The president gave a speech today. No surprise there. And in this speech, which was nominally devoted to infrastructure spending, he praised his administration’s economic record. No surprise there, either, though it does take some cheek to boast about an economy in which fewer people than ever are in the work force. President Obama also kicked some dirt on the Republican’s shoes. And that, of course, is also no shocker.
A sample of presidential rhetoric:
And meanwhile, Republicans in Congress keep blocking or voting down some of the ideas that would have the biggest impact on middle-class and working families. Not just creating more new construction jobs — they’ve said no to raising the minimum wage, to equal pay, to fixing our broken immigration system.
The only interesting aspect of this speech is the venue the White House chose for its delivery. McLean, Virginia. Tenth richest zip code in the Republic. The economy there is swell and whenever Washington spends money, it just gets better.
Which is not an automatic in the rest of the country where the economy contracted in the last quarter and appears, increasingly, to be just holding its own in this one.
