Showing posts with label Jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jobs. Show all posts
9/1/11
The Whole Country Should Be Calling Out The Party Of No!
Memory --
Today I asked for a joint session of Congress where I will lay out a clear plan to get Americans back to work. Next week, I will deliver the details of the plan and call on lawmakers to pass it.
3/12/11
Where's The Jobs?
By Matthew Desmond– March 8, 2011
Republicans said if they took control of the House of Representatives they would start creating jobs. This is a list of some of the things they’ve done, instead of creating jobs. If you have anything to add, please include it in the comments.
2/23/11
How many more will welcome death before the American Voters wake up?
How long will the right continue to vote against their own self interest? They continue to fight for the rich while they lose their homes, jobs and health. It's time for an awakening and I think WI is the beginning of ringing bells...I only hope the people can hear them! -Mem
Thom Hartmann: A 99'er trashes the American dream and welcomes death
1/31/11
The New Party? Where Are The Jobs?
Republicans accused of ignoring economy
Republicans won dozens of elections last fall after claiming Democrats had focused too little on creating jobs. Now GOP lawmakers stand accused of the same charge, using their new House majority to push to repeal the president's health care law, restrict abortions and highlight other social issues important to their most conservative supporters.
7/24/10
Just A Little Reminder For Those Who Want Bushed Again!
Today in the world of Internet the Repubs can post anything they want. Just like their favorite reality show "faux", they say it and people believe it. Recently I have seen repubs posting all over FB how Bush had the highest record for employment in 20 years when in reality he had the worst record for job growth. Under Bush those that made a profit were the banks, loan companies, oil companies, wall street, the wealthy from tax cuts and big corporations. This is where the Repubs funding comes from during the elections and they are not doing this for the "little peoples" benefit!President Obama has done more in his 2 years then most Presidents had done in their full terms but it is hardly being noticed because of media lies, the vast lies on the Internet and advertisements from the Chamber Of Commerce. According to local news last night they spend 3 million dollars a week in ads to fight the Presidents "Agenda".
America should be ashamed of themselves. We have people starving, out of jobs, living on the streets and we have the Chamber Of Commerce spending millions a week to fight our President. The right is succeeding in destroying this Country just to make sure it LOOKS like President Obama is failing. This is disgusting and it is up to us to make sure the truth gets out there and that this behavior is recorded and remembered by future generations. ~Mem
Here's some facts.
Job growth under Bush was worst since WWII
Jacksonville Business Journal - by G. Scott Thomas
This was an article from January 20, 2009
President George W. Bush will leave office Tuesday with the worst employment-growth record of any president since World War II, according to a new analysis by Bizjournals.
The nation’s job base grew at an annual rate of 0.28 percent during Bush’s eight years as president – by far the slowest pace for any of the 11 presidents in the postwar era, according to Bizjournals. Bizjournals is the online media arm of American City Business Journals, The Business Review's parent company.
The previous low had been set by Bush’s father, George H.W. Bush, with an annual job-growth rate of 0.59 percent. The elder Bush served between 1989 and 1993.
Bizjournals used seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate employment-growth rates for the administrations of all presidents since Harry Truman. Each president’s record was based on a comparison of job totals in the final full month served by his predecessor and his own final month. George W. Bush’s span ran from December 2000, when nonfarm employment totaled 132.5 million, to December 2008, when it reached 135.5 million.
The administration with the strongest growth rate since World War II was that of Lyndon Johnson, who served between November 1963 and January 1969. Employment increased at an annual pace of 3.74 percent during that period.
Bizjournals also looked at five subsets of job growth, with the younger President Bush finishing last in four of those categories – private-sector, manufacturing, retail-trade and government employment. The exception was construction employment, where Bush ranked ninth with an annual growth rate of 0.08 percent. The nation suffered losses of construction jobs under two presidents: Gerald Ford (down 3.75 percent per year between 1974 and 1977) and George H.W. Bush (down 3.22 percent per year).
Johnson was the top-rated president in three of the subsets – private-sector, manufacturing and government employment. Harry Truman, who was president from 1945 to 1953, led the other two – construction and retail-trade employment.
Annual employment-growth rates for all 11 postwar presidents are listed below:
Total employment
1. Lyndon Johnson (1963-69), 3.74%
2. Jimmy Carter (1977-81), 3.11%
3. Bill Clinton (1993-2001), 2.42%
4. Harry Truman (1945-53), 2.38%
5. Richard Nixon (1969-74), 2.30%
6. John Kennedy (1961-63), 2.28%
7. Ronald Reagan (1981-89), 2.04%
8. Gerald Ford (1974-77), 0.95%
9. Dwight Eisenhower (1953-61), 0.87%
10. George H.W. Bush (1989-93), 0.59%
11. George W. Bush (2001-09), 0.28%
Thanks Peter Gatliff for sharing
7/22/10
Our Story- Just One Of The Many
During the elections hubby and I started seeing the Republican Party for who they really were and we switched parties. I also started this (online scrap book that you are reading now) for my granddaughter. I wanted her to see history in the making. Much of it had to do with us switching parties but also for the first time in history an African American man was running for Presidency.I have decided to tell our story now because I am angry with the Republican Party and their hate towards the American People. I am angry that they insinuate that people like my hubby and I feel entitled. I am angry at the Republicans who complain to us that they are losing everything and have the nerve or stupidity to blame President Obama. I want people to know that many of us are in this situation and we are silent about it because we are made to feel ashamed by the Party Of No and hateful, racist media like Fox. I would encourage anyone who is in the same situation to comment here and tell your story. We are in the same boat and I am tired of being ashamed of something that we had no control over. The blame belongs to The Republicans and Bush, Period!
Hubby and I had just left Houston and he had quit a job of many years. Being from Colorado I hated Houston and the few years I lived there after we were married was miserable. I talked him into buying a place in the Country in a small town about 80 miles NW of Austin. He got a job immediately and I did back-up for the small shops in town. (I had a brain hemorrhage in 1987 and was doing pretty good until three years ago and I had a stroke which does not allow me to work full time and gives me time to do my art. This is part of the reason the HCR passing was so important to us. I cannot get medical and hubby no longer has medical insurance as well. The fear for those of us without it is overwhelming) About a year after we arrived things started falling apart with the economy, hubby was laid off and I was not used as often as a back-up because businesses were slow. This was all happening during the elections.
It didn't take us long to figure out that this was a Republican town and they hated Obama and I say that politely. There were very few Democrats and we knew not to voice our opinions too strongly. We feel that several factors played against us in this tiny town. Our age, no jobs, being democrats and hubby being over qualified for most jobs here.
During the elections everything crashed! Overnight we lost 18,000 out of our 401K and never recovered most of that. We have spent the last 2 years living on our life savings (that is now gone) and hubby started receiving unemployment. It has been really hard because he is embarrassed and he does apply for jobs continuously. For the rich snobs to say that people are on unemployment because they are lazy is heart breaking. These people have no idea the shame and desperation a person feels when in this situation. Many just like us have paid into SSI and Unemployment for years and to make us feel ashamed or embarrassed is Anti-American and despicable on the GOP's part!
We have been getting our house ready to sell and our plans are to buy a used RV to live in until we find a job that is steady and near Austin. We have learned not to jump into buying a home again just anywhere and we never want to be this close to being homeless again.
It has been a struggle (and I would have to write a book to tell the depth of it so I will end this) but through all of this we know that if President Obama had not been put into office we probably wouldn't have a home to sell right now. We have never regretted switching parties and we have never regretted voting for a President we believe will change this world for the better. ~Mem
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