Report Outlines Democrats' Broken Promises, Wasteful Spending & Republicans' Better Solutions to Help Small Businesses Create Jobs

Contact: Michael Steel, Kevin Smith, 202-225-4000 

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /Standard Newswire/ -- House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today released a report entitled "Where are the Jobs?: A Look Back at One Year of So-Called 'Stimulus'" outlining the failure of the Democrats' trillion-dollar "stimulus" to create the jobs they promised while leaving massive deficits in its wake.  Boehner issued the following statement:

"Today's anniversary of the Democrats' trillion-dollar 'stimulus' marks one year of broken promises, bloated government, and wasteful spending. The majority promised that under their 'stimulus' unemployment would not exceed eight percent and job creation would begin 'almost immediately.' But since President Obama signed it into law, more than three million Americans have lost their jobs, unemployment is near 10 percent, and the deficit is set to hit a record $1.6 trillion. Americans are asking 'where are the jobs' but all they are getting from Democrats who control Washington is more spending and more debt piled on the backs of our kids and grandkids.

"This report outlines the Democrats' broken promises and wasteful spending, as well as Republicans' better solutions to help small businesses create jobs.  Republicans have proposed better solutions to help boost job creation and get our economy moving again, and we hope in the months ahead Democrats will change course and start working in a bipartisan way on behalf of struggling families and small businesses."

NOTE: The report -- entitled "Where are the Jobs?: A Look Back at One Year of So-Called 'Stimulus'" -- can be found at this link.