Posted on 09/07/2011 1:34:18 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Reporting from Washington— President Obama on Thursday will roll out a jobs package that strives to lift the ailing economy through $300 billion worth of tax credits, school renovation projects, job training for the unemployed and a program to prevent teacher layoffs, according to a person familiar with the administration's plans.
In his speech before a joint session of Congress, Obama also will ask lawmakers to renew the 2% payroll tax cut that was approved in December and to extend jobless benefits, said the person, who requested anonymity to talk more freely about White House internal deliberations.
The administration would not confirm specifically what is in the plan. And details could change as White House advisors fine-tune the package......
Obama is under pressure from his Democratic base to submit a bold package that would put a real dent in the jobless rate — and revive his reelection prospects.
To the extent he follows this advice, though, he risks alienating Republicans and even conservative Democrats who want to avoid anything that smacks of another expensive stimulus package.
.......An aide to House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said that the White House had not consulted Boehner in crafting the jobs package.
"Obviously, achieving bipartisan agreement on these and other initiatives requires more than just one side declaring a proposal to be 'bipartisan,'" wrote Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va).
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
President Obama takes the stage before speaking to an enthusiastic crowd
during a Labor Day event in Detroit. (Susan Tusa / McClatchy-Tribune / September 5, 2011)
Detroit’s the perfect place for him. A ‘monument’ to liberalism.
“Welcome to your government job. Here’s a broom - - go sweep that dirt road.”
$300 billion.
Dumb and dumber. Typical worn out campaign rhetoric from Zer0.
Change ? He’s stale. Never had any original thought.
Nothing new, same speech regurgitated since 2008.
I am so sick of this....
He needs the union money and muscle (and trial lawyers and EPA regulations and global warming minions) manning the front lines.
Obummer has found a way to buy the election with tea party (taxpayers) money.
It’s Obama’s socialist dream against free market capitalism.
His goal will not change — diminish the U.S. and any other country or ally that adheres to individual freedom.
Yes. Obama’s laundering our taxed dollars though these programs and stuffing them into his re-election pocket.
"..., school renovation projects..."
Ah. More union construction jobs. More infrastructure expansion, so more teachers.
"...job training for the unemployed..."
WE DON'T NEED A DAMNED USELESS DAMN FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM TO TRAIN UNEMPLOYED WORKERS. WE HAVE PLENTY OF TRAINED WORKERS. WE NEED JOBS FOR THEM!!!!!!!
"...a program to prevent teacher layoffs..."
Well, that says it all. The last stimulus was used extensively in my state to prop up teachers health benefits, in the wealthiest town, by my analysis. More union stuff.
LOL. Oooh. $300B, eh, Hussein? Like that $900B blank check you got three years ago wasn't enough?
Except Hussein has to get it through the House. :) I think he has a brick wall there.
When a tire's leaking, it's going to go flat unless you patch the holes.
Taking the air out to fill his wittle party bawoons WON'T HELP.
Whipping the few who are still pumping air -- WON'T HELP.
MAKING MORE AND BIGGER HOLES -- WON'T HELP!
In the end, the tire will still be flat, unless you PATCH THE D@MNED HOLES!
Obama doesn’t WANT a strong U.S. economy.
I guarantee that checks will be flowing to people who PAY NO TAXES, just as the "tax rebates" Reparations scam in the past.
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