Very frustrated about this whole supposed "Jobs Bill" from Obama. It's just more of the same, spend, spend. He just doesn't get it. He doesn't view the government as accountable to its people. In his mind, I am sure of it, the government is there to "take care of" its people. He and his kind would love nothing more than to continue to "take care of" the people. That's why he keeps extending unemployement, instead of getting out of the way and instituting long-term stable laws for business growth. We need more jobs for those unemployed, not more pacifiers.
I cant tell you how many stories I hear of people who have given up, at least temporarily, and are just accepting the fact that they are going to live on unemployment, maybe until the economy gets better. But if they knew that they weren't going to have it in 6 months, I guarantee you they would be taking whatever jobs they could that would put food on the table, instead of waiting for a job that "suits" their skills and abilities or lifestyle.
There are definitely those who are on unemployment who are constantly seeking and still having a hard time. But that is why we need the govt to get out of our way!
Yes, WE hire the govt to take care of large national scale projects like interstate travel and road building, and then there is the payment of our military to protect the whole nation as a whole against foreign invaders.
But the main purpose of government is to enable us as citizens to pursue our dreams and aspirations, to build businesses, to hire when we can AFFORD to hire.
His plan to give tax breaks for businesses "when they hire new employees" sounds all good and fine, but when your business is suffering because of too much regulations and government taxes as it is, you can't afford to hire!
Think about it. For example, if a company gets a $3000 tax write-off for hiring a $30K employee, they STILL have to come up with that $27K in their budget to afford that employee. This write-off is not necessarily incentive, especially for small to medium sized private businesses, which is the majority of the economy.
My husband opened a business in '07 and it failed in '09 for various reasons, most of which had to do with payroll and not being able to handle the growth he did have because of large taxes on employment and hiring companies. But the cost of adhering to all the regulations was enormous. I had no idea!
Another thing......all the news stations are talking about the fact that these are the same kinds of tax hikes, oh I'm sorry, "tax provisions" that Obama's administration tried to get passed in '09. He couldn't get it passed back then, even with a Democratic controlled House and Senate! So why, they say, does he think he will be able to pass it now, with Republicans in the mix?
I'll tell you why. If he truly believes Republicans would pass this, it is only because of a deluded plan to guilt them into it, because he knows that they know the Republicans will be blamed if they don't comply with all his great and wonderous ideas.
And hey, if they or we, as the American public, don't comply with his almighty Spending Stimulus, (oh sorry, his "Jobs Bill"), then he can still use it against his detractors during his whole re-election campaign.
"After all", he will say, "I had a great plan and they didn't pass it. I did my best, guys. But the Republicans and Tea Partiers blocked our country's economic salvation."
It really is genius if you think about it. Evil, but genius. He knows he is toast anyway as far as the 2012 election right now. So he is going to go for broke and try to push through his spending agenda on the back of our country's economic crisis.
If he gets it passed, he gets his wish to spend this country into the ground. If he doesn't, he gets to blame it on the other side and maybe, just maayyybe, save his Presidential seat.
Gotta love politics, eh?
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