Obama’s Economy: Jobless Claims Rise Faster Than Expected, Unemployment Claims To 6.1 Million

Things are getting worse:

WASHINGTON – New jobless claims rose more than expected last week, while the number of workers continuing to filing claims for unemployment benefits topped 6.1 million.
Both figures are fresh evidence layoffs persist amid a weak job market that is not expected to rebound anytime soon.
The Labor Department said Thursday that initial claims for unemployment compensation rose to a seasonally adjusted 640,000, up from a revised 613,000 the previous week. That was slightly above analysts’ expectations of 635,000.

I wonder when the powers that be are going to realize that keeping taxes on both on the businesses that provide goods and services in our economy and on the people who buy goods and services in our economy in order to fund massive government “stimulus” programs is only exacerbating the problem.
Jobs are being lost and not created right now because America’s businesses are tightening the belts getting ready for the massive new taxes and regulations Obama is promising. Investors aren’t investing because Obama has promised to jack the taxes on investments back up. People aren’t shopping and giving these businesses money because they’re feeling the pinch too.
Obama claimed tax cuts for “95% of Americans,” but in reality that was tax hikes for people already paying the most in taxes and a rather small reduction in withholdings (roughly $60/month for the average family) that amounts to little or nothing.
Put simply, our economy continues to languish instead of expand because Obama is taking all of the money out of the economy and keeping it in the government.

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  • http://Array HG

    True Mickey.

    The best way to deal with a fool of monsterable proportions is to ignore it. No amount of truth or expletives are going to penetrate the mind-numbing sewer of ignorance that is Dino’s world-view.

  • Stewartized

    Dino must have got his phone call from Bonnie Fwank otherwise why the “sour grapes” in about every post? “We know you people hate government and want it to fail.” Care to show us facts on that, Dino? We just want government to do what it`s supposed to do-deliver the mail, protect the borders and get the hell out of the way.

  • Mickey

    Unemployment is rising faster than Obama’s positive effects on the economy.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 Dino2

    Hate to be the one to tell you this (well, not really) but it’s you cranks that the vast majority are ignoring. Hold your little public tantrums, call for the end of taxation. Then bitch when the economic mismanagement of your beloved republicans screws you over.

    You people are badly outnumbered. You’re a fringe element.

  • Bat One

    And yet the people LOVE OBAMA!

    Only the ignorant masses!

    Please excuse the redundancy, but there ARE an awful lot of very stupid Democrats. Its what you would expect when your party’s prime directive is the lowest common denominator.

  • Lance

    Dino, you’re obviously as ill-informed and delusional as Janet Napalitano. The point of the thousands of tea party protests in cities across America (or the minority as you call it) was about stopping irresponsible spending of the current government which will inevitably result in crushing taxes later. This, coming at a time when unemployment is already screaming up to double digits. Higher taxes on businesses results in less net income, which results in higher price of goods and services and MORE layoffs. It wasn’t about being sore about who won the election. If Obama had policies that would fix the economy, insure national security, and reward hard work and individual liberties, I’d be singing the praises of his administration. It’s not about wanting him to fail. It’s about KNOWING he and his policies are going to fail and WANTING to prevent America from failing as a result. Please feel free to refute any of my above statements using sound logic and facts, staying on topic as much as possible. I will only respond further to you if you have rational comments that aren’t random sentence fragments and obscenities.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 Dino2

    Lance buddy, people DID wake up. Then they threw republicans out of office.

    People realize Obama was handed a pile of republican shit and know what a mess republicans made of this country.

    The tea parties were a very small minority of vocal whiners who don’t have a clue. Like the boy who cried wolf, republicans are seen as sore losers who are merely throwing a tantrum over their losses and that the tea parties are astroturf organized and financed by the same people who got us into this mess.

    You people are fucked. But you keep hoping things get worse so that your people can win back control.

    Did you ever stop and think how that makes you worse than a terrorist?

    You are.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 Dino2

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  • Mickey

    You all pay too much attention to the little turd.

  • Bat One

    Even Handjob isn’t that stupid.

    -Suitepotato-

    Are you quite sure of that?

  • http://www.ski-blog.com/ sayanything-24

    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/direction_of_country-902.html

    The poll Dino cites is an outlying poll. The RCP average is a much better indicator. Even Daily Kos and CBS News have the numbers at -14 instead of +4 on right direction, wrong track.

    But the numbers have tightened, which is to be expect when parties change power.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 Dino2

    By all means, disagree all you want now that your side lost. But be aware that you did indeed lose the election and a strong majority of people rejected the failed policies of your side that have made a mess of this country. Those were the policies you voted for and now are denying caused our present situation. You think you can blame it on Obama.

    Do you teach your children to throw tantrums when they lose or things don’t go their way? When your boss tells you to do something in a way that you disagree with, do you protest loudly and cause a ruckus? When you miss out on the promotion, do you sabotage the person who got it? When the other firm wins the proposal do you threaten them and try to destroy them?

    I don’t give two shits if you reply or not. My point is to show you people how destructive and non-productive you’re being out of sour grapes and downright ignorance.

    Your continued hopes for failure are worse than terrorism.

  • carrick

    A Citizen, I believe you are mistaken. The appointees who got caught not paying their taxes have a gloat on their face.

    Typically socialists, their rules don’t apply to themselves. Why I think of them as children.

  • robert108

    Keep lying, little dino; it’s all you “winners” have. Hype wears off.

  • Jvette

    Unemployment has skyrocketed since Obama was elected. Check the figures, though rising throughout 2008 monthly new unemployment claims were fewer than 100,000. Starting in November they jumped to the hundreds of thousands. It will get worse before it gets better. Eventually, even the hardon for Obama press will not be able to hide the fact that his policies are the root of it.

  • sayanything-4625

    I wonder when the powers that be are going to realize that keeping taxes on both on the businesses that provide goods and services in our economy and on the people who buy goods and services in our economy in order to fund massive government “stimulus” programs is only exacerbating the problem.

    FDR never figured it out. It took WWII for us to get out of the Depression era spending. I don’t think this group any smarter.

  • Lance

    Dino:

    By all means, disagree all you want now that your side lost.

    “My side” is America. Although we haven’t lost yet, we are losing.

    You think you can blame it on Obama.

    I don’t blame Obama for anything other than making a bad situation worse since he’s taken the reigns. Although it would be fair to assign him some blame, since he was a member of the Congress that helped cause the mess, and did not take a stand to remedy it. (Present!)

    When your boss tells you to do something in a way that you disagree with, do you protest loudly and cause a ruckus?

    Last time I checked, this was still America. Obama is a public servant and works for me…not the other way around.

    I would also like to point out the fact that at no point in your response did you refute anything that I said or make any reference to any Obama policies that would help remedy the current recession and/or unemployment problem, which is the topic of the current thread. You can blame Bush and the republicans all you want, but that isn’t going to do a thing to create jobs or jump start the economy. So I ask you again….What policies does Obama have that will lower unemployment by creating jobs??

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 Dino2

    The more they are eventually going to swing towards the Republicans.

    AAAAH, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

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  • http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/homosexuality_is_wrong_-_a_compendium move_zig

    Get the greasemonkey script for ignoring Dino.

    Yup!

    I recommend everyone do that. If Rob refuses to rid the Blog of roaches and lice, it’s the least we can do.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    you keep hoping things get worse so that your people can win back control.

    Projection from the troll who said:

    No, seriously, I HATE this country and think it should disappear. No more united states. It’s the cause of most of the world’s problems. It’s like a cancer.
    Just split it up and let it lose its power. Done. Finished.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

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    Sauce for the goosed…

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 Dino2

    Stimulus spending is helping keep things going. His budget resets priorities with items such as health care reform that have been long neglected and will keep dragging us down if we do nothing.

    Of course we’ll see taxes rise. That’s the consequence of all those tax cuts you voted for. Who do you think is going to pay off all that republican debt? You don’t want the rich to pay so it will come from your kids.

    Do you think he should throw up his hands, close down the government and drop taxes to zero? The resulting anarchy is not something the majority wants.

    It’s too bad that the conservatives’ plan to bankrupt govt in order to destroy it isn’t going to end quite like you thought it was. It’s like racking up a ton of personal debt and then declaring bankruptcy. Some things you just can’t skate on. Keeping a functioning govt and paying those debts are two of those things.

    We know you people hate govt and want it to fail and that’s what makes you the fringe. Now we’ll just make you and your kids pay off all that debt you authorized.

    If we did let the govt stop functioning you’d be very unhappy with the outcome. You should be glad there’s enough sane people left to protect you from your own ignorance.

    Personally, I would make damn sure that none of you receive one pennye of benefit from govt money. You and your con friends would forfeit any SS or Medicare. You’d pay a huge surcharge for your devotion to con fiscal policy.

    Now, why don’t you tell me what Obama has done to worsen an already dismal economic situation so I can destroy your points one by one?

  • Lance

    I think there will always be the rats that follow the Pied Piper, but I think more and more people are starting to wake up to reality and see through the rhetoric. The turnout for the tea parties, especially among independents and democrats was a testament to that. Plus, sooner or later,even the ignorant are going to realize something is wrong the farther we go into a stagnating economy with ever increasing unemployment numbers.

  • robert108

    By all means, disagree all you want now that your side lost.

    So, why are you “winners” still whining about others being to blame for the outcome of your policies? When will you man up and take responsibility?

  • carrick

    Dino:

    And yet the people LOVE OBAMA!

    Cherry pick much, you dumbfuck?

    Latest Rasmussen Poll (4/23) has Obama’s approval down to 55%. For a new president, that’s not exactly historical values.

    How do they like his policies?

    60% Say Government Has Too Much Power, Too Much Money

    52% Worry Government Will Do Too Much to Fix Economy

    Most Americans Say Bailouts Were Bad Idea, Political Class Disagrees

    51% View Tea Parties Favorably, Political Class Strongly Disagrees

    As a freshly minted president, Obama still has some political capital left, he needs to be a bit more aware of how he’s spending it.

  • robert108

    Little dino continues to spin from his perch in Fantasy Island.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 Dino2

    And yet the people LOVE OBAMA!

    AP Poll: Americans high on Obama, direction of US

    Intensely worried about their personal finances and medical expenses, Americans nonetheless appear realistic about the time Obama might need to turn things around, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. It shows most Americans consider their new president to be a strong, ethical and empathetic leader who is working to change Washington.

    Corollary: The majority know it was bush and the republicans who fucked things up.

    Sorry stems, that’s the truth.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

    No Obama supporter here is explaining how Obama’s massive government spending is going to help the economy. They’re just redirecting the conversation elsewhere while insulting the Americans.

    That’s a bit telling.

  • Mark

    And yet the people LOVE OBAMA!

    Only the ignorant masses!

  • sayanything-2819

    Sour grapes? No, more like a deep seated fear that we won’t be able to stop any of this coming socialism because so many of you idiots thought that an inexperienced marxist would be a good leader for this nation.

    It will be interesting to hear what you have to say when the inevitable happens.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 Dino2

    Oh my! Such bitter little whiners!

    You’re in denial about sooooo many things! Obama IS popular, people DO blame republicans for this mess and they WILL NOT return republicans to power unless the republicans move firmly to the left.

    In the meantime, you’re totally fucked!

  • http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

    Get the greasemonkey script for ignoring Dino. I intend to work on it to eliminate his non login semi-anonymous posts as well if I can, which he primarily does to circumvent the script… for now.

  • http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

    Dino, you’re the only person on this entire blog who believes that. Even Handjob isn’t that stupid. RBB is severely deranged to the point of endless non-sequitur posts and isn’t that much of a moron.

    Seriously, get help. I suggest a nice warm bath with a plugged in toaster. You’ll get some serious permanent relaxation.

  • http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

    No one loves Obama. They love an image that was invented in their minds as a natural result of human psychology. Obama is merely schmuck who stepped in it. The reality is diverging from the fantasy daily faster and farther. We’ll see this only get worse as the time drags by. The gulf between actual public opinion and the concocted polls will trigger cognitive dissonance in the people more and more. They’ll naturally feel as though they are being railroaded and lied to at the same time. Their resentment to Obama will grow.

    The more the media lies, the more the people are going to hate Obama in the long run. The more they are eventually going to swing towards the Republicans.

    It’s simple human nature and the libtard delusional ignorance of it will seal the future.

  • sayanything-2483

    Those little grapes look like obama’s appointees that got caught NOT paying their taxes.

  • http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

    Bat, I am reasonably sure. His mental deformities are a bit different. Dino gives every indication of believing his own horseshit but Handjob’s delivery feels like he doesn’t believe half of what he says and just says things for the sake of talking.

    If I was studying mental defects for college, those two, RBB, Hawk, and Buzz would all be excellent examples of projection, self-fulfilling prophecy, avoidance, egomania, and a host of other problems. But Dino is by far the single most all around retarded person on this blog.

  • http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

    Dino, obviously you’ve caused further brain damage through oxygen deprivation so either you’re too incompetent to get autoerotic asphyxiation OR suicide by suffocation/strangulation right.

    Obama’s own economic advisers conceded that his plan would drag out the recovery and make the debt worse than not doing anything. The Congressional Budget Office made that official days after that.

    So now you’re proposing to shoot down the claims of Obama’s own advisers AND the CBO?

    You’d have much better luck with a bath and a toaster.

  • http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

    likwidshoe is right. NONE of the Obama weenies can articulate a coherent logical self-consistent theory of how Obama’s spending helps the economy that stands up to known economics principles, human psychology and sociology, and historical precedent.

    Dino’s entire point as best he can make at all is that Bush spent us into the poor house, but he makes that point while deflecting from the fact, which Dino does not deny, that Obama has single-handedly (well, with the help of the congressional Democrats) outdone Bush several times over inside of the first four months of his presidency.

    One more time: it’s the equivalent of showing to an arson fire that is still controllable and contained, hosing the house down with napalm, and bitching about the arsonist, then excusing it by saying at least you didn’t burn down the neighbor’s house and that the arsonist was going to do worse. Why not just shoot attempted murder victims in the head because the attacker failed to finish them? Why not just inject every one of Dino’s screws with AIDS to make sure you get them in case the condom doesn’t break?

    He’s a complete retard.

  • http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

    Get the greasemonkey script for ignoring Dino. I intend to work on it to eliminate his non login semi-anonymous posts as well if I can, which he primarily does to circumvent the script… for now.

  • sayanything-2483

    Carrick: I think the “gloat” was before the look of “cringe.’ LOL!

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