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| Obama: More jobs in jobless benefits than Keystone |
| 2012-01-18 |
| YJCMTSU President Obama said that he will delay his vacation and keep Congress in session until the passage of his desired payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits extension -- two proposals that Obama said would create more jobs than the Keystone XL pipeline that his administration recently delayed. no - spend the time ripping him a new asshole "I would not ask anyone to do something I'm not willing to do myself," Obama said when asked if he would go on vacation while keeping Congress in Washington D.C. "We are going to stay here as long as it takes [to get unemployment extended and pass the payroll tax cut]." "I will get in a few rounds of golf, however" As Obama called for passage of those bills, he also responded to a recent Republican push to require him to approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada. "However many jobs might be generated by a Keystone pipeline," he said, "they're going to be a lot fewer than the jobs that are created by extending the payroll tax cut and extending unemployment insurance." |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #9 Remember when we all used to laugh about Bizarro World because someone else was living in it? I miss those days... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-01-18 21:47 |
| #8 two proposals that Obama said would create more jobs than the Keystone XL pipeline that his administration recently Canada said it's O.K. with them if we want to make the U.S. a national park. They will sell the oil to the Chicoms. BO's statement indicates he has no concept of economics. That is why we are in deep $hit. The money has to come from the taxes of those working or it is borrowed from the Chicoms (in which case it eventually falls back on the taxpayers). |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-01-18 18:00 |
| #7 'Make work' jobs are paid for by productive jobs. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-01-18 16:09 |
| #6 Dec 8, and a good reminder. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-01-18 16:03 |
| #5 Temporary tax cuts have little effect on long term behavior and tend to get saved rather than spent. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2012-01-18 16:02 |
| #4 I think he means (but who can tell) that the extension of the payroll tax cut would create jobs. In ordinary times it likely would, but the short duration and small dollar amount has already been priced in by the investment and business communities. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-01-18 15:58 |
| #3 Those nasty Chinese are looking to cut down the magic money tree and slay the welfare unicorn. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-01-18 15:51 |
| #2 That's because you haven't mastered dialectical materialism, Darth. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-01-18 15:47 |
| #1 I'm confused. Exactly how are job generated by paying someone not to work with money borrowed from the Chinese? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-01-18 15:40 |