Jul 13, 2010 ... Will didn't use the word "promise" as Cantor did when we checked the same  claim a year ago, but the meaning is the same, that Obama was offering some  sort of guarantee the stimulus would keep the unemployment rate below 8  percent. The administration never characterized it that way and included ...
Jul 15, 2011 ... President tells the American people in his Inaugural Address: “Those of us who  manage the public's dollars will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad  habits, and do our business in ... The White House promises this infusion of  spending and borrowing would keep unemployment rate below 8%.
Oct 11, 2012 ... Ryan sought to brand President Barack Obama's recession remedies as a failure  and said the president had broken his promise to keep unemployment below 8  percent. "They passed the stimulus. The idea that we could borrow $831 billion,  spend it on all of these special interest groups, and that it would ...
Aug 2, 2013 ... Through it all, however, the White House stayed optimistic, even knowing the  history of post-financial crisis recoveries. And there is no sign yet that Obama is  reevaluating the notion that higher taxes and more government investment is the  path to American prosperity, or acknowledging that uncertainty ...
Nov 28, 2016 ... “Under a Trump presidency, the American worker will finally have a president  who will protect them and fight for them.” .... By cutting 5 percent of this spending,  Trump estimates he could save almost $200 billion over 10 years. 47. Collect  unpaid .... Be unpredictable and keep all military strategy a secret.
The White House promised us that all the spending would keep unemployment under 8 percent.