It’s still happening, and what we get is what seems to me to be very fuzzy logic.

But the House speaker, John A. Boehner of Ohio, made clear he would exact a price for consideration in the House, saying that not only would an extension of expired benefits have to be paid for but that it must also be tied to Republican priorities, such as building the Keystone XL oil pipeline, expanding exemptions from the Affordable Care Act and opening energy exploration on federal land.

“One month ago I personally told the White House that another extension of temporary emergency unemployment benefits should not only be paid for but include something to help put people back to work,” Mr. Boehner said after the Senate vote. “To date, the president has offered no such plan. If he does, I’ll be happy to discuss it, but right now the House is going to remain focused on growing the economy and giving America’s unemployed the independence that only comes from finding a good job.”

I just don’t understand how putting the health of the land at risk of permanent damage to create a few temporary jobs on the pipeline, or making the ACA less accessible to ordinary people by giving exemptions to rich people on the lamest of excuses gets us anywhere near creating jobs for the people who want to work and provide for their families.  I keep hearing this mantra from conservative politicians everywhere – we have to give corporations and the wealthy tax breaks in order to create jobs.  When you look at the results of all the recent tax cutting in states like Ohio, I don’t see where the jobs have come in spite of all the crowing the governor does.  The jobs he is so proud of creating came as a result of the stimulus, and had little to do with Kasich’s actual actions.  And his Jobs Ohio thing is so secretive it can’t be audited anyone even though it uses taxpayer money.  It’s just a program ripe for abuse.

Corporations who got the tax breaks are rolling in cash, but they’re not spending it on factories or hiring workers except very slowly.  They’ve been sitting on it.  Giving them more breaks won’t make them spend any more.  Take a look and unemployment:

Even if we assume the 7% November unemployment number is accurate, why is everyone ignoring the government’s own 13.2% rate of unemployment combined with underemployment” It’s a statistic that most experts agree is the more accurate picture of true unemployment .

And even if more than 200,000 new jobs were created in November, why aren’t we talking about what kind of jobs those are?

Economist and author John Lott reported recently that 96% of the jobs created since January [2012] are crummy part-time jobs.

Billionaire businessman and publisher Mort Zuckerman disagrees . He says 88% of the jobs created this year under Obama are crummy part-time jobs. No matter which figure you believe, the “recovery” is a mirage. This economy is only doing well if you want a job at McDonald’s.

I guess conservative politicians don’t believe in numbers or a reality that’s contrary to their rigidly held doctrines.