Boehner on weak jobs report: 'It's time to get serious about cutting spending

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Boehner on weak jobs report: 'It's time to get serious about cutting spending

by Jed Lewison

In the wake of today's weak jobs numbers, House Republicans are on the attack:

House Republicans pinned the blame for Friday’s disappointing jobs report squarely on the White House, saying the Obama administration’s “over-taxing, over-regulating and over-spending” has stifled economic growth.

“One look at the jobs report should be enough to show the White House its time to get serious about cutting spending and dealing with our ailing economy,” Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said.

The weak jobs report is proof that now is the time to get serious about cutting spending? Uh, didn't we just cut spending, at least according to John Boehner? And isn't this—anemic job growth—the first tangible result?

Remember, in April, John Boehner agreed to a funding bill that he said represented "an historic amount of cuts" in order to "create a better environment for job creators in our country."

Then, the very next month after passing Boehner's spending cut plan, job creation dropped from 232,000 to 54,000, its lowest level in nearly a year.

And he thinks that is evidence we need even more spending cuts? Is he crazy?

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