America observes Labor Day today but conservatives give working-class Americans little cause for celebration. [Meaning more than 99% of us….]
Tea Party favorites lunatics Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin took to their fan pages today with Cruz spewing out a bunch of figures about unemployment and making the false claim Democrats are to blame for the lack of job growth.
The number of Americans not in the labor force is still over 92 million Americans, as 11,472,000 million Americans have left the workforce since President Obama took office.
These are not mere statistics—these represent real people, real families, people who have had their hopes and dreams crushed by a President and Democrats in Congress whose faith in Progressive politics will not be changed by the facts—their economic policies are a failure.
Never one to be outdone, Palin took to posting series of photos of her celebrating the holiday with none other than those misogynist, racist, faux-redneck #DuckFuckers.
John Boehner posted a video highlighting Republican’s ongoing lie that they have passed 40+ jobs bills, and called for Democrats to “stop standing in the way of growth.”
However, back in reality – here’s the REAL DEAL when it comes to Republicans and jobs – and the reason why I am sending them a hearty and heart-felt #FUCKYOU This Labor Day.
As Steve Benen writes for Rachel Maddow’s blog:
In every speech, in every op-ed, at every press conference, in every interview, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) always stresses the same talking point: House Republicans have passed a bunch of “jobs bills,” which those rascally Senate Democrats have ignored.
Benen goes on to write that he’s “curious if Boehner has actually looked at the list. He should – it doesn’t say what he thinks it says.”
Right off the bat, note that there are, in fact, 46 measures on the list of “jobs bills” already approved by the House. But the list includes six bills that have either been signed into law or endorsed by President Obama. When Boehner insisted that “Washington Democrats” have “ignored” all of the bills on the list, that wasn’t entirely true.
But of the remaining 40 “jobs bills” on the list, very few can credibly be described as actual jobs bills.
For example, the first 14 bills on the list of 40 – more than a third of the overall list – are giveaways to the oil and gas industries. The bills expand drilling, expand fracking, expand pipelines, expand mining, expands coal-ash projects, and “protect” coal plants.
At this point you are probably wondering about the other 26 bills on the list. Never fear, Benen explains:
OK, but that’s 14 out of 40. What about the rest of the list? Several of the “jobs bills” attack the Affordable Care Act, and there’s simply no evidence that taking health care benefits away from millions of American families will create jobs.
The list of “jobs bills” includes the Farm Bill. The list of “jobs bills” includes Paul Ryan’s budget blueprint. The list of “jobs bills” includes a pointless measure intended to stop President Obama from allowing state experimentation with welfare reform.
The list of “jobs bills” includes a measure to increase federal spending “transparency.” The list of “jobs bills” includes a framework on cybersecurity.
And what does President Obama have to say on the matter? Pretty much #FUCKYOU, but in a much nicer way than I have chosen to put it:
“The economy is clearly getting stronger. Things are clearly getting better. But imagine how much farther along our economy would be — how much stronger our country would be — if Congress would do its job. [W]hen they ‘Congress] return from vacation next month, instead of trying to pass partisan bills on party lines, hopefully we can come together with the sense of common purpose that you expect.”
And while Obama’s remark has merits, I am sticking with #FUCKYOU Republicans this Labor Day.
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