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jeff47

(26,549 posts)
53. Who do you think the Department of Labor works for?
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 11:39 AM
Jun 2015

If Obama didn't want this proposal, he could have killed it. He still can kill it. It's his Labor Department.

Why do some people think Obama's lying MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #1
I for one take him at his word. nt COLGATE4 Jun 2015 #3
Me too. But it's worse than that. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #90
It IS worse than that. bvar22 Jun 2015 #116
Excellent point. He's out to prove his loyalty or something even more sinister. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #119
Maybe because he seems to be turning into Jackpine Radical Jun 2015 #6
That's what I was thinking too. n/t A Simple Game Jun 2015 #63
He was engaged in a masquerade from the beginning. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #94
The dismay is spreading. Jackpine Radical Jun 2015 #97
More buy-partisanship. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #98
That excerpt from the NY Times you posted nails it - eom dreamnightwind Jun 2015 #104
Love the graphic lark Jun 2015 #107
Absolutely. And I was excited to vote for him the first time. cui bono Jun 2015 #110
FISA vote 2007. marym625 Jun 2015 #123
Big Time. Paka Jun 2015 #131
By 2012, I knew I was voting for the least objectionable candidate. lark Jun 2015 #166
Don't forget public option or single-payer. nt Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2015 #145
Ok, I will say it. salib Jun 2015 #140
Time is running out. Change will come. Jackpine Radical Jun 2015 #198
That pseudo Debate almost gave me a stroke. The email I sent to the DNC still burns. appalachiablue Jun 2015 #202
His cheering squad promised that we would see the "REAL" Obama after the mid-terms. bvar22 Jun 2015 #117
Indeed they did -- and indeed we have! n/t markpkessinger Jun 2015 #142
Nailed it, bvar bread_and_roses Jun 2015 #165
Isn't this just neoliberalism? Puzzledtraveller Jun 2015 #197
I dunno - he said it, but people evidently think he was lying. Why do they think Obama is a liar? djean111 Jun 2015 #7
They want to believe their faith in him wasn't unjustified. They don't want to be wrong. nt valerief Jun 2015 #13
Because he's a politician - NT Freelancer Jun 2015 #106
Didn't want to believe it, like when told by your sig other that they weren't w/ someone else. appalachiablue Jun 2015 #203
I didn't vote for him because he was an extreme liberal let alone liberal PatrynXX Jun 2015 #29
I think that Bush got a lot done MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #31
Unfortunately you are right Manny, bush was a very effective President, with an still_one Jun 2015 #35
Bush? Jackpine Radical Jun 2015 #41
Bush and the other criminals in his administration. Nice pic still_one Jun 2015 #64
Precisely. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #91
Bush "never had 60 votes in the Senate" either, and got almost everything he wanted. bvar22 Jun 2015 #121
No question about it, there were democrats who were too willing to vote with the republicans still_one Jun 2015 #143
Those first few months were really horrendous Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #39
Remember when some rich contributors got to run a submarine Jackpine Radical Jun 2015 #66
The Ehime Maru incident Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #71
He got almost everything he wanted except for privatizing Social Security. A Simple Game Jun 2015 #67
his term is nearly over and he's structuring his post presidential roguevalley Jun 2015 #85
BULLSHIT POSTS ALL AROUND! Let's do the math AllTooEasy Jun 2015 #95
Careful with facts... SkyDaddy7 Jun 2015 #122
Why present a different opinion to people who are DETERMINED to hear "truth be told, my policies are Number23 Jun 2015 #124
He said it! The President himself! Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #126
RECOGNIZE!!!1 Because "I'd be CONSIDERED a moderate Republican" presumably by the confused masses Number23 Jun 2015 #128
"I'd be CONSIDERED a moderate Republican" Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #132
Being CONSIDERED something by others is in no way shape or form even CLOSE to saying "I am Number23 Jun 2015 #146
I've always known that about you. bvar22 Jun 2015 #135
You could have deleted that whole post. Because whatever you feel you "know" about me Number23 Jun 2015 #147
I was just validating what YOU said. bvar22 Jun 2015 #168
"This post has been edited 0 times." Number23 Jun 2015 #171
You have never edited a post before pressing the "post my reply" button? bvar22 Jun 2015 #173
Then you didn't actually delete anything, did you? If you never posted it Number23 Jun 2015 #174
In the 80s, I FOUGHT against Moderate Republicans... bvar22 Jun 2015 #130
Yes. Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #133
Me, too ---- Fuck, yeah!!!!!!!!!!!! nikto Jun 2015 #156
Interesting that "the facts" are a crappy value judgement. salib Jun 2015 #137
+1 Scootaloo Jun 2015 #176
comparing the universe of injured workers treestar Jun 2015 #183
Precisely why we should have basic rights on these types of benefits that work across all occupation salib Jun 2015 #200
Thank you. cheapdate Jun 2015 #151
We don't need to do the math, the people pushing this already did. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #161
lol it's funny how many of these outrages have been treestar Jun 2015 #182
He's clearly been a "Rockefeller Republican" since his first raft of cabinet appointments villager Jun 2015 #109
We need him to be a 1930s style Democrat. Octafish Jun 2015 #114
Well, he never admitted that until about 6 years into his term, bvar22 Jun 2015 #115
Yeah, that pretty much told me what was up. ladyVet Jun 2015 #129
Same here! Nt newfie11 Jun 2015 #159
Even FDR had a gut wrenching political side... SkyDaddy7 Jun 2015 #120
Well said. mountain grammy Jun 2015 #149
I believe him! n/t sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #154
Well I am sure someone will come along to tell us how this is awesome n2doc Jun 2015 #2
We need to bring workman's comp benefits in line with Malaysia IDemo Jun 2015 #5
DUZY Jesus Malverde Jun 2015 #23
'Tea party word Salad' keeping your mouth busy..... daleanime Jun 2015 #68
+1,000 !!! CountAllVotes Jun 2015 #38
Free burial when your usefulness is done. What more could you ask for. n/t A Simple Game Jun 2015 #69
Welcome to Earth, kid -- here's your shovel -- NT Freelancer Jun 2015 #108
"Left wing, right wing, chicken wing."..........Woody Guthrie red dog 1 Jun 2015 #111
Post 95 shows why it is another BS outrage. treestar Jun 2015 #186
Increase for some HassleCat Jun 2015 #4
Family values? sarcasm. jwirr Jun 2015 #19
I'm foggy today HassleCat Jun 2015 #25
My post was directed more in agreement with you than against. Sorry. jwirr Jun 2015 #32
That's bass ackwards...cut the ones in most need? zeemike Jun 2015 #75
How much will it raise compensation for singles? Thx bettyellen Jun 2015 #70
What's a CEO's rate? grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #118
You can't divide with that tactic. Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #127
According to the article it is going to "save Uncle Sam some money" salib Jun 2015 #141
Hey, he's the most progressive President, ever. Read it right here on DU. Scuba Jun 2015 #8
also declared the greatest president ever . . within the first week or so of his first inauguration DrDan Jun 2015 #77
Hero Worship is a helluva drug. [n/t] Maedhros Jun 2015 #86
The first two years of a Hillary presidency ... earthside Jun 2015 #9
I'm sure he's thinking "What would Hillary do". L0oniX Jun 2015 #16
He doesn't have to - donf Jun 2015 #36
Direct link to the statement by Director of Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Cerridwen Jun 2015 #10
You know, that word "stakeholder." malthaussen Jun 2015 #11
In my experience, it's been used for a couple of decades, especially by gov't and non-profits. Cerridwen Jun 2015 #12
Shareholders are also stakeholders. Anyone or any entity that can or is affected by the A Simple Game Jun 2015 #74
Yes. I was replying to someone who thought it referred (solely?) to gambling. Cerridwen Jun 2015 #78
It's a commonly used corporatese word. People affected by the valerief Jun 2015 #14
You could say the inhabitants of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were stakeholders in the Manhattan Project Fumesucker Jun 2015 #17
Well, you "could," but I'd be inclined to think you were using hyperbole. Cerridwen Jun 2015 #26
I was just going by the definition in the post I responded to Fumesucker Jun 2015 #157
Yep. Or as I watch my natural world die. As fresh water dries up and the climate shifts raouldukelives Jun 2015 #55
In business theory, 'stakeholder' is a word we encourage as opposed to 'shareholder' Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #27
They have studied this ..... over the last 30 years. Post raygun. jwirr Jun 2015 #21
360 million? Jesus Malverde Jun 2015 #24
Perhaps the US military needs to do it's own "30 years" worth of Cerridwen Jun 2015 #28
Workers comp is a rip off sorefeet Jun 2015 #15
I feel your pain... StarzGuy Jun 2015 #105
Just gotta ask turbinetree Jun 2015 #18
They claim they are working with their constituency when they are not in DC. CrispyQ Jun 2015 #48
I agree turbinetree Jun 2015 #148
It's not just tweaks to a 30 year old program fasttense Jun 2015 #20
They're just confused. malthaussen Jun 2015 #30
More nonsense and ad hominem attacks, this time in the title, this time on President Obama? Clinton attacks got too boring?? Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #22
I'm actually agreeing with Fred Sanders on this olddots Jun 2015 #33
I agree with him also SCantiGOP Jun 2015 #37
your extreme partisanship for this president cali Jun 2015 #34
I think it's good when "foreigners" like our Prez. Hoyt Jun 2015 #152
Why do you need double quotes Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #162
yes and they can be more informed than a lot of Americans treestar Jun 2015 #185
really? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black treestar Jun 2015 #184
I thought the discussion revolved around JEB Jun 2015 #43
Too bad the previous poster finds it "creepy" that "you aren't a citizen". We have posters from Cha Jun 2015 #45
Previous Poster must be one of 38 on my Full IGNORE list....ignorance of ignorance is bliss. Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #49
Very wise. Cha Jun 2015 #50
Exactly Cha Andy823 Jun 2015 #54
I tell ya one thing, Andy.. whomever wins the Dem Nom will want the Obama Coalition.. they Cha Jun 2015 #60
Tidal Wave!!!!!! sheshe2 Jun 2015 #93
having fun with your broad brush? cali Jun 2015 #113
The double standards treestar Jun 2015 #187
Tip: You should actually cite something when you claim the OP is wrong. jeff47 Jun 2015 #57
The message is not that it's wrong, but that we're supposed to shut up and pretend to like it. arcane1 Jun 2015 #79
RW traffic? Look in the mirror. Broward Jun 2015 #72
Is the information in the OP incorrect? arcane1 Jun 2015 #73
The President is joining the Republicons in cutting workers benefits. How is disagreeing with that rhett o rick Jun 2015 #102
I bet you never had to deal with a workplace injury DiverDave Jun 2015 #158
Armed camp? Burned at the stake? Scootaloo Jun 2015 #178
For you and everyone on the Internet. Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #191
right wingers are complaining about benefit cuts? Doctor_J Jun 2015 #192
I don't get how Dept. of Labor = Pres. Obama groundloop Jun 2015 #40
You are radically practical, groundloop. But, so much more fun for Cha Jun 2015 #42
He is trying to say that Pres Obama isn't responsible for what the DoL does. Not really correct. rhett o rick Jun 2015 #138
I said "another Republican issue" INdemo Jun 2015 #44
Obama is overjoyed to the point of heavenly Rapture... with a Republican Congress??...you made me laugh! Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #46
Check out the legislation that he has signed since Jan '15 INdemo Jun 2015 #181
You forgot Social Security Chained CPI ... aggiesal Jun 2015 #96
Who do you think the Department of Labor works for? jeff47 Jun 2015 #53
He has not in the past shown that he enjoys micro-managing all govt agencies. randome Jun 2015 #83
Again, his Labor Department. He's responsible. jeff47 Jun 2015 #84
So much for "The Buck Stops Here," eh? Efilroft Sul Jun 2015 #92
Sergeant Schultz was actually the one who constantly said 'I see nothing!' nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #163
Ach! Schultz it is! No wonder I flunked German! Efilroft Sul Jun 2015 #167
There are only 24 hours per day treestar Jun 2015 #188
You're in luck! The OP doesn't say "President Obama is an evil right winger" or anything close n/t arcane1 Jun 2015 #80
Be glad to help. The Dept of Labor answers directly to the President. They wouldn't rhett o rick Jun 2015 #103
It's President Obama's Labor department. He appointed the Secretary of Labor. totodeinhere Jun 2015 #144
Careful what you say Phlem Jun 2015 #47
This jamzrockz Jun 2015 #175
Agreed. Phlem Jun 2015 #177
I don't for a second think jamzrockz Jun 2015 #179
Maybe Phlem Jun 2015 #180
I read the article and I am deeply disapointed with President azmom Jun 2015 #51
NY revised the way compensation is awarded and it was cut drastically... Historic NY Jun 2015 #52
It's just that "Umpity Multiple Dimensional Chess" fredamae Jun 2015 #56
The Commoner's List of Obama-Whining is short, not to mention untrue, compared to the litany of achievements, no? Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #59
He told us he is a moderate Republican from the Reagan era LittleBlue Jun 2015 #58
I trust the President to do the right thing neverforget Jun 2015 #61
It is the President's job to weed out incompetents (all Republicans).. bvar22 Jun 2015 #136
... and yet uneducated Tea Masses continue to call him a Marxist ... Myrina Jun 2015 #62
so ironically people who don't have all the time to burn on newsfeeds just assume MisterP Jun 2015 #88
It's good to see DU get off the bash Hillary binge... MohRokTah Jun 2015 #65
Thanks Cha Jun 2015 #76
Anything substantial to say about the OP? Do you support the Republicon efforts to cut benefits rhett o rick Jun 2015 #101
Oh for God Sakes. zentrum Jun 2015 #81
Is the information in the OP false? n/t arcane1 Jun 2015 #82
You won't get an answer, at least not a straight one. DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2015 #87
Yes, good thing 'progressives' are back to focusing on the no good evil-doer twice elected fellow in the WH! Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #89
Do you have anything substantial to say about the OP? Do you support the President and the rhett o rick Jun 2015 #100
But how do you feel about this issue? How do you feel when Pres Obama sides with the Republicons? rhett o rick Jun 2015 #99
No skin in the game, bvar22 Jun 2015 #169
Anything but discussing actual issues. nm rhett o rick Jun 2015 #170
K&R red dog 1 Jun 2015 #112
the real politican comes out when they no longer need votes Skittles Jun 2015 #125
And this is why we all have to get behind Bernie Sanders EOM tiredtoo Jun 2015 #134
I am not one bit surprised. I made him for a ConservaDem before he won the primaries. Stinky The Clown Jun 2015 #139
I have been saying that too. Puzzledtraveller Jun 2015 #195
I lost faith in him since he opened the Arctic, gave away public lands for coal, etc..... glinda Jun 2015 #150
I generally like Obama, but cutting back on Workman's Comp is barbaric. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #153
Oh, no no no, it's just stereophonic, mega-digital, harmonic-converging 3-dimensional Chess nikto Jun 2015 #155
That's right, he's master of the rope a dope Puzzledtraveller Jun 2015 #196
He's playing rope-a-dope ... nikto Jun 2015 #204
Why DIDN'T I rec this highly recced OP? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #160
WTF! blackspade Jun 2015 #164
You're trying too hard Blue_Tires Jun 2015 #172
by agreeing with the republicans again, he's showing how radical they are, so people won't Doctor_J Jun 2015 #189
What bothers me most... thesquanderer Jun 2015 #190
that's because he's one of them (republican). I think he just ran as a democrat to get elected Doctor_J Jun 2015 #193
What does the BOG think of this? Puzzledtraveller Jun 2015 #194
They think the wh Easter pictures are adorable Doctor_J Jun 2015 #199
No aisle, No debate, No transparency, a orpupilofnature57 Jun 2015 #201
Fuckin' A, man. This sucks. eom JEB Jun 2015 #205
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