Obama Jobs Speech to Congress

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Announcing some pro-business policies, like the smog thing. Proposing tax cuts for middle class be wrapped into super committee. Emphasizes need to promote infrastructure refurbishment.
 
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wonder how many out of work IT engineers will find gainful employment pouring cement for some WPA-style make-work program?

One thing that would really spur development would be to limit the ability of environmental activist groups (like the Sierra Club) to hold up projects because some critter might be endangered.
 
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MG1968 said:
wonder how many out of work IT engineers will find gainful employment pouring cement for some WPA-style make-work program?

One thing that would really spur development would be to limit the ability of environmental activist groups (like the Sierra Club) to hold up projects because some critter might be endangered.
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Got a job we are working on now that is held up over an endangered bat.
 
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Dumb and petty move by him to try to schedule the night of the R debate. Glad Boehner told him no.
 
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Obama played second fiddle to the Rep debate and
now has POed a lot of football fans, NFL.com has
hidden over 1,000 comments about preempting
the pregame show.

To appease sports fans, Obama has invited the 11
known members of the NASCAR chase to the WH,
5 declined to attend because of scheduling conflicts!
:)
 
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IMO, this speech will have no grand plan, but will have little snipits of plans that he will promote all through his campaign and claim that any one of these plans are why he should be re-elected. This speech will only serve as a kickoff to his 2012 campaign.
 
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BHO called out conservatives as the problem over the weekend. He has NO CLUE! Our POTUS is clueless about anything except campaining and class warfare, which he knows is the only chance he has of being re-elected.

He will never admit that it is the failure of his administration and the first two years of the Dems control, to pass a budget and give the business world ANY sort of stability. That is the main cause of our slow recovery and no new jobs. Not to mention the fear of Obamacare in the corporate world.
 
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The plan:

1) payroll tax cut
2) extend UE payments
3) infrastructure bank
4) "investment" in green energy, education, etc.
5) rebuild schools
6) tax increases on "rich" sold as tax reform
7) lip service to regulatory reform

8-10) blame Republicans and Tea Party, Bush, earthquake, hurricanes, etc.

Did I miss anything?
 
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I dont think he has time for all that. He will get up there, talk about the plights of some union dude he met over the weekend, talk vaguely about cutting taxes (dont want to upset the base) and then talk about civility and how congress needs to get its act together.
 
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VolsNSkinsFan said:
I dont think he has time for all that. He will get up there, talk about the plights of some union dude he met over the weekend, talk vaguely about cutting taxes (dont want to upset the base) and then talk about civility and how congress needs to get its act together.
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That sounds about right.
 
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volinbham said:
The plan:

1) payroll tax cut
2) extend UE payments
3) infrastructure bank
4) "investment" in green energy, education, etc.
5) rebuild schools
6) tax increases on "rich" sold as tax reform
7) lip service to regulatory reform

8-10) blame Republicans and Tea Party, Bush, earthquake, hurricanes, etc.

Did I miss anything?
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Profiling families while they are out for ice cream.

Oops, wrong subject.
 
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What I'd like to hear:

1) Domestic energy production push including Keystone Pipeline
2) Removing head of NLRB
3) Obamacare repeal and restart
4) Tax reform - elimination of subsidies/loopholes and lowering of marginal rates to 2 or 3 categories (individual) and lowered rate on corporations.
5) Reduction or elimination of capital gains for long-term (> 1 year) investments in companies with less than 100 million in sales.
6) Cost/benefit analysis on all new regulation
7) Mandatory regulation sunsets
 
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volinbham said:
What I'd like to hear:

1) Domestic energy production push including Keystone Pipeline
2) Removing head of NLRB
3) Obamacare repeal and restart
4) Tax reform - elimination of subsidies/loopholes and lowering of marginal rates to 2 or 3 categories (individual) and lowered rate on corporations.
5) Reduction or elimination of capital gains for long-term (> 1 year) investments in companies with less than 100 million in sales.
6) Cost/benefit analysis on all new regulation
7) Mandatory regulation sunsets
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I could get on board with those. But, why number 1? Is the issue with energy prices right now lack of supply?
 
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rjd970 said:
I could get on board with those. But, why number 1? Is the issue with energy prices right now lack of supply?
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It's a perceived lack of ability to supply the enormous demand expected from a decently operating world economy.
 
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rjd970 said:
I could get on board with those. But, why number 1? Is the issue with energy prices right now lack of supply?
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I'm really less concerned about today's energy prices than I am long term.

I think this admin is way oversold on "clean" energy to the detriment of domestic production and development.

We've got it, we should use it.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
It's a perceived lack of ability to supply the enormous demand expected from a decently operating world economy.
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So would increase in US production alleviate this concern? In my opinion US production would help little...the first Hurricane or cold winter and prices will skyrocket again. Actual reality doesn't seem to factor in as much as the psychological factors.
 
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volinbham said:
I'm really less concerned about today's energy prices than I am long term.

I think this admin is way oversold on "clean" energy to the detriment of domestic production and development.

We've got it, we should use it.
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My concern is today's prices aren't indicative of reality. They are indicative of perception. More supply isn't going to change that IMO.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
Sure it will.
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It should. I don't think it will though. Speculative buying with no basis in reality will still raise prices. Summer driving season, Fall Hurricanes, Winter Heating Oil, Spring repairs...pick your excuse.
 
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