Posted on 10/03/2009 11:17:50 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is considering steps to ease the burdens of laid-off workers, including possible extensions of unemployment and health benefits, officials said Saturday.
The administration has stopped short of calling for a second economic stimulus package to augment the $787 billion measure approved this year. But with the jobless rate continuing to climb, President Barack Obama said Saturday he is exploring "additional options to promote job creation."
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The only way to “stimulate job creation” is to stimulate businesses that employ people.
Just throwing money into social programs and writing checks to the unemployed won’t stimulate much anything. That’s like treating the symptoms without curing the disease.
Tax cuts usually help, but with the amount of spending going on, tax cuts would be difficult due to the already massive deficit.
What they need to do is cut the hell out of spending, and cut taxes by 50% of the amount they cut spending by.
Repeal the stimulus, because it didn’t work, and then repeal TARP. They should also kill the ‘crap & tax’ legislation where it stands. Give up control of the auto companies and let them go bankrupt, and do the same for the big banks that should have been allowed to fail.
There are so many things that could be done to turn he economy around, but they can’t bring themselves to do what must be done, because the people in control are blinded by ideology and addicted to the special interest money that comes from those that profit from big government and the federal bureaucracy.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Only problem, their eyes are looking in all the wrong directions.
These people are too stupid or too insane to ever achieve functional adulthood.....
p.s. are they mother freaking insane?
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Why yes, now that you mention it, they are. mmm barack hussein obama mmm
--extending enhanced unemployment-insurance benefits beyond Dec. 31, when they are set to expire.
--extending a tax credit for laid-off workers who buy health insurance through the COBRA program. That program allows workers to keep their company's health insurance plan for 18 months after they leave their job, if they pay the premiums.
--extending a tax credit for first-time home buyers. This credit also is set to expire soon.
In other words, we're going to keep doing the stuff we're already doing. Oh, that will help.
1-Bush
2-The committee (see drudge headline)
NEXT....the race card...
NEWSFLASH OBAMA: The world thinks you are money spending fool weak pansy.
Or maybe we could just hire the ginsu knives people to run the gov’t.
I’m very serious about this. We all know that EVERYONE knows Obama is purposely trying to destroy the U.S. of A. How can we get him impeached? what do we need to do?
I've got news for you. This Congress ain't gonna impeach this President.
Ergo, start by getting a new Congress.
The dems will never touch it. Obama could eat babies on live tv and they would still turn their heads.
2010 is our best bet if we can get the dems tossed out. But to impeach, it would take risk takers on our side and I won’t hold my breath on that luck.
However, Obama has a chip on his shoulder and a glass jaw. I am hopeful that he completely loses his temper and does something that forces the issue.
Stimulus II: Because Porkulus worked so well.
I don’t think we the people are going to go for this again.
Health care protests? You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.
...and then they'll tax them out of that, so maybe they'll end up with $50.
I suppose you are right. We have to wait until 2010 to vote the bumbs out of Congress. But won’t they just cheat their way back in again?
I too wish Obama would do something that EVERYONE saw as nuts, but unfortunately, that would probably bring down the entire U.s. with that one stunt whatever it would be.
Did I hear right? Are they now backing off of this and blaming someone else for trial ballooning it?
Actually no one will have a job so they won’t be able to tax us. no wait... they will still tax our personal property, all goods, cigarettes, water, carbon footprint and each flatulance that comes out of our anus. As well as huge fines for every month we don’t build solar homes and farms. A FEMA camp will seem like a gift.
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