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October 05, 2009 Obama Misery Index (OMI) Soars Past 50% in Just Eight Months

Source: Ways and Means staff calculations, using Department of Labor and Department of Treasury data.  Baseline for debt data, which…

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September 16, 2009 Analysis by Administration Officials Shows That Democrats’ Energy Tax Would Cost 2.2 million American Jobs

Analysis by the Treasury Department shows that the Democrats’ National Energy Tax would likely cut U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) significantly: “Economic costs…

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September 10, 2009 Reality vs. White House Rhetoric

Today, the White House issued an updated release of the number of jobs “created or saved” as a result of the Democrats’…

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September 04, 2009 Excuse Us Mr. Vice President, But Stimulus Is NOT “Doing More…Than We Had Hoped”

    The Labor Department announced this morning that employers eliminated another 216,000 American jobs last month, driving the unemployment…

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August 20, 2009 Driven by Massive Debt Increase, “Obama Misery Index” (OMI) Continued to Rise in July

Despite the Administration’s claim that the “stimulus” is working, the Obama Misery Index (OMI) continued to rise in July.  The OMI…

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July 23, 2009 ANOTHER Record Number of Unemployment Benefit Recipients

Today’s unemployment insurance (UI) benefit claims data from the U.S. Department of Labor reveals yet another record number of Americans collecting…

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July 21, 2009 “Obama Misery Index” (OMI) Reveals Stunning Rise in Debt and Unemployment

President Obama’s rhetoric about a recession he “inherited” cannot disguise the fact the economy’s performance since his inauguration has only…

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July 13, 2009 The Jobs Search: Obama Wrong on Unemployment Levels, What Else?

  The Obama Administration famously predicted its so-called stimulus plan would “save or create 3.5 million jobs.”  However, the unemployment…

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July 08, 2009 Putting in Perspective the 2.5 Million Unemployed Americans that Obama Promised Would Have Jobs Following Stimulus

The Obama Administration famously predicted its so-called stimulus plan would “save or create 3.5 million jobs.”  However, yesterday the President admitted that,…

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July 08, 2009 The Jobs Search: ANOTHER Record Number of Unemployment Recipients This Week

Today’s UI benefit claims data from the U.S. Department of Labor reveals another record number of Americans collecting unemployment insurance…

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