Soon GOP presidential candidates will parrot the nostrum 'government doesn't create jobs.'
Actually, government does create jobs, have a look at right of this column at the daily U.S. Department of Defense Contracts valued at $6.5 million or more.
Call up US Rep Diane Black and Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R–Tennessee) and tell the members that, for example, Tullahoma Industries LLC,* Tullahoma, Tennessee (awarded a maximum $59,389,738 modification contract announced May 6) is going to have its DoD contract nixed because 'government doesn't create jobs.' [*Small business in Historically Underutilized Business Zone]
Black and DesJarlais don't believe this nonsense any more than any other Republican.
Black and DesJarlais just want government money spent on Republicans and the special moneyed interests for whom the GOP fronts, and of course industries bordering their congressional districts.
Throw in the bigotries and outright racism of rural Tennessee and you have today's Republican Party in a nut shell.
But ask Black and DesJarlais and every GOP candidate for president if they want massive infusion of money for infrastructure and schools across the nation, and suddenly the 'government doesn't create jobs' nonsense emits again.
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Sep 22, 2012
On Tom Coburn and GOP Senators Blocking Veterans Jobs Bill
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| Sen. Ron Johnson: Out-of-work veterans can go to hell |
Heather at Crooks and Liars has excellent commentary, reserving Sen. Tom Coburn (OK) for special opprobrium as the GOP again tells veterans to get lost.
"The unemployment rate for Iraq and Afghanistan-era Veterans (or Gulf War II-era Veterans) in August ticked up to 10.9 percent," notes a VA blog.
Jon Stewart nails it: "So once again, 800 billion dollars, unfunded, for war. A billion dollars, but paid for in a way you aren't crazy about to help the guys who fought the war get jobs afterwards, 'We're not made out of money people.'"
Sep 10, 2012
GOP Blocks Econ Policies, Then Asserts Policies Have Failed
Oct 12, 2011
Mitt Romney Slams Saving Auto Industry Jobs
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| Growing Manufacturing with the Auto Industry Turnaround - A good thing |
By Phil Scarr
It nearly slipped by, but Mitt Romney [GOP frontrunner this week] bashed the Obama administration for the wildly successful bailout of the auto industry.[[W]e decided to do more than rescue this industry from a crisis. We decided to help it retool for a new age, and that’s what we’re doing all across the country – we’re making sure America can out-build, out-innovate, and out-compete the rest of the world.As Jonathan Alter points out, if he’s the nominee, he can kiss Michigan goodbye. The Dems will use that clip over and over and over to hammer him.
- Remarks of President Barack Obama; Saturday, June 4, 2011 Toledo, Ohio
Apr 1, 2011
Krugman: GOP is on the wrong side of history
GOP: We must destroy employment in order to save it.
Update: Robert Reich: The Truth About the Economy that Nobody in Washington Or on Wall Street Will Admit: We’re Heading Back Toward a Double Dip. "Republicans, for their part, worry that if they tell it like it is Americans will want government to do more rather than less. They’d rather not talk about jobs and wages, and put the focus instead on deficit reduction (or spread the lie that by reducing the deficit we’ll get more jobs and higher wages)."Paul Krugman:
In fact, across-the-board wage cuts would almost certainly reduce, not increase, employment. Why? Because while earnings would fall, debts would not, so a general fall in wages would worsen the debt problems that are, at this point, the principal obstacle to recovery.
Jul 22, 2010
Congress approves unemployment extension, 82 percent of House Republicans vote 'NO'
Even as unemployment offices across the nation were deluged with calls resulting in busy signals for callers, 82 percent of House Republicans vote 'NO' on extending unemployment benefits.
Final Roll Call Vote.
By John Fritze
A long-debated proposal to extend unemployment benefits through November won approval in the House of Representatives today – setting the stage for what is likely to become a top campaign issue as the November midterm election nears.
A day after the Senate advanced the measure, the House voted 272-152 to send the benefits extension to the White House for President Obama's signature. But the debate over the cost the legislation – and the state of the nation's economy – continues to dominate House and Senate races across the country.
The legislation extends benefits for those who have already used up their standard 26 weeks of unemployment, which Democrats said is necessary to help millions of out-of-work Americans. Republicans say they also support extending the benefits but argue the government should not borrow the $34 billion needed to pay for it.
Democrats blamed Republicans for slowing progress on the legislation. "The House acted in May, but for six weeks Senate Republicans blocked unemployment insurance," said Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., who chairs the Ways and Means Committee. "They stood not on the side of, but in the way of millions of Americans."
Republicans continued to hammer away on rising deficits.
"The other side says that these unemployment benefits stretching to almost two years are needed and must be added to the $13 trillion debt, even as they claim their trillion-dollar stimulus plan has been a success at creating millions of jobs," said Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., according to the Associated Press. "It makes you wonder if they're looking at the same jobs data as the rest of us."
Thirty-one Republicans joined with a majority of Democrats to support the bill and 10 Democrats broke ranks and voted against it, according to the official roll call.
Final Roll Call Vote.
By John Fritze
A long-debated proposal to extend unemployment benefits through November won approval in the House of Representatives today – setting the stage for what is likely to become a top campaign issue as the November midterm election nears.
A day after the Senate advanced the measure, the House voted 272-152 to send the benefits extension to the White House for President Obama's signature. But the debate over the cost the legislation – and the state of the nation's economy – continues to dominate House and Senate races across the country.
The legislation extends benefits for those who have already used up their standard 26 weeks of unemployment, which Democrats said is necessary to help millions of out-of-work Americans. Republicans say they also support extending the benefits but argue the government should not borrow the $34 billion needed to pay for it.
Democrats blamed Republicans for slowing progress on the legislation. "The House acted in May, but for six weeks Senate Republicans blocked unemployment insurance," said Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., who chairs the Ways and Means Committee. "They stood not on the side of, but in the way of millions of Americans."
Republicans continued to hammer away on rising deficits.
"The other side says that these unemployment benefits stretching to almost two years are needed and must be added to the $13 trillion debt, even as they claim their trillion-dollar stimulus plan has been a success at creating millions of jobs," said Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., according to the Associated Press. "It makes you wonder if they're looking at the same jobs data as the rest of us."
Thirty-one Republicans joined with a majority of Democrats to support the bill and 10 Democrats broke ranks and voted against it, according to the official roll call.
Jobless Benefits Unsuccessfully Blocked by GOP onto House Vote, then Obama
By Andrew Taylor
WASHINGTON – A House vote Thursday is expected to send President Barack Obama a long-sought measure to resume unemployment payments to millions of people whose benefits have lapsed.
Obama is set to sign the bill as soon as Congress can ship it to him. The Senate broke through months of [GOP obstruction] in passing the measure Wednesday by a 59-39 vote. The House planned to vote around midday Thursday.
Some 2.5 million people who been out of work for six months or more and have seen their jobless benefits lapse would receive back payments within a few weeks.
Obama promised to sign the measure quickly once the House acts and denounced the "weeks of parliamentary roadblocks by a partisan minority" that had stalled approval in the Senate.
"Americans who are working day and night to get back on their feet and support their families in these tough economic times deserve more than obstruction and partisan game-playing," Obama said in a statement Wednesday night.
Under best-case scenarios, unemployed people who have been denied jobless benefits because of the partisan Senate standoff can expect retroactive payments as early as next week in some states.
At issue are jobless payments averaging $309 a week for almost 5 million people whose 26 weeks of state benefits have run out. Those people are enrolled in a federally financed program providing up to 73 additional weeks of unemployment benefits.
About half of those eligible have had their benefits cut off since funding expired June 2. They are eligible for lump-sum retroactive payments that are typically delivered directly to their bank accounts or credited to state-issued debit cards.
In states like Pennsylvania and New York, the back payments should go out next week, officials said. In others, like Nevada and North Carolina, it may take a few weeks for all of those eligible to receive benefits.
Democrats have become more aggressive in attacking the GOP for opposing the measure, which has been stripped down so that it's essentially limited to a $34 billion, six-month renewal of unemployment insurance for the chronically jobless.
Republicans say they support the benefits extension but insist any benefits be financed by cuts to programs elsewhere in the $3.7 trillion federal budget. Maine GOP moderates Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins were the only Republicans to support the bill Wednesday.
Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska was the only Democrat to break with his party to oppose the bill.
Democrats tout the economy-boosting effect of unemployment checks since most beneficiaries spend them immediately, and they say paying for them with cuts to other programs dilutes the stimulative effect.
"Extending unemployment insurance isn't just the right thing to do. It's also the smart thing to do for our economy," said Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.
Economists say the measure will probably have a modest beneficial effect on the economy. It represents less than one-quarter of 1 percent of the size of the $14.6 trillion economy, and is far smaller than last year's $862 billion stimulus legislation.
WASHINGTON – A House vote Thursday is expected to send President Barack Obama a long-sought measure to resume unemployment payments to millions of people whose benefits have lapsed.
Obama is set to sign the bill as soon as Congress can ship it to him. The Senate broke through months of [GOP obstruction] in passing the measure Wednesday by a 59-39 vote. The House planned to vote around midday Thursday.
Some 2.5 million people who been out of work for six months or more and have seen their jobless benefits lapse would receive back payments within a few weeks.
Obama promised to sign the measure quickly once the House acts and denounced the "weeks of parliamentary roadblocks by a partisan minority" that had stalled approval in the Senate.
"Americans who are working day and night to get back on their feet and support their families in these tough economic times deserve more than obstruction and partisan game-playing," Obama said in a statement Wednesday night.
Under best-case scenarios, unemployed people who have been denied jobless benefits because of the partisan Senate standoff can expect retroactive payments as early as next week in some states.
At issue are jobless payments averaging $309 a week for almost 5 million people whose 26 weeks of state benefits have run out. Those people are enrolled in a federally financed program providing up to 73 additional weeks of unemployment benefits.
About half of those eligible have had their benefits cut off since funding expired June 2. They are eligible for lump-sum retroactive payments that are typically delivered directly to their bank accounts or credited to state-issued debit cards.
In states like Pennsylvania and New York, the back payments should go out next week, officials said. In others, like Nevada and North Carolina, it may take a few weeks for all of those eligible to receive benefits.
Democrats have become more aggressive in attacking the GOP for opposing the measure, which has been stripped down so that it's essentially limited to a $34 billion, six-month renewal of unemployment insurance for the chronically jobless.
Republicans say they support the benefits extension but insist any benefits be financed by cuts to programs elsewhere in the $3.7 trillion federal budget. Maine GOP moderates Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins were the only Republicans to support the bill Wednesday.
Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska was the only Democrat to break with his party to oppose the bill.
Democrats tout the economy-boosting effect of unemployment checks since most beneficiaries spend them immediately, and they say paying for them with cuts to other programs dilutes the stimulative effect.
"Extending unemployment insurance isn't just the right thing to do. It's also the smart thing to do for our economy," said Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.
Economists say the measure will probably have a modest beneficial effect on the economy. It represents less than one-quarter of 1 percent of the size of the $14.6 trillion economy, and is far smaller than last year's $862 billion stimulus legislation.
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