Things to remeber about the Obama Stimulus in 2010
Written by Michael Vass
Every now and again I hear politicians justifying the passage of the Obama Stimulus. Which is something that even President Obama has backed far away from. I mean when was the last time you heard the Obama Administration trying to spout its “saved or created jobs” mantra?
The fact that since the Stimulus was passed, the American public has learned how little any politician knew about the actual Bill. That essentially every promise for what the Stimulus would do has been broken. That multiple unforeseen, or rushed past, consequences of the Stimulus appear more and more as time is going by.
But in New York State, I recently read an article trying to justify the Obama Stimulus once again. And they are using the old mantra one more time. Which seems laughable to me.
When I say laughable, it’s not a good thing. I mean this in the sense of how Secretary Clinton was elected 2x, promising Upstate New York the creation of 200,000 jobs – but the reality was a loss of 30,000. Just like there are comments now across the State of how the Stimulus has saved thousands of jobs. A fact that cannot be proven just asserted. And hundreds of jobs have been created.
But a friend recently brought up a great point. This was based on the fact that many cities and towns are doing what is ongoing in Binghamton. They are employing workers to fix roads. Not main streets, but minor secondary streets that really don’t matter. All with Stimulus funds.
My friend noted 2 things
“Funny how the roads that need the work the most are untouched. And you might have noticed none of the bridges have been touched. But worse, none of these jobs will last past the summer if that long.”
The second point is perhaps the most important. In States across the nation, jobs are being created, bolstering the claims of the Democrats and President Obama. But few in the media have asked how long those jobs are existing.
Has the Obama Stimulus really created a job if it only lasts a month through the summer? Have they really helped the economy is people are employed for 35 hours, as is the case in Oregon?
“By their definition, that’s 3 million jobs,” Buckstein said. “Is anybody gonna buy that?”
Of course politicians that voted for the Stimulus will quote these “created” jobs as they bid for re-election. They want to justify their actions to voters. And the media is more than willing to allow them to spout half-truths. But none of that helps the economy.
The nation has spent hundreds of billions that will be repaid in the trillions once taxes and inflation are added. And the best that politicians can give us is that some people, far less than was promised, got an extra week or month of work before losing their jobs. Not exactly a plan I would count on. Yet Americans reading this will be paying for it. For decades.
I want to mention this now, because in October a list will be made that will spout the success of the Obama Stimulus and the jobs “saved or created”. When that comes up I want people to recall what was happening before the media blitz. That created includes less than a week of work, and saved is a number that is about as credible as the transparency President Obama has provided to date.
And when your local Democrat comes to your town asking for your vote in 2010, I want you to ask them 2 questions for them to answer and back up with proof.
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1) How many jobs that lasted more than 90 days were created by the Obama Stimulus they voted for but did not bother to read.
2) Prove that a ‘saved’ job was due to the stimulus and not the sun rising in the East.
