Obama jobs speech
In a fresh bid to kickstart economic recovery, President Obama reportedly plans to spell out new ideas to create jobs in a major address planned for early September. [1]
If spending three years delivering identical speeches created jobs, President Obama would be taking credit for 4% unemployment today. [...] But alas, every major Obama jobs speech promotes taking more money away from job-creators as the answer to job-creation. [2]
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, perhaps $150 billion or more, aiming to jolt the wobbly economy into a stronger recovery and reduce painfully persistent double-digit unemployment. [3]
WASHINGTON - Under fire in a nation desperate for jobs, President Barack Obama will soon announce a broad package of tax cuts, construction work and help for the millions of Americans who have been unemployed for months, a White House official said Wednesday. [4]
On a significant and related front, Obama will also present a specific plan to cut the suffocating long-term national debt and to pay for the cost of his new short-term economic ideas. [...] His debt proposal will be bigger than the $1.5 trillion package that a new “supercommittee” of Congress must come up with by late November. [5]
President Obama’s much anticipated speech outlining his jobs agenda for the 2012 election year will sound a lot like a tiny mouse trying to make a loud roar. [6]
Come September, Obama will try to reframe the jobs debate and press lawmakers to act on his ideas. [5]
We also hoped for a chance to get beyond some of the old political divides - between Democrats and Republicans, Red states and Blue states - that had prevented us from making progress. [...] At least President Bush came right out and said he had a tough time with tough critics Obama jus beat around the bush about it, personally if you ask me he’s afraid of loseing the majority so I hope that my fellow Clevelanders don’t fall for this crap again I didn’t buy it the first time and I don’t buy it now. [7]
Blame Congress: On his recent campaign (sorry, “official”) bus swing throughout the Midwest, the President has had a lot of blame to dish out. [...] His last major speech with new “proposals” was on April 13, 2011. [2]
Meanwhile, some of the very steps that were necessary to save the economy - like temporarily supporting the banks and the auto industry - fed the perception that Washington is still ignoring the middle class in favor of special interests. [7]
The final details of Obama’s new economic plan have not been decided, and it is expected to be broader than the proposals known so far. [4]
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[1] Will Obama’s jobs speech matter? - Yahoo! News
[2] Anatomy of An Obama Jobs Speech
[3] Obama Jobs Speech: Help For Small Businesses, Transportation …
[4] Obama Jobs Speech: President To Unveil Plan To Address …
[5] Obama to give major jobs speech in September | The Daily Caller
[6] Joseph A. Palermo: Obama’s Jobs Speech: Prepare to Be …
[7] Obama Cleveland jobs speech. Transcript - Lynn Sweet