Rust On The Springs!

Unemployment numbers are out. Before the sequester, the unemployment number was 7.7%.

Sound the alarms over there in the conservative media circus, the numbers are now at 7.6% with hiring numbers at 88,000 new jobs being added.

When Congress allowed the sequester to go through it put a major dent in hiring. Many government workers are getting either the pink slip or the furlough days. The Republicans got what they wanted, spending cuts.

They think it's the president's fault for the rest of their proposals. They wanted to cut domestic programs.

When the 2011 debacle over the debt ceiling advocated for Congress to create a bipartisan group to look into smart budgeting, the Republicans refuse to budge on tax increases. That lead to the sequester trigger.

Many members of Congress didn't think it was going to happen. The 112th Congress was the most ineffective legislative body in 80 years. The Republicans have the House of Representatives and the Democrats have the Senate.

Republicans passed a budget. The budget sponsored by Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin, former Republican vice presidential nominee) was controversial. The proposals were to create massive cuts to safety nets while preserving defense spending.

The Democrats in the House had proposals that advocated for tax increases on the wealthy. That budget didn't get a hearing.

The U.S. Senate had waited four years to pass a budget. The reasons why exist only in the constant filibustering of proposals being sponsored by the Democrats and the president. Republicans didn't want to support tax increases and the closing of tax havens.

President Barack Obama trounce the perennial loser Mitt Romney by labeling Republicans as out of touch and too extreme. That paid off.

Record low job approvals for all members of the leadership. The Republican leaders and Democratic leaders are still stubborn as ever. Congressman John Boehner (R-Ohio, House Speaker), Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada, Majority Leader), Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky, Minority Leader), Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-California, Minority Leader).

The president kept harping to the American public that the sequester will hurt the economy and stifle the government. The message was lost in the junk food media. They were talking about the president's vacations with Tiger Woods and First Lady Michelle Obama taking her daughters on vacation.

The president, members of his cabinet and some Democratic senators volunteered to take a paycut to their salaries. Even that move won't satisfy the junk food media. I hope the American people vote the Republicans out of the Congress.

The Tea Party flopped and the American people are suffering because of these radically conservative extremists.

Even the president's liberal allies are upset that the demands of cutting social security and domestic programs such as the Pell grant are on President Barack Obama's agenda.

The Associated Press reports that U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. The slowdown is a reminder that the job market's path back to full health will be uneven.

The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate dipped to 7.6 percent from 7.7 percent. While that is the lowest in four years, the rate fell only because more people stopped looking for work. The government counts people as unemployed only if they are actively looking for a job.

The weakness in March may signal that some companies were worried last month about steep government spending cuts that began on March 1.

March's job gains were half the pace of the previous six months, when the economy added an average of 196,000 jobs a month. The drop raises fears that the economy could slow after a showing signs of strengthening over the winter.