Why Jobs Are Few, Wages So Poor Under Obama Rule

WHY GOOD JOBS ARE TOO FEW, WAGES SO POOR

by  Peter Morici  at realclearpolitics:

“Americans are justified to be angry about the economic recovery. As President Obama enters his final year, good-paying jobs remain scarce and family incomes are down about $1,650 on his watch.

Since Ronald Reagan ran the country, the availability of attractive employment has been trending downward and slow economic growth is often blamed—during Obama’s recovery, GDP has advanced at a 2.2 percent annual pace, whereas the comparable figures for Reagan and Bill Clinton were 4.6 and 3.7 percent….”    (there’s much more to read below)

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/01/08/why_good_jobs_are_too_few_wages_so_poor_129239.html

Twila Brase Reviews Obama Veto of ObamaCare Bill

OBAMA SWIFTLY VETOES RECONCILIATION BILL BECAUSE CONGRESS DIDN’T DELIVER

by Twila Brase  at CNSNEWS:

“Obamacare is an economic disaster but despite sending a “partial Obamacare repeal” to President Obama’s desk—a repeal that he swiftly vetoed around noon on Friday, Jan. 8—Congress made certain repeal would not happen by giving up the one thing Obama needed.

Americans are in pain from Obamacare, but the cavalry is not coming.

Congress is not clueless, but they are not committed. Despite living in a beltway bubble, they know people are losing their health insurance, choosing to go uninsured, and seeing more of their hard-earned income drained as employers shift their wages from take-home pay to insurance premiums that line the pockets of Obamacare-friendly health plans.

I’ve heard stories of grown men and women crying in the offices of their insurance agents. I’ve had people come to my office with double-digit increases asking what they should do. Newspapers herald similar stories from every corner of the nation. Even the covered feel the pain of higher deductibles, less access and fewer choices.

But their cries have gone unanswered by Congress, whose latest action was a political stunt, and the nod for the bill was a “show vote.”

Billions of dollars are being wasted, lives are being disrupted, and the tax man is penalizing the uninsured because they can’t afford Obamacare-priced premiums. And those who got taxpayer-funded subsidies aren’t home-free. For many, the IRS came the next year to take them back….”

(please read on:)

http://cnsnews.com/commentary/twila-brase/obama-swiftly-vetoes-reconciliation-bill-because-congress-didnt-deliver