As predicted earlier, the Republicans are pontificating about how tax cuts will solve the unemployment crisis.
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH): Any sign of job growth in this struggling economy is encouraging, but clearly no match for the uncertainty families and small businesses are facing, which is why we must cut spending and stop all the looming tax hikes.
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA): We must do everything possible to bring that number down and get people back to work by ending the uncertainty that is plaguing the private sector. To start, Congress should reassure job creators and investors by taking the impending tax hikes off the table.
Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN): Today’s heartbreaking unemployment report should be yet another wake-up call to Democrats that raising taxes in the middle of the worst economy in 25 years is a mistake. Higher taxes on America’s small businesses won’t get anyone hired. I call on Washington Democrats to abandon their plan to raise taxes on small businesses and get America back to work.
Where are the Democrats lining up on cable news shouting into the camera about how the Bush tax cuts failed to prevent the worst recession since the Great Depression, or how they failed to prevent wage stagnation for the middle class, or how they failed to actually create any jobs?
Where's the White House on this front?
I seriously believe this week is a low-water mark for the Obama presidency. Let's hope the administration will wise up -- and soon.