Mack releases statement on August unemployment
Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14) issued the following statement today after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the nation’s unemployment rate reached 9.6 percent in the month of August. This is the 16th consecutive month that the national unemployment rate has been above nine percent.
Mack said:
“Despite some encouraging news earlier this week about the growing strength of our manufacturing sector, today’s unemployment numbers remind us that we have a long way to go before our economy fully recovers from this recession. And today’s numbers also remind us that the liberal tax-and-spend policies of the last 18 months have done little to get our economy moving again.
“The Obama Administration and the Democratic Leadership in Congress continue to wrongly believe that spending billions of dollars and implementing one of the largest tax hikes on the American people at the end of the year will grow our economy. They continue to create uncertainty and worry among business owners, who are reluctant to invest in or grow their companies.
“We all know the key to job creation is to keep taxes low and burdensome regulations in check. Congress can start by extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, which will allow American families to keep more of their hard-earned money.”