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| Ubi bene ibi patria Member Since: Aug 2007
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| Republican Jobs Bills Won't Actually Create Jobs, Say Economists "WASHINGTON -- House Republicans routinely beat the drum about the hard work they have done in passing "more than 30 jobs bills" that are now before the Democrat-controlled Senate, going nowhere, as the economy gasps for air. For almost a year, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) have plugged their jobs package at every opportunity. They regularly bring it up at press events, during floor speeches and in statements in response to just about anything related to the economy. Boehner even carries around in his jacket pocket a 4-by-8-inch card that lists off their jobs bills, and he encourages his members to flash their cards at campaign events." "The GOP jobs package, which currently includes 32 bills, represents Republicans' hallmark legislative accomplishment over the past two years. In the months ahead of the election, they will lean on it as proof of two things: that they are not the do-nothing obstructionists that Democrats paint them as, and that they are working hard to address the 8.2 percent unemployment rate. But there's a problem with their jobs bills: They don't create jobs. At least, they won't any time soon. In interviews conducted by The Huffington Post with five economists, most said the GOP jobs package would have no meaningful impact on job creation in the near term. Some said it was not likely to do much in the long term, either." |
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| Registered User Member Since: Sep 2007
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The bills that will create jobs, they turn down,the public knows the GOP is wrong. | |
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| 24/7 Single Dad Member Since: Nov 2003 Location: Highway to Hell
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| You two idiots don't seem to realize that the government doesn't create anything. Never has , never will. It takes from the private sector which does create jobs. The less the government takes, the more the private sector will create. So maybe if it government regulates less and takes less we'll see more job creation |
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Govt isn't in the role of "creating things". Of course not. It has the role of leveling the playing field, encouraging innovation, and protecting the public (these are not in any order...just as they popped into my head). In these roles, it has failed miserably over the past 15 years (spanning 3 different Presidents...this is not a R or D issue...it is a systematic failure) The stupidity of posts like yours is that they are so simplistic and ignore the complexities of a $15 trillion modern economy managed by a representative form of govt elected by a populous that is uninformed and just wants to be spoon fed spin by the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Rachele Maddow. De-regulation was one of the root causes of the recession we experienced 4 years ago and are still trying to recover from. Current efforts at re-regulation are weak and have not addresses the basic issues. Why? Becuase we have a vocal minority of people like you who don't understand the problem and refuse to look at the needs of the country as a whole. We have serious problems...problems that can be fixed. But the fixes get more and more difficult the longer we sit around and toss idiotic slogans or talking points at each other. | |
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| Pixelated Member Since: Sep 2006
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| Just out of curiosity, exactly what does that mean to you?
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| #*! boat! Member Since: Jul 2009
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![]() Shirley you will indulge us with some specific examples. Shirley you will.
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| #*! boat! Member Since: Jul 2009
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| No Use for Donk Twits Member Since: Jul 2005 Location: Costa Rica bound
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I know this wasn't an uncredited cut and paste job by leetleone or nhboy as there were waaaaay too many mistakes in grammar and logical thought.
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| Registered User Member Since: May 2003
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| 32 jobs bills that won't see the light of day because in the opinion of Senate Democrats - they won't create jobs. Or at least not right away. Versus What the Senate Democrats have accomplished in the last two years in THEIR attempts to create jobs. I'd have to say, if your skill at creating jobs bills is as bad as the Senate Democrats has been, it's fair to say they have no idea how to create them or they've been listening to the wrong people. It's the St. Louis Rams claiming that some new strategy won't win games. The "right away" comment is even more amusing. By now, NO ONE says "shovel ready" anymore. Admittedly, it was an idiotic expression as gaining a job that requires a shovel is never high on anyone's list. But those immediate jobs never materialized. Obamacare was supposed to "create" 4 million new jobs and "400,000 almost immediately" (claimed Nancy Pelosi). Didn't happen. Actually, it has killed jobs. So the Democrats and the economists who advise them - remember, the same ones who claimed unemployment would be down to 6% by now - say it won't create jobs? Come back when you actually show you can do it.
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