Obama's Job Forum More Political Than Practical?


President Barack Obama's December jobs forum may be better at serving his political need to show the White House cares about sky-high U.S. unemployment, than discovering new ways to cheaply boost economic growth.
Obama said last week he was interested in measures to speed job creation without spending money and warned that running up more debt could risk a double-dip recession.
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The White House has already stressed that the Dec. 3 jobs conference will not be about a second stimulus package.
Obama is under pressure to tackle the highest U.S. unemployment in a generation, which, at 10.2 percent, is dragging down his once lofty poll ratings and could hurt his fellow Democrats in congressional elections next year.
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The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away. - Ronald Reagan

 

Right now in my State unemployment is sending messages/visiting companies and corporations to tell them that they have a new program called OJT. On the Job Training. If they need to rebuild their workforce unemployment will pay them 50% of the employees salary for six months (part of the stimulus package).

I believe that the meeting on December 3rd will give businesses an opportunity to get a tax cut if they hire any unemployed. 

So many people are just not finding a job because the market is really locked up tight. We here in our State that more lay-offs are planned for 2010 in Insurance Companies, and Aerospace jobs.

I do hope out of his meeting in December something good comes out of it for those of who have been out of work for a year now!

Posted 2009-11-25T12:29:19Z
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Not certain providing an economic boost can be done cheaply.  Unemployment is very complicated stuff, There are people who approach this type of issue with stupifyingly simplistic "solutions" - ref. Alaska's most recent ex-governor - but the fact remains nearly all decisions involving economic issues have political undertones.

Posted 2009-11-25T13:53:54Z
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The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away. - Ronald Reagan

 

Yes, today December 3rd is when President Obama will have his conference regarding JOBS in America. What will come out of this forum on how to get those that are unemployed back to work. It will probably be a Hugh tax cut for businesses, to hire people.

Again, I stress that government is not in the business to create jobs .

Posted 2009-12-03T10:56:42Z
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David George DeLancey Art Economics History

2:44 P.M. E.S.T. It seems that if a Business is going to get something out of the Govern-ment it could be a value that is considered to be a lower something or-other. Perhaps your wage.

Limited Economic Necessities Distributed = Lend when we put an ING after that it is to cover this property 'In Needing Guidance.' Where does what go. How does What get there.

Here we are involved with David George DeLancey, we are to build a building, I just hired a company to handel the Transportational needs, A company to qualify in the aspects of Plumbing and Electrical, A company to provide the labor and Material Properties, What just happened and what is going on.

Firstly we have David George DeLancey in an Operation to establish a formational tasking in the building and set up of a business charactoristic. At the begining no one else is involved. What is being handed out to the Public when David George DeLancey Decides to Invest some time and property being to the course.

It is a value well to be excepted.

Money does the same thing it operates as a tooling to the public just like the offer established earlier as to a Building Performance in a transactional method. Sequence is with nothing at one source allows another source to seek a valued charectoristic through it. The Public is the remidy.

What comes before and after an issue is a degree worth establishing. An issue would be a Public a degree would be what is being established. Thus may pertain to an agreement of some sort.

2:55 P.M. E.S.T. 1-23-2010

Money will establish a place, property and percetional charector, as to establish a further notice.

Any questions here bring it on, for a more definitional being.

Posted 2010-01-23T19:58:50Z
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The Judge Says:

I think the health-care bill is not only a terrible distraction from jobs and what really matters right now, but it would be a crushing blow to small business, just very ill-advised. I really hope Congress will step back from it.

Cap and trade (to cut carbon emissions) is just simply a disaster. It’s senseless. Even if — we don’t know this, we don’t — but even if manmade activity may someday in decades raise the world’s temperature, this bill won’t affect that. It will impose enormous costs. It’ll double utility rates in this state.

Posted 2010-01-24T05:36:08Z
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David George DeLancey Art Economics History

I'm all for going back to College. I myself just enrolled in a two year program. I am to go a bit further. It was interesting what President Obama did by sort of enforcing a lecture and property as to allow Moms to go back to College. Interesting how we always had that option. I think now the key priority would be the funding to back such a proclamation to it's course. Handel me with care I have heard now and then. Though when it comes down to doing the handling, it would for me be advisable to have all the cookies in the basket. Sort of like Little Red Riding Hood. It still all about the Money seek me next Election and retire another great talent form Office. I see it as "All In The Attempt - Position Filled All Granted And Well" Now lets do it again.

12:54 P.M. E.S.T. 1-23-2010

Posted 2010-01-25T17:55:56Z
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