Edwards Promises Five million new jobs in his first two years

Goldsboro News Argus ^ | October 7, 2003 | GENE PRICE

[mykdsmom]

Sen. John Edwards blames President George Bush for the net loss of almost 2.7 million jobs during his tenure in the White House.

Politicians properly can be challenged about whatever happens "on their watch." They can be asked what they might have done that contributed to loss of jobs -- and what they failed to do that might have stopped the economic hemorrhaging.

Thousands of those almost 2.7 million lost jobs disappeared from North Carolina.

We can be comforted by Sen. Edwards' promise to create five million new jobs during his first years as president. In order to keep from mixing apples and oranges, we must assume that the senator means five million "net" jobs.

That would be welcome news indeed!

But there is one disturbing element here.

John Edwards has been in the U.S. Senate in Washington longer than George Bush has been in the White House.

Where was the senator during these years in which jobs were disappearing from his state and from across the nation?

What tangible programs was he championing in the Senate to keep these jobs from going overseas, to create new jobs and new training programs for his constituents back home and elsewhere?

John Edwards is a lawyer who has won national recognition and respect for his brilliance and eloquence that won hundreds of millions of dollars in lawsuits for himself and his clients.

Surely one of his persuasiveness should have been able to win over fellow members of Congress in a crusade to protect jobs and the economy.

In all probability the senator will have some convincing explanation. And should he win the nomination and the presidency, and produce those five million jobs in his first two years, he can be assured that he will earn the undying gratitude of his homefolks and those throughout the nation.

And the skeptics among us will grovel in embarrassment as we apologize for our cynicism about why he kept his economic magic a secret while serving in the Senate.

[mykdsmom]

Jerry Agar read this on his radio show today and I thought it was good enough to post for perusal.

MKM

[mykdsmom]

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[Blood of Tyrants]

His plan is simple. Create 5 million new government jobs playing computer solitaire.

[chimera]

Oh, cripes, a trial lawyer promising to create "new" jobs. One can just imagine what those jobs will be. More lawyers to file more lawsuits, more clerks to type up the paperwork for those lawsuits, more process servers to hand out the papers, more bean counters to collect the judgements, etc. An economy based on lawsuits, just what we need.

[Prysson]

The thing I would like to know is just exactly how these Democrats propose to magically create millions of jobs. Other than allowing the private sector to generate the jobs as the free market dictates what exactly would they do to create jobs. How for example is increasing taxes on businesses and business owners going to "create" jobs?

I wish the press would call these morons on these claims just once in a while.

[Sacajaweau]

I knew it. Edwards is going to invent the computer. That will provide jobs. Or he might just take away the benefits of those duds who sit on their butts milking the cash cow and they'd be forced to WORK.

[Texican72]

I'll see your 5 million jobs and raise you 2.5 million.....

[Swanks]

Edwards is a Trial Lawyer who's profession kills jobs. How ironic that a Trial Lawyer from NC can talk about jobs when his kind damaged RJR that led to another 1000+ layoffs last month.

BTW big UNC crisis in the news today. 375 layoffs. 365 'open / unfill'ed roles eliminated, 10 real layoffs.This makes front page news to the liberals...

[AZLiberty]

I knew it. Edwards is going to invent the computer. That will provide jobs.

No, he'll outlaw computers, since they raise productivity and destroy jobs.

[TommyDale]

4.9 million of those jobs will be picking up the trash along the North Carolina highways.

[wjcsux]

You are confusing the RATS with facts. In their minds, merely promising it makes it come true. Its the Fairy Godmother mentality.

[Peach]

Edwards promises 5 million new jobs! hahaha

[mykdsmom]

Hate to post and run fellow Freepers but I'm off to a Hillsdale College Conference about the Constitution hosted by the Jesse Helms Center.

No computer at the hotel so I'll check back on this thread tomorrow night when I return.

MKM

[JeanLM]

Does anyone know where the 2.7 million job loss number comes from? I look at these statistics a lot on BLS.com and the civilian employment when Bush was inaugurated was 137,846,000 and it is now 137,573,000; for a net loss of 273,000. Even if you take the highest point to the lowest point, you don't get to the 2.7 million number, yet I hear it from all the Democratic candidates and no one objects. What's up?

Of course the creation of 5 million jobs is pure fantasy. No one can do that. It takes time and a lot of small actions by millions of ordinary people to do that. John Edwards has probably killed more jobs than he ever created.

[Joe Boucher]

Edwards promises 5 million more jobe in first years of "his presidency" and also the moon and stars.
Idiot.

[gathersnomoss]

Promises by politicians are cheap and these numbers can be unverifiable. Hell, I'll take the Edward's $5M and raise it $5M. See, that was easy.

[gathersnomoss]

$5M = 5M jobs. Sorry.

[reformedliberal]

Thank You!

I have been asking this question for months! I would also like to know where these jobs were and where the jobs created (about 1M, from what I can figure out) are now.

We have a dynamic economy. I know no one out of work except by choice.Likewise, the people I know who are temping are doing it by choice. My state has low unemployment. My son's state has even lower unemployment: both a bit over 1/2 of the quoted Federal figure of 6.1%

If anyone knows the answer to this, a post would be appreciated.

[F.J. Mitchell]

A pretty good size crew could be employed full time, just to follow John Edwards around and clean up the manure he is spreading.