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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

House Will Finally Vote to Create Jobs Tonight

Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:59 PM

Oh, no, wait. No, I'm sorry. I misread the story. They're not going to create jobs. Instead, they're taking care of other important business:

The House will vote tonight on a bill that would solidify the phrase "In God We Trust" as the nation's motto, and would support and encourage "the public display of the national motto in all public buildings, public schools, and other government institutions."

The vote should occur around 6:30 pm ET.

This is what happens when you give the Republicans the steering wheel.

 

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Agreeing with you on the lameness.

But government does not 'create jobs.'
Posted by D on November 1, 2011 at 3:01 PM · Report
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What D said!
Posted by Reymont on November 1, 2011 at 3:19 PM · Report
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Thanks, D and Reymont, for reminding us that things like the Hoover Dam and the Interstate Highway System were spontaneously created by magical fairies.
Posted by dmitrir on November 1, 2011 at 5:55 PM · Report
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@Dmitrir - sure, the government can create welfare projects....
Posted by Reymont on November 1, 2011 at 6:55 PM · Report
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@dmitrir and @Paul: If I stole money out of your bank accounts, and used it to pay D to wash my car...I didn't create a job. That's no net benefit, and its not what we should want the government to do. How many lawmakers can also make good business decisions, anyway?
Posted by Reymont on November 1, 2011 at 7:15 PM · Report
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The $447 billion American Jobs Act proposes to create 1.9 million American job, which works out to a cost of about $235,263 per job and add 2 percentage points to GDP.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office…

Since when does this White House ever get its numbers right. The last $900+ billion stimulus was supposed to drop unemployment under 8%, but it went over 10%. Keynesian economics fails every time it is tried!

If he wants to throw away money, just write every man, woman and child a check for $1,500. It will do a lot more for the economy than his ridiculous plan.
Posted by Andy from Beaverton on November 1, 2011 at 8:30 PM · Report
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Yeah, those checks we all got during Bush worked incredible wonders. That's why we should "Change It Back" to those lovely Bush years.
Posted by geyser on November 1, 2011 at 10:02 PM · Report
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In the "Bush years" the checks did stimulate the economy. Even you might have been able to keep your job during the times compared to this Great Recession.
Posted by Andy from Beaverton on November 2, 2011 at 10:18 AM · Report

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