Black to Reid: With over 9% Unemployment, Private Sector Job Growth is Not "Just Fine'

Statement

Today, U.S. Representative Diane Black (R-TN), released the following statement after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on the Senate floor "that private sector jobs have been doing just fine."

"It's clear that Harry Reid could not be more out of touch. The national unemployment rate has been over 9 percent for too long, and Americans across this country are hurting. I constantly hear from families who are struggling to get by, trying to constantly do more with less.

"And yet just last night, Senator Reid took to the Senate floor to declare that, "private sector jobs have been doing just fine.' Well Senator Reid, tell that to my constituents in Overton County, where the unemployment rate is 10.6 percent. Or Marshall County where 13.8 percent of the population is out of work. Senator Reid thinks that the government can simply spend more money and create government jobs and all will be well. But after billions and billions in government spending all we've seen is a bad economy get even worse.

"How many taxpayer dollars will it take for Harry Reid and his cohorts to realize that that government does not create jobs, the private sector creates jobs? For too long, the policies of Washington, D.C. have been a wet blanket on the economy, creating more pain and uncertainty. It's time to get government out of the way and let the real job creators--small business owners--get the economy going again."

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