Posted on 07/30/2013 9:35:37 PM PDT by Olog-hai
President Barack Obama—citing the job losses since he took office—said “the economy would be much better off,” unemployment would be 6.5 percent and the national deficit would be in decline if there were more federal, state and local government workers.
“If those layoffs had not happened, if public sector employees grew like they did in the past two recessions, the unemployment rate would be 6.5 instead of 7.5,” Obama said. “Our economy would be much better off, and the deficit would still be going down because we would be getting more tax revenue.” …
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Obama is an idiot. You’ve got to take money OUT of the economy to pay government workers. Shoot, we might as well just spend our way to prosperity. /s
I can’t respond to this. I would be banned. Hopefully just saying “IDIOT” will not be too bad.
He’s so stupid, his ideas are so stupid, and the republicans just sit there and say nothing,
Satire?
Obama is certifiably insane.
There are two types of commies: the ignorant ones and the extortionists.
Total insanity, we are doomed.
And the Boat would stop sinking if we drill another hole so to let the water drain out!
Any other politician would be hard pressed to keep a straight face sayin' it ...
Oh my gawd. Everything he says is dumber or more destructive than his previous statements. Lusteni g to him is like Dante’s descent into the inferno. It keeps getting worse and worse. Can America survive another 1000+ days of this torture?
Ah, yes ... this coming from the expert on the economy. His socialist upbringing is showing.
This is how Zer0 seeks favor from the unions. The unions would love more government workers too. Just ask Detroit.
Pure economic illiteracy.
Kind of like the old Soviet Union, right Barry?
Yep.
Public employees are like coat hangers in a closet - they reproduce madly in the dark.
Bump for later
“Obama is an idiot.”
Yes, he is.
More government employees would require more taxes to pay the additional salaries.
Those taxes would have to come from the private sector.
With that kind of thinking — we need more governent workers — no wonder Team Obama have been able to do little to improve the economy.
That is about as ridiculous as saying, if you run out of cash, just write a check.
Meanwhile, General Washington’s doctors ordered more leeches applied to loosen up his blood flow...
(Yes, I know that in certain cases leeches are used to prevent clotting, but when the leeches’ weight becomes a substantial fraction of the patient’s, you might have a problem!)
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