Obama's Plan for Helping the Economy - Nothing (employment, gas price, enemies)

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by RetiredElizabeth

How about lower the Corporate Tax Rate

How is that going to help? How much did GE pay in corporate taxes last year, since the rates are highest in the world, it must have paid a lot, right? BTW, even President Obama agrees that corporate tax rates must be reformed. Perhaps congress should take it up?

[VTHokieFan]

Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost

2.1 million private sector jobs in 17 months. That nearly 3 million more jobs in the private sector added in nine years before that.

Are any of those part time jobs?

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by SourD

Larry Summers is a hack. He's the one that brought the end to Glass-Steagall.

Weyllll, actually that'd be the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act....

(Hint... All three names on the bill? Republicans...)

Go ahead.... Read up.

Gramm

You'll note that it passed in the Senate with all Republicans voting FOR and all Democrats voting AGAINST...

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by SamBarrow

This is my favorite. This guy clearly has absolutely no idea how economics work.

Perhaps, but neither do those who somehow think that lowering taxes will always net a gain in tax returns.

Sure, it works when the upper-bracket is at 95% and you lower that..... But continuing to lower it when its already as low as it is?

LOL!!! Doesn't work that way...

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by VTHokieFan

Are any of those part time jobs?

I would take gain of 2.1 million private sector jobs, including part time, in 17 months (Jan 2010-May 2011) or 5.3 million private sector jobs, including part time, in four years (1981-1984) over nearly a million jobs, including part time, lost in four years (2001-2004). You?

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by MTAtech

I still haven't heard what those who say Obama hasn't done anything would have done instead.

You won't.... They'll trot out the line that, "We aren't talking about that here..... Start another thread." deflect most likely.

[VTHokieFan]

Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost

I would take gain of 2.1 million private sector jobs, including part time, in 17 months (Jan 2010-May 2011) or 5.3 million private sector jobs, including part time, in four years (1981-1984) over nearly a million jobs, including part time, lost in four years (2001-2004). You?

I would actually take 10 million private sector full-time jobs, with full benefits, over both of them. You?

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by VTHokieFan

I would actually take 10 million private sector full-time jobs, with full benefits, over both of them. You?

That didn't happen over four years in 1981-1984 or in eight years over 2001-2008. What period did you have in mind?

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by VTHokieFan

I would actually take 10 million private sector full-time jobs, with full benefits, over both of them. You?

Is it your claim that 10 million private sector jobs with full benefits would have been created, if not for Obama?

[VTHokieFan]

Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost

What period did you have in mind?

2013-2021 when Ron Paul is President. The point I'm making is, you accept mediocrity as long as it paints your voting patterns (in your mind) in a better light. So you would celebrate the creation of part time jobs (with no benefits) for the unemployed as long as it was more than what Bush created, whereas I consider it crap regardless of who's in office.