42 Months Stuck Above 8%

President Obama came into office promising to change America, but we have seen that it’s not for the better. Today the unemployment rate ticked up again to 8.3 percent. Under this President’s failed liberal policies, Americans have been mired in 8 percent plus unemployment for a record forty-two straight months. This failure of leadership by President Obama when it comes to the economy has been devastating to the middle class; the same segment of the population that President Obama claims he is helping.

Forty-two straight months of 8 percent plus unemployment is totally unacceptable. Especially since President Obama promised that his “stimulus” plan would bring down the unemployment rate below 6 percent in 2012. Well, Mr. President, it is 2012, and the unemployment rate is well north of your calculation. Now what?