There were only 39,000 jobs created last month making the unemployment rate rise to 9.8%. The Republicans were fast to act in jumping onto the soapbox and announcing that the rise in the unemployment rate is proof positive that extending the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% is the only thing that can save us. And of course the same old rhetoric in reference to green energy as a solution to unemployment is being parroted across the spectrum. The propagandists must surely think we have the memory span of a head of lettuce.
Personally I had a funny feeling that our economy might take another dive after all the fools who were able to, maxed out their credit cards buying Christmas gifts they could not afford. When the buzz about town was, “The economy is growing, personal incomes are going up, and consumer spending is rising.” Every person who had any money should have grabbed a sock, inserted the money, and headed for the mattress. So how do you tell when the mainstream media is lying? Well, their lips are moving. And who do they lie for? The corporate mobsters of course.
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