The LuLac Edition #2614, March 10th, 2014
KING OF THE WHOPPERS!!!
PAST AND PRESENT
Senator Joe McCarthy and Senator Ted Cruz. (Photo: LuLac archives).
Some politicians lie. Hell, we all do. But it is the enormity and ridiculous fabrications that really slay me. Yesterday on ABC’s "This Week" Texas Senator Ted Cruz said that “Obama care was costing millions of jobs for hard working Americans”. Okay, here’s my question. If that were true, wouldn’t those job losses be reflective in the Unemployment statistics? During the start of the recession during the Bush administration, a report gave us the facts that “x” number of jobs were lost. If Obama care is costing Americans millions of jobs, why aren’t these “jobless” applying for unemployment insurance? Why aren’t they reflected by the Labor Department? You can fudge some numbers but NOT millions of jobs lost.
Ted Cruz reminds me of another Senator. Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin. McCarthy claimed there were Communists infiltrating the government in the 50s. Joseph Welch an Attorney called him out at a hearing. Dwight Eisenhower his own President distanced himself from McCarthy. "Tail Gunner Joe" made a splash but burnt out very quickly. He served for less than 10 years in the Senate and is a footnote in history. But at the time, he told dangerous untruths and did nothing to enhance his country or the Senate by his tall tales.
McCarthy’s lies pale in comparison to Cruz at this time. But I am fairly confident Ted Cruz will make up for more lost time with more outrageous and stupid statements. Like McCarthy, he says it all with a straight face.Like McCarthy he will burn out. The faster the better.
posted by David Yonki @ 8:40 PM
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"If Obama care is costing Americans millions of jobs, why aren’t these “jobless” applying for unemployment insurance? Why aren’t they reflected by the Labor Department? You can fudge some numbers but NOT millions of jobs lost."
REALLY? All I know is that I have 3 friends who have given up, dropped out and given up. They are living off the spouse or are waiting to turn 62 and sign up for SS benefits. It's sad David and I am pissed.
These people aren't counted and I would think you would remember that the economy tanked, businesses do what they need to to survive and labor (people) are the easiest, quickest expense to trim. After 7 years of this doldrum economy it is apparent to me that YES millions of jobs have been lost and those people who expect the government to fix things should hold the government responsible.
Those people who expect the government to provide subsistence should look at the native American Indian.
The 4 million long-term unemployed workers create a pool of untapped resources that could be boosting the economy, according to Michael Strain, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyGTHR_az5E
McCarthy? You're grasping at straws.
McCarthy never proved a single allegation. He was after "queers" as well as Commies with Roy Cohn heading up his staff! He was a joke but provided headlines and free drinks for newsmen. President Eisenhower distanced himself from McCarthy, but should have swatted him like a fly when he attacked George Marshall! Marshall was a
great American who built our small military up for WW II, Chaired the Joint Chiefs of Staff, later served as Sec of State, rescued Europe with the Marshall Plan and selected and mentored Eisenhower.
Study has led me a much greater respect for Dwight Eisenhower, but failing to squash McCarthy remains for me a black mark on his record. He allowed the alcoholic and morphine addicted senator to burn out, but it took far too long. Attorney Welch lives forever as a hero for his actions. It would take a brigade of Joseph Welch like individuals to slow down let alone stop today's actors on the national stage including one pundit who maintains McCarthy was a great man! His era came to be known as "scoundrel time" which is clearly an appropriate term for today.
Pete
The labor force participation rate in 2013 for Americans in their twenties hit the lowest level recorded since 1981, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics started releasing employment data on people in the full age bracket of 20 through 29.
The labor force participation rate for people ages 20 through 24—which BLS has been tracking since 1948—hit a 42-year low in 2013.
Since 2008, the last year before President Barack Obama took office, the number of Americans in their twenties who were not in the labor force during the average month has climbed from 8,756,000 to 10,511,000—an increase of 1,755,000 or 20 percent.
The 10,511,000 Americans age 20 through 29 who were not in the labor force in 2013 is the highest ever recorded by BLS.
The labor force participation rate is the percentage of people in the civilian noninstitutional population who either have a job or actively sought one in the past four weeks. The full civilian noninstitutional population includes all people resident in the United States age 16 or older who are not on active duty in the military or in an institution such as a prison, nursing home or mental hospital. The labor force participation rate for people in a certain age bracket is the percentage of people who have a job or actively sought one in the last four weeks who are part of the civilian noninstitutional population for that age bracket.
The labor force participation rate for 20-29 year olds in the average month of 2013 was 75.5 percent, according to data published by the BLS. That is down 3.3 percentage points from 2008, when it was 78.8 percent. Labor force participation for Americans in their twenties peaked in 1989 at 81.3 percent.
In 2013, the labor force participation rate for 20 through 24 year olds was 70.7 percent, the lowest it has been since 1971. In 2008, the last year before Obama took office, the labor force participation rate for 20 through 24 year olds was 74.3 percent. It has dropped 3.6 percentage points in the last five years.
The overall labor force participation rate--for the entire civilian noninstitutional population, including all age groups 16 and over--was 63.2 percent n 2013, a 35-year low. The last time participation in the labor force was that low was in 1978.
Pete failed to mention that Tail Gunner Joe wasnt even a tail gunner. He was a Chair Born Ranger with a desk job who may have made one or two flights much like our gung ho congressmen and senators today who never served! He set the bar pretty high for lies and distortions, but you are correct in that some of todays guys and gals may yet overtake him.
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