FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 2, 2010
CONTACT: JAMES SLEPIAN
ECONOMY LOSES 125,000 JOBS IN JUNE, BOCCIERI APPLAUDS
Despite the Worst Jobs Numbers of 2010, Boccieri Insists “we’re on the right track”
Canton, OH—Today, the Labor Department released the June jobs numbers and reported that the U.S. economy suffered a net loss of 125,000 jobs last month—the worst figures of 2010. Following a steep decline in private sector job growth in May, June marked the first month of 2010 that the Labor Department reported an actual net loss in American jobs, signaling that the U.S. may be sliding into a “double-dip” recession. In Ohio, the most recent jobs numbers also failed to instill any confidence in the prospect of an economic recovery, with unemployment at 10.7% statewide and approaching 12% in the 16th district’s most populous county.
Despite the increasingly dismal employment numbers both nationally and in Ohio, the 16th district’s current Representative in Congress is apparently pleased with the direction our economy is headed. Last month, while 125,000 Americans were issued pink slips and joined the ranks of the 14.6 million Americans who are actively seeking work, John Boccieri took to the House floor to once again lavish praise on himself and the Obama-Pelosi economic plan. Seemingly blind and deaf to the crippling recession that is plaguing the nation, Boccieri inexplicably applauded the economic agenda that he and Nancy Pelosi have advanced during the past 18 months, boldly stating that “the policies we’ve enacted are helping to grow our economy” and that “we’re on the right track” towards economic recovery.
“Perhaps if John Boccieri spent a little less time telling fairy tales on C-SPAN and a little more time paying attention to the millions of Americans who are suffering under he and Nancy Pelosi’s failed economic experiment, he might then at least appear to be somewhat in touch with the disastrous economic crisis that everyone other than John Boccieri has taken notice of. If Congressman Boccieri won’t even admit that our economy has a problem, how can we ever expect him to help find a solution?” Jim Renacci spokesman James Slepian said today.