Senate Gridlock Prevents U.S. Job Creation

If you do not have a job, there a good reason for it.  Gridlock in Washington.  Actually part of Washington.  Florida Congressman Allen West (R-FL)sent out an alert on his Congressional web site on the status of bills that would reduce business regulation and create an environment where Americans can invest capital and create jobs.

But Harry Reid wants nothing to do with it.  See the gridlock here, or copied below.

Americans are out of work, and good chance based on the reported unemployment rates you or someone you know is.  As you can see where the gridlock is, lighting up your U.S. Senator's phones is the only way to get them to do their job.  Actually the job we sent them to do for us.


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If your Senator refuses to take action and is up for re-election in 2012, do what you can to replace them with someone who will uphold the U.S. Constitution and put the office above themselves.   The seat belongs to the public, not the officeholder.  Remember, elections matter and you can change the outcome of the election if you put your mind and heart into it.

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Obama's Outsourcing of America

For being the President of the United States, President Obama is anything but a support of the United States.  For the second time in two weeks, Obama has touted foreign business over American business.  Last week while gallivanting in Brazil, Obama touted Brazilian oil.  Not once since he assumed the Presidency has Obama touted American oil development. 

And when last year's BP oil spill occurred, the Obama administration pulled all American drilling permits further enslaving America to foreign oil.  A sign that Obama does not want America to be energy independent.

Today Obama visited a Pennsylvania wind turbine manufacturer outside Philadelphia.  Obama's visit to Gamesa's  Fairless Hills plant should raise concern.  Gamesa is a Spanish wind turbine manufacturer.  How ironic that Obama could not even pay a visit to the GE Wind Energy division of General Electric, which has a plant in Connecticut. 

Nordic Windpower is another American wind turbine manufacturer, based in Kansas City, Missouri.  Northern Power Systems is another another American wind turbine manufacturer, based in Vermont.  PacWind, based in Torrance, California is another manufacturer.  Add Flagstaff, Arizona based Southwest WindPower to the list. 

What is alarming is that a simple Google search revealed five American wind turbine manufacturers that Obama could have promoted, but he had to touted a Spanish one.  So much for touting American business! 

For a President who has a Energy Secretary, what use is this department if America cannot develop energy? And the hypocrisy of Team Obama supporting American business, and jobs!  Yeah right!

January Unemployment Drops; Misery Index Soars

Despite the report unemployment rate (U3) dropping to 9.0% for the month of January, this lower report tells a different story.  Only 36,000 jobs were created in January, one-fourth of the expected job growth numbers expected. Analysts expected 148,000 jobs to be created last month.

So why did the unemployment rate drop?  150,000 American workers dropped out of the labor force, frustrated with the employment landscape in America.  True unemployment in the U.S. is at 16.1% which represents the complete number of unemployed America.

The leftist media is doing cartwheels that the U3 unemployment rate is 9.0%, but the media fails to educate the viewers that the U6 unemployment rate is 16.1%.  It just is not sexy, to say that the unemployment rate is 16 percent, is it?

John Williams, a Federal Reserve research states that today's jobs report is not cause for celebration.  He also cautions that it might take until 2014 for America to see full employment (between four and six percent unemployment). 

What has not been reported is that the continual inclement weather may have had a positive impact on the unemployment rate, but as the streets of America thaw, the unemployment rate will climb again.  Unemployed workers who gave up in January due to the weather, may become reported unemployment in the fews to come as we move forward to Spring.