WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s report that the U.S. unemployment rate has jumped from 9.8 to 10.2 percent with the economy losing 190,000 jobs in October
U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s report that the U.S. unemployment rate has jumped from 9.8 to 10.2 percent with the economy losing 190,000 jobs in October:
“To families and individuals across the country who are desperately hurting in this increasingly difficult economic climate, it is abundantly clear that the economic policies of bailouts and government giveaways have failed. Americans are suffering the consequences as they are left paralyzed from the federal government’s power grab, unable to help themselves and help this nation get back on the road to recovery.
“Unfortunately, our nation’s breadwinners know firsthand that these reckless policies are dragging us deeper and deeper down the wrong path. With a 26 year-high record unemployment rate and 49 of 50 states losing jobs since the “stimulus” was enacted, they understand there is no such thing as a ‘jobless recovery’.”
“These consistently growing, and now double-digit unemployment numbers, serve as a clear warning against forcing through the debt-increasing, job-killing healthcare bill through Congress that is forecast to cause 5.5 million more job losses.
Americans cannot afford to let these destructive policies continue to break their wallets and erode their livelihoods. Congress continues to generate bills that are destructive to job growth, although Goldman-Sachs has certainly done well. If the efforts to run everybody’s businesses are stopped, stability will return, certainty will diminish, and the economy will finally rebound. Until then, the Wall Street friends of the current and past Treasury secretaries will continue to enrich themselves, but the rest of America will be in dire straits.”
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