John Boehner - 8th District of Ohio

John Boehner at Rally

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Oct 30, 2009

Washington -

Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) issued the following statement today in response to news reports that the White House will issue a report claiming “stimulus” jobs “saved or created” on a state-by-state basis:

The trillion dollar ‘stimulus’ isn’t working, and no amount of phony statistics can change that. The President and his economic team promised the ‘stimulus’ would create jobs ‘immediately’ and unemployment would stay below eight percent. But America has lost more than three million jobs since then, and the unemployment rate is nearing double digits. After promising earlier this year that 90 percent of the ‘jobs created’ would be in the private sector, the White House's announcement today shows that the 'stimulus' has only grown the size of the government payroll.

“While Washington keeps spending and piling more debt on the backs of our children and grandchildren, out-of-work families keep asking, ‘where are the jobs?’ Republicans have proposed better solutions to help small businesses start creating jobs again. It’s time for Democrats in Washington to work with us on common sense solutions to help small businesses struggling in today’s economy.”


NOTE: Earlier today, Boehner released a memo he received from Dr. Allan Meltzer, a highly-respected Carnegie Mellon economist, about the fallacy of these jobs ‘saved or created’ assertions.

On Oct. 7, House Republican leaders sent a letter to the President urging him to consider common-sense GOP solutions to help put Americans back to work. These proposals, some of which were presented to President Obama as early as his first week in office, were developed by House Republicans' Economic Recovery and Health Care solutions groups. The Economic Recovery Solutions Group, led by Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), is also developing additional proposals to spur job creation.