Posted on 09/07/2010 8:27:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I missed this over the weekend, but it’s too good to let slide. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis wrote an essay for USA Today in which to defend the Obama administration’s efforts on job creation, a rather thankless task under the circumstances. Solis uses most of the space to argue via anecdote — in other words, to talk without saying anything — but it’s the conclusion that has to be read to be believed:
I am not an economist. I believe that numbers only tell you part of the story. I deal with real people, and I know that the only true replacement for a job lost, is a new job that pays good wages. I’m committed to making that a reality for anyone who wants a job.
That’s why I’m so excited to announce www.myskillsmyfuture.org— a new online tool to connect workers with high quality training and local employment.
By visiting the site and adding information about your most recent work experience, you can see exactly what skills you need to qualify for a broad range of careers. You can also find local training and education providers and, yes — you can see local job postings.
In other words, what’s next … is up to you.
There are jobs out there. And, this Labor Day — and every day — I’m going to continue helping people find them and employers fill them. If you’re ready to embrace a 21st century career, I want you to know your Department of Labor is here to help you. And, if you’re an employer looking to fill positions, we’ve got a list of great candidates for you.
Got the message? Unemployment isn’t Barack Obama’s fault, because “there are jobs out there.” It’s the fault of the unemployed, who haven’t visited Solis’ groovy new website and gotten with the program, literally and figuratively.
It’s a great message of self-sufficiency — when an economy is actually producing job growth. The problem with Solis’ argument is that the jobs aren’t out there, not anywhere near the numbers to even keep up with population growth. We produce more working-age jobless each month in the Recovery Summer economy that the Obama administration has created.
Now, if we had the kind of job growth that George Bush created in 2004′s recovery, then Solis would be more correct. But had George Bush (or his Labor Secretary) said anything remotely like this in 2004 or 2005, the media would have screamed about his lack of sensitivity to the plight of the unemployed and reported that he accused the jobless of being lazy. Hilda Solis would have been out in front with her anecdotal arguments about how lousy the economy really was, with unemployment peaking at 6.4%.
Solis is definitely not an economist, or a business leader. Neither is anyone else in Barack Obama’s White House.
Remember the Dems having hysterics when the unemployment rate rose to 5% under Bush? I don’t remember them telling people that unemployment was their own fault.
Not necessarily going to disagree, but can you imagine the firestorm if a member of a Republican administration said this.
Do not doubt: the US Gov’t actually encourages unemployment
At the low-end, massive education subsidies and student loans leaves many entry-level and manual labor jobs wanting. Extended unemployment benefits that have the same effect, as people will refuse to take any job or consider a change of careers. And don’t get me started on illegal immigrants and the low-end job market.
Worst of all are investment and job killing tax, environmental and tort regs that kill start-ups and kill hiring at existing firms for manufacturing and solid middle-class jobs.
So, Hilda Solis believes that visiting her website is going to help you get employed, I just sent this link via e-mail to many of my friends who lost their jobs.
I’d like to see how many of them actually get a job a JOB OFFER as a result of visiting this website...
Didn't Pelosi get the memo?
If she is correct, we should stop extending unemployment benefits. Where was this message when the recent extension for unemployment compensation benefits were debated?
As a side note, I urge Freepers to add her affiliation on any posts listing her name. She should be referenced as “Hilda Solis (D, Atzlan)”.
I wonder if this ignorant slut has ever even HAD a real job.
I’ll try it, and let everyone know what happens. I’ve tried everything else, why not this.......
Jobs are “out there”?!?! Sure, for Road Construction Companies........
Exactly. "One more example of this president, and his administration, refusing to take responsibility for our national crisis while blaming the victims of that crisis for their predicament."
Or, to flip it around to an earlier crisis: "Mayor Nagin, Governor Blanco: the buses are out there."
Good luck in your endeavors, as a side note with (heavy sarcasm to follow), make sure you fill out the online form in broken english, you might stand a better chance.
you got that right....if Newt Gingrich had said that Katie Couric would be hanging him in effigy, live at 7/6 Central.
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The Wash Post blamed consumers for unemployement.
Looks exactly like a JOBS program for government "training, education, and job counseling" slugs.
That is so frick’in 90’s.
They need to get off the taxpayer's back and get a real job.
Bush is blocking all the jobs in all the classifieds nationwide. He took them all.
There are probably domestic help opportunities in Georgetown.
They'll check your application against your voter registration first.
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