Obama’s Assault on Economic Freedom

by Jed Babbin,Human Events

 Keep Spending! is Obama’s Motto

Yesterday,President Obama’s two principal economic advisors —National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Council of Economic Advisors chair Christina Roemer —gave us a glimpse into the continued tumult in the White House’s over how to restart America’s economic engines. 

Summers said,“Today,everybody agrees that the recession is over,and the question is what the pace of the expansion is going to be."

Roemer —asked if the recession is over —said,“"Of course not. For the people on Main Street and throughout this country,they are still suffering,the unemployment rate is still 10 percent."She also said that the recession won’t be over until unemployment reaches “normal levels,” about 5%. 

Roemer is right. President Obama’s belief that America can spend its way out of the recession is being disproved at every turn. The stock market is higher than it’s been in two years,but mortgage refinancing is still very hard to get. This and other factors —especially unemployment numbers —are pointing to a false recovery which may presage a longer and deeper downturn. 

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