And yet they're barreling full-speed ahead with the vote on Universal Health Care today, regardless of the impact of such a bill. $1.2 Trillion over 10 years? If you believe that, I have a tunnel project in Boston to sell you - originally spec'd at a hair over $2B, but final costs more than 10X that. And that was a limited project in a single city in a single state. Imagine that, writ large...THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- OCTOBER 2009
The unemployment rate rose from 9.8 to 10.2 percent in October, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline (-190,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest job losses over the month were in con-struction, manufacturing, and retail trade.
Geoff over at Innocent Bystanders put the following chart together regarding unemployment figures and the 0bama administration's projections regarding the effect of the stimulus package:
Boy, it sure is a good thing we rammed through that trillion dollar stimulus bill without reading it, isn't it?
That is all.
Tip 'o' the keyboard to my good buddy sci-fi for e-mailing all this to me. He did all the heaving lifting, I just serve it up for ya...
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Racist!
You showed flaws in the emperor's plans! You must be a raaaaaaaaaacist!
Well done Sir, and yep, it's too bad they didn't read the bill, nor did they listen to their constituency...
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