Obama, Cantor Work Together To Help Americans

[MannyGoldstein]

President Obama signs the JOBS Act, joined by Act author Eric Cantor, Scott Brown, Patrick McHenry, and others.





Working with Republicans instead of against them, we can accomplish great things. Yes We Can.

Spitzer among JOBS Act detractors

The JOBS Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday, was opposed by financial regulators, including Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Schapiro, who said, "We should not walk backwards here," referring to a provision that allows financial analysts to publicly discuss relatively small companies they are researching for banks handling the public debuts.

Spitzer, quoted by The New York Times Thursday, said: "It is a bad sequel to a bad movie. It shouldn't be called the JOBS Act. It should be called the Bring Fraud Back To Wall Street Act."

[joeybee12]

1. With a good acronym you get good press...truth be dammed!

KNR

[woo me with science]

2. Every damned day. There's a new one every day.

Occupy.

[Autumn]

3. Look at those smiles.

Of course one can smile when one passes a big pile of shit.

[babylonsister]

4. Yay, Manny! You found one! nt

[peacebird]

5. If Cantor is FOR it then we ought to be very worried... Anything my smarmy rep is FOR is bad...

[marmar]

6. Jim Hightower's take on the so-called JOBS Act.....

by Jim Hightower


Hallelujah, Washington has finally heard the people's cries for jobs! In an urgent bipartisan push, Democrats and Republicans have joined hands across the aisle to pass the JOBS Act. In this time of "The Great Hurt" — with widespread unemployment, middle-class incomes tumbling and the price of gasoline skyrocketing — we can all applaud our stalwarts in the capital city for meeting the No. 1 need of America's hard-hit economy: deregulating Wall Street.

Huh? I thought this was a jobs bill?

We'll get to that, but first (as always) Wall Street bankers must be served. Yes, them. The same priests of unmitigated arrogance who caused the disastrous financial crash that continues to rumble across our land. The same Wall Streeters we bailed out with trillions of public dollars. That Wall Street is now sulking and skulking around the U.S. Capitol, insisting that it is an economic victim, held back from its profiteering potential by government regulations to protect the public from finaglers and fraudsters. "Free Wall Street," is their cry!

Clucking with sympathy, Congress' tea party Republicans have rushed to the side of these poor, rich financiers, pledging to unshackle them from "burdensome" regulations. Serving Wall Street is not all that popular these days with voters, however, so the Repubs and their Democratic allies have committed their own fraud in order to pass this bill, deceptively titled it the "JOBS Act" (even though it doesn't actually create any jobs). ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/04

[Autumn]

9. They all think we are fools.

We must be, we keep voting for them.

[MrSlayer]

7. ...work together to help Americans get fucked even harder.

Why do we pretend anyone is on our side in Washington?

[ProSense]

8. Well,

...they're in good company. DeFazio, Ellison, Frank Waters and other progressives voted for the bill

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll132.xml

Still, I feel ignored: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002522741

[freshwest]

10. The smiles are all part of the 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer' strategy.

I'm not sure why you're bringing those names up. After all, they may not be real progressives, you know...

[Poll_Blind]

11. Their vote says about as much on the face of it as Ben Nelson's vote for the PPACA. nt

PB