Where's the Recovery? Ask your boss!

If you watch the media and their commentary regarding the lackluster employment figures, you would think politicians are to blame for the slow recovery.

Your blame is misplaced. If you look at corporate profits, they are good. So why aren't they hiring more people? These big companies have been given every chance to grow their business but they are still playing defense. Employees and people looking for work are paying the price.

If you are looking for work then you know how rough it is. Those with employment wish their company would start hiring because hours are extremely long and pay is stagnant.

For those of you saying "what about small business?" Well, if the big companies who anchor a community's economy don't hire, that trickles down to small business having to shut their door.

So if you want to blame someone for the almost 10% unemployment rate, blame the companies making money hand over fist at the expense for the recovery.

The Stimulus In Your Community

I keep seeing the signs around construction projects in my town that say, "Project Funded By The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act".
I got curious so I went over to the Recovery.org site to see what else is happening with the stimulus money. I was surprised at how many different projects are on the list. Lots of teachers and police jobs being saved. Equipment upgrades and road improvements. I was surprised because I live in the heart of red state America. Every time I drive by one of these projects I just wonder how the GOP reps reconcile the fact that they are against those dollars and jobs coming to Kansas.

Ten Immediate Health Care Benefits - Thanks to the Democrats

As soon as health care passes, the American people will see immediate benefits. The legislation will:

- Prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in all new plans;

- Provide immediate access to insurance for uninsured Americans who are uninsured because of a pre-existing condition through a temporary high-risk pool;

- Prohibit dropping people from coverage when they get sick in all individual plans;

- Lower seniors' prescription drug prices by beginning to close the donut hole;

- Offer tax credits to small businesses to purchase coverage;

- Eliminate lifetime limits and restrictive annual limits on benefits in all plans;
Require plans to cover an enrollee's dependent children until age 26;

- Require new plans to cover preventive services and immunizations without cost-sharing;

- Ensure consumers have access to an effective internal and external appeals process to appeal new insurance plan decisions;

- Require premium rebates to enrollees from insurers with high administrative expenditures and require public disclosure of the percent of premiums applied to overhead costs.

The Recovery Act in My Neighborhood

I was curious about how the stimulus money was being spent close to my home and here are the results:

- Money to upgrade forensic and police equipment in our city $26,000+
- Resurface a big stretch of Madison Ave $407,000 (that's our route to go to church on Sundays)
- School funding for programs for kids with disabilities (wow, my son's teacher gets to keep their job!)
- The dangerous on ramp to the highway by my house is being revamped for $17,000,000+

I could keep going but it looks like some good long term improvements coming to our area.

Thanks Obama and the Democrats... to Todd Tiahrt, Pat Robinson & Sam Brownback, "F@*# You!"

GOP Motives

After listening to the clips from CPAC... and hearing ol' Newtie say that America needs saving from the Dems and having no idea what the heck he is talking about. And that there aren't any GOP solutions to anything facing us now... I finally really get it.

They just don't want America to succeed during the Obama presidency. Period.

It is easy... so if you don't want America to succeed. Vote against the Democrats. Vote for the GOP if you want obstruction. That way nothing will change except your health care cost going up and the rich getting richer. Simple!

GOP Against What They Are For... because Obama Proposed It

Here is the list:

- Tax cuts for small business: no GOP applause
- PayGo: not now
- Bank Fee to Re-coup Bailout $: nope, siding with Big Banks not you and I
- Deficit Reduction Commission: Changed their minds

OK - I appreciate Obama trying but these GOP bastards just have no interest in helping the country.

They OBSTRUCT, OBSTRUCT, OBSTRUCT... we pay, pay, pay!

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