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26. It sure would be nice if more jobs were created at the same time
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 11:40 AM
Jan 2012

This time in history is perfect for getting rid of excess spending but only if more jobs are being created than jobs being eliminated. It could be done just in combating and adjusting to creating an industry for alternate sources of energy making our dependence on oil a rapidly diminishing reality.

It is so obvious. Even Idiocrats should be able to follow the logic. Sigh...

Too late ... some one else beat you to the HOOVER reference !!!! JoePhilly Jan 2012 #1
You do understand that those jobs aren't simply going to be cut? baldguy Jan 2012 #2
So jobs are going to be cut via attrition? Why that's just wonderful! Better Believe It Jan 2012 #4
Try looking up the definition of the word "attrition" first. baldguy Jan 2012 #5
I did. And it supports the OP, not you. arendt Jan 2012 #9
Yes it's a reduction in workforce - OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS AT LEAST. baldguy Jan 2012 #10
Then count me in as an idiot. Thanks for the namecalling, too. Zalatix Jan 2012 #58
How is it a benefit to eliminate these openings? TheKentuckian Jan 2012 #13
Having two people doing the exact same job is a waste. baldguy Jan 2012 #14
I hope you're still saying that when your boss has you doing the work of 2 people Zalatix Jan 2012 #59
I'm afraid you've got it completely upside down. girl gone mad Jan 2012 #74
Our mission is not to turn a profit, one less well paying job is a far greater drain. TheKentuckian Jan 2012 #99
Those tax dollars can go somewhere else? nt hack89 Jan 2012 #56
So where does the government plan to increase spending to make up for these cuts? girl gone mad Jan 2012 #76
"taxes do not fund spending" - really? hack89 Jan 2012 #91
At the federal level, worker wages and benefits are paid.. girl gone mad Jan 2012 #93
Yup, namely to rate cuts for the top 20% TheKentuckian Jan 2012 #98
I was thinking of education and health care myself. nt hack89 Jan 2012 #100
You show me a couple trillion spent on DESPERATELY needed infrastructure improvements, Systematic Chaos Jan 2012 #6
Sorry, I can't fight stupid. baldguy Jan 2012 #11
Obviously. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #16
Anyone was says Obama is Bush III has reasoning processes which are questionable, at best. baldguy Jan 2012 #18
And I'm not there to yank your blinders off. Systematic Chaos Jan 2012 #89
It's ProSense Jan 2012 #12
Then who are you voting for? Or are you gonna sit it out and let the rabid GOP really stomp us? Zalatix Jan 2012 #83
"Thank God" ProSense Jan 2012 #3
Right.. girl gone mad Jan 2012 #77
K&R SantorumAnalFrothyMX Jan 2012 #7
as long as it is part of the militay complex - I am ok with it n/t 2Design Jan 2012 #8
Department of Commerce and other related agencies, not DoD. (nt) SlimJimmy Jan 2012 #15
K&R AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #17
Recommended. mmonk Jan 2012 #19
The country is not in a depresssion... but of course you knew that. DCBob Jan 2012 #20
1.5 million more children in *severe* poverty since 2008 MannyGoldstein Jan 2012 #21
Wow ProSense Jan 2012 #25
Where's the beef? MannyGoldstein Jan 2012 #42
Thats an issue that I think we all agree needs to be addressed. DCBob Jan 2012 #29
"The money can be used better elsewhere to create jobs that are not "waste and duplication"." girl gone mad Jan 2012 #78
We're not? Yeah, whatever. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #101
We're not in a Depression... SidDithers Jan 2012 #22
That's what they said back in the 1930s, too. Zalatix Jan 2012 #23
This is not the 1930's.. and we were never in a depression at all. DCBob Jan 2012 #28
Coming out of a severe recession? They said that in the 1930s, too. Zalatix Jan 2012 #31
I have lost count.. DCBob Jan 2012 #32
Uh huh, that's what they said about Greece. Zalatix Jan 2012 #55
America is not Greece. DCBob Jan 2012 #60
History rhymes. You should look that up. Zalatix Jan 2012 #94
Look up America and Greece. DCBob Jan 2012 #96
we??? SwampG8r Jan 2012 #34
... SidDithers Jan 2012 #37
but that would in no way make you the elephant SwampG8r Jan 2012 #40
wut... SidDithers Jan 2012 #43
precisely SwampG8r Jan 2012 #67
Actually, the term depression does not have a specific, universally agreed upon meaning. girl gone mad Jan 2012 #79
So now we're blaming President Obama for things he HASN'T even done yet?! FarLeftFist Jan 2012 #24
The conspiracy is just as serious a crime as the act. Edweird Jan 2012 #33
It sure would be nice if more jobs were created at the same time lunatica Jan 2012 #26
oh Goodie...you are complaning again. Sheepshank Jan 2012 #27
K & R! Wind Dancer Jan 2012 #30
That's TOTALLY not RW. If there's one complaint I hear from "progressives" and "liberal Dems" it's Edweird Jan 2012 #35
So you're not one of those "progressives" or "liberal Dems." Got it. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #38
One of the "progressives" and "liberal dems" that spout Reaganisms? Nope, I'm not. Edweird Jan 2012 #39
You refer to "'progressives' and 'liberal dems' that spout Reaganisms." Where are they? AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #44
Not on DU. Here you are a pony wanting irrelevant fringe leftist. Edweird Jan 2012 #49
What you say about the DLC is true, but "DLC" does not stand for Democratic LIBERALS ... AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #50
Post #35 was white hot sarcasm. Edweird Jan 2012 #52
Glad to hear it. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #53
you are 100% correct SwampG8r Jan 2012 #36
Stop twisting: this is about re-organizing and coordination, not cutting jobs frazzled Jan 2012 #41
I think the government should hire ALL the unemployed hughee99 Jan 2012 #45
That‘s roughly what FDR did MannyGoldstein Jan 2012 #46
In addition to FDR, even Nixon was smart enought to realize that putting money in the hands AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #51
+1 Starry Messenger Jan 2012 #47
Why would anyone stay in a job not paying 60k a year? former9thward Jan 2012 #82
So new minimum wage: 60k. Companies that want to continue to do business hughee99 Jan 2012 #84
And the economy would totally tank. former9thward Jan 2012 #85
Details, details, hughee99 Jan 2012 #86
Post removed Post removed Jan 2012 #48
At least we are not to emulate the other Hoover, then we'd be required to cross dress to support O Dragonfli Jan 2012 #54
Welcome to DU... SidDithers Jan 2012 #57
This is called "How you get a depression that rivals the '29 one. Taverner Jan 2012 #61
today's outrage... dionysus Jan 2012 #62
Calling this a depression surfdog Jan 2012 #63
You're the only one who caught the faux pas in the OP. There is no "depression." Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #70
The number of Americans in poverty is growing, MannyGoldstein Jan 2012 #72
I will repeat my response Summer Hathaway Jan 2012 #64
amen Sheepshank Jan 2012 #65
Well said...nt SidDithers Jan 2012 #66
+1! Bashers have NO credibility any longer, it's hard to have open critisim of Obama because of them uponit7771 Jan 2012 #75
As far as I can see, this wouldn't lower aggregate demand at all. The debt ceiling deal for all BzaDem Jan 2012 #68
More than 500,000 federal jobs have been cut under Obama MannyGoldstein Jan 2012 #71
These jobs aren't going to be cut during an econmic downturn. BzaDem Jan 2012 #73
Trying to have it both ways, aren't you? girl gone mad Jan 2012 #80
Look at the debt ceiling deal. BzaDem Jan 2012 #87
"Just because money is saved in one area doesn't mean it isn't spent in another." girl gone mad Jan 2012 #90
That's a lie (though if it wasn't, it would be a good rebuke to the repugs) bhikkhu Jan 2012 #81
You're right, I'm wrong. MannyGoldstein Jan 2012 #92
No problem - and thanks for not taking offense at my wording! bhikkhu Jan 2012 #97
So Obama is doing what Chavez did? joshcryer Jan 2012 #69
You are the king of over statement. Obama prevented a Bush Depression. bluestate10 Jan 2012 #88
No one cared when the MIC 'lost' a trillion dollars Rex Jan 2012 #95
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