Tom Rooney Hammers Obama's Economic Policies

The U.S .Department of Labor announced on Friday that the national unemployment rate dropped to 9 percent -- the lowest it has been since April 2009.

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney weighed in on the matter on Friday and said that President Barack Obamas economic policies were not working.

Two years after the stimulus passed, unemployment remains near double digits, a monthly reminder of the broken promise that the spending spree would somehow keep unemployment below 8 percent. In fact, the failed stimulus policies and record deficits over the last two years are putting a stranglehold on our economic recovery, said Rooney. Now, the president is requesting even more stimulus spending, and he is asking Congress to raise the federal debt limit without committing to critical spending cuts.

The president still doesnt get it, added Rooney. The federal government is not the answer, the American people are. We need to stop crowding out private-sector growth with out-of-control federal spending. We need to reduce taxes permanently so that small businesses can grow and create jobs. We need to eliminate excessive regulations that hurt economic growth and destroy jobs. That is how you grow the economy and reduce unemployment.

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