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Obama promises 110,000 new summer jobs for youth
Reuters ^ | May 2, 2012 | Lily Kuo

Posted on 05/02/2012 4:31:41 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House pledged on Wednesday to help lower-income youth find summer jobs in a move likely to appeal to younger voters crucial to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

The initiative is in partnership with the cities of Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco and is meant to add 110,000 jobs, internships and mentorships to the 180,000 summer work opportunities for 16-24 year olds that Obama has promised to create for 2012.

Under the new program, companies such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Johnson & Johnson, and UBS, as well as non-profits and federal agencies such as the Department of Education will offer paying jobs as well as mentorships and other training programs.

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1 posted on 05/02/2012 4:31:45 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Why not? We got 1 million here in N. Florida for “youth build”.


2 posted on 05/02/2012 4:34:53 PM PDT by goseminoles
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To: Free ThinkerNY

..............filling out phoney voter registrations.


3 posted on 05/02/2012 4:35:19 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Seems all the money given to the ‘black community’ has done nothing but produce Trayvons... Time to rethink this approach....Doubt this new ‘program’ will do anything - none of the other ‘programs’ worked...


4 posted on 05/02/2012 4:39:15 PM PDT by GOPJ (Had a Christian minister yelled at a bunch of gay students - the New York Times would have covered i)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
soviet propaganda Pictures, Images and Photos

Gather flowers for Dear Leader?

5 posted on 05/02/2012 4:39:43 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Free ThinkerNY

WPA and CCC, without the courthouse construction...

“Dig a hole - fill it up” makework on the Taxpayers’ dime...


6 posted on 05/02/2012 4:40:06 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Midnight Basketball....on Steroids!


7 posted on 05/02/2012 4:40:21 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Pointless jobs funded by borrowed money... it’s our patriotic taxpayer duty!


8 posted on 05/02/2012 4:40:21 PM PDT by Third Person
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To: Third Person

The job will be to “Stand in Line” for a free handout.


9 posted on 05/02/2012 4:41:46 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Free ThinkerNY

When they fail to materialize, he can claim 110,000 jobs were “created or saved”.


10 posted on 05/02/2012 4:43:18 PM PDT by Hugin ("Most time a man'll tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear"--Open Range)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
110,000 x 10/hour x 8 hours/day x 100 days of summer =

Obama just promised to flush anothre $880 million of Other People's money down the toilet.

Who cares?

11 posted on 05/02/2012 4:43:54 PM PDT by BRL
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To: Free ThinkerNY

OWS wants YOU kids, to help tear your country down—and as BOC said, this ain’t the summer of love.


12 posted on 05/02/2012 4:45:04 PM PDT by Happy Rain ("So the RINOs won with Romney--u gonna help Obama get reelected now!?!?")
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To: Hugin

Election time... let’s get those unemployment numbers down!


13 posted on 05/02/2012 4:45:17 PM PDT by Third Person
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To: Free ThinkerNY


                          tick . . tick . . tick . . .
14 posted on 05/02/2012 4:46:39 PM PDT by tomkat ( FU.baraq <font finger=middle>)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Johnson & Johnson? Isn’t that big bidness? Hussein should be pimping companies like Solyndra.


15 posted on 05/02/2012 4:51:34 PM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: Libloather

” Hussein should be pimping companies like Solyndra. “

He would, if he could find any that weren’t in ‘take-the-money-and-run’ bankruptcy...


16 posted on 05/02/2012 4:53:28 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

You gotta be a community organizer to keep up with all these Obumo opportunities.


17 posted on 05/02/2012 4:55:36 PM PDT by bossmechanic (If all else fails, hit it with a hammer)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

through health care providers, eh? Do I detect a little Chicago Way pressure being applied?


18 posted on 05/02/2012 5:00:32 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Chen Guangcheng: Gutsy call, Obama /UltraMegaDrippingSarc)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Paid volunteer jobs for the BO campaign, that is.


19 posted on 05/02/2012 5:04:28 PM PDT by citizencon
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He also promised unicorn rides and a rainbow in every pot.


20 posted on 05/02/2012 5:07:40 PM PDT by IronJack (=)
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