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The Provocateur ^ | 10/03/2009 | Mike Volpe

Posted on 10/03/2009 6:25:04 PM PDT by fiscon1

After the grim jobs report for September, the latest D.C. watercooler rumor has the president extending a few different programs that are a part of the stimulus package.

After another grim jobless report, President Obama is turning his attention to extending a lifeline to the unemployed and making the case that his health care plan would create jobs by making small business startups more affordable.

The Obama administration has begun talks with congressional Democratic leaders on moves to extend health insurance subsidies, the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit and jobless benefits, congressional and administration officials told FOX News late Friday.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: fiscalpolicy; obama; stimulus

1 posted on 10/03/2009 6:25:05 PM PDT by fiscon1
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To: fiscon1

how about getting out of our lives....did obama mention that?


2 posted on 10/03/2009 6:28:31 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: fiscon1

Anyone else notice that the amorphous, ever-shifting gov’t medical plans were good for small business only AFTER the bad jobs report? Of course they are. And ever they shall be. Any one of them, in and and all their myriad forms; with or without the public option; as an exchange; as co-ops; as the only industrialized nation who doesn’t have one; with so many people collpasing and dying in the streets. Now more than ever, now is the time. For too long, no longer can we tolerate the status quo.


3 posted on 10/03/2009 6:31:24 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (It's better to give a Ford to the Kidney Foundation than a kidney to the Ford Foundation.)
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To: fiscon1

we’ve only spent about 5% of the last one so far


4 posted on 10/03/2009 7:18:21 PM PDT by GeronL (meow)
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