Yes, it is important that our foreign policy goals have been accomplished- killing bin Laden, finishing up in Iraq, continuing to pressure terrorists around the world, encouraging revolutions aimed at toppling autocratic dictators, etc. Yes, it is important that many of our foreign policy goals have not been accomplished- those revolutions have resulted in less friendly and liberty loving people taking control, many revolutions were not supported, free trade agreements were not passed, rogue nations have continued to advance in weaponry, our allies are collapsing economically, our enemies are growing in power, Afghanistan is not being won, etc.
But the reality is that without a solid economic base, it is impossible to build an effective foreign policy. And under President Obama- inaugurated in January of 2009 and still in office- the number of people who have been unable to find jobs or who are underemployed has gone up and stayed up. The unemployment rate is not 8%, or whatever the bureaucrats quote it as- the unemployment rate is much higher than that. The number of people underemployed or without a job is 20%- 1 in 5 people- and has been such now for almost 4 years and likely will continue to be such if Obama gets reelected.
This election is about jobs. It's that simple.
President Romney and a Republican Congress (Democrats took over in 2007, when the numbers were the lowest on the above graph, and the numbers went up after that) might not be able to return our nation back to where it used to be- but we know for a fact that Obama and the Democrats can't do that and can at best borrow and spend trillions of dollars just to keep our nation with high unemployment and underemployment.
Let's change that graph. Romney and the Republicans in 2012 is the best hope of that.
H/T New York Times for putting together this graphic.
But the reality is that without a solid economic base, it is impossible to build an effective foreign policy. And under President Obama- inaugurated in January of 2009 and still in office- the number of people who have been unable to find jobs or who are underemployed has gone up and stayed up. The unemployment rate is not 8%, or whatever the bureaucrats quote it as- the unemployment rate is much higher than that. The number of people underemployed or without a job is 20%- 1 in 5 people- and has been such now for almost 4 years and likely will continue to be such if Obama gets reelected.
This election is about jobs. It's that simple.
President Romney and a Republican Congress (Democrats took over in 2007, when the numbers were the lowest on the above graph, and the numbers went up after that) might not be able to return our nation back to where it used to be- but we know for a fact that Obama and the Democrats can't do that and can at best borrow and spend trillions of dollars just to keep our nation with high unemployment and underemployment.
Let's change that graph. Romney and the Republicans in 2012 is the best hope of that.
H/T New York Times for putting together this graphic.
