Posted on 02/02/2010 11:56:01 AM PST by Bob017
Even before Obama’s State of the Union, Democrats were scrambling to change their priorities from health care to jobs.
They realized that Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts represented a nationwide populist response against big government personified in Obamacare, and that voters are wondering why they are busy putting America into debt rather than dealing with the 25 million Americans out of work.
In the words of Obama’s chief economic advisor Larry Summers, "[P]riority Number One has to be assuring rapid job growth.”
Rep. Anthony Weiner, one of the strongest proponents of Obamacare, conceded, "I don't think it would be the worst thing to take a step back and say we are going to pivot to do a jobs thing."
Sure enough, Obama said in his address that “jobs must be our number one focus in 2010.” Putting Americans back to work is more important than socializing health care, but Obama and the Democrats are just offering the same failed big government programs as a solution.
In the State of the Union, Obama falsely claimed that his trillion dollar stimulus bill saved two million jobs. Then, he laid out the principles for his jobs bill that would waste billions upon billions more taxpayer dollars on the same failed programs. The only difference is that he called it “investing” instead of spending.
A much simpler approach to protect jobs: cut back on immigration.
(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...
Democrats need to realize that Americans will not stand still while illegals are given Amnesty, especially when Americans are out of work.
Good points....even Liberals are not too keen on giving Illegal Aliens amnesty with umeployment so high....the real sad part is that many GOP will support the Dems if they try to pass Illegal Alien Amnesty
He's mentally ill and not fit to be in Congress.
Pelosi should take him out of there ~ and while she's at it, she should take herself out of there.
Alternatively, they could start adding lithium carbonate to the Capitol water supply.
Truman
Hoover
Eisenhower
DEPORTED ILLEGAL ALIENS
And Eisenhower deported LEGAL IMMIGRANTS [it took him 2 years]
in order to provide JOBS for Americans and returning American Soldiers.
Precedence has been met. No reason other than moronic idiocy to keep from doing it again.
Here’s a good job. Bounty Hunter. Offer bounties on illegal aliens. Lot’s of money to be made there.....
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