november 2nd and they re doing everything they can to try to hold on to their jobs, but i think voters and the american megyn: let me ask you, the white house is projecting this is a white house chart we re going to look at, they projected if congress passed the stimulus, it wound up being $814 billion, look at this orange line, they said we would not unphrouplt, at the bottom, see t.2009, they said unemployment would peak around 2009, then you look up and the chart is about 8 percent, if you pass the so-called stimulus. there was another line in the white house chart that said if you don t pass our stimulus, it could go up to as high as 9 percent. look at where it actually is above their worst projections if we didn t pass the stimulus. never mind their worst projections if we did pass it, add our own dots to the top to show the actual. is this, then, why the democrats aren t mentioning this thing? yeah, i don t think there s any question that the reason why democrats are in
highest deficit on record. the c.b.o. is predicting for 2011 a deficit right back up to $1.4 trillion. these numbers likely will give republicans and fiscal conservatives some red meat heading into the final weeks before the midterm elections. they often cite the president s $814 billion economic stimulus legislation as an example of democrats in washington spending too much and driving up these deficits. but the president maintains that without the stimulus or recovery act, the economic situation would have been worse. the consequence of the recovery act that we put into place, there s no doubt that three million folks are working now that would not otherwise be working. republicans dispute those numbers, though. the president has appointed a bipartisan deficit commission to come up with ideas to get these deficits under control. those recommendations are expected in december but they likely will prompt familiar debates in washington. republicans opposing tax hikes to pay down som
health care rebate and restoring jobs and the economy, i think republicans have had a message out there, that is resonating with the voters and just the stimulus bill, $814 billion stimulus bill passed, 2.5 million americans have lost their jobs and i think that is resonating with folks, and the administration that claimed they were. jobs have not created jobs, and the anger and frustration and the fear, i site in neighborhoods and in the communities, it is palpable and you will see it manifest itself at the ballot box, this november. bill: you know what will happen, here, soon, if the election goes the way many project predict, rather, in 22 days you will have a good night. and all of the focus will be turned away from the democrats and the white house and the focus will be on you. give me specifics, what you will change, to help improve the economy in america now. caller: well, i think the specifics have been set out there. i think what we are talking about, putting pushing
as the stimulus is called in question . he will talk about good news because the private sector jobs have picked up. it is trickled. and month of september our economy gained 64,000 job in the private sector . july and august, jobless numbers are upwards . we have seen nine straight months of private sector job growth and in all 850,000 private sector jobs gained this year which is in sharp contrast to the 800,000 jobs we were losing when i first took office. of course, the 814 billion in stimulus money spent is in stark contrast to the fact that we are shedding government jobs despite the money pured in. census workers are out of jobs. state and local government jobs. and these are the last
giving him a nice sendoff. jim has always been a steady voice in situation room sessions, daily briefings, and in meetings with foreign leaders. also representing our country abroad with allies and partners in every region of the world. general jones current deputy tom donnelly will be the one taking over. and if you re keeping count here, folks, the fifth person in the past couple of months to announcer their leaving or to leave the president s inner circle. that includes two economic advisors, a senior advisor, and, of course, rahm emmanuel who quit his chief of staff job last week. next, this one raising some eyebrows. the government sent nearly 90,000 stimulus checks to dead people. also, to inmates. that s according to a new watchdog report on president obama s $814 billion stimulus program from last year. keep in mind, each check worth