GOP Political Euphemism (s) - Fast Facts #11

The latest GOP Fairy tale is used to place the 30 months of consecutive monthly private sector job growth under Barack Obama's presidency of the United States into question. They say his claim of 4,500,000 private sector job gains as a lie.

Barack Obama took office in January 2009, they say and point out the fact that from January through July 2009 the United States lost approximately 5,000,000 private sector jobs.

Therefore Barack Obama's claim of the private sector creating 4,500,000 jobs under his policy watch is a lie since there were 5,000,000 private sector job losses from January to July 2009.

The Republicans say Barack Obama lost 5,000,000 private sector jobs in his 1st six months in office then gained 4,500,000 in the next 29 months, therefore loosing 500,000 private sector jobs.

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Here you find the facts in a proper context.

Barack Obama took office in January 2009; during his 1st quarter in office (4-months) there were 3,153,000 private sector job losses; all thanks to the Barack Obama being left a United States Economy devastated by the George W. Bush Administration with Republican Lead Congress in six of the previous 8 years.

Reality is, it takes a few months to have a new congress and administration fill all open positions and have those people in place understanding the severe condition of the economy that was left to him by our Republican colleagues.


Barack Obama's policies started having affects on our economy in his 3rd month in office, by cutting average job losses per month in half. And in half again in the next three months, bringing positive private sector job creation beginning in month fifteen to date.

Reasonable people know that it takes months for stimulus dollars to filter through the entire economy. The results don't lie, the stimulus package from Barack Obama and Congress worked; it halted the extreme free-fall of our economy and we need to than Barack Obama for his strength, character and love for country.

Stay the course!

#POTUS Election 2012

Hold your educated political beliefs in high regard and seek success for that in which you believe.

Set aside falsehoods and pretense by both political parties and hold each accountable for what they say versus what they do.

Be mindful of the fact that our forefathers created a magnificent government which includes a separation of governmental powers that creates a fairly interesting balancing act between branches of government. And between our Federal Government and the States.

Starting in the year 2000 our Federal Government reduced Federal taxes for all citizens. They continued to spend sums of money greater than the income received by the Federal Government.

In September 2000 our National Debt was $5,674,178,209,886.86.
In September 2008 our National Debt was $10,024,724,896,912.40.

This is an increase in our National Debt of almost 77% in 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency; an average increase of 9.625% each year of the 8 years.

When President Barack Obama was prepared to takes the oath of office the USA economy had already been dropped off the proverbial cliff. Housing prices were falling, credit facilities among all financial entities was drying up, the Federal Government Revenue from a shrinking economy was falling while citizens seeking access to Federal and State Government Safety Net Programs was growing.

During George Bush's last year in office, from September 2008 ($11,909,829,003,511.70) to end of his term and start of Barack Obama's 1st year in office, September 2009 our debt ballooned from $10,024,724,896,912.40 This means from September 2008 to September 2009 we had an increase of almost 19% for the year.

Now let me be perfectly clear, our Presidents present annual budgets to congress but constitutionally, the House of Representatives is responsible for budget proposals, then our Senate either agrees to the budget or makes modifications in their chambers.

If there are differences between the House and Senate approved budgets, the congressional differences are ironed out in a congressional conference between the House of Representatives and the Senate.

The President either signs or veto's the budget.

Should the budget be vetoed, then congress can override the Presidents action with a 2/3rds vote in the House of Representatives and the Senate agreeing to overrule the Presidential veto.

Thus any congressional elected official blaming any president for a budget and/or deficit problem is not coming clean with the American people.

Congress appropriates money to operate our federal Government, they own the budget, a President can only make sure that 2/3rds of each house agree to any given budget; this happens only when the President veto's the appropriation.

#VOTE2012

Starve the Beast

"The Beast" (government spending) has been starved of government revenue since the 2001 and 2003 Bush Tax Cuts. And since those first of the cuts, "the Beast" has borrowed to spend as Congress raised the debt ceiling on the United States public debt from $5.95 trillion to $14.294 trillion - a 140% or $8.344 trillion increase.

Where would we be if we returned to Clinton Era Tax Rates, letting the Bush Era Tax Cuts and extensions expire?


American citizens know a carnival barker when they see one:

Rather than proposing unpopular spending cuts, the #GOP pushed through popular tax cuts, with the deliberate intention of worsening the government’s fiscal position.

They now sell citizens spending cuts as a necessity rather than a choice as the only way to eliminate an unsustainable budget deficit.

Republicans insist that the deficit must be eliminated, but they’re not willing either to raise taxes or to support cuts in any major government programs.

This means they’re unwilling to participate in serious bipartisan discussions, either, because that might force them to explain their plan — and there isn’t any plan, except to regain power!

Eyes wide open people, the #GOP says, we don't have a revenue problem we have a spending problem:

I say, we have a partisan ideology problem. And the cure requires elimination of #GOP control of State Houses, Legislatures and from government control in Washington DC

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