Tag: Jobs

Thus Spake Barack!

Are you ready for some football?  But first, a few words from the President of the United States of America.

Everybody from the President to the House to the Senate to presidential candidates has a plan….a plan to create jobs….those elusive things that is needed to make our economy strong again…..so far ALL ideas revolve around spending cuts and tax cuts…..and I mean ALL….Repub and Dem alike….the same ideas…..but tonight will be different….the Prez will offer a new way of thinking about job creation….just wait and see….

The prediction before the fact was……

President Obama plans tomorrow to unveil a $300 billion jobs strategy that will involve tax relief for workers and spending on public works projects such as road repair and school renovations to put America back to work, according to sources familiar with the plan. Half of the stimulus will come from tax cuts, including a year-long extension of a Social Security payroll tax reduction for workers and a possible cut in payroll taxes paid by employers, according to Bloomberg. The plan also involves the extension of unemployment benefits, offering job training for the unemployed, and a program to prevent teacher layoffs, reports the Los Angeles Times.

And after spake the Prez we have…….the heavens opened up and the healing light from above shown on the country and its people…….(pause)……(sorry, I cannot go on….that was too mushy even for my sarcasm)……..okay, the points leaked and quoted above were very accurate…..

I have been re-reading the speech…..because there is something in it that is disturbing to me…..please read it for yourself……http://tpm.ly/pK5qXo

I do not see these moves that will do much to lower unemployment much…..it is full of tax cuts……..more spending cuts……and then there is the part about helping small business (tomorrow I will explain small business)……he talked anout infrastructure without ever mentioning the term infrastructure……I do not see this as anything but a proposal that will get Repub support….it is just empty in my mind…….

But the part that concerned me the most was Obama’s insistence on the passing of the free trade agreements…..this from his speech…..

“Now it’s time to clear the way for a series of trade agreements that would make it easier for American companies to sell their products in Panama, Colombia and South Korea — while also helping the workers whose jobs have been affected by global competition. If Americans can buy Kias and Hyundais, I want to see folks in South Korea driving Fords and Chevys and Chryslers. I want to see more products sold around the world stamped with three proud words: “Made in America.”

All I can say is to look at what NAFTA did to American jobs……stuff I have read about the Korean agreement would all the South to sell American goods to the North, something that is forbidden by Congress….the ones for Panama would allow corporations to hide money and stuff with extremely difficulty for the US to access the info for prosecutions……Free Trade Agreements in the past have done NOTHING to help American workers….why would labor support them?

Obama sounded forceful……Obama looked determined………Obama looked presidential and strong……but I believe that it was in appearance….ONLY!

Mr. Romney’s Grand Plan

Everybody has got to speak on their jobs plan….that way NO one can get ahead of them…..Huntsman has his plan…..Obama will unveil his plan….Perry has a plan…..Bachmann has God’s plan and then there is Gingrich….but….who cares?

Here is Mr. Romney’s plan……..besides…Reagan….Reagan….(pause)….Reagan……..

I will introduce a plan consisting of 59 specific proposals — including 10 concrete actions I will take on my first day in office — to turn around America’s economy,” Romney wrote. “Each proposal is rooted in the conservative premise that government itself cannot create jobs. At best, government can provide a framework in which economic growth can occur. All too often, however, government gets in the way. The past three years of unparalleled government expansion have retaught that lesson all too well.”Cutting red tape and eliminating regulations is a hallmark of any GOP candidate’s rhetoric, but Romney offered a novel proposal in the op-ed on this front: “I will direct every government agency to limit annual increases in regulatory costs to zero,” he wrote. “The impact of any proposed new regulation must be offset by removing another regulation of equivalent cost.”

On trade issues, Romney suggested creating a “Reagan Economic Zone” (yes, that’s what it’s called) that would include fellow capitalist nations, but there were few details on how exactly it would work.

The rest is largely boilerplate: Romney wants to expand oil drilling and nuclear energy while fighting the unions and the National Labor Relations Board at every turn. He also wants a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. The op-ed is pretty vague on most issues, so it’s worth keeping an eye on how much further detail he offers later today in his speech and any accompanying white papers.

All of America’s problems can be solved by…….(wait for it)……..lower corporate taxes!

You know you are a political geek when you listen to something like Romney’s plan in its entirety…..first of all 59 points!  After about 5 the American voter glazes over and stops paying attention….second, his wordy explanation of his jobs proposal is nothing more than a lengthy diatribe on tired conserv talking points….tax cuts….end regulation….tax reform…..unions bad……drill baby drill…..balanced budget….and then there was a new twist, the trade zone, well new for Romney…..bet you have heard all his mindless ramblings before…..(pause here for thought)……..GW Bush comes to mind…(in case you were having a problem with the thinking process)…..

Mr. Romney was all wide eyed and faking passion and excitement……the few things that he lacks….he is about as boring as watching flies mate……and that is what the US really needs a president with all the personality of a turnip……

Now we await the master jobs plan from the President……..

People! Wake The Hell Up!

The deal is done!  Tuesday the Senate made it official and voted for the pathetic debt deal and immediately the Congress ran to the exits and on to the airport so they could go home and put on the latex gloves and knee pads and meet with their donors……the temp on Tuesday in Washington was 96 and it will be 87 on Wednesday….if that does not prove that the people are large sources of hot air, then nothing will…….

But I digress……..Did you know in their rush for the exits and the failure to do something about the FAA bill will cost the country about a billion dollars in noncollectable revenue?  Just thought you would like to see just how these people are screwing the country……..but wait!  There is more!

After the deal vote Senate minority leader said….”Americans do not believe that raising job killing taxes is best for the country….” (a paraphrase)…..but according to the Economic Policy Institute, a non-partisan think tank that deals with facts and figures….the deal is a job killing bill in itself…..

According to the EPI analysis the debt ceiling act will, in the long run, cost about 1.8 million jobs and will increase the debt by $241 billion…..but do not take my word for it….read the analysis for yourself…….http://t.co/9n2GZID………

Or another analysis from the EPI…….http://bit.ly/qoxWDk

I ask my readers to please read both analyses and then pass on these stories to others and maybe we can get somewhere when the losers return from their donor-a-thons in September.

What are you paying these people for?  Apparently, they have NO inclination to help you or your family, then why keep putting your trust in their crap?  It is time for us, the people, to take back our country from the windbags we have elected….I am all for giving Alfred E. Newman a shot….he could do no worse!

It Is Jobs, G*ddammit!

From the VOMITORIUM

As an intro…..the Congress has defeated another jobs bill…..a simple put people to work bill was killed by amendments that made it unusable…….I still say that this is all a plan to keep the economy in the tank until the 2012 election….if so….all the players need to be shot for their participation in this political game…..

If you are a political person then you will remember the election 0f 2010……how Dems were bad guys…Pelosi was a communist plant…….the Prez was a socialist….and jobs were issue number one…..the people voted for the Repubs to return our country to greatness and to put us back to work……and how has that worked out for you?

Since taking control of the House in January of 2011, how many jobs bills have the Repubs offered up?  In case you have been under a rock….the number of jobs bills offered is….ZERO!

We have heard them tackle abortion, ethanol, deficit and the national debt…..but not ONE of them is too concerned with jobs or it would have truly been more important.  And now we are bombarded with the legality of the Libyan mission…..granted I am opposed to the action and yes it needs to be explained but NOT as a major issue to divert people’s attention from their (GOP) disastrous Medicare proposal….they had Weiner’s weiner as a diversion and now that is gone they need another one…..and Libya is it!  And when that one is no konger politically advantageous they will move on to…….immigration.

My point is…..JOBS!  That should be foremost on anyone’s political agenda and once we go back to work then worry about the other crap….and yes, all the other is pure CRAP!

If there is a master plan here…..could it be to keep the economy in the toilet as much as possible for the next election?  Are they playing a political game with people’s lives?

IT’S Jobs G*DDAMMIT!  The politicians have lied to the voter…yet again….how many more times do you need to be f*cked before you look for a change…..and I mean a real change….not some smooth talking politician that promises and NEVER delivers….

The voter needs to wake up…..they are game pieces that are discarded when NO longer needed.  How long will the comatose population continue to go through the political game unaware of their absolute uselessness after voting?  Does the voter know how silly they look to observers?

Just a thought!

Finally! A Jobs Plan

After 14 months of being in power, the House has taken on all issues but the ONE they ran on….JOBS!  We know what they want to do to women….or what they will do to Medicare……and that they will NOT commend the Seals for their efforts to get Osama……and we definitely know what they think of the Prez health act…….but what about the jobs?

Your wait is over!  The Repubs now have a jobs plan…a real one and it is in print.   A Rather Sparse Jobs Plan……… look at it! ….read it and weep!  It is the most vague and worthless use of 10 pages of paper…..if we remove the clip art and reduce the size of the font….it would fit on a piece of toilet paper……(Now there is an idea)……..

But at least we NOW have a GOP plan…..and let the jobs begin!

More Free Trade Pacts?

Back in the 1990’s, I wrote several pieces about what the proposed free trade acts would do to the economy in this country…I believed then that they would do NOTHING good and on the contrary would cost American jobs and loss of industry…of course, in those days I was called a commie for NOT wanting to see a free trade act….not much has changed……….I am still called a commie more likely a socialist but not many know the difference……why do I rehash the past?

Well, guess what?  The Obama admin is proposing a…..wait for it……a free trade act……that is right…yet another free trade agreement……

This time it is agreement with Panama, Columbia and South Korea and the White House has said that it will create American jobs…..really?  Is that not what NAFTA was suppose to do?  Don’t hurt yourself…..that was the promise.  Now if anyone recalls, candidate Obama said that reforming NAFTA to make it more worker friendly would be a priority for his admin…..that was pretty much a lie…there has been NO reform of NAFTA.  It seems that the Obama admin has allowed corporate America to write up these newest proposals….and guess what?   It will put millions of Americans back to work……REALLY?

If that is true why would they say this?

The Obama administration said on Monday that it would not seek Congressional approval of free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea until Republicans agree to expand assistance for American workers who might lose jobs as a result… The announcement puts the White House in line with Congressional Democrats who have made expanded benefits a condition of their support for the trade deals.  (Quoted from the NY Times)…

Let me see if I have this right?  The trade agreements will create jobs but before it goes into effect the Congress must make provisions for any job loss that is created by the agreement……..”The administration is simultaneously selling the trade deals as engines of job growth while admitting that the deals will likely kill so many American jobs that Congress must preemptively cough up money to clean up the corresponding economic wreckage.”  (Quoted David Sirota in Salon.com)….

You still do not think it is all one big game in Washington?  Just once I would like for the American people to get all the info before they go off half cocked….I know….a silly notion!

The Truth Will Piss You Off!

From the VOMITORIUM

BTW….every one have a Good Friday and a pleasant Easter…..

We hear everyday about the debt and the deficit and the plans…cut taxes….raise taxes…..kill Social Security…..Kill Medicare…..but the biggest lie of all is the no taxes on the rich because they will create jobs if they pay less taxes….to me that is a lie…..why?……..they have been paying less taxes for years and how many jobs are they creating….especially NOW?

But put all that aside for now…..put your conserv ideas and your lib inclinations and try to wrap your head around these figures……

The US Commerce Department released a report today throwing into sharp relief just how drastically US multinational corporations are shifting jobs overseas. During the 2000s, US companies cut 2.9 million jobs in the US, while hiring 2.4 million abroad—including an increasing number of highly-skilled workers, the Wall Street Journal reports. That’s a big reversal from the 1990s, when they hired 4.4 million at home and 2.7 million abroad. These big companies employ roughly a fifth of all US workers. “It’s definitely something to worry about,” says one former George W. Bush adviser. Companies generally defend the trend by saying that productivity has increased in their US factories, and that they are chasing sales abroad. “We’ve globalized around markets, not cheap labor,” says GE CEO Jeff Immelt. “Today we go to Brazil, we go to China, we go to India, because that’s where the customers are.”

Does that piss you off just a bit?  Corporations that have taken billions in taxpayer money and they repay our generosity like that…..it s a bitch, huh?

Now people….what are you willing to do to change all this misuse of your trust?

American People Are Idiots! (They Can Be)

Tough talk, huh?  I apologize if this hurts your feelings or you are offended….but the statement stands!    I will explain why I say this…..and then maybe you could possibly understand that statement….unfortunately if they show the same mental deficiency they do as they vote…then I may be yelling at a wall….

We have for decades (and by we I mean the American voter as a whole)  voted on lies and misinformation and each time when the deception is exposed we just shut our minds to the idiocy of our ways and continue to be ignorant…….

Last election the American voter swept in a whole new bunch of liars….on the promises of an improving economy, most especially jobs…..after two months. ……name ONE bill offered that would possibly create a job……(pause here for the scratch of head and ass)…..you CANNOT!

AS an example, my state recently voted out a Rep that was given a 90% voting rating on middle class issues and voted into office a Repub that was kept away from interviews by his own campaign manager because he would make Nevada’s Sharron Angle look like a Mensa candidate…..but the voters bought all the crap about Dems and Pelosi stuff got rid of a guy that was actually voting WITH his constituency and their concerns and interests……how is that for idiocy?

Instead we have assaults on health care, abortion, unions, planned parenthood, NPR and the list goes on and on….all the work that is being done in Washington has absolutely NOTHING to do with jobs…..just the agenda they set decades ago and refuse to stray from the failed policies……..where are the jobs bills?

Then there is the threat of a government shut-down….where if the Dems and prez do not see it the way the Repubs want them to see it…then they will shut-down the government until their ideas are adopted or when there is a compromise in the Repubs favor……where would this create a job?  Just what part of a shut down would be beneficial to the economy?

Then we go to the states….all the hoopla over the attacks on unions (perceived or not) the threat by governors is to start laying off workers…..now….what part of that sounds like a job creating proposal?

The Americans people are idiots!  I repeat my original statement…..they voted for Repubs overwhelmingly because they were under the false assumption that they would improve the economy and thus would improve the livelihood of the American public…….each time Americans vote they prove my premise….they vote for lies and then they set about bitching about their public officials…..that is the height of stupidity……..what is even more stupid is that they will not look for an alternative…..they like being able to whine and blame the officials for their plight

So now I ask Americans…..are you pleased with the jobs being created….NO?  Tough crap!  You voted for these jerk wads now stop whining and live with your decisions….embrace your stupidity!  Take responsibility for the condition of the country and the a/holes that YOU elected…….

BTW, where are the jobs?

Where, Oh Where Are The Jobs?

I know, I know I am being redundant….but apparently I have to be to get the point across to the American voter…..you listened to their crap….you voted for their crap….and now you are letting them get away with their brand of crap…..what are you people thinking?

The economy sucks!  The threat of a governmental shut down looms.  Abortion and marriage are the key issues in the first couple of months of the session…..Marriage?  Yep, marriage!

The Republican-led House of Representatives is likely to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Calif.) said in a newly-published interview. The move would come in the wake of the decision by the Obama administration to no longer defend the law.

The decision prompted both those in favor and those opposed to the law to call on Congress to make the next move. Liberals are calling for Congress to fully repeal the law — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is introducing legislation to do so — while conservatives want Congress to intervene in court and defend the law.

The early statements by many prominent Republicans following the administration’s DOMA decision were muted, prompting questions over whether opposition to gay marriage had faded as an issue for the GOP base. However, Boehner told CBN that House members have been discussing their options and will make a decision on how to proceed by the end of the week.

OK, the conservs are all a tither about marriage and the definition of said…..where does that deal with jobs?  You know those silly little things that the Right uses for elections but could care little about afterwords……you would think that an economy that is FAR from recovered that the major concern of ANY politician would be the creation of jobs, especially when the “real” unemployment is running close to 15%…..but nope!  You elected officials are spending all their time at work (which is every other week and then usually only 4 days of that week) trying to kill a law, define marriage and so many others….NONE of which is doing you or your neighbor any good what so ever…….

You voted for these nitwits and only YOU can change things….but it will NOT get done while you sit on your butt or stare into your smart phone……PERIOD!

Abortion—Bad!

From the VOMITORIUM

For six months or more the GOP was on a rile against the Dems focusing on Health care while millions were unemployed….and to show their disgust the election battle plan was to focus the rhetoric on the lack of job creation…….it was a great campaign plan….it worked and the GOP won an overwhelming majority in the House……..now we can get back to work as a country, right?

Well, the mental midgets that elected this huge majority can be happy now……you were promised that the GOP would focus on job creation……and instead for the first month or so of their new administration and what have they focused on…..HEALTH CARE!  Sound familiar?

They succeeded in the House on calling for the repeal of the health care act, but it will go NO where in the Senate……they had their first success as the new majority and their next big push will be jobs right?  Well, not exactly……according to Newser.com….

House Republicans unveiled their next major legislative push yesterday: the No Tax-Payer Funding for Abortion Act, which, as its name implies, would ban federal funding of abortion. It would essentially make permanent the Hyde Amendment, which does the same thing but must be renewed each year. They introduced that legislation alongside the Protect Act, which would specifically ban abortion funding under the health care reform law. Independent fact checkers have said that the health care reform law won’t allow for abortion funding, Politico points out, but Republicans insist that the wording is too vague. Abortion legislation has a habit of dying in committee, but this time it’s getting a major push from leadership. John Boehner designated it HR3 “which speaks volumes about priorities,” says the bill’s main sponsor, Chris Smith. “This leadership … believes in this. This is not about political expediency.”

Are you so called independents happy with the vote that you flushed down the toilet?  So far jobs seem to be the furtherest thing from the minds of the GOP…..tell me when would those jobs issue come up?  Apparently putting Americans back to work is NOT as important as you were lead to believe….ya think!