Posted on 11/13/2010 11:31:38 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
President Obama is getting defensive about his attempts to play offense for the U.S. economy.
The President, who is winding up a tour of Asia this weekend, told an economic conference in Yokohama, Japan Saturday that his mission is to bring jobs to America.
"For America, this is a job strategy," Obama told the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference. The President added that he makes "no apologies" for trying to pump up employment in the U.S.
The unemployment rate in the U.S. is currently 9.6%.
In his speech, Obama promoted the idea that economic competition between the U.S. and Asian countries would be a "win-win for all of our nations."
"We are invested in your success because it's connected to our own. We have a stake in your future because our destiny is shared," Obama said.
He claims that every $1 billion dollars in exported goods helps support 5,000 U.S. jobs, The Associated Press reported.
The President is desperate for good economic news.
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“President Obama defends his trip to Asia, saying he is overseas to create jobs in America”
Unfortunately, he tends to kill jobs when he’s in America.
Note, he says “helps support 5,000 U.S. jobs”, not CREATE U.S. jobs.
It would also have gone a long way toward securing our borders or beefing up our army - you know, the things government is SUPPOSED to do.
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Yea, right....bringing us jobs. (sarc) That’s why Harley Davidson is building a motorcycle bike plant in India. The theory being that the U.S. will make the parts and have the parts sent over there.
How long will it take for them to figure out that they can make the parts cheaper than us and then those U.S. jobs will also be gone.
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