I'm reading these and seeing a trend, the stimulus spent near a $trillion and didn't produce a real job so the dems want to try again. Is that right?
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On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.nationaljournal.com/democratic-jobs-bill-goes-down-20111103 > > http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/06/politics/congress-jobs > > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/19/us-usa-congress-jobs-idUSBRE86I1LJ > 20120719 > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jobs_Act > > > http://www.policymic.com/articles/11510/senate-republicans-block-another-job > s-bill-face-backlash-from-american-public > > > http://www.cc.org/capitolhillupdates/republicans_pass_new_jobs_bill_house_16 > _jobs_bills_blocked_senate_dems > > > http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/03/1032905/-Senate-Republicans-kill-th > e-Democrats-infrastructure-jobs-bill > > > http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57517160/senate-gop-blocks-veterans-jobs > -bill/ > > and the list goes on... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 12:09 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Republicans and abortion bills > > > Jobs bill? What the hell will that do? How many did Dems present? > > > At his press briefing today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) highlighted > the House GOP plan for economic growth and job creation, contrasting it > with > President Obama's latest pivot back to jobs with his event in Austin, Texas > today: > > "Today the president's on another jobs tour -- or as the media described it > this morning -- his latest 'pivot back to jobs.' > > "Listen, the Obama administration promised that if its 'stimulus' plan was > enacted, the unemployment rate today would be approximately five percent. > But the unemployment rate is at 7.5 percent. What the president doesn't > seem to understand is that it's his policies that are undermining economic > growth and job creation. > > "Listen, I've run a small business, it's no surprise to me that the economy > is struggling. We've had four years of slow, anemic economic growth and > job > growth. And frankly, it's unacceptable. > > "America desperately needs robust economic growth and job creation. > Republicans have a plan for getting our economy moving again. You don't see > us 'pivoting' back to it every few months; it's been our focus long before > I > became Speaker. And whether it's making our tax code simpler and fairer; > expanding American energy production; reining in red tape; repealing the > health care law that's making it harder for small businesses to hire, > economic growth has been and will remain our biggest focus. > > "These are just some of the common-sense solutions that we would deliver > that we really do believe would create more economic growth and jobs in our > country. > Slow growth can't become the new normal." > > . > > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Larry C. Lyons > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > how many jobs bills have the GOP house sent to the senate Sam? at the > > most > > 1 or 2. > > > > How many attempts have they made to repeal the ACA - over 40 by last > count. > > > > It would seem that the only jobs they're creating are for the > > government printers and the companies that make paper. > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > But Obama's into his second term and nothing by any dem was done to > > > add jobs, nada. The Texas GOP has added jobs but that's not enough. > > > They > > should > > > only do one thing and that's whatever you decide they should do. > > > It's > > just > > > a silly argument is what I'm saying. > > > But let's get back to abortions... > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Considering the unemployment rate went up last month, you could > > > > argue > > its > > > > still pertinent. It wouldn't hurt to get some higher paying jobs > > either. > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > > On Jul 3, 2013, at 10:25 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Looks like all abortions will be limited to hospitals and 20 > > > > > week > > plus > > > > will > > > > > be banned altogether. > > > > > > > > > > Might be an overreach. > > > > > > > > > > But what's that have to do with jobs? Texas has a lower > > > > > unemployment > > > rate > > > > > already. > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > >> Yes. But these bills aren't being proposed as limiting > > > > >> abortions > > > after > > > > 20 > > > > >> weeks. They're being presented as protecting the health of women. > > > And, > > > > as > > > > >> the Texas one is written, it would leave only 5 clinics in this > > state > > > > >> available to perform the procedure. > > > > >> > > > > >> Sent from my iPad > > > > >> > > > > >> On Jul 3, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> So you support late-term abortion for any reason? > > > > >>> > > > > >>> . > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > > > > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > > > > >>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> I've got to say, I'm quite amazed at how well these state > > republican > > > > >>>> legislatures are organized in their efforts to curb abortion > > > rights. I > > > > >> find > > > > >>>> it very amusing that they all seem to be using the line of > > > "protecting > > > > >> the > > > > >>>> health of women" in their efforts to impose harsh > > > > >>>> restrictions on > > > > >> clinics > > > > >>>> to eventually shut them down. Yet, they can't seem to point > > > > >>>> to any > > > > >> evidence > > > > >>>> that this would actually help women in any way. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> I'm still trying to figure out how this relates to jobs as > > > > >>>> from > > > what I > > > > >>>> remember from the last campaign season, that's the most > > > > >>>> important > > > > thing > > > > >> for > > > > >>>> our country and the current president was wasting time on > > > > >>>> public > > > > health. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:365212 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
