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The Private Sector is Not Doing Fine

Posted by Chris on July 06, 2012

The U.S. economy created just 80,000 jobs in the month of June, fewer than expected and far lower than the number needed to accommodate population growth much less begin reducing unemployment.

The unemployment rate, as calculated by the Department of Labor, remained unchanged at 8.2 percent. The real unemployment rate, which includes those who have given up looking for work as well as those forced to take part time work because full time employment is not available (the underemployed), ticked was up to 14.9 percent. That means 23.4 million Americans are unemployed, underemployed or are so discouraged by this economy they have given up looking for work.

At either rate, it makes June the 41st consecutive month in which unemployment has remained above 8 percent, the high water mark President Obama promised we would never reach with enactment of his stimulus plan.

In case you were wondering, the private sector is not doing fine but we didn’t need another jobs report to tell us that.

Business cannot create the kind of jobs we need right now unless we tackle the uncertainty plaguing our economy. Unfortunately, Washington is doing just the opposite by failing to provide the leadership our country needs right now and allowing a fiscal cliff to loom in the distance.

That cliff, the combined impact of the largest tax increase in American history and indiscriminate cuts both set to take effect in January, would take more than $500 billion out of the economy in 2013 alone and could send the country back into a recession according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.

The House has already acted to prevent the indiscriminate cuts, replacing them with targeted reductions and savings. While there is bipartisan agreement that the cuts should be prevented – and the President’s own Secretary of Defense has said they would “hollow out” our national defense – only the House has acted.

Later this month, the House will vote to prevent the tax increase and provide for tax simplification that lowers rates and closes special interest loopholes. We will also vote on legislation to curtail excessive government regulations as well as for the full repeal of Obamacare which many businesses cite as one of the largest contributors to uncertainty.

The fastest route to job creation and economic growth is through a three-pronged strategy of halting overly-burdensome government regulations, simplifying the tax code, and increasing American energy production to bring down costs and create jobs.

While government cannot create jobs, it can foster an environment that empowers job creators to expand their enterprises.

If you need evidence this Administration is doing the opposite, just look to the Keystone Pipeline. That is a $7 billion private investment that would create 20,000 jobs and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. It should be a no brainer but President Obama continues to stand in its way.

In addition to the votes we will take this month, the House has advanced more than 30 bipartisan jobs bills which have not even been brought to a vote in the Senate. We have acted and provided a bipartisan basis to come together an reignite the American economy. Now we need honest partners in the Senate and in President Obama.

What do you think about the jobs report? What do you think would be the best means to get our economy back on track? Weigh in by commenting on my blog.

Comments

The opinions expressed below are those of their respective authors and do not necessarily represent those of this office.

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Laura from Midway commented on 7/8/2012

I have said, many times, that there are ways around this, that won't require government loans, grants, or whatever. Yet, no one believes it possible. Most of the time I'm told "Good Luck". Now I've been told I may never work more than a couple hours a day, if that. Which leaves my husband footing all the bills. My teenagers just out of high school, my past teenager, none of them able to even get hired in this country, no matter how many applications they fill out. It's disgusting that we have to beg for help, and yet none are willing to give it. Not you, Representative Kingston, not anyone in Congress, county, state or federal, nobody. And don't give me any of that "we have programs to help". I've tried those programs. So far, every one of them has said we "don't qualify". You want to know why this country's private sector isn't doing well? It's because the corporate sector is ensuring it, along with the government, no matter the party affiliation. This is why I am neither Democrat, nor Republican, I am too liberal to be an independent and too conservative to be anything else. I guess that makes me outside the box. Too bad nobody in the government or corporate worlds realizes they can think outside the box and actually get things done right.
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maggie from MS commented on 7/8/2012

My husband has been unemployed for three years. I'll believe there's a recovery when he has a job again. He goes to interviews to standing room only.
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James Holland from Brunswick commented on 7/8/2012

Unemployment continues to stay high and will continue to stay high. Job opportunities do not exist. You got to get the jobs back in this country. We need an industrial base and we don't have it.
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Jimmie from Folkston commented on 7/8/2012

The jobs report is just further evidence that Obama had no clue about the private sector or anything else having to do with the economy. The solution in my opinion is to elect a President that really cares about the small business' and the middle class. In other words elect more people with the same approach that you have demonstrated.
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David from Columbus commented on 7/8/2012

the unemployment rate is a out right lie for the fact that once you loose your unemployment benifits you are no longer counted in the unemployment rolls so the rate is probably 3 to 4 times what is reported by our Government. If you are going to report the rates everybody who is not working should be counted and people will know the truth about how hig it is. Obama is doing nothing to help this country everything he has done has hurt us worse. I though my job was safe but because of his policies I lost my job and my benifits ran out but I am no longer counted as unemployed which I am so it is the biggest lie in government right now.
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James Holland from Brunswick commented on 7/8/2012

The jobs report was about what I expected it to be. It will not change because there are not enough jobs out there. It is going to take more than a Keystone Pipeline to turn this economy around. Banks are going to have to lend money, elimination of tax and fees that drove business out of this country would encourage growth and jobs in this country. I don't think the free trade agreement helped our economy either. Thanks, Jim Holland
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Robert Harris from Brunswick, GA commented on 7/8/2012

It is very clear that this president is on a path to create more dependency on government and destroy this country as we know it. And the democrat party is in lockstep to do what the president wants to do, all in the name of power over the masses. It is very clear what needs to be done. In November the administration needs to be changed to one that fosters less government dependency and more private investment and growth. I intend to vote for anyone who will live up to those ideals. If that fails to happen, then the United States of America that we know will die on the vine. And the people will have only themselves to blame.
07/08/12 08/31/10 False
Ken Brosnan from East Quogue, NY commented on 7/8/2012

Jack, Your boy, George W. created the current mess. He doubled the national debt, adding to an already deficit ridden government that began with Ronald Reagan trickle this voodoo. Now Romney wants to finish giving the country to the ultra rich. I've been self employed for over 20 years. My health insurance went through the roof long before Obamacare. Romney creates shelf stocker jobs at Staples as a replacements for the high paying manufacturing jobs he outsourced to China. We cannot afford a Romney administration. We cannot afford the continued republican gridlock on every common sense initiative. Do your job, and do what's right for America for a change.
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mike from brunswick commented on 7/8/2012

stop the overbearing regulations placed on small business, my business is so bad we had to cancel our hospitalization, what will we when wer'e forced to provide it.We were at 15 employees before Obama.wer'e behind Mitt all the way,tell him we want him to show more passion and backbone.
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Paul Marion from Hinesville commented on 7/8/2012

You know Jack if you and your republican buddies would stop obstructing President Obama the economy would be in much better shape than it is now. As it is you have not given him a chance to make the changes that are needed to ensure that the United States stays a productive nation.
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Samuel from Hinesville commented on 7/8/2012

Thank You . For the update and keep fighting to repeal the Obamacare issue. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK YOU ARE DOING FOR US ALL AND GOD BLEES THE AMERICA AND YOU!!!!
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Pat from Savannah commented on 7/8/2012

If the Grand Obstructionist Plutocrat party ceased your oppositional and destructive ways the economy would be doing much better!
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steve from savannah commented on 7/8/2012

We can get this economy back on track by 1) Taking uncertainty out of business planning. This means taking the healthcare costs, taxes and increased regulations off the table. Only by giving five years of certainty and transparency will business begin to feel more confident and start to hire more. 2) Formulate an actual energy policy with NO subsidies. Let the free market reign and the best ideas come forth. The crony capitalism we are experiencing currently is an embarrassment. 3) SIMPLIFY the Tax Code. This maze of regulations is a WASTE of productivity. If you can't do it on one sheet, don't do it. Implementing and focusing on these three areas will incentivize business and begin a pro-growth economy.
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Rachel from Waycross commented on 7/8/2012

The best way to create new jobs is to go back in history, let people go about creating their business, employing other people and get Government out of their hair. Government regulations, fines and imposts are what is making businesses fail. Their is no room for new development and expansion under big brother's watchful greedy eye. Early history proves that.
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Michael from Richmond Hill commented on 7/8/2012

Sir, the jobs report doesn't tell Americans what it should...namely, how many jobs were lost, what types of jobs were lost, where in the country they were lost, and the same for jobs created (how many, where, and types by NAICS category). I think what this will clearly show is that those states who have excessive regulatory schemes actually punish businesses and job growth. It would not surprise me if the trends show places like California, New York, and Illinois taking a beating in job growth and creation. I would expect the numbers to show that these states have a net loss in jobs since the beginning of the recession. I would also expect to see hard manufacturing jobs reduced and soft service industry jobs increasing. This does not bode well for our future. Recommendations to improve this: communicate better to the American people the implications of the above numbers--Republicans must overcome the white noise created by the liberal media. And as part of this communication, Republicans must also clearly lay out a plan so that Americans can understand what must be done to improve the job market--namely that the government must foster a stable business environment that enables owners to grow their businesses and begin hiring again...that government cannot create private sector jobs and this must be done through that stable environment. As part of this, there must be a focus on reducing the size of government and not growing it. And finally, as part of the repeal and replace strategy we have been hearing about through the media, the Republican party must do a better job of communicating the way ahead beyond the "repeal". The liberal media creates a lot of noise that interferes with your message. A recurring theme in this post is "media". Better and more consistent messaging from the party would help. And despite minor disagreements among party members, a unified front must be presented to the people. Respectfully, Mike Oliver
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Dwain from Townsend commented on 7/8/2012

President Obama is trying to bring this country down to a third world level. He keeps trying to tell us that we are slowly turning upward, but all he wants to do is hold power over us by lying to us and taxing us into poverty. He is also wewaken inmg our Defense force to a level that we won't b e able to protect our own country not to mention our allies We have to vote him ouit of office and get GOD back into our schools and tell the ACLU to sit down and shut up.
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Bill from Valdosta commented on 7/8/2012

1. Cut corporate taxes 2. Repeal Obamacare 3. Give incentives to American companies on foreign soil to return to the US 4. Drill, drill, drill 5. Provide incentives to Companies to manufacture American goods All of the above should help create jobs which is the #1 priority, and which no one in Washington, Republican or Democrat seems to care about other than lip service,
07/08/12 08/31/10 False
Freeman from Brunswick commented on 7/8/2012

You are my congressman and part of the Washington problem. I deed less government, not more.
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Raymond from St. Marys commented on 7/8/2012

What do you think would be the best means to get our economy back on track? 1) End the Federal Reserve to stop distorting the economy and robbing the middle class of its savings through inflation, blowing speculative bubbles, and artificial manipulation of interest rates to save the Big Banks 2) Return to Sound Money via a Gold Standard 3) We desperately need campaign finance reform to ban lobbying and get big money out of our political process. We also need term limits in Congress. 4) Our military is way too bloated. How about we stop spending trillions and trillions of dollars a year to fight wars and keep bases in foreign lands that only serve to antagonize the locals? Isn't our military supposed to be for national DEFENSE? Bring everyone home and let's defend our country from home. War is racket and so is our bloated military - just another racket as well. 5) Let's enforce the regulations that we do have, starting with prosecuting the financial crimes that have been committed on Wall Street. Not one single Wall Street bigwig has been prosecuted since the meltdown in 2008! Shame on you Jack Kingston and every single other member of Congress. Big money (Wall Street banks) own Congress. Where is the prosecution of Jon Corzine for stealing customer money at MF Global in clear violation of the law? Where was the SEC when a whistleblower told them about Bernie Madoff's crimes YEARS before he was finally brought to justice? Where is the outcry in the U.S. over the incipient Libor scandal?? I agree we don't need any new regulations.....but we certainly need some to restrain the Big Banks on Wall Street. Let's start by reinstating the Glass-Steagall legislation and end this too big to fail ransom situation.
07/08/12 08/31/10 False
Vicki from Savannah commented on 7/8/2012

Too bad the House Republicans refused to pass the jobs bill as originally requested by the President - if they had, we would be seeing a much more robust recovery.
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Art from Savannah commented on 7/8/2012

Jack, you stated the situation very well. However, Administration spokesmen, most especially the President, continue to "get away" with prodigious lies -- citing the "four million jobs I created" and even denying the most obvious explosion of National Debt. Most particularly, Mitt Romney (our "presumptive" nominee) continues with the line that Barack Obama is a "nice guy, just over his head." He, and we, will LOSE with that line -- because Barack is NOT a NICE GUY! People will vote for a nice guy, assuming that more training on the job will solve all problems. [And Mitt is be just another newbie, with experience only in making RICH people RICHER!] I believe that Obama is not "over his head," but an experienced Fascist trying to end freedom as we know it. We ARE getting CHANGE -- toward fascism! Fascist, by the way, means "dictatorial control of private business," (without going to the trouble of seizing it, as with socialism or Communism). Hitler conceived the Volkswagen; Obama conceived the Volt. I think Hitler was better in that respect. From the standpoint of the House of Representatives, the next Rubicon is the imminent need to once again increase the Debt Limit. Jack, you voted right last August (against breaking the Limit of $14.2 trillion) but Boehner led the troops the wrong direction. Not one full year later and the new Limit has already been broken once more and the Debt is approaching $17 T!
07/08/12 08/31/10 False
Cecil from Midway commented on 7/8/2012

The best way to get this country back on track is to vote out of office the following: Nancy Pelosi Harry Reid Barack Obama We cannot stand 4 more years of their leadership. I will do my part in November at the polling station.
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Bill from LaGrange commented on 7/8/2012

Dear Jack, Thank you again for putting the truth out about the real unemployment rate! I think we have already gone over the cliff and it's up to you to decide exactly how far we will fall and how hard we will hit. You continue to be the brave soldier in terms of national defense and this old broken down vet war horse admires your consistent, noble efforts to protect this great nation. Stay the course...And nothing against my rep but if I lived in your district I'd vote for you as many times as I could - legally, of course! Hope to take five minutes from your hectic schedule sometime this fall and see you in your office to reintroduce myself.
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Marc from Valdosta commented on 7/8/2012

Do you really want to know? I would downsize government; stop the lifetime pay for senators and representatives; put all of congress, etc. on the same health care and retirement plans as the rest of Americans; pass an act that would prohibit any president running for a second term from using government paid travel for campaigning (Air Force I, etc.); subtract wages for congress, president, etc. for days not in D.C. working while out campaigning; and on and on. Washington is where we need to start.
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George from Woodbine commented on 7/8/2012

I absolutely agree - we need to look at both tax policy and energy investment. We simply cannot allow ourselves to fiddle while Rome is burning. The White House is playing ostrich - we need sensible policies in the White House.
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thomas from saint simons commented on 7/8/2012

PLEASE SERVE THE PEOPLE not the Party
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Cassie from Blackshear commented on 7/8/2012

I think Obama is extremely oblivious to the mess he's creating or wants to purposely cripple our economic system.
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Ken from Rincon commented on 7/8/2012

The number that needs to be reported and compared is the number of Americans that are working. If you do that you can see the true unemployment. Ken
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Fred from Savannah commented on 7/8/2012

It seems to me the partisan political bickering that has plagued Washington since 2008 has rendered the government ineffective in dealing with the current economic recession we and the world find ourselves in. The country lacks a clear vision of purpose, the government is not focused, bickering has replaced doing and industry has too much uncertainty as headwinds. Neither party seems willing to support good consensus ideas to help the country but rather gamesmanship for reelection purposes. To improve the situation the American people need to have leaders who lead, restore confidence that the future will be good, present a vision for going forward, give business clarity to invest and deal effectively with the tax mess that is facing the country come 2013. Find ways to work with the opposition to fix the mess Congress and the Administration have created.
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William Piersol from Richmond Hill commented on 7/8/2012

I think Congress and the Senate need a lot of people removed. We need people that will work as Americans in Congress and the Senate and get this country back on it's feet. THere are too many people in Congress and the Senate that do nothing but point fingers and in the mean time get nothing done. Both sides do this and we really need to get a lot of the bad people out and put good people in. Even you Mr Kingston have not done your best while in the position your in.
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MIKE from SAVANNAH commented on 7/8/2012

PRESIDENT OBAMA MUST BE DEFEATED ! THE CURRENT TAX STATUS EXTENDED ! THEN CONGRESS SHOULD ENACT A FLAT TAX ALONG WITH SEVERE SPENDING REDUCTUIONS. SHRINK THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY BY 25%. ELIMINATE OBAMA CARE ! ALL THE CURRENT CZARS AND THEIR STAFFS CLOSED. ALL NEW AGENCIES CREATED DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS CANCELLED !
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Andrea from Savannah commented on 7/8/2012

The best means to get our economy back on track is to vote Obama out of office along with all his czars.
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john from brunswick commented on 7/8/2012

Yes WE all know what the real numbers are. What we need is to somehow get these numbers in front of all of America. The media refuses to publish the facts. Even FOX news only gives it minor coverage. Romney and the PACs need to make commercials that emphasize what is really going on in our country. In addition, Romney needs to develop a very clear message to the public. His 54 point economic plan is way too much for anybody to pay attention to. Herman Cain said it best NINE NINE NINE! That was a sound bite everybody could relate to. Especially because the media is so biased, he NEEDS to have a very clear and SHORT message to the people. WE (the people who pay attention to what is going on and look for real facts) know exactly what is going on. Unfortunately the general public , who only begin to get inquisitive around election time if at all, have been fed lies throughout the last 3.5 years. There is no other way to explain the lead Obama has in the polls. My wife and I hear that he is ahead and we are flabergasted! How can any president even have a hope to get reelected with the dismal job Obama has done. Nobody in their right mind would vote for someone who so consistantly does everything in his power to destroy America. But here we are, Obama leads in the polls. WTF! Somehow the message must get out there. We the Tea Party will be out there in full force but we need help. We need every able minded American to get the message out.
07/08/12 08/31/10 False
Dwain from Townsend commented on 7/8/2012

The jobs report is not going to improve until all of the choking regulations and high corporate taxes are lowered so that entrepreneurs can start new businesses and present businesses can feel comfortable about hiring new employes. The present administration is doing everything to stifle new jobs.
07/08/12 08/31/10 False
Kenneth from Savannah commented on 7/8/2012

Everything follows oil. If we can't reduce gas and diesel prices the economy won't improve.
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Mike Steele from Midway commented on 7/8/2012

The latest job numbers are no surprise. In deed, I'm surprised they are not worse. Went to the Darien outlet mall Saturday. It was a ghost town. Jack, you have already stated the solution(s). We need to completely repeal the ACA and start over, cut spending, eliminate many government departments and agencies (When I was a kid, we only had eight cabinet posts, including the Postmaster General.), cut taxes and regulation, repeal "Dodd-Frank", revoke all Obama executive orders, balance the budget, and pass "cut, cap and balance". Warmest regards, Mike & Robyn Steele, Midway, GA
07/08/12 08/31/10 False
Jeanne from St Simons Island commented on 7/8/2012

the jobs report wil get better when Congress stops stalling and passes a real jobs bill. Forget the Pipeline fixation and put some money into fixing the bridges and highways and electrical grid. We used to be the envy of the world now our airports are a disgrace. Other countries have enviable high speed rail. We don't. The 20000 job number for the pipeline is a vast overestimate and the oil will be sold on the international market to the highest bidder, not necessarily us. Get real and get to work. No wonder Congress has a 9% approval rating.
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diane from valdosta commented on 7/8/2012

I think we need to impeach President Obama. We need to repeal Obamacare. We need to Declare a Declaration of Independence from Obama and his polices. Everything he has written into law since he has been President needs to be reviewed; throw out every bill and every stroke of the pen where he has written laws without the due process which is given in the Constitution (about 99% I think).
07/08/12 08/31/10 False
Diane from Valdosta commented on 7/8/2012

I add to my previous comments: end the Federal Reserve.
07/08/12 08/31/10 False
Ralph from Hahira commented on 7/8/2012

The only way to get the economy back and recover job growth is to kick Obama and his administration (cronies) out of the White House in Nov 2012. Tired of spreading the wealth to those who sit on their butts and do nothing but gripe about why the government is doing nothing to help them. The only help they need is to cut the money flow (welfare food stamps, etc) and provide them the "opportunity" to work. If they do not want to work when offered a job they and their families can starve.
07/08/12 08/31/10 False
Charles from Lakemont commented on 7/8/2012

Outlaw insider trading by congress & white house people!
07/09/12 08/31/10 False
lewis perdue from riceboro commented on 7/9/2012

Put a stop to all of the executive orders that do not pertain to Military. Require all new and old regulations to be reviewed by a congress and require any and all regulations that are to be issued, must not exceed a cost of more than more than 1% of the writing agency's budget. All above 1% will be deducted from their budget. When they start having their money money taken away they will find that they don't need the regulations. Then require a supper majority of both houses to change the bill. Next Congress needs to do what they are paid to do. They are there to do our bidding and not as our SLAVE MASTERS as the present administration is trying so hard to do by making everyone dependent on the government and not themselves. As far as I can see congress is aiding them in their quest for a SLAVE--MASTER relationship
07/09/12 08/31/10 False
John from Waycross, GA commented on 7/9/2012

My idea to get the economy on tract: 1. repeal Obamacare, repeal will give private business and individuals more confidence about the future 2. less government restrictions on private business, this will instill more freedom to the private sector 3. remind the legislature that their job is to make the people their priority not getting themselfs reelected. Reppectfully submitted John Conger 2878 Evergreen Road waycross, GA 31503
07/09/12 08/31/10 False
Rose Marie Sinnott from Valdosta commented on 7/9/2012

In my opinion, one of the most important steps is to remove governmental inroads into private businesses. And, if the result of this is loss of revenue to local, state and federal governments, so be it! That would force them to form lean governmental entities and live within their citizens' means.
07/09/12 08/31/10 False
Jackie from Rohr commented on 7/9/2012

What is the source of the unemployment numbers? In particular, how is the # of people underemployed and given up looking for work derived? I'm having a debate with someone who questions the validity of those numbers. I tried looking on the Department of Labor website but just got lost. Thank-you, Jackie Rohr
07/09/12 08/31/10 False
George from Hoschton commented on 7/9/2012

Maybe if we had passed the jobs bill many months ago, the economy would be doing much better.
07/10/12 08/31/10 False
Juanita Williams from Baxley commented on 7/10/2012

There are ways to create jobs and clean up some of the towns worst eye sores old buildings to be torn down or updated and all without having to worry about where the money is coming from.. Put the prisoners to work in these waterways and get the canals and sewers cleaned and work them on chain gangs again like they did in the old days and let them learn to know what it is to work hard and give something back to us for all the money we are spending on a do nothing government. its time to go back to some of the old ways of getting things done and growing people with pride. bring all the Mexicans in who want to live here and make them citizens temporarily in order to get them registered and become real taxpayers. Prisoners need something to do instead of being pampered by the my rights thing. paying back our society by working people we are already paying for to do nothing. they can be used as farm labor and get paid instead of using non citizens.
07/11/12 08/31/10 False
John from Guyton commented on 7/11/2012

FAIR TAX and nothing but the FAIR TAX. For both state and federal governments.
07/11/12 08/31/10 False
Diane from Valdosta commented on 7/11/2012

The private sector is not doing fine because there is such oppressive regulation and excessive taxing of any business that dares define itself as a business. We need to repeal obamacare and impeach Mr.Obama. We need to try him for treason. We also need to end the Federal reserve.
07/13/12 08/31/10 False
Bert from Savannah commented on 7/13/2012

Pipeline is a good start. Over regulating and excessive taxing are a big part of the problems. How about convincing the companies that moved their manufacturing operations to China, to move them back to the US, by giving them tax breaks. As a small business owner, our sales have dropped by 50% in the last 4 years. We let 3 of our workers go and reduced one to part time, all because of the sorry state of the economy. Where is the help for the small business man?
07/29/12 08/31/10 False
James from Richmond Hill, GA commented on 7/29/2012

The U S government under the guise of homeland security has foisted upon all citizens born here the burden of proof that we are, in fact, citizens in the form of an affidavit attesting to that fact for every license that we may renew as a professional. No matter that such license has been in effect for forty-five years and that we may have been born here. It must be notarized and provide an additional document for proof that we live here as a citizen. That is just too much. The origin is the Partriot Act, which seems to have a subtitle of the "Opressive Act against U.S. Citizens." Our own government will not enforce our borders and have resorted to this tactic to do an administrative verification of all citizens who want a drivers license or any professional license. It is time that we stop this mess and have the government protect our borders and give us real meaningful security, not just a paper audit of who is here and who is a legal citizen!!!!!!!!!!
11/24/12 08/31/10 False
Jake Muller from Atlanta commented on 11/24/2012

Stop the overbearing regulations placed on business, my business is so bad, we had to cancel insurance.We were at 65 employees, but thinking of laying off people. I started a site for part time work: part-time-work.com.
12/10/12 08/31/10 False
Richard from Hinesville commented on 12/10/2012

Stay the course. Our economy...our families and businesses cannot continue going Obama"s route.