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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Repugs Popular Talking Point Now Is - "Where Are The Jobs".....
I know that there have been attempts by the President to increase job growth - like his push for moving on fixing the U.S. infrastructure. The President's record on jobs and the decreasing unemployment speaks for itself.
The Repugs haven't made any viable proposals to increase job growth besides lowering taxes for the rich because they are the job creators. They are also fighting minimum wage increase as a job killer. They are also saying the Keystone Pipeline will create jobs.
It's time for the President and the Dems to make a concerted push to increase job growth again. They need to do this to shut down this Repug talking point of "Where are the jobs". It will be then be clear to the American People that it is the Repugs that are holding up any potential job growth.
We need to push hard on infrastructure again.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)They have that Rush Limbaugh-attitude:
"If a conservative said it, its good."
Who cares about facts! Facts are something those damn communist liberals make up! It's all a conspiracy!
You can't get through to them to judge their proposals unbiased: A conservative proposed them, which automatically means that they are good ideas.
MADem
(135,425 posts)All appropriations begin in the HOUSE, Mistah Speekah....so put down that wine glass, put out that cigarette, and get to work...!
butterfly77
(17,609 posts)used this for the 2010 campaign along with the rest of the republicons,they promised jobs so shouldn't the media asking that of republicons?
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/gop-pledge-o-meter/promise/649/establish-a-hard-cap-on-new-discretionary-spending/
So far: 578 days since John Boehner said jobs will be priority one (and hes delivered none)
July 31, 2012
By Lee way
Weve had some fun with Mitt Romneys Gaffe-a-thon lately, but jobs are a serious matter in America. I dont mean to take anything away from the Republican Presidential candidate also known as the male Sarah Palin but job creation is an important issue. So, lets move on to John Boehner. As of today, its been 578 days since John Boehner became Speaker of the House. After taking the gavel from Nancy Pelosi, he promised to make jobs priority one.
The Tea Party made me do it!
http://freakoutnation.com/
Johonny
(20,684 posts)Nor did they pass a jobs bill. The net result has been sluggish growth. They want stupid things like tax cuts to stimulate private sector growth but it is the private sector that is growing. They need to stop cutting economically sound public sector programs like say FOOD STAMPS and unemployment insurance. At the same time they need to reinvest tax dollars here in the USA and not in foreign wars that have shown to have practically no benefit to the American citizen.