{"id":11134,"date":"2011-08-31T16:51:49","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T20:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=11134"},"modified":"2011-08-31T16:58:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T20:58:23","slug":"how-the-obama-administration-kills-some-more-jobs-by-suing-those-who-create-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/11134\/how-the-obama-administration-kills-some-more-jobs-by-suing-those-who-create-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Administration Sues to Block AT&#038;T\/T-Mobile Merger:  Killing Jobs By Suing Those Who Create Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This defines cognitive dissonance.\u00a0 The Obama Administration continues to scratch its collective head, wondering why its record deficit spending &#8220;stimulus&#8221; and big government onslaught has <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/2011\/07\/08\/in-pictures-june-unemployment-and-obamas-failed-stimulus\/\" target=\"_blank\">failed to create jobs<\/a>.\u00a0 Meanwhile, its own Department of Justice sues an iconic American company that creates them.<\/p>\n<p>Just today, AT&amp;T announced that it is relocating <a href=\"http:\/\/dealbook.nytimes.com\/2011\/08\/30\/att-plans-to-bring-back-jobs-sent-abroad\/?scp=1&amp;sq=att%205000%20jobs&amp;st=cse\" target=\"_blank\">thousands of jobs<\/a> from overseas back to American shores.\u00a0 But also today, the Obama Department of Justice &#8211; you know, the one ultimately behind the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nraila.org\/News\/Read\/InTheNews.aspx?ID=15365\" target=\"_blank\">disastrous &#8220;Operation Fast and Furious&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; sued to block the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/mobiledia\/2011\/08\/31\/u-s-government-sues-to-block-att-merger\/\" target=\"_blank\">proposed private merger<\/a> between AT&amp;T and T-Mobile.\u00a0 Ponder that irony for a moment.\u00a0 The Obama Administration, which has done so much to interfere with job creation since the recession officially ended all the way back in June 2009, is suing an employer that at this very moment is orchestrating the return of thousands of jobs to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we shouldn&#8217;t find this surprising.\u00a0 After all, the Obama Administration is also in the process of <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/commentary\/53-employment-and-labor\/1121-verizon-and-wisconsin-big-losses-for-big-labor-victories-for-everyone-else\" target=\"_blank\">persecuting Boeing<\/a>, America&#8217;s largest exporter, simply for electing to locate a manufacturing plant in South Carolina.\u00a0 But that doesn&#8217;t make its behavior any less despicable or destructive.\u00a0 If Obama truly wants to prove to the electorate that he seeks economic recovery, he must reverse this policy course within his administration.\u00a0 Immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This defines cognitive dissonance.\u00a0 The Obama Administration continues to scratch its collective head, wondering why its record deficit spending &#8220;stimulus&#8221; and big government onslaught has failed to create jobs.\u00a0 Meanwhile, its own Department of Justice sues an iconic American company that creates them. 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