U.S. political leaders fail

Obama: We may not be up to the task

Job growth follows private investment. Most everyone except professional journalists and politicians gets it.

What happened when federal policies in the Reid-Pelosi-Bush-Obama era -- and the public policies of many labor-state governments -- became openly hostile to private investment? Rising joblessness.

That's why today's so-called leaders resort to double-speak when acts of collectivism result in unemployment.

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