Oh....sheesh......
Here you go, “conservative” McCain supporters!
I used to think McCain was a smart guy, but damn. This is an auction he can’t possibly win. The Democrats will always match whatever he does, plus a pony.
a plan to use federal dollars to make up the salary difference
Another nail in the coffin of the McCain Presidency run!
Oh, good grief. We’re in the middle of an entitlement crisis, which is pouring money into foreign hands and literally threatening America’s future.
And McCain proposes a new entitlement program. /shaking head
Just when I start considering revising my opinion of McCain, and think he might not be a COMPLETE disaster as President he manages to come up with crap like this.
Thank God he always manages to remind us of his irrationality before we can vote in a primary.
Yes.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that he would use federal money to make up the salary differences for workers who lose manufacturing jobs and take lower-paying positions while they train for new careers.Note he says "while they train", whereas this article says "until they find new careers", a statement I can't find anywhere in the article. McCain specifically says it's a temporary thing, and that he'd pay for it using training money.
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"If someone has to work at McDonald's, I will compensate them for the loss of income for some period of time," McCain said. "We need to compensate them for the difference as an incentive to stay in the workforce."
I disagree with him -- training money should be used for training, not to push people into low-wage jobs just so they still "have jobs".
The article notes that Romney has a plan that involves providing existing retraining funds:
But he has laid out his own plan that would use existing federal retraining dollars to set up accounts for displaced workers to use for a variety of training opportunities.In other words, Romney is saying take the money being wasted on government-run training programs that aren't working, and set up private accounts for workers to use to choose their selection of training from private and public sources.
McCain seems to want to take those federal training dollars and pay people to work at McDonalds for a while.
I don’t think Huckster would even be on board for this. This guy is just plain dangerous.
McCain will obviously say anything to try to get himself back on the Democrat VP list.
Evidently. McPain is no more a Republican than hillary or osama, I mean, obama.
Fred keeps looking better and better.
Another socialist program designed to get McCain votes and take money I’ve earned for my family to give to others.
Sort of like Mrs. Clinton saying we’re going to take more of you money away from you to use as we see fit for other purposes.
Way to go RINO John McCain. Go the hell back to Arizona and climb back under your rock.
Senator McCain announced yesterday a plan to use federal dollars to make up the salary difference for workers who lose manufacturing jobs
United Auto Workers at $39.00/hr, McCain will get Liberal Democrat support.
Fred Thompson and Duncan Hunter are the only 2 true conservatives we have to elected.... the rest are just RINOS.
God, I hate what this country passes for leaders anymore...
Those worker wont be happy throwing quarter pounders for $39.00 an hour.......Oh no they will immediately whine, "what about my families health care" and then "what about my 401 & pension contributions".
I can see it now matching pension funds for your gov't stipend hourly worker subsidy.
Thank god he's a conservative.
THey want reelection. So they offer whatever to whomever is disgruntled, inconvenienced, pushed and shoved by reality.