California Conservative

Jared Bernstein’s post on the White House Recovery Act blog can’t be described as spin because it’s so over-the-top that it’d make a Clintonista blush. It’s that bad. Here’s a sample:

John Boehner wants a lot of people to lose their jobs.

We were awfully surprised to hear Rep. Boehner come out for killing jobs en masse in his own state and district by stopping the Recovery Act on last Sunday’s news shows.

This shows what this administration thinks of Ohio residents. This administration apparently thinks that if they say something, that people automatically believe it. They don’t.

The good news is that Leader Boehner didn’t waste time taking Bernstein to task:

“The people of my district are looking at President Obama’s ‘stimulus’ policies and asking a simple question: where are the jobs?,” Boehner said in the release. “The fact is, the president’s ‘stimulus’ spending spree is not delivering the results he promised it would, whether you’re looking in Ohio or anywhere else in America.”

“A nation in our fiscal condition should be spending less, not more,” he said, decrying Democrats’ call to end tax cuts enacted under President George Bush that Boehner said would amount to a tax hike on 50 percent of small businesses in America.

“I hope Vice President Biden’s economist today will provide the people of the Eighth Congressional District with an explanation of how raising taxes on small businesses will do anything but further hinder job creation in Ohio and across the country,” he said.

I wouldn’t expect Mr. Bernstein to respond directly to Leader Boehner’s shot about the Democrats’ failure to create new jobs.

While we’re on the subject of jobs, it’s a good time to ask why this administration seems to put a high priority on saving public employee union jobs while putting such a low priority on creating new private sector jobs. If this administration doesn’t put a high priority on shifting their focus from saving AFSCME and NEA jobs to creating tons of high tech manufacturing jobs, unemployment will stay at 9 percent. It’s just that simple.

Frankly, the American people don’t care about the jobs that are being saved. They’re worried about losing their homes and/or their jobs. The best way to put their mids at ease is to adopt pro-growth policies that invite investment, policies that make sense to put a job creator’s money at risk.

That isn’t happening right now. That’s why the administration has to cling to the saved jobs meme.

Technorati Tags: Economy, Stimulus, President Obama, Jared Bernstein, Unemployment, Jobs Saved, Unions, AFSCME, NEA, Democrats, John Boehner, Job Growth, Capitalism, GOP, Election 2010

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog