Obama Gets Second Chance to Stress Jobs Focus at State of the Union

[Gerald]

President Obama declared in his last State of the Union address that jobs would be his "number one focus" in 2010. Consider this year's address Take 2.

With unemployment still hovering above 9 percent, the president will undoubtedly use his speech Tuesday to outline a revamped gameplan for tackling the country's economic problems. White House senior adviser David Plouffe, the president's former campaign chief, said as much Friday in an e-mail announcing Obama will discuss how to "create jobs today" and "make America more competitive tomorrow."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...s-state-union/



Note: Published January 21, 2011

[Oberon]

In before Oba....dammit

[the_tyrant]

I'll bet things won't improve much

[UnderseaLcpl]

Oh, good.

[ETR3(SS)]

Unless the President is going to increase his staff by thousands he can't create any jobs. The only people that can create jobs are the people. Consumers need to demand more from companies. That means accountability. As a consumer I am their most important investor, more important than the share holders, they need to be accountable for everything in their business. Made a poor business decision? Own up to it and try something new. When that demand is heard and enacted upon, consumer confidence will grow and people will be more willing to part with their money. And it will all trickle back through the system.

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

Unless the President is going to increase his staff by thousands he can't create any jobs. The only people that can create jobs are the people. Consumers need to demand more from companies. That means accountability. As a consumer I am their most important investor, more important than the share holders, they need to be accountable for everything in their business. Made a poor business decision? Own up to it and try something new. When that demand is heard and enacted upon, consumer confidence will grow and people will be more willing to part with their money. And it will all trickle back through the system.

Wow that sounds just like the free market system.

[Gerald]

President Obama will call for new government spending on infrastructure, education and research in his State of the Union address Tuesday, sharpening his response to Republicans in Congress who are demanding deep budget cuts, people familiar with the speech said.

Mr. Obama will argue that the U.S., even while trying to reduce its budget deficit, must make targeted investments to foster job growth and boost U.S. competitiveness in the world economy. The new spending could include initiatives aimed at building the renewable-energy sector—which received billions of dollars in stimulus funding—and rebuilding roads to improve transportation, people familiar with the matter said. Money to restructure the No Child Left Behind law's testing mandates and institute more competitive grants also could be included.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...-new-spending/


Note: Update record, Published January 22, 2011

[Takeda Shingen]

I thought that the two stimuli were supposed to be about education, research and infastructure. You know, reforming and funding educational programs, giving our scientific research a shot in the arm and, not to forget, the so-called shovel-ready projects to improve our decaying infastructure. Don't get me wrong, all three of those things are critical, but if the money didn't go to them the first time, what makes anyone think that they'll go there again, especially with the fact that President Obama is likely using those projects as a ploy against Team R. These three items are popular across nearly all segments of the American voting public, but I'd be a fool to believe that any meaningful amount of money will ever get to them from yet another spending bill.

[Gerald]

Obama's grasping at straws to get the balance with itself and the country and disaffected voters

[Takeda Shingen]

I could tell you what I am getting tired of, but you probably wouldn't like it very much. Besides, Vendor beat you to the punch; we already have a State of the Union thread: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=179348

[gimpy117]

Lol. I remember 2002-3 when we were all told to "respect the office"

what happened to that? oh wait...hes a democrat so i guess that doesn't apply now huh.

[Bubblehead1980]

Anyone else tired of this "Obama will move to the center" talk concerning the State of the Union speech Tuesday? Much like anything to do with Obama, the media will hype the bloody hell out of this speech and root for him in a rather overt manner.Obama is not and never will be a centrist but will make moves in order to appear as one, so that he can con enough people into voting for him in 2012 and push hard for his agenda, which has thus far done nothing for the US but add debt and divide the people along class/racial lines.Enough is enough, don't fall for it people.

[krashkart]

Oh I agree that the media will hype the snot out of his speech. They always do. Frankly, I'm fed up with the entire system. I don't care which side of the aisle has the floor; it's the same cycle of speech-->media frenzy-->blah blah blah that's been in effect for years. These days I'm hard-pressed to believe anything I'm being told - I'm more cynical about these things than ever before.

Tired of his promises? Tell ya what, I'm tired of any of the promises they make. By 'they' I mean everybody with a letter after their name. I'm sure some of them really want to make good on their promises, and they probably would if the R's and D's would quit sparring with each other. It's pointless.

Bah... anyway.

/rant

[August]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

Anyone else tired of this "Obama will move to the center" talk concerning the State of the Union speech Tuesday

Not me. I want President Obama to be successful in his endeavor to mend fences.

[Kaye T. Bai]

If Barack H. Obama is a centrist, then George W. Bush is a liberal.