The article reports:
Speaking from the Union Depot in St. Paul, Minn., the president cited the station, which had been refurbished and improved thanks to TIGER grants from the stimulus, as an example of successful spending to improve infrastructure and create jobs.
I am glad that Union Depot was refurbished, but I do have a basic problem with the President’s logic.
Yesterday the Heritage Foundation posted an article examining the actual impact of the 2009 stimulus package. The article explains the flawed logic in the claims that the stimulus package of 2009 actually improved the American economy.
The article at Heritage Foundation reports:
President Obama is now stating that since the first stimulus was a success, we should have another one.
The article at the Washington Examiner states:
The president said his own forthcoming budget proposal would request over $300 billion in new infrastructure spending.
“While Congress decides what it’s going to do, I’m going to do what I can to create more good jobs,” Obama added.
The president warned that if Congress failed to pass transportation funding by the end of the summer, projects across the country would grind to a halt, costing workers their jobs.
The American workforce as a percentage of American workers is at an all time low. Unemployment has dropped because people who are no longer seeking employment are not counted in the statistics. Our true unemployment number is probably above 9 percent. I think the policies of President Obama have cost enough Americans their jobs despite his claims to the contrary. I hope Congress will stand up to the President and demand at least some degree of fiscal responsibility.