Congressional Job Performance

U.S. President Obama, VP Biden and members of Congress

Congressional approval ratings hit an all time low of 11% this summer. Why? America's never been so bankrupt, in debt and financial chaos and the government is to blame, for looking the other way to corporate behavior that is not only unethical, but very illegal as well.

If members of Congress had jobs in the real world, where one is judged on job performance, not political ties, they'd have all be fired by now. This should be the theme come election time. If you did not perform well for your constituency, you should be voted out to make room for someone who will.

U.S. Unemployment Benefits Extended

U.S. President Barack Obama

The U.S. Congress has passed legislation to extend the unemployment benefits of 1,300,000 million people, until November 2010, when the matter will come up for review again. Republicans want some of the remaining stimulus money to pay for it and that's not a bad idea.

The government can also follow the Constitution for a change and drastically cut back on spying on Americans, which would save billions of dollars in surveillance fees at the FBI, NSA and CIA. That's provided one or all of those agencies do not create a national crisis to keep said illegal spying projects going (oh, they're not above doing that and have in the past).

In the meantime, the White House and Congress need to work on job creation, as they have not done a good job in this endeavor thus far. Too much taxpayer money has been wasted and not enough jobs created.

A sound job plan is needed, using preexisting government workers to undertake its implementation. This will save on costs and allow a maximum number of jobs to be created. The government bureaucracy, red tape and corruption needs to go, as people need work.

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President Obama signs six-month extension of emergency unemployment benefits

U.S. Unemployment Benefits Receive A Second Look

U.S. President Barack Obama

The Democrats are attempting to push through legislation to extend unemployment benefits to Americans that have lost their jobs. As stated two weeks ago, the Judiciary Report was not amused when people's benefits were stalled, as for 1.3 million people in America, it could mean the difference between staying in their home or apartment or being out on the street.

I understand Republicans are concerned about where the $33.9 billion will come from to cover the costs, but it is of greater priority than other financial initiatives on the table, which need to be scrapped, such as billions for walking and bike riding paths, as is being implemented by President Obama.

I've got news for you, if one does not have a job, one does not wish to go walking, but to stay in one's house or cardboard box and feel sad, as that is the natural human instinct in such a predicament. However, it is best to get up and get out there, go for a walk around one's neighbor hood or to PREEXISTING parks that exist in virtually every U.S. city.

Another major, multi-billion dollar item that can be stricken from the U.S. budget during these hard times, is the massive electronic spying network, invading the privacy off millions of Americans, via the FBI, CIA and NSA.

If the government monitored Americans less and foreign terrorists more, they'd catch a lot more Jihadists and save many billions of dollars. Billions upon billions of taxpayer money is being wasted spying on innocent people, in violation of the U.S. Constitution. If this unruly spending continues, in the future, America government will not be able to afford a federal government.

The Judiciary Report is also still of the belief the site's job creation plan would work. The White House has simply overpaid for jobs that would not pay a third of what the government ended up allocating thereto, in the real world, which indicates bureaucracy and kickbacks ate up a lot of taxpayer money. This is something very vital the government could not afford to get wrong, but astonishingly did. They are attempting to try it again. Here's hoping it turns out better this go round.

Jesus Himself could come down from heaven, hand the government a sheet of paper with detailed instructions on how to fix the U.S. economy and they would still mess it up.

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Service Or Disservice

It is an honor for most to serve one's country by working for the government. It is and always has been, considered honorable service, but what happens when a government worker takes a bribe that harms the taxpaying public. It is then that service becomes a disservice to the nation.

America's Confidence In Obama Hits All Time Low

President Barack Obama

According to a recently conducted Washington Post poll, Americans' confidence in President Barack Obama and his ability to solve the nation's problems, have hit an all time low. The poll found 1 in 6 Americans do not believe he is up to the task as President, especially with unemployment and the deficit rising.

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U.S. Unemployment Benefits Stalled

Congress

The U.S. Senate has refused to renew the unemployment benefits of 1.3 million people, which is a mistake. Taxpayers bailed out banks and other financial institutions, in addition to U.S. corporations, to the tune of billions. Now, when the taxpayers need the help, it is being denied. This is not right.

People could go lose their homes or end up homeless without the unemployment checks, they are depending on to get them through this rough time in U.S. history. This is not an area to be making cuts. Once again, the poor and middle class are being trampled in favor of the rich.

As the average American did not create the terrible financial crisis that continues to negatively impact the nation, they should not be made to pay the price for Corporate America's greed.

Side Bar: The public just may remember who voted against their unemployment benefits during mid-term elections. That's 1.3 million angry voters.

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1.3 million unemployed won't get benefits restored

Joe Biden: We Can't Replace The 8 Million Jobs Lost

Vice President Joe Biden

Last week, Vice President, Joe Biden stated the Obama administration will not be able to replace the 8 million jobs that have been lost during the ongoing financial crisis. Oh, yes you could have. Had you followed the Judiciary Report's job creation plan and had tight controls over how the stimulus money was disbursed, the goal could have been achieved.

However, what the Judiciary Report feared and wrote about in advance, hoping it would not happen, did via government overpaying for jobs. As a result of that government bureaucracy, poor planning and financial misappropriation of taxpayer stimulus finds, less jobs were created. You overpaid for the creation of each job, with money that could have created 3-5 positions (each time), had the project been carefully undertaken. Multiply that by each time it happened and billions were wasted.

U.S. Unemployment Continues To Rise

U.S. President Barack Obama's plans to tackle the nation's unemployment crisis, is not working, as the claims continue to rise, adding to the number of those who are without work. The government needs a new plan.

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New jobless claims up sharply as layoffs persist

This Unemployment Problem Is Not Going Away

Obama's Illegal Job Practices

U.S. President Barack Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama is in trouble over attempts to bribe numerous politicians into not running for office, to clear the way for his Democratic party favorites to win seats and maintain a majority in Congress, which would enable him to ram through legislation without bipartisan chatter.

He is accused of attempting to bribe politicians Sestak and Romanoff with high ranking jobs within his administration, using intermediaries to do his bidding. This practice is a blatant violation of U.S. law, which is an impeachable offense.

Similar, alleged misconduct by President Obama is also at the heart of the Rod Blagojevich criminal case, where the two discussed job offers in exchange for political favors.

Rod Blagojevich

The aforementioned constitute three high profile incidents of such misconduct. It appears Mr. Obama has a problem in this area and is consistently attempting to flout the law in a political pay for play scheme that is inappropriate and illegal.

Obama is certainly not the first President to engage in such conduct. However, it does not excuse it, as he is meant to be setting an example. It should not be politics as usual.

Obama's wealthy campaign donors have also been given cushy jobs within his administration and in other branches of the U.S. government, some of which they simply are not qualified for, under the circumstances.

Obama under fire for election tactics with Sestak, Romanoff

6/3/2010 - WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday dismissed charges that President Obama's top aides have breached his pledge to run the most ethical and open administration in history by trying to entice Democrats in Pennsylvania and Colorado to skip races against favored incumbents.

Some Republicans, including House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, are demanding an independent investigation of what they call inappropriately heavy-handed politics...

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U.S. Jobs Report Exaggerated

U.S. President Barack Obama

Several mainstream news outlets are reporting, U.S. President Barack Obama touting today's national job report, as proof the recovery is working, is a fraudulent claim. The economy added 500,000 jobs, but the majority of those positions, 411,000 posts, were for seasonal Census report workers. Translation, those were very temporary jobs.

Obama's claims have thus been disproved. The President needs to stop relying on artificial results and get to the root of the real problem at hand, as pretending the unemployment problem is solved, when it is not, will only cause more damage in the long run and do greater harm to the American people.

It is time to develop a sensible job plan, where the nation can create the maximum amount of jobs for the money allotted by Congress, without waste and misappropriation occurring again.

May jobs report: Census inflates payrolls

June 4, 2010: 2:20 PM ET - NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A flood of temporary Census workers in May led to the biggest jump in jobs in ten years, the government reported Friday. Employers added 431,000 jobs in the month, up from 290,000 jobs added in April. It was the biggest gain in jobs since March 2000.

But Census hiring was responsible for 411,000 of May's increase in employment. Private sector employers also added 41,000 jobs in the period, well below the 218,000 private sector job gains in April. Government payrolls other than Census declined by 21,000 jobs in May, due largely to job cuts by state and local governments.

It was a disappointing number for private sector hiring, as economists surveyed by Briefing.com had forecast an overall gain of 500,000 in May. U.S. stocks traded sharply lower on the report, with the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 200 points in midday trading...

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U.S. Economy Stalls Again

U.S. President Barack Obama

Based on released reports, the U.S. economy has stalled again, as consumer spending is down and unemployment continues at a rampant rate. Economists estimate, if the economy adds roughly 500,000 jobs per month, it will still take 5-years to lower the unemployment rate to 5%, indicating the damage is that extensive.

Much of the damage was done during the Bush years and to save face, fake financial data was released to cover what was truly transpiring, with the corrected figures released this year.

However, President Obama has squandered opportunities to add the maximum number of jobs possible, due to poor oversight of where stimulus funds landed.

Some of the money was wasted via overpaying for job positions, decreasing the number of people that could have been hired with the stimulus funds available. In other instances, the funds were flat-out stolen or misappropriated.

This is not Monopoly. The President cannot rely on consistently printing up more money in a bid to solve the nation's financial ills, as it is damaging America's international credit rating, drastically increasing the deficit and damaging the U.S. dollar. That money is not free. It is coming at a price. The massive government spending is not working.

Bleak U.S. Jobs Report

U.S. President Barack Obama

The U.S. jobs report released this week, reflect dismal numbers, indicating the economy is still suffering from a massive lack of employment. Once again, money misused from the stimulus, could have been used to create more jobs. Taxpayer money is not being spent in the most effective manner.

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