Grover Norquist Presents The Debacle Circus

STEP RIGHT UP GROVER NORQUIST PRESENTS THE DEBACLE CIRCUS The Obama administration just can't keep from playing games when it comes to the economy. Distortions, changing targets and name-calling won't change the fact that 6.3 MILLION JOBS were lost during the recession. There's no hiding that under the carnival tent. MOVING TARGETS While the administration has said job creation is a priority, the target number of jobs seems to shift constantly. Radio address, Public Sector Jobs Bill Jan. 3, 2009: Create of 2010: Create or save 3 MILLION JOBS 300,000 JOBS Small Business Jobs Act of Disaster Relief and Summer 2010: Create or save another Jobs Act of 2010: Create 500,000 JOBS 300,000 JOBS For young people FUNHOUSE OF JOBS Obama said his economic plans would create Reality: 3 MILLION NEWJOBS 324,000 NEW JOBS that would have made for a much healthier recovery than what actually happened. Prediction: 3 MILLION NEW JOBS BALLOON POP * * * * ★ * * * * ★ * * Stimulus spending is a favorite game of Obama and his cohorts. But they seem to just toss out numbers. $600 $42 $24 MILLION BILLION BILLION $787 $825 BILLION BILLION WHACK -A - BUSINESS The administration's approach to business is to name-call and over-regulate. FAT CAT BONDHOLDER SPECULATOR *** STRONG RECOVERY? *** The economic rebuilding overseen by President Ronald Reagan was much more robust than Obama's. JOB CREATION DURING THE REAGAN AND OBAMA RECOVERIES REAGAN OBAMA 8.0 1.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 -1.0 2.0 1234 5 67 8 9 10 H 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Number of Months after Recovery Started (Labor Statistics ) PERCENT CHANGE IN NUMBER OF JOBS