Stephanie
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President Obamas much-anticipated jobs speech will undoubtedly cover more of the same things that already havent not worked. He will propose an infrastructure bank, extension of unemployment and food stamps, promotion of green jobs, more government-corporate partnerships, and a one-year extension of the payroll tax reduction. Hell advocate a second stimulus. He may be flanked by his jobs commission, headed by the CEO of General Electric, which earlier issued a lame interim jobs report.
His speech will not be about jobs. Instead, it will be a campaign speech in disguise.
Obama cannot propose a real jobs program. His constituents would rebel. A real jobs program attacks too many of the core beliefs of his party, such as minimum wages and higher taxes on the better off. Even if his presidency rested on it, Obama couldnt emulate Bill Clintons 1996 Welfare Reform Act that triangulated him from his own party. There is no way for Obama to enunciate the equivalent of Clintons We must end welfare as we know it. His core beliefs rule out such a dramatic move to the center.
However, if Obama really wished to create jobs, he must:
read it all here.
Why Obama Can't Support A Real Jobs Program - Forbes
President Obamas much-anticipated jobs speech will undoubtedly cover more of the same things that already havent not worked. He will propose an infrastructure bank, extension of unemployment and food stamps, promotion of green jobs, more government-corporate partnerships, and a one-year extension of the payroll tax reduction. Hell advocate a second stimulus. He may be flanked by his jobs commission, headed by the CEO of General Electric, which earlier issued a lame interim jobs report.
His speech will not be about jobs. Instead, it will be a campaign speech in disguise.
Obama cannot propose a real jobs program. His constituents would rebel. A real jobs program attacks too many of the core beliefs of his party, such as minimum wages and higher taxes on the better off. Even if his presidency rested on it, Obama couldnt emulate Bill Clintons 1996 Welfare Reform Act that triangulated him from his own party. There is no way for Obama to enunciate the equivalent of Clintons We must end welfare as we know it. His core beliefs rule out such a dramatic move to the center.
However, if Obama really wished to create jobs, he must:
read it all here.
Why Obama Can't Support A Real Jobs Program - Forbes