Francisco Canseco: “There are many concerns on the minds of Americans today. But there's one concern that dominates discussion in every…”

“There are many concerns on the minds of Americans today. But there's one concern that dominates discussion in every coffee shop, grocery store, barber shop, civic clubs or everywhere else that Americans gather, and that is the need to turn our economy around and create jobs. The American people are right to be concerned about the economy and jobs. We've had 29 straight months with the unemployment rate at 8 percent or higher, the longest streak since the Great Depression. Fourteen million Americans are unemployed, and month after month the jobs reports show anemic job growth. {time} 1040 Over 2 years ago, the American people were told by President Obama and other Washington liberals that if we would just spend over $1 trillion on the so-called ``stimulus'' bill, the unemployment rate would not exceed 8 percent. Well, in the entire Obama presidency there has only been one month--January of 2009--that the unemployment rate did not exceed 8 percent. Every month since the stimulus bill was signed into law in February of 2009 has seen unemployment rates at 8 percent or higher. It is clear that the approach of attempting to spend and borrow our way to a better economy has not worked. That's why Congress needs to look to policies that will create jobs, like passing the three pending free trade agreements our Nation has with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.…”