Arkansas Unemployment Rate Rises Despite Obama Jobs Campaign

“1,200 more Arkansans are out of work this month thanks to the failed leadership of Barack Obama and Arkansas Democrats”

Little Rock, Ark. – Arkansas’ unemployment rate rose for the fourth straight month in August from 8.2 to 8.3 percent, still remaining a 24 year high for the state.

“1,200 more Arkansans are out of work this month thanks to the failed leadership of President Obama and Arkansas Democrats,” said Republican Party of Arkansas Communications Director Katherine Vasilos. “America needs a real jobs plan, not another half-trillion dollar stimulus. Arkansas Democrats helped Obama pass the first stimulus which cost taxpayers nearly $1 trillion with little result. Even though Americans have said ‘enough,’ Obama wants Congress to spend more.”

Meanwhile, according to the President’s Press Secretary, Obama is busy campaigning for “growth and jobs” everywhere but Arkansas, despite facing the highest unemployment rate in nearly a generation under the leadership of state Democrats.

“Why isn’t the state Democratic Party asking Obama to campaign in Arkansas for ‘growth and jobs?’” asked Vasilos. “It’s been nearly five years since the President last visited our state. While 112,000 unemployed Arkansans are looking for a job, President Obama isn’t doing his.”

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Arkansas Unemployment Rises from 8.2 to 8.3 Percent
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
112,000 Arkansans are Unemployed
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Obama Campaigning for Jobs Everywhere But Arkansas
“‘The president is campaigning ... for growth and jobs,’ said spokesman Jay Carney. Obama himself pointed out this morning that his re-election bid is still 14 months away, though plans to promote his $447 billion jobs bill resemble nothing so much as a campaign for office. The Democratic National Committee is running ads on behalf of Obama's jobs campaign. The president is promoting the plan visiting states that are key to his re-election bid: Virginia last week, and Ohio and North Carolina in the next two days.” (David Jackson, “WH says Obama is only campaigning for jobs,” USA Today , 9/12/11)

Obama Hasn’t Been To Arkansas In Almost Five Years
“Obama hasn't been in the state since 2006, when he helped Beebe win the governorship.” (Associated Press, US News, 9/8/10)
[Source: Republican Party of Arkansas]

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