, the $831 billion stimulus you voted for that was going to rebuild the nations infrastructure? Remember all those shovel-ready projects that just needed a check from Uncle Sam to start employing the unemployed like crazy? Remember the massive expansion in unemployment benefits that White House press secretary Jay Carney promised us would infuse money directly into the economy, causing growth and income for businesses that leads them to decisions about jobs, more hiring, generating as many as 1 million new jobs? And do you recall the 3.8% surtax on investment income, plus 20 or so other new or increased taxes you and nearly all of your fellow congressional Democrats voted for, and your president signed into law? As Peter Ferrara pointed out in Forbes last year, the historical pattern of the American business cycle has been the worse the recession, the stronger the recovery. Therefore, Obama should have had an easy time producing a booming recovery by now. news.investors/ibd-editorials/032114-694248-democrats-running-on-jobs-in-spite-of-record.htm#ixzz2wn4TUhhY
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:45:37 +0000
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