Obama visited the Rose Garden on Monday to give another one of his speeches.
He spoke about the economy....and how the republicans were still a blockade, and that the economy still sucks after the hundreds of billions of dollars the failed stimulus package which didn't do shit for the economy but boy did it really give lots of money for pork spending.
He went on to mention that he would probably extend the Bush Tax Cuts. (yeah right) Let's just face it, nothing this administration has done was the RIGHT thing to fix the economy. In all actuality it has made it worse. Yes we are worse off now then we were 18 months ago, and the recession was suppose to come to an end around the third quarter of 2009... yes that would be 1 year ago. And here we are today with an unemployment rate hovering around 10%.
The Associate Press reports:
"My economic team is hard at work identifying additional measures that could make a difference in both promoting growth and hiring in the short term and increasing our economy's competitiveness in the long term," Obama said. (Oh my...I'm scared to even ask who his REAL economic team is)
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs later said that in addition to initiatives already unveiled that are bogged down in Congress, the administration would roll out a variety of targeted measures designed to spur the economy and create an environment conducive to hiring. None of the measures will be as major as last year's stimulus bill, Gibbs said. "There's only so much that can be done," he added. (Good Lord I hope not)
"Those in America are frustrated. Those in the West Wing are frustrated" about the slow pace of recovery and an unemployment rate hovering near 10 percent, Gibbs said.
In a week likely to be dominated by foreign policy, Obama is trying to show he's still minding the economy after his 10-day vacation in Martha's Vineyard. (NOTE...AFTER his 10 day vacation in Martha's Vineyard)
A string of weak economic reports in recent weeks has fed fears that the economy would fall back into recession, only slightly offset by Monday's government report that consumer spending had increased in July after four down months. (You can thank me...I spent way too much money at Target... showing my support)
"Every single day, I'm pushing this economy forward, repairing the damage that's been done to the middle class over the past decade and promoting the growth we need to get out people back to work," Obama said in his statement. (Yes by God...there it is... the blame Bush game. Will it ever end. I may be confused but I remember a great economy while Bush was President... it must of been another Bush and another country I was living in.)
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