Eric Cantor Says Stimulus Bill Failed, Except That Whole Creating Jobs in His Home State Part

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Eric Cantor Says Stimulus Bill Failed, Except That Whole Creating Jobs in His Home State Part
By: Blue Texan Tuesday July 14, 2009 10:30 am


Over at RedState, Cantor pulls a Boehner.

Is there any doubt that President Obama’s economic policies have failed to generate the jobs and healthier economy that they were sold on? Ask the unemployed worker in Canton, Ohio, who is left wondering where their stimulus job is. Ask the worker in Danville, Virginia, wondering if they may lose their job because of the Democrats’ cap-and-trade bill. ... Every job lost is an economic free fall for a family. They weren’t promised a job in two or three years, they were promised immediate results when the Administration asked to borrow your money to pay for its stimulus.

Where are the jobs, Cantor asks? They're in Virginia.

Asked about his support of the high-speed rail funded by the Obama stimulus bill, Cantor said the rail system could provide 185,000 jobs in Virginia.

"I don't see any inconsistency there with supporting something that creates 185,000 jobs and being against a bill that has spent almost $800 billion, only maybe 12 percent that could arguably be proven to have any job-creating potential," he said.

So he's show-me-the-money when it comes to his state, but he's a Club for Growth concern troll everywhere else. No hypocrisy there.

And for the record, Obama said the stimulus bill would create 3.3 million jobs over 2 years, so Cantor's just full of shit with that "promised immediate results" stuff.

[redqueen]

1. Most of the M$M is also full of shit with the "immediate results" crap.

But they have to try to manipulate people, it's their job. And really, it's worked so well for so long, I guess I can't really blame them.

That whole 'fool me once' thing...

[Cognitive_Resonance]

2. Cantor and Boehner, what a team. The only danger with opponents so inept is overconfidence. n/t