3rdnlng Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-job-council-meetings/2013/01/18/id/472072?s=al&promo_code=121B0-1 It's been a year since President Barack Obama's jobs council has had an official meeting, and the panel’s mandate will expire this month unless he extends it, according to Politico. The President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness last met one year ago, on Jan. 17, at the White House, when it gave a list of recommendations to Obama, Politico reports. The meeting was the fourth since Obama created the group in 2011. The White House isn't commenting about why the group hasn't been meeting, according to Politico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/011813-641311-president-obama-unemployment-jobless-jobs-policies.htm?ref=SeeAlso Economy: Last week marked a milestone of sorts: It's been an entire year since President Obama's Jobs Council last met. Say, wasn't this the president who repeatedly promised to "focus like a laser" on jobs? Obama's failed jobs "laser" has been dropped. In its place is a "laser-like" political focus on gun control, the fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling, anything that distracts the public. That explains why he hasn't asked his "Jobs Council" to meet. Indeed, his policies appear designed to kill job creation in America. Don't believe it? Just look at the data. Officially, some 23 million people don't have regular work. While official unemployment has dipped below 8%, the real unemployment rate — the one that counts discouraged workers and those who'd like full-time jobs but can't find one — is 14.4%. Yes, we know, this is a tired litany. And yet, have we become as a people so inured to Obama's failure that we no longer take note of it? Worse, do we just do nothing, letting Obama's ruinous Keynesian experiments take their course? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Obama doesn't need a jobs council in order to create more government jobs or publically funded union jobs. Tax, spend, borrow, repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 It sure would have been nice to hear/see Mitt Romney pound the living s**t out of Obama on this during the Presidential campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 It sure would have been nice to hear/see Mitt Romney pound the living s**t out of Obama on this during the Presidential campaign. Wouldn't have made a difference. Those who voted for Barry didn't care about the economy or jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 It sure would have been nice to hear/see Mitt Romney pound the living s**t out of Obama on this during the Presidential campaign. Mitt Romney owns a horse and causes cancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Obama Continues to Violate His Own ‘Stimulus’ Law by Not Releasing Quarterly Reports Have you heard much about President Obama’s $787,000,000,000 economic “stimulus” (now estimated to cost $831,000,000,000) lately? In its last report, published in 2011, the president’s own Council of Economic Advisors released an estimate showing that, for every $317,000 in “stimulus” spending that had by then gone out the door, only one job had been created or saved. Even in Washington, that’s not considered good bang for the buck. Moreover, that was the fifth consecutive “stimulus” report that showed this number getting progressively worse. Alas, that was the last report we’ve seen. Never mind that Section 1513 of the “stimulus” legislation, which Obama spearheaded and signed into law, requires the executive branch to submit a new report every three months. It reads: “In consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers shall submit quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives that detail the impact of programs funded through covered funds on employment, estimated economic growth, and other key economic indicators.” {snip} With only 58.6 percent of Americans currently employed — down 2.4 percent from the time of Obama’s first inauguration — it’s not surprising that the Obama administration doesn’t really want to fulfill it legal responsibilities and release subsequent reports on its failed “stimulus.” However, it hardly seems fair — to use one of Obama’s favorite words — that the rich and (extremely) powerful think that they can choose whether or not to abide by the laws they spearhead and sign, while the rest of us are forced to obey them. Perhaps it’s time for the rich and powerful to do their fair share and obey the laws that they enforce against others. And perhaps this is something that the House of Representatives might want to look into. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-continues-violate-his-own-stimulus-law-not-releasing-quarterly-reports_697896.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 http://www.weeklysta...rts_697896.html stop it!!! We all know now that he stepped down from his place on high to assume the presidency, Obama is above the law... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 stop it!!! We all know now that he stepped down from his place on high to assume the presidency, Obama is above the law... oh.................okay, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLZFAN4LIFE Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Mitt Romney owns a horse and causes cancer And hates women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juror#8 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 2016 will be your year 3rd. You have the wind at your back. Can't you feel it? Keep fighting the good fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Four years later, and what do we have to show for it? Over 5 Trillion dollars worth of new debt, near record low labor participation rate and a stagnant economy that is virtually flat lining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 and how is this unexpected? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/business/economy/us-economy-unexpectedly-contracted-in-fourth-quarter.html?exprod=myyahoo&_r=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I know, I know! It's because Romney was spreading lies about how bad the economy is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) and how is this unexpected? http://www.nytimes.c...od=myyahoo&_r=0 Love the comment: Barbara Montana For those of us who follow Krugman, there is no surprise with this news. The effort at austerity and major cuts is bearing its shriveled fruit. WHAT AUSTERITY??? Edited January 30, 2013 by meazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) Love the comment: [/font][/color] WHAT AUSTERITY??? [/font][/color] Austerity (noun): Deficit spending at a slower rate. Example: Due to harsh austerity measures, spending decelerated from a 10.1% CAGR to a 9.9% CAGR. Edited January 30, 2013 by Jauronimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Love the comment: [/font][/color] WHAT AUSTERITY??? [/font][/color] On the Left, talking about something is the same as doing something...........................................you know that. results don't matter ...............its intent that important. Look to the December government report on the failure of the Head Start program after 4 decades....................and no politician will even comment on it . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) Let's make sure we all understand this, deficit spending is stimulus. So we've have had four straight Trillion dollar years of Deficit spending. Which means four of the highest years on record of stimulus spending, and they call that austerity? Only in looney left wing circles would anyone call a year of trillion dollar deficit spending as austerity. Edited January 30, 2013 by Magox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 So wait do you guys want to slash spending right now or not...getting a little confusing in here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 So wait do you guys want to slash spending right now or not...getting a little confusing in here.... You are either trolling or don't know how to read. What we are branding as ridiculous is how someone could say that the reason the economy contracted is because of austerity which is ridiculous because there has been no such thing. If that **** confuses you, then you are worse than NJSue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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