Prez-Elect Makes New Pitch, Promises on Job Creation -- Including 600,000 New Government Employees

ABC News ^ | January 03, 2009 | Jake Tapper

[Lorianne]

In his radio address today, President-elect Obama uses some new language when discussing what he wants the stimulus package to achieve in terms of jobs. First off, he has a name for the package -- the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan."

The president-elect says he wants to "create three million new jobs" -- this is a change from a few weeks ago, when he said he wanted the plan to create OR SAVE two million jobs.

He says the "No. 1 goal of my plan ... is to create three million new jobs, more than 80 percent of them in the private sector.”

If you do the math: 20 percent of three million means 600,000 new government employees.

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[wastedyears]

Here we go

[chrisser]

600,000 - that’s a lot of brown shirts. I hope China’s textile industry is up to the task.

[thefactor]

my advice to college kids: get a gov’t job. pension, benefits.

[Don Carlos]

600,000 new government employees, as well armed and equipped at the U.S. Military?

[Allegra]

Oh, yeah...that's just what we need.

More government employees.

Obama is either completely clueless or has a nasty agenda and is arrogant enough to think we're too stupid to detect it.

[BOBTHENAILER]

600,000 new government employees=

600,000 ROCK SOLID RAT voting block

[spokeshave]

"600,000 new government employees, as well armed and equipped at the U.S. Military?

Public allies goes nation-wide..

www.publicallies.org

enjoy

[ClearCase_guy]

Obama is either completely clueless or has a nasty agenda and is arrogant enough to think we're too stupid to detect it.

Why not both?

[N. Theknow]

Obama is either completely clueless or has a nasty agenda and is arrogant enough to think we're too stupid to detect it.

He's got a 52% head start.

[Doogle]

...talk about government waste.
Typically liberal reaction, have something that is ineffective like the government is, because of bureaucracy. and simply double it....throw more money at it

[avacado]

"Prez-Elect Makes New Pitch, Promises on Job Creation -- Including 600,000 New Government Employees"

[DustyMoment]

Great.

Just what we need, MORE people without marketable job skills taking their incompetence to a government position.

woohoo and happy new year.

[SerafinQ]

Bush43 should be proud of the incomming president. Obama is just as good a socialist as Bush...maybe even communist!

Bush did well on national security, not great, but well. On domestic policy, he is just another lib.

[massgopguy]

No White Men Need Apply.

[Kozak]

Government jobs are parasitic on the REAL economy.

[HIDEK6]

First off, he has a name for the package

First things first.

Wonder if he got a Clintonoid to focus-group that name.

[Paine in the Neck]

600,000 new gov’t union members paying dues to the DNC.

[freekitty]

Obama, you headed the wrong way. We don’t need anymore government employees.

[al_c]

How the heck does he plan to do this alongside his huge tax cut? This oughta be fun to watch.