President Obama's WEEKLY ADDRESS: Creating Jobs and Getting All Americans Back to Work

[Tx4obama]

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
August 06, 2011
WEEKLY ADDRESS: Creating Jobs and Getting All Americans Back to Work

WASHINGTON—In this week’s address, President Obama called on Democrats and Republicans to work together to grow the economy and get Americans back to work. The President has outlined a number of steps Congress can take right now to spur growth and create jobs, including extending tax cuts for working and middle class families, cutting red tape to encourage new businesses to grow and hire, passing trade deals that will support tens of thousands of jobs, and giving our out-of-work construction workers opportunities to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure.

Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Washington, DC

This week, Congress reached an agreement that’s going to allow us to make some progress in reducing our nation’s budget deficit. And through this compromise, both parties are going to have to work together on a larger plan to get our nation’s finances in order. That’s important. We’ve got to make sure that Washington lives within its means, just like families do. In the long term, the health of our economy depends on it.

But in the short term, our urgent mission has to be getting this economy growing faster and creating jobs. That’s what’s on people’s minds; that’s what matters to families in this country. And the fact is, this has been a tumultuous year for the economy. We’ve weathered the Arab Spring’s effect on oil and gas prices. The Japanese earthquake and tsunami’s effect on supply chains. The economic situation in Europe. And in Washington, there was a contentious debate over our nation’s budget that nearly dragged our country into financial crisis.

So our job right now has to be doing whatever we can to help folks find work; to help create the climate where a business can put up that job listing; where incomes are rising again for people. We’ve got to rebuild this economy and the sense of security that middle class has felt slipping away for years. And while deficit reduction has to be part of our economic strategy, it’s not the only thing we have to do.

We need Democrats and Republicans to work together to help grow this economy. We’ve got to put politics aside to get some things done. That’s what the American people expect of us. And there are a number of steps that Congress can take right away, when they return in September.

We need to extend tax cuts for working and middle class families so you have more money in your paychecks next year. That would help millions of people to make ends meet. And that extra money for expenses means businesses will have more customers, and will be in a better position to hire.

Yesterday, I proposed a new tax credit for companies that hire veterans who are looking for work after serving their country. We’ve got a lot of honorable and skilled people returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and companies that could benefit from their abilities. Let’s put them together.

We need to make sure that millions of workers who are still pounding the pavement looking for jobs are not denied unemployment benefits to carry them through hard times.

We’ve got to cut the red tape that stops too many inventors and entrepreneurs from quickly turning new ideas into thriving businesses – which holds back our whole economy.

It’s time Congress finally passed a set of trade deals that would help displaced workers looking for new jobs, and that would allow our businesses to sell more products in countries in Asia and South America – products stamped with three words: Made in America.

And we ought to give more opportunities to all those construction workers who lost their jobs when the housing boom went bust. We could put them to work right now, by giving loans to companies that want to repair our roads and bridges and airports, helping to rebuild America.

Those are a few commonsense steps that would help the economy. And these are ideas that have been supported by both Democrats and Republicans in the past. So I’m going to keep calling on both parties in Congress to put aside their differences and send these bills to my desk so I can sign them right away. After all, both parties share power. Both parties share responsibility for our progress. Moving our economy and our country forward is not a Democratic or a Republican responsibility; it is our responsibility as Americans.

That’s the spirit we need in Washington right now. That’s how we’ll get this economy growing faster and reach a brighter day.

Thanks for listening, and have a great weekend.

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/06/weekly-address-creating-jobs-and-getting-all-americans-back-work


Weekly Address VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tUZg1Mp1ZM

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. "Now watch me hit this drive"

So, the death toll continues to mount in our endless wars, banksters still rule America with an iron fist and the coming "super committee" will be riding in shortly on a pale horse to decimate the New Deal while providing cover for Dems and GOP'ers alike as they do their master's bidding.

I am beginning to disbelieve everything that comes out of Obama's mouth.

[roguevalley]

10. he's about three years too late on this issue. He should have done

this in 2008 and he wouldn't have roaming hoards of starving people roving over the dessicated landscape that is America.

[ClarkUSA]

13. How could he "have done this in 2008"?

[Tx4obama]

22. Obama was sworn in January 20, 2009.

Obama has been in office for only just a little over TWO YEARS and six months.

[Supersedeas]

86. wars and bankers are part of the equation, apparently

[Vanje]

2. Tax cuts!??

Nothing but Tax cuts!??

Fucking TAX CUTS??
and fucking de-regulation?


Mr. President , You had your chance at Tax cuts. You failed.

Tell me again, which party won the presidency in 2008?

[Maven]

5. Don't forget about all those new trade deals.

Those are sure to create jobs here in the USA.

[Vanje]

7. Sweeet Beans!

Sweeet fucking Republican beans!

[ClarkUSA]

15. So will the tax credits he's giving to returning veterans.

[ClarkUSA]

14. He wants to extend payroll tax cuts, which are akin to stimulus because people spend it quickly.

Mine will end up to add up to one monthly mortgage plus property taxes or three months worth of groceries.

[ClarkUSA]

19. He never said "de-regulation". Why are you conflating what he said?

[Autumn]

3. I thought it wasn't the governments role to create jobs.

A change of heart maybe.

[roguevalley]

11. probably saw his polls.

[ClarkUSA]

16. Who said that? Besides you?

[Autumn]

26. That would have been Barack Obama.

Pay attention.

""Now, we have a different vision for the future. See, I’ve never believed that government has all the answers to our problems. I’ve never believed that government’s role is to create jobs or prosperity. I believe it’s the drive and the ingenuity of our entrepreneurs, our small businesses; the skill and dedication of our workers"

See the part where he doesn't believe the government's role is to create jobs?

[ClarkUSA]

31. Link? And you left out the part where he was clearly referring to government jobs.

The speech he gave today was about creating tax incentives for PRIVATE SECTOR hiring of returning veterans.

[Autumn]

34. Link? Look it up if you want one, I gave you his quote n/t

[ClarkUSA]

41. So you don't want me to verify what you say? Gee, I wonder why?

[Name removed]

4. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[ClarkUSA]

17. Oh, you mean the 17 consecutive months of private sector job growth?

:sarcasm:

[eridani]

6. Tax cuts and deregulation? Jesus H Effing Keerist on a raft!

We've had those things since 2001! How many jobs did that get us? Not enough to even take care of new entrants to the labor force. We are fucking DOOMED with no leadership.

[ClarkUSA]

18. He never said "deregulation". Why are you conflating what he said??

[Jakes Progress]

29. Why are you refusing to understand what the president said?

The poster is right. The upshot of that part of the speech is calling for deregulation and tax cuts. How do you interpret "cutting red tape"?

If I say "I will kill that man who has no weapon", I would still be contemplating murder even if I didn't use the word. But you knew that didn't you? Any excuse to defend the indefensible.

[ClarkUSA]

32. Why are you misleading people as to what he actually said? Quote what he really said.

Not what you made up in order to bash him with.

[Jakes Progress]

36. Quotes. You want quotes. You can't handle the quotes.

We need to extend tax cuts for working and middle class families

Yesterday, I proposed a new tax credit for companies that hire veterans

We’ve got to cut the red tape that stops too many inventors and entrepreneurs from quickly turning new ideas into thriving businesses – which holds back our whole economy.

It’s time Congress finally passed a set of trade deals that would help displaced workers looking for new jobs, and that would allow our businesses to sell more products in countries in Asia and South America – products stamped with three words: Made in America.

Those are a few commonsense steps that would help the economy. And these are ideas that have been supported by both Democrats and Republicans in the past. So I’m going to keep calling on both parties in Congress to put aside their differences and send these bills to my desk so I can sign them right away. After all, both parties share power. Both parties share responsibility for our progress. Moving our economy and our country forward is not a Democratic or a Republican responsibility; it is our responsibility as Americans.

How are those. He calls for tax cuts. He calls for cutting red tape. He calls for ideas supported by both parties - that would include republicans.

Now how is that not calling for tax cuts and deregulation and republican cooperation.

See. You need to read more closely.

[ClarkUSA]

38. Thanks for proving that he never said "deregulation". As for red tape... see Reply 35.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=738010&mesg_id=738161

[Jakes Progress]

43. Thanks for proving that you don't understand.

He called for deregulation. If I say "You don't tell the truth." I haven't use the word liar, but I would still get deleted for saying the same thing but with different words.

As for red tape, I say reply 35. See my reply.

[ClarkUSA]

45. Why are you also trying to mislead people? Where does he say "deregulation"?

[Jakes Progress]

48. Why are you avoiding language?

So you give me permission to say that you don't tell the truth in your posts? You don't think that would be me calling you a liar because I didn't use the word?

[ClarkUSA]

51. He never mentions deregulation. You and others are making claims that are baseless.

[Jakes Progress]

56. Look up the word "deregulation" and its synonyms.

And stop being disingenuous.

[Skittles]

80. forget that one, JP

lost cause

[Jakes Progress]

81. I'm not trying to teach this one anything.

I agree about the lost cause. But the more I keep it here tit-tatting with me, the less it is available to crap on other more important threads. It thinks it is doing the lord's work and making inroads while really just shoveling its product deep in the subthread of a subthread where its toxicity is less invasive and this distracts from real discussion less. Plus, it is so very easy.

[eridani]

54. "getting rid of red tape" = "deregulation" Why not answer the question--

"How in fucking HELL are we supposed to add jobs when Obama refuses to recognize any government role other than tax cutting, outsourcing and cutting red tape?" That is no different from Bush, and it has led to negative net job growth for the last decade?

[Vanje]

8. Thanks Tx4O!

That really helped!

[frustrated_lefty]

9. We need to extend tax cuts for working and middle class

Tax cuts don't do much good if you're not bringing home a paycheck.

[ClarkUSA]

20. He has called on Congress to extend UI, which you surely must appreciate & will give him credit for

[frustrated_lefty]

63. Sure.

It's the right thing to do, and I'm happy to give him full credit for that. Hell, I hope he and our congress critters throw their full weight behind unemployment extension, preferably without tying it to some other sacrifice in another crappy bargain with the devil.

My concern is that unemployment extension is a palliative for the symptoms while doing nothing to effect a cure. Similarly, tax credits are great: but they don't address the need for job creation. I find it disturbing that in an address that is supposed to focus on creating jobs and putting Americans back to work, the actual substance of the address is focused upon tax cuts and tax credits. Employment, more than anything else, is going to determine the course of the 2012 election. Unemployment extension and middle class tax cuts, however desirable they may be, aren't going to do the job.

[TheKentuckian]

12. Sounds like the President is taking driving lessons from the folks who put us in the ditch

trying drive us off the cliff

[ClarkUSA]

21. Bullshit. When did Bush ever give a shit about creating jobs in this country?

... while we lost millions of manufacturing jobs over his two terms and 700,000 jobs were being lost every month at the end of his presidency?

When did Bush ever offer a payroll cut for only the working-class and middle-class?

When did Bush ever offer tax credits for domestic employers to hire returning veterans?

President Obama has presided over 17 fucking months of private sector job growth and you can do nothing but compare him to Bush?

You are no friend to the truth.

[Jakes Progress]

24. Read a little more carefully.

And notice the difference between singular and plural nouns.

The republicans have put us in this mess and Obama is calling on the congress to all come together. What world is he from? He doesn't need ideas from the party that is trying to sink him. Nothing they do will be of any help whatsoever. If he doesn't care about finally helping the millions of un and under employed workers get a break, he can at least help himself by not hanging around and calling for republican ideas.

You need to apologize for your last sentence. It is not right.

[ClarkUSA]

25. I read one-line attack rhetoric just fine.

[Jakes Progress]

27. No. Not really. You missed it completely.

Try again. Notice the letter "s" and think about what they told you that meant when you learned to read.

You may be hot at writing one-line attacks, but you are not very good at actually understanding posts that don't hold your rigid point of view.

[ClarkUSA]

30. No, you're conflating in order to create red herrings. Must be a slow news day for you.

:rofl:

[Jakes Progress]

44. Conflating. As Inigo said, I don't think that word means what you think it does.

Must be an off night for the regular crowd. You on duty all by yourself. Cool.

[ClarkUSA]

46. It's like pornography. I know it when I see it. And I always see it with you, dear.

Learn more about it: http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/rachel-maddow-hits-republicans-and-fox-conf

[Jakes Progress]

49. Actually there are definitions for words. For most of us, they have meaning.

You like to just go with a knee-jerk and a kind of fuzzy feeling.

That would explain why you don't understand much of what you comment about.

[ClarkUSA]

52. Red herrings aside, TheKentuckian's Obama = Bush one-liner is ridiculous and false.

[Jakes Progress]

59. Kentuck never said that. Prove it. Show me that phrase. Or apologize

for making stuff up about a fellow DU'er.

[ClarkUSA]

67. Bullshit See Reply #12. Link --------->

"Sounds like the President is taking driving lessons from the folks who put us in the ditch trying drive us off the cliff"
Edited on Sat Aug-06-11 07:47 PM by TheKentuckian

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=738010&mesg_id=738114

[Jakes Progress]

75. Do you not understand how language and plurals work?

You don't know the meaning of the words you use. You don't know how the ends of nouns signal things like plural and possessive. I admire your perseverance at posting given your obvious dislike of language and meaning.

Tell us the convoluted reasoning by which you take the words you quoted and turn them into the silly bush=Obama crap you wrote.

[Jakes Progress]

60. I do understand why you duck proving what you said.

We all do.

[ClarkUSA]

68. LOL! Keep fiddling.

:nopity:

[Jakes Progress]

76. Don't blame you for your nervous laughter. When you talk yourself into a hole

like you have, it is common to get a little hysterical.

Why fiddling? Are you taking all your rhetorical clues from the smilies available? How bereft of ideas does one have to be before that is one's last resort.

But don't worry. You have our pity.

[TheKentuckian]

66. I typed like 23 words and nary a one of them was "Bush", speaking of not being a friend of the truth

[Jakes Progress]

77. This one is really going nuts.

As the president shows more and more of his leanings, the ever faithful crowd is getting desperate. Most of the brighter ones avoid posts where they know there is no arguement. But this one nees no facts or reason, just jumps in a dumps crap all over the room. At least we know it's not a paid poster. What kind of organization would pay for "logic" like this?

[Jakes Progress]

23. Still missing the point. For instance:

What red tape? It's not regulations and red tape that keep business from getting started. It is loans from banks. Don't eliminate needed checks and balances in the workplace. Penalize banks that are not lending to small businesses. No tax credits to banks, but extra taxes if they don't lend. We lent to them. Time for payback.

Trade deals are a trade off. For every product that we get into China or Poland, they get reciprocal agreements for their products. So we get a deal to ship apples to China and they get to put several thousand workers here out of work by shipping something else. Trade deals are neocon code for free trade, a boon to corporations,not workers.

And more kumbaya, let's share and all get along stuff. When will he learn that the republicans are doing their damnedest to sink the economy under his watch. If he diddles around for another two years waiting for the republicans to join him, he is sunk, but more importantly, millions of families get screwed. Mr. President, man up. Do the job and stop waiting for republican love.

[ClarkUSA]

28. Pres. Obama has said in the past he wants to cut through red tape re: bank loans to small businesses

He also never mentioned "regulations" in this speech. He's the one who reversed both Clinton's Glass-Steagall repeal FUBAR by re-regulating Wall Street and the banking industry, remember?

As for his calling to Republicans to join him in creating job initiatives, do you really think you know more than he does about Republicans' motives? Why do you think his job approval is so high after this debt ceiling drama while Congress' and the Tea Party's are at record lows?

[Jakes Progress]

33. Show me where the president defines red tape as bank loans.

Show me the words where he does that. To the whole world, red tape being cut to help entrepreneurs means eliminating rules and restrictions, you know - regulations.

And tell us exactly how the president re-regulated wall street and banking. Show us evidence of the rules that are in effect now that weren't before his cave to wall street. Don't give us speeches about what he said would happen. Show us examples of it happening.

As for your last sentence. Yes. I do. Almost anyone does.

There are a couple of nice ideas here. Again they are ideas until he uses the power of his office to shepherd the through to law and enforcement. But most of it is boiler-plate washington speak for "let's look like we care."

[ClarkUSA]

35. In the past, Pres. Obama has said just that in trying to loosen lending to small businesses.

Google is your friend:
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=president+obama+speech+red+tape+small+business+loans&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Be sure to read the WH transcript of his speech (the first search engine source) for the phrase "red tape".

More news articles about his efforts:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/money/financing/article204506.html
http://tinyurl.com/obamasaysnomoreredtape

<< And tell us exactly how the president re-regulated wall street and banking. >>

Call up Barnie Franks office and ask them to give you details of the Dodd-Frank Act. And I repeat, Google is also your friend:
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=dodd-frank&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

[Jakes Progress]

40. So you have nothing? Just a google search.

You give a blind google search. You find stories that say what they think the writers think they believe what is being said.

And you refer to the Dodd-Frank Act. Refer to this:http://rortybomb.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/rob-johnson-on-the-one-year-anniversary-of-dodd-frank/

Then go here: http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2011/0727/Hedge-funds-regulation-It-s-not-working-out

Here's another: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/07/dodd-frank-financial-regulation-bill-turns-one-not-nearly-potty-trained/242294/

From that article:

On this day a year ago, President Barack Obama signed into law the most momentous financial regulation legislation since rules were put in place following the Great Depression. And yet, little appears to have changed.

A handful of rules or mechanisms have been put in place that policymakers hope will help. A huge number, however, either haven't taken effect or have been put on hold because regulators are having trouble implementing them. Other new rules may have done net harm up to this point, resulting in a slower economic recovery.

At this point, the Dodd-Frank bill appears pretty much exactly like you'd expect it to at its young age of one-year-old. It's a baby -- an infant. It's still making a mess of things; it certainly hasn't got potty-training down yet. Is it hungry? Tired? Gassy? Few can understand what it's even asking for some of the time.

Of the 87 studies that the bill required, just 26 had been completed as of July 1st, according to an analysis published by law firm Morrison & Foerster.

There is a graph with that article, if so many words can't explain.

Now try again. Show me the words, the text, where the president himself says that red tape means bank loans. After all, that is what you said he said.

[ClarkUSA]

42. You can cherrypick Obama-bashing op-eds by MSM whores all you want. But I proved you wrong.

President Obama does indeed understand that red tape = inability for small businesses to get loans and has tried to do something about it.

I take it you don't want to call Barnie Frank's office? :rofl:

[Jakes Progress]

47. Still got nothing? Can't prove what you said?

You can misinterpret stories that you think praise Obama, but you proved noting. You mashed together a bunch of stuff that doesn't come close to addressing what you said it did.

To you, anyone who finds fault with Obama is a whore. Hmmm. So what is a person who gives it away to Obama without thought or principle?

[ClarkUSA]

50. Only partisans would ignore the fact that Pres. Obama reregulated what DINO DLC Bill deregulated.

[Jakes Progress]

57. It's okay if you can't find it. No one else can either. There's a reason.

[ClarkUSA]

69. Your rhetoric is amusing, given I proved every one of your claims wrong.

[Jakes Progress]

73. Only in your twisted sense of partisan loyalty. Not to readers or thinkers.

[Jakes Progress]

58. You calling others partisan. That's funny. Do you know what it means?

I know you aren't really big on what the real meanings of words are, but this one is really funny. I mean, you using partisan as a pejorative term. Look it up. See if it seems to fit someone on this thread. (Hint: Look at who is typing a reply to this post.)

[ClarkUSA]

70. Anyone who denies the achievements of this POTUS is a bilious partisan.

[Jakes Progress]

74. So very evident that you still don't know the definition of that word.

[Cali_Democrat]

37. He wants Congress to pass "free" trade deals?

Good god!

:banghead:

[ClarkUSA]

39. Why are you putting in quotations what he never said? Why are you trying to mislead people?

If you are at all interested in the facts, this is what President Obama actually said in his address today:

"It’s time Congress finally passed a set of trade deals that would help displaced workers looking for new jobs, and that would allow our businesses to sell more products in countries in Asia and South America – products stamped with three words: Made in America."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=738010&mesg_id=738010

Gee, what nerve! Made in America??? I'm OUTRAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :sarcasm:

[Armstead]

65. They're just more of the same old shit that's been conning people for years

OH. Wait...Obama did hold out for "retraining" for all the workers who are going to lose their jobs because of these trade deals that are going to help employment in the US.

So we're going to pass more trade bills that are going to rssult in more lost jobs, but they are helping to create jobs.

Yes that makes a whole lot of sense.

[ClarkUSA]

71. That's more of the same old demonization of Obama that's been misleading people for years

[Fearless]

53. Read the title... knew it was going to be crap... finished the thing... was proven right.

Let him make a job by giving up his.

[cherokeeprogressive]

55. And not a SINGLE FUCKING WORD about the country's credit rating being downgraded.

Not a word. What, does he think if he doesn't say it, people like you will forget it happened? If he doesn't mention it, does it mean it was all in our imagination?

This man is in over his head. His political advisors are in over their heads. His economic advisors are in over their heads.

Sometimes I wonder how much you're getting paid...

[Tx4obama]

61. Probably because the speech was composed and the video was taped BEFORE the downgrade.

Obama does NOT have a time machine or a magic wand in order to go back in time.

---

Edited to add...

The WhiteHouse posted the video on YouTube BEFORE S&P announced the downgrade, see below:


Posted on YouTube: August 05, 2011
By YouTube Member: whitehouse

Look here at the 'video info' in the video box on this link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x606821

[cherokeeprogressive]

62. So he phones it in. Or mails it in. Cool.

[Tx4obama]

64. I am not going to waste my time arguing with you.

I took that time to find the 'FACTS' and post 'em for you, and apparently all you want to do is find fault.

If you don't have a clue about how things are done at the White House to accommodate President Obama's busy schedule then I can't be of help to you.

Goodnight, and good luck.

Ciao :)

[indepat]

72. Creating job and getting Americans back to work must take back-seat to RW priorities: after all,

there are social security, Medicare, and Medicaid cuts to be made all the while the uber-wealthy and large corporations continue to suck furtively at the public welfare teat because these are jobs #1. :patriot:

[paulk]

78. comparing the federal government to a family

is just plain fucking stupid.

[Skittles]

79. *YAWN*

how long has it been now???

[TK421]

82. I sure do love a good speech, don't you Skittles?

they're so...effective, don't you think? :crazy:

[Skittles]

84. AAAAAAAAAAAAALIL

KILL TK421...........KILL!!!!!!!!!!

[TK421]

83. I don't know about the rest of you, but this speech made me swoon!

he's got the dreamiest voice, like, evah!! :loveya:

[girl_interrupted]

85. ROFL!

Hope those on the unemployment lines were equally impressed!