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Turnaround will be a slow process; John M. Tomaszewski; Beaver County Times; August 18, 2010.
Since September 2004, this is at least the 54th letter from Mr. Tomaszewski with all but a handful spouting leftist talking points, with most bashing Republicans and/or former President Bush. A recent letter was entitled “If this be socialism, then give me more” and another advocated raising taxes.
Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.
“A lot of people are shouting to the president, ‘Where are the jobs?’
“Do they forget the recession was handed down from the Bush years to the present administration?”
[RWC] What a hoot! Mr. Tomaszewski himself was complaining about jobs in 2004 when the unemployment rate was 5.6% (It reached 4.4% in May 2007 and is currently 9.5%.) and in 2008 when more Americans were employed than ever before. I also don’t recall Mr. Tomaszewski asking people to give Mr. Bush some slack because of the recession he inherited from the Clinton administration. Finally, Mr. Tomaszewski fails to note he, Mr. Obama, and their fellow travelers are/were supporters of the very policies and programs that got us where we are and are not helping today.
“In comparison, it took years and World War II to take us out of the Great Depression. Thus, it will take years to turn around this economy and come out of this recession.”
[RWC] Mr. Tomaszewski will likely find himself in hot water with his fellow lefties. Why? Mr. Tomaszewski just admitted (probably accidentally) FDR’s policies didn’t end the Great Depression.
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