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Old 11-10-2009, 05:58 PM
 
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Hows all that hope and change socialism working out for you...


Fed officials warn weak recovery won't spur jobs - Yahoo! Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fed-officials-warn-weak-apf-3879922712.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=main&asset= &ccode= - broken link)

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Old 11-10-2009, 07:14 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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I read that and wondered about the change of heart. Why just a week ago with earnings the sky was the limit.

Now..very weak and may be years to get back "some" jobs.

And the misery index isn't even that big.

The United States Misery Index By Year (http://www.miseryindex.us/customindexbyyear.asp - broken link)
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Old 11-10-2009, 09:27 PM
 
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Yeah, that jobs thing... get on it politicians!! instead of worrying about all this other stupid cr*p. They wouldn't have to be concerned with completely reforming our healthcare if we all had jobs to pay our dental and medical bills.
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Old 11-10-2009, 09:35 PM
 
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I never bought the line that he was screwing up the economy on purpose, but sometimes it's hard not to wonder.
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Old 11-10-2009, 09:39 PM
 
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Once again the critiques have me baffled.

The socialist, Obama, is criticized for pointing out the capitalist economy will revive while leaving many American's jobless.

Of course what is baffling about all this is the that a socialist policy would be to enact a Federal jobs program. Of course that would in turn cause the very same critics to scream bloody socialist murder.

Another critic argues that health care reform is a waste of time, with the implication that the government should be concentrating more on job creation rather than health care, which then begs the question, how does one create jobs absent government involvement... which no doubt bring some other critic to the fore who will argue that the government should stay out of the economy all together which of course will bring us full circle, about how the government policies aren't creating more jobs... so that we can then start the whole argument all over again.
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Old 11-10-2009, 10:25 PM
 
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Once again the critiques have me baffled.

The socialist, Obama, is criticized for pointing out the capitalist economy will revive while leaving many American's jobless.

Of course what is baffling about all this is the that a socialist policy would be to enact a Federal jobs program. Of course that would in turn cause the very same critics to scream bloody socialist murder.

Another critic argues that health care reform is a waste of time, with the implication that the government should be concentrating more on job creation rather than health care, which then begs the question, how does one create jobs absent government involvement... which no doubt bring some other critic to the fore who will argue that the government should stay out of the economy all together which of course will bring us full circle, about how the government policies aren't creating more jobs... so that we can then start the whole argument all over again.
Perfect!...lol

Crazy isn't it? People who claim to be capitalist blaming the gov't for not creating jobs. wow!
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Old 11-10-2009, 10:30 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Once again the critiques have me baffled.

The socialist, Obama, is criticized for pointing out the capitalist economy will revive while leaving many American's jobless.

Of course what is baffling about all this is the that a socialist policy would be to enact a Federal jobs program. Of course that would in turn cause the very same critics to scream bloody socialist murder.

Another critic argues that health care reform is a waste of time, with the implication that the government should be concentrating more on job creation rather than health care, which then begs the question, how does one create jobs absent government involvement... which no doubt bring some other critic to the fore who will argue that the government should stay out of the economy all together which of course will bring us full circle, about how the government policies aren't creating more jobs... so that we can then start the whole argument all over again.
The government doesn't create jobs, the private sector does. How about a tax holiday for businesses and individuals. More peple with more money means they buy things. More purchases means more jobs.
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Old 11-10-2009, 10:31 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Perfect!...lol

Crazy isn't it? People who claim to be capitalist blaming the gov't for not creating jobs. wow!

I think many people would agree that the government gets in the way of job creation through taxes and regulation.
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Old 11-11-2009, 08:09 AM
 
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I think many people would agree that the government gets in the way of job creation through taxes and regulation.
Thats it. We need Government to just get out of the way. Unfortunately the power hungry politicians are handcuffed to the mega corporations who make all the calls.

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Old 11-11-2009, 08:13 AM
 
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Once again the critiques have me baffled.

The socialist, Obama, is criticized for pointing out the capitalist economy will revive while leaving many American's jobless.

Of course what is baffling about all this is the that a socialist policy would be to enact a Federal jobs program. Of course that would in turn cause the very same critics to scream bloody socialist murder.

Another critic argues that health care reform is a waste of time, with the implication that the government should be concentrating more on job creation rather than health care, which then begs the question, how does one create jobs absent government involvement... which no doubt bring some other critic to the fore who will argue that the government should stay out of the economy all together which of course will bring us full circle, about how the government policies aren't creating more jobs... so that we can then start the whole argument all over again.
the criticism is that healthcare INSURANCE is not the biggest problem facing this country today. this administration needs to get its priorities straight.

we have huge expenditures with these wars, illegal immigration, the lost jobs (and the price of maintaining these unemployed workers with benefits), the bankrupt FDIC, the undercapitalized banks being guaranteed by taxpayers, fraud in medicare, etc.

address these bigger issues first! most americans realize that you CANNOT have a jobless economic recovery!
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