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Obama Shelves Jobs-Credit Proposal
Washington Post ^ | January 13, 2009 | Shailagh Murray

Posted on 01/13/2009 4:20:46 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner

Bowing to widespread Democratic skepticism, President-elect Barack Obama will drop his bid to include a business tax break he once touted in the economic stimulus bill now taking shape on Capitol Hill, aides said last night.

Obama suggested the $3,000-per-job credit last week as one of five individual and business tax incentives aimed at winning Republican support. He proposed $300 billion in tax relief in a bill that could reach $775 billion, and he resurrected the jobs-credit proposal from the campaign trail as one of his main provisions.

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"We've always said we're open to other ideas. This was never set in stone," said a senior Obama adviser of the decision.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhostimulus; bhotaxcuts; brokenpromise; jobs; obama; obamatransitionfile; tax
Another lie born open after a gullible, nay stupid, electorate has swallowed Obama's snake oil. Joe the Plumber had it 100% right!
1 posted on 01/13/2009 4:20:46 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Generally, the whole "stimulus" is to take money from those who have it, and hand it over to his voterbase, which doesn't have it.

Wealth-redistribution plan in its simplest form.

"Ain't gonna worry 'bout no mo'gage, ain't gonna worry 'bout no gas....Obama he gonna take care o' me!"

2 posted on 01/13/2009 4:25:46 AM PST by traditional1 ("The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery")
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Hopefully more of his socialists ideas will get rejected by the Senate. The more Obama looks like every other politician who has to temper his enthusiasm the better it is for the Pubes to get their act together and win back the house and senate and keep Obama from doing any more harm.


3 posted on 01/13/2009 4:29:28 AM PST by MAD-AS-HELL (How does one win over terrorists? KILL them with UNKINDNESS)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

0be don’t know Jack.


4 posted on 01/13/2009 4:33:55 AM PST by Paladin2 (No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

This is what I call CHANGE!


5 posted on 01/13/2009 4:41:16 AM PST by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

What a nitwit.


6 posted on 01/13/2009 4:43:22 AM PST by screaminsunshine (.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
What businessman would hire someone “for” the $3000?

The cost of hiring, keeping employed, and then the difficulty of reducing head count is not worth 3K.

It would simply end up being a meaningless “gimmee.”

But I suppose it's a moot point.

Obammie the Commie said that he would give a tax break, which means he won't.

Has he set a record yet for “most campaign promises broken before inauguration day?”

7 posted on 01/13/2009 5:02:38 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Abortion has become little more than the New Left's execution of political prisoners.)
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To: jws3sticks

Yep - real change. I guess it’s easy when you have no real convictions, but are a political opportunist.


8 posted on 01/13/2009 5:09:02 AM PST by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

That’s what I thought when I read it. The cost of insurance for an employee at my company is $1000 bucks a month, and my employer pays that. So my employer’s going to take on salary, SS tax, cost of training, and insurance to hire a new employee and the incentive...$3000. The whole idea was laughable.


9 posted on 01/13/2009 5:42:49 AM PST by Dawn531
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To: trebb

We’ve been had!


10 posted on 01/13/2009 5:46:27 AM PST by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Everything Obama says has an expiration date.

We cannot hold the “ONE” to earthly standards.

11 posted on 01/22/2009 3:09:40 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares (Refusing to kneel before the socialist messiah. 1-20-13 Freedom Day.)
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