I think this graphic — prepared by Nancy Pelosi using month-by-month job loss data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — speaks for itself. I hope the Dems show this every time anyone tries to blame Obama for the high unemployment rate.
Isn’t it refreshing to see the Democrats finally starting to fight back? In addition to the above graph, David Axelrod recently pointed out that even though the Republicans claim to be for cutting taxes, the Democrats managed to pass 25 tax cuts last year, all of which the Republicans opposed.
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This graph only shows how bankrupt of ideas those in Washington are, especially Nancy Pelosi. The blame game should stop on either side because it’s counter-productive.
The fact is that Obama has been the President over a year now and governments don’t control the economy, but they can effect measures to help the unemployed and make sure the stimulus gets where it is needed to create some jobs.
So let’s stop the madness of Democrats Good, Republican Bad. After all this President ran on a United States of America. To me that is all inclusive. Wake up people.
Is Karl Rove reading your Polital Irony page. Karl Rove for whom Beck and Hannity are mouth pieces?
I couldn’t help but notice that if you rotated the chart 180 degrees, it seems to be flipping you/us off ever so slightly. Evidence of a sense of humor?
Why aren’t Democrats pushing into the media truth like this chart, President Reagan’s tax increases, and Republican accomplishments [sic], when the truth is on their side? Makes you wonder if for Democrats in office it’s true that the lights are on but no one’s at home.
EBDoug — yeah, that comment from “Karl” really does sound like it came right out of the mouth of Rove. But don’t worry Karl, Obama can love the Republicans and be their president, while hating their behavior and actions.
As for Joey_108, are you kidding? The whole point of this post was that the Dems are fighting back, and — as you put it — “pushing into the media truth like this chart”. But when the entire mainstream media is controlled by a few multinational corporations, do you think they are going to run with news like this? What would you suggest that Democrats do to ensure that news like this gets out? Buy a few television stations like the Republicans did with Fox News?
Goodness, Reagan gave tax cuts. When the tax code was devised 100 years ago, the rich paid 50%, under Mellon, it was cut to 33%, Reagan cut the tax of the Rich to 28%-that is a tax cut. Not to be outdone, Bush cut the rate to 16% for the rich. Christian Science monitor estimates if the Tax Cuts to the Rich are allowed to expire at the end of this year, we will see $210 Billion a year in our treasury to pay the debt down on Bush’s war games. Please e-mail your senator and representatives. My siblings and I who benefit from Bush’s tax cuts have cried foul since he passed them. We will pay more and gladly.
This article lost me at “prepared by Nancy Pelosi”
Considering the source, how can anyone take this seriously? Furthermore, government doesn’t create jobs!
If you are saying you don’t believe the numbers, you are more than welcome to look up the numbers yourself, at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
If you are saying that you choose to ignore facts, and believe what you want to believe, then there’s probably nothing I can do to persuade you otherwise.
I do know that under Bush, the economy went south, and lots of people I know lost their jobs. And now, I’m seeing companies hiring again. Heck, even my company is hiring again.
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