"HERE'S THE PROBLEM!" Ratigan Spells-It-Out For Congressman Ellison

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Representative Keith Ellison (DFL-MN).

http://ellison.house.gov/

WASHINGTON -- Progressive Democrats are launching a tour to call for good jobs for the working and middle classes, putting pressure on House Republicans and President Barack Obama to push for more job measures.

"Let's get mad," Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) said at a press conference. "Let's tell the man that we love in the White House to get off of his butt and start supporting some legislature for jobs. ... He's the best speaker in the world, and now we want some action."

Balwin, Conyers and other members of the House Progressive Caucus will participate in a 12-city tour this summer to discuss jobs and how to get the middle class back to work. The tour will launch on Saturday at Netroots Nation in Minneapolis.

In Washington, Republicans and Democrats are engaged in negotiations with the White House over raising the debt ceiling, which the Treasury Department said must be done by Aug. 2 to prevent the government from defaulting on its loans. While many Democrats called for a "clean" debt ceiling increase, Republicans have said they will only approve raising the debt ceiling if it is paired to major cuts to shrink the deficit.

The tour will push for job measures for the middle class as a means of deficit reduction, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said at the press conference.

On the tour, progressive members of Congress will hear from men and women who, like Penny, are unemployed or underemployed and are struggling to remain a part of the middle class.

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, said the group has already proposed jobs bills, but they have been unable to move through a divided congress. The tour is meant to bring more attention to the plight of the middle-and working-classes, he said.

"The American dream used to really mean something," he said. "But right now the economy works only for the rich, not for the rest of us, a big reason why the big corporations and their lobbyists use their wealth and power to write the rules in Congress. It works for them, but not for us."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/14/house-democrats-launch-tour_n_876623.html

[florida08]

1. Ellison is a fine man

Waiting for trickle down job creation will be the death nail. We need a government sponsored program like the WPA. Unemployment has not improved. Why?

There's a long answer for that, and a short answer. The short answer is that unemployment can stay high forever if the wrong policies are in place. If you don't believe that, then vote Republican in 2012 and watch what happens when they start hacking away at public spending. Unemployment will soar to 15 or 20 percent in the blink of an eye.

[notesdev]

3. hell

all you have to do to get unemployment to soar to 15-20% is to report the honest figures

[florida08]

4. you got that right

[midnight]

2. Ordinary folks just want you to get the car out of the ditch...

You need to get the keys back from the banks and let us move on.....