Barack Obama and his Democrat-controlled Congress now preside over the highest unemployment rate since 1983.  Despite the President’s claim that failure to pass the trillion dollar stimulus package might “result in unemployment rates going as high as 8%,” he is now faced with a jobless number much higher:  10.2%

It hasn’t been this bad since Reagan was cleaning up Carter’s mess.

If you count people who have taken part-time work, or given up the job hunt altogether, the unemployment rate has now reached a staggering 17.5%. 

As if the news wasn’t bad enough, unemployment is rising faster than predicted, and most economists claim that things are going to get substantially worse before they get better.

None of this seems to bother the Dems, who’ve been dividing their time between an unreadable health care bill no one wants, cap & trade legislation that will cost even more jobs, and the all important NFL head injury hearings.

So, remember, this Sunday, when Pelosi’s gang of criminals vote to take control of 1/6 of the US economy, you should be grateful.  After all, you can’t get insurance through your employer if Obama’s policies have cost you your job.

- Robert Laurie

By the way, here in Detroit, the unemployment rate has been sitting at 15.2% for a couple of months.  It’s at around 20% if you count the people who’ve stopped looking.

So, America, we’re pretty damn jealous of your 10.2.