The Hill News

After weeks of anticipation from the media and publicity from the White House, President Obama’s speech to Congress clearly evidenced one thing: the fundamental disconnect between the Obama Administration and the American people. This White House believes that government has the power and ability to create jobs, while the American people simply want the government to get out of the way.
 
Unfortunately for the millions of unemployed Americans, we’ve seen big-government policies, such as the $800-billion stimulus, fail time and again. Even the Obama Administration itself has admitted that the stimulus failed to create the jobs they originally promised. According to reports this week, Congressional Democrats have made a conscious effort to “rebrand” their stimulus policies because Americans view “stimulus” as a “dirty word.” Regardless of how they attempt to spin it, a stimulus by any other name still translates to reckless federal spending and an! increase in the size of government. Rather than short-term stimulus, we need smart long-term solutions.

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