Creating, Saving or Supporting Virtual Jobs Since 2009
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Posted on 10/14/2011 2:43:25 PM PDT by MissesBush
Old and busted: Jobs “saved or created.” New hotness: Jobs “supported.” In attempting to advance the argument for Barack Obama’s new jobs stimulus plan, the White House has decided to create a new term that has, er, even less meaning than their previous measure: The American Jobs Act Will Support Nearly 400,000 Education Jobs—Preventing Layoffs and Allowing Thousands More to Be Hired or Rehired: The President’s plan will more than offset projected layoffs, providing support for nearly 400,000 education jobs—enough for states to avoid harmful layoffs and rehire tens of thousands of teachers who lost their jobs over the past three years. How exactly did the White House come up with its new metric? Chuck Blahous gives us a detailed analysis of exactly how they crafted this measure to be, well, unmeasurable: To start the process of estimating educator jobs at risk, the Administration refers to a June, 2011 paper by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (a left-of-center think tank). This paper quantifies recent and projected shortfalls in state budgets. The Administration then makes various assumptions about how the projected shortfalls would be filled. In effect, they assume first that shortfalls would be filled by a combination of tax increases and spending reductions, and then that spending cuts would be applied proportionally across all categories including education. As the Administration materials state, “These spending reduction numbers were then converted into estimates of educator jobs at risk based on estimates of average teacher compensation by state. These calculations implied that, if spending reductions had their full negative impact on education staffing, up to 280,000 educator jobs across the country would be at risk in the 2011-2012 school year.” The Administration then points to $30 billion in spending contained in the proposed American Jobs Act. The purpose of this spending, as specified in the bill text, is to “prevent teacher layoffs and support the creation of additional jobs in public early childhood, elementary, and secondary education in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years.” Does this give readers a sense of deja vu? The block grants in Porkulus also assumed that states would simply lay off teachers and first responders as a result of large-scale budget deficits in the throes of the Great Recession. That’s where jobs “saved and created” originated; Obama and his team meant public-sector employees in states and local governments. Only those organizations employ a lot more people than just teachers, police officers, and fire fighters; most states have vast bureaucracies that ended up getting “saved” thanks to the infusion of cash that allowed legislatures to put off tough decisions on the size and nature of government during the economic crisis.
Of course, everything the Obama regime and the democrats do is actually designed TO DESTROY JOBS.
The last thing I want is to save, create or support the same or more NEA, socialist doctrinaires.
How soon before the accepted term is “ Jobs Read About”?
What the hell ?
paragraphs
Confucius say Man who `support jobs`
works in brassiere factory in Guanzhou in daytime,
jock strap factory in Shenzen on night shift.
How about “Jobs in transition?”
I bought toothpaste at Dollar Tree yesterday. I supported 63,860 jobs!
Well, according to Elizabeth Warren, that's essentially every job in the entire country, since most people drive on a government-owned road to get to work.
There's quite a few less "Jobs Supported" for each person that needs to be supported, but I'm sure The Won is giving that little glitch a lot of thought.
"Vote-buying of Members of Union Jobs Saved by Taxpayers"
When the so-called "Federal Government" (aka - National Government) supports 350 million jobs, we're a socialist state with no private sector whatsoever.
I have seen grade school kids that could pull off better shams that this....
Well I guess when you look at what is occupying Wall Street and the people in government that support that disgusting filth, it is no surprise.
"Vote-buying of Members of Union Jobs Saved by Taxpayers"
Paragraphs are our friends.
Did they hire the Sham-Wow guy to sell this?
wait till they put a number on jobs that could have been..
Jobs that “could have been” created if the republicans had not blocked the jobs bill.
Jobs that “could have been” created if the republicans had raised taxes.
Jobs that “could have been” had the republicans not demanded the extension of the bush tax cuts...
Creating, Saving or Supporting Virtual Jobs Since 2009
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slogans !! plop plop fizz fizz oh what a relief it is
guess he finally figured out everybody knows it's a lie...
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