Obama: could add 1 million new jobs (report from his Tom Joyner interview)

[alp227]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday there were a range of policy options available that could create up to a million new U.S. jobs, in remarks ahead of a major economic speech that he will deliver next week.

Obama must boost growth and bring down unemployment to be confident of winning another White House term in the November 2012 general election. Economists are skeptical he will get Congress to agree to significant new spending on jobs.

"We don't have magic bullets, but what we do have, I think, is the capacity to do some things right now that would make a big difference," Obama said in a interview with popular radio talkshow host Tom Joyner.

The White House says details of the job creation proposals Obama will unveil next week are still being worked out and it has yet to announce an exact date or location for his speech, although Obama hinted at some of the ideas he would put forth.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/30/us-obama-jobs-interview-idUSTRE77T6AV20110830

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in this same interview, Obama criticized George W. Bush's economic policies, didn't he?

[shanti]

1. and i betcha

some of them will be for the TAR SANDS PIPELINE! :grr:

[Earth_First]

3. +1 n/t

[PonyJon]

8. Where is the Republican jobs plan? What is HoR doing about jobs?

Every post here should be directed at the complete lack of anything regarding jobs coming out of the RepubliCON majority House of Representatives (HoR). After that the blame for this abysmal economy should be squarely laid at the feet of the RepubliCON party and the 8 years of Bush league government that got us here. Quit carping and snarking this Administration. Given the OBSTRUCTIONIST REPUBLICON CONGRESS this administration has done wonders in spite of filibusters and dirty tricks by the CONs. Vote a straight Democratic ticket from now on, get the CONs out of congress, and watch how much things change for the better. If you go independent you will only be "shooting yourself in the foot".

[redixdoragon]

16. I think many here are getting past this Red Team/Blue Team...

Crap.

Betweenr epublican and democrat recently it's been two sides of the same coin. Look at the people of Vermont. They are able to vote independant and get a guy in the senate that gives a damn about them. If we keep this fight going between only two choices then those two parties will keeep doing what it is now, focus on beating the other team instead of serving the public.

[cstanleytech]

23. Except its a legit question really. Have you heard the republicans offer up

anything these past 30 years when times were tough other than cutting taxes which failed under both Reagan and Bush jr?

[cstanleytech]

22. The republican plan is "Blame Obama while not offering up a plan themselves"

[No Elephants]

26. My, my, only 100 posts and already shoulding on DUers who don't agree with you.

"Every post here should be directed at the complete lack of anything regarding jobs coming out of the RepubliCON majority House of Representatives (HoR)."

Bullshit.

Try posting on topic, instead of attacking DUers who don't agree with you.

[PonyJon]

46. This NO ELEPHANTS troll is a Rethug to be shunned.

Vote a straight Democratic ticket in November 2012.

[Earth_First]

2. We COULD re-elect you too...

Enough talk, more action.

[ixion]

4. blah blah blah I'm making a special committee blah blah blah looking into that

blah blah blah.

Stop talking about it and deliver.

[jefferson_dem]

6. "Talking about it" is the critical first step in delivering. Silly.

It's not complex.

Step 1: He proposes plan.
Step 2: Congress adopts plan.
Step 3: Plan delivers.

We're not even a day into "Step 1" and you're already complaining. You want it and you want it nnnnnnnnnoooowwwww... :nopity:

[Hawkowl]

9. Do jobs for mercenaries count?

You know, "contractors" for Afghanistan and Iraq? Big fat contracts for KBR and Haliburton and Xe? I mean at least the 66 dead servicemen in Afghanistan alone must have opened up some vacancies? No?

Butchering is highly labor intensive; is that going to be in his plan?

[ixion]

11. It's been 3 years

soooo....

Incidentally, this has nothing whatsoever to do with 'me' as such, as in 'I want it'. It has to do with millions of people who are out of work and one of the worst economies since the Great Depression.

Your smugness is indicative of the problem.

[jefferson_dem]

18. You childishly mock an honest proposal to create jobs and improve the economy with "blah blah blah"

while offering no plausible alternatives of your own ... but others are "smug". Whatever. No credibility.

[ixion]

19. I haven't seen honest from this admin

which has been very disappointing.

When A MILLION jobs are produced, I'll be happy to concede it's 'honest'. Until then, it's crap.

[No Elephants]

27. Give Ixion a big salary, a huge staff and an economic team before you say Ixion is not

entitled to criticize Obama unless Ixion comes up with an economic plan first.

You know, just to level the playing field a little.

[ixion]

33. Incidentally, I have offered other solutions

Retro fitting every property in the US with a hybrid renewable array would create the jobs he's talking about, as I have stated before. I don't see much motion in that direction, however.

[backtomn]

15. 2 1/2 years into his term and NOW he has a plan??

Until something actually works, it is ALL TALK. As one of the unemployed, we needed it years ago. NNNNNOOOOOWWWW would be a good idea, although a bit late.

[jefferson_dem]

17. Hey there! Welcome (back) to DU!

:hi:

[elocs]

21. "Congress adopts plan". In what alternate reality universe is that going to happen? n/t

[cstanleytech]

24. Well they did adopt the plan to extend unemployment

though it clearly was a failure and it probably would have been better to just let the bush tax breaks expire though I got to wonder if those expiring would have even done anything seeing how companies have been exploiting the tax code like GE did to get out of paying any taxes at all.

[No Elephants]

28. That's the beauty part. Democrats will get to blame the economy, incl.joblessness, on Rethugs.

[defendandprotect]

40. Look at all Obama/Dems threw away when they had mandate and majority .... !!!

Oh, yeah -- let's remember there was the Supreman Liebermann who actually

conrolled everything -- !!!

:rofl:

[SoapBox]

13. LOLOLOL

...blah, blah, blah.

That is SO funny.

[ixion]

20. not meant to be funny. Meant to be cynical

it appears you have nuance issues.

[Little Star]

49. Yep! I won't be holding my breath, I'm out of hope. n/t

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. Isn't that swell

Possibility 1 - it's totally lame, already been tried and nobody cares to hear. His own party walks away in disappointed disgust and Obama goes down in history as the president with the longest lame duck period of his presidency.

Possibility 2 - it's totally awesome and everybody goes, "Well, where the hell was this 2 years ago?" but Obama still gets re-elected but he's still sporting the bumps and bruises at his 2nd inauguration.

Possibility 3 (a.k.a. Probability: ALPHA) - After 2 1/2 years he's finally got a decent plan. This might just work but he's blown so much political capital the GOP HoR shuts it down and it stalls. Obama still gets the blame.

[Demeter]

12. Certainty: One Job for Each 20 Unemployed / Underemployed /Forcibly Retired

What a crock!

[No Elephants]

29. A good part of his plan is more tax cuts and the infrastructure bank

the DLC has been pushing for for a while.

[hay rick]

7. Date or location for his speech...

Date- not too close to Labor Day. Wouldn't want a "jobs program" to be associated with all those sweaty labor union members...

Location- not Wisconsin...

[tawadi]

10. I think he's waiting until after the 9/11 anniversary

IMHO

[oNobodyo]

14. It doesn't matter what Obama does, we don't elect kings.

The republicans will block it, water it down or turn it on it's head.

And all the while tactically brilliant leftists will engage in the time honored tradition of the circular firing squad.

After all, we know that the real enemies are those traitors to ideological purity...right?

Why does that seem so eerily familiar?

[cstanleytech]

25. Dont you know? All we gotta do is replace obama with a more progressive president and congress

will then behave like meek sheep and pass whatever his majesty decrees without any stonewalling and they will cheer him when he speaks......................oh and also elvis lives!!!

[No Elephants]

31. Since DU's left talks about electing more liberal Democrats to ALL offices, you can't

possibly be snarking so foolishly about anyone here. That would be dishonest.

[cstanleytech]

32. Actually most of the people when they whine about obama on the DU imo

have just been saying we need a more progressive president and they for whatever reason dont mention that we would also need to have more progressives in office and especially in congress willing to support the president rather than the current makeup in congress which is largely republican.

[No Elephants]

34. I've seen plenty of posts saying we have to elect more liberal Democrats.

And I don't even venture outside this one forum very often.

However, if you expect people to put everything thought into every post on every thread, your expectations may be unrealistic.

"dont mention that we would also need to have more progressives in office and especially in congress willing to support the president"


Huh? Ny post said: "DU's left talks about electing more liberal Democrats to ALL offices."

I never said anything about electing more Democrats who will support this President's agenda.

Bit of a misleading, and silly, twist, there.

[PonyJon]

44. This NO ELEPHANTS troll is a Rethug to be shunned.

[defendandprotect]

38. Entire nation wants to overturn Congress....they understand what's really going on...!!!

Whether you're talking about the White House or the Congress,

we have betrayal and it didn't begin yesterday --

The more you vote for the "lesser evil" the further you move the party

and Congress to the right --

We have 30/40 years of evidence of that -- !!

[bitchkitty]

41. Obama put Social Security on the table -

the first President to do so. And a so-called Democratic president too.

If that's whining, then get me some goddamned cheese.

[treestar]

39. You've got to be kidding

Or read a different DU. Most DU "criticism" is basically berating Obama for not being able to force Tea Party and other Republicans to vote for progressive programs.

[No Elephants]

30. Fuck everyone who tries to equate the left with Nazis, the direct opposite of the left.

Meanwhile, while you go on about a circular firing squad, too bad you seem to miss that yourself are firing at your fellow Democrats and your fellow DUers. So, kudos on your divisiveness, as well as the utter lack of self awareness on that issue that your post exhibits.

BTW, the opposite of left is right and the opposite of Nazi is far left, namely Communism. Not too many Communists here, but a lot of lefties.


"Why does that seem so eerily familiar?"

What a coincidence. I was wondering the same thing about your post.


Oh, and welcome to DU.

[PonyJon]

45. This NO ELEPHANTS troll is a Rethug to be shunned.

Look at this post and quess what he's trying to conflate, it's pretty obvious. This quy is a blatant TROLL.

[defendandprotect]

36. Obama will do what he has consistently done -- CREATE CORPORATE PROFITS ....

If you doubt that, look at what the Koch Bros/DLC Rahm Emmanuel/Obama team did

and 'CROWED' about ... !!!


Rahm .... crowing about preserving "private health care industry" ... business s/b grateful!


”In a Thursday interview, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel argued that rather than recoiling against Obama, business leaders should be grateful for his support on at least a half-dozen counts: his advocacy of greater international trade and education reform open markets despite union skepticism; his rejection of calls from some quarters to nationalize banks during the financial meltdown; the rescue of the automobile industry; the fact that the overhaul of health care

preserved the private delivery system;

the fact that billions in the stimulus package benefited business with lucrative new contracts, and that financial regulation reform will take away the uncertainty that existed with a broken, pre-crash regulatory apparatus.

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=B2F85DDF-18...


If that doesn't make you sick to your stomach, nothing will -- !!

[truedelphi]

48. Plus not just my household, but every individual who has co-pays amounting to

Tens of thousands of dollars. (Someone here on DU just shared how his co-pay for one treatment for his Hep C is going to be HUGE!)

[defendandprotect]

37. Which way has party and Congress moved while voting for "lesser evil" ... only to RIGHT ...

You're supporting a formula which not only failed you, but delivered

you into the arms of the RIGHT WING!!

[GeorgeGist]

35. One million ...

isn't even close to breaking even.

[scribble]

42. Not very damned much ...

This is less than five percent of what we needed THREE YEARS AGO.

Herbert Hoover did better.


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[mvd]

43. I hope so

A lot of people's livlihoods depend on this plan and its success.

[Cherchez la Femme]

47. So, Obama DOES have a magic wand to wave after all!

'Here you are, you low-income, unemployed or on GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE:

1 MilllllLLLLLLLLllion Jobs!

all for you!!!1!!1

There you go, looking a gift horse in the mouth -- so what if they're insufficient to pay your rental, clothing, groceries, medical, basic costs of living, et.al.?

You're way out front, ahead of this *New* Improved (of course!) Third Way field we're creating! Our New, Third Way's American Dream isn't those too-roomy, old-fashioned 'Nuclear Family' houses with their wasteful 1200 sq. ft. interiors, their pastural 50x50 sq.ft. back yards and with their 2-3 bedrooms! --and if done up fancy, some actually have hard wood floors!
But a nice mid-size, even compact vehicles is the home of the future!
***makes note to himself: call them "Environmentally Friendly"

...Hey, we can even call them Green!!'***
*shakes his own hand*

'Oh, and fuck those magic bullets, I've got my wand out.
::::pulls it out, taps it on Presidential Podium, as sparks fly from tip:::
Get it? Wands beat magic bullets by +2D12, so don't you all even TRY!

'Love you all and especially Independents, Moderate Repugs & Wall Streeters, Banksters and WTH, you Baggers too! I'm SURE we can all work together in an uniquely bipartisan way! :woohoo:
Except dyou Lefties, you just suck; jump under my bus: I need traction -- off your face, buttocks, back, doesn't amtter: I. Just. Need. Traction!'


Look: let's just make it easier on all of you: I'm a Democrat, I'm Good. Repuglicans BAD --- that's all you need to know who to vote for!
Only I, the POTUS, can get to like Republicans so much, they've got such GREAT ideas for one, they REALLY care about this country and government (really they do!), and are SO bipartisan that we all work so well together!

But not only that, of course you all know I'm part of their inner group now. I've got 'in' to a lifetime of Bilderbergs & Bohemian Groves, &/etc.

.... sweeet.


My dear fellow Democrats: Don't fuck it up for me.
Remember! The buck's been passed to each of your desks!