Showing posts with label state of the union. Show all posts
Showing posts with label state of the union. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Today's State of the Union

STATE OF THE UNION TODAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2013
Will President Barack Obama tell the truth tonight?

* Labor-force participation at a three DECADE low.
* Poverty higher than at any time since the 1930s.
* Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reports long-term unemployment at highest levels since World War II.
* Average length of joblessness doubled from 20 weeks (last 3 recessions) to 40 weeks under Barack Obama.
* Health-insurance premiums are going up, not down as promised.
* Many employers predicted not to offer Health insurance after 2014.
* Highest number of working-age Americans receiving disability payments EVER!
* Barack Obama added more $$ to federal debt than all previous administrations combined since George Washington.
* A shrinking private sector is drowning in regulations.
* The public sector is VIBRANT - growing & searching for new ways to increase the national debt by wasting taxpayer's money.

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE