Obama Says Jobs Numbers are “Encouraging” yet “Sobering”

Excuse me Mr. President but wasn’t that what you were supposed to supply with the billions or is it trillions of dollars sent to the states???? NO??? then what is the money for??? Oh yeah that’s right PORKY PIG FOR THE DEMS!!!!! Right! LMAO

So this President beleives that unemployment at 8.9 and still going up is encouraging??? I guess at least he sober about this being a good thing. Only a card carrying loony tone Liberal would think that 8.9 unemployment is encouraging.

He must be the most sober guy on the planet.

Not losing your unemployment benefits if you enroll in an educational program. Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before.
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As long as it doesn’t increase taxes on people who are actually working, or increase costs for students going to college who are merely college students and not unemployed people.

What new jobs will the unemployed be training for? Who’s hiring? The government? Health care (or will that soon be redundant)? Green jobs?
The Institute for Energy Research, a group including Andrew Morriss of the University of Illinois and Roger Meiners of the University of Texas-Arlington, released their study which argues that organizations such as the UN Environment Program, the US Conference of Mayors and the American Solar Energy Society have all “overhyped the potential to create good (green) jobs” and overlooked the job losses in conventional industries.
There needs to be an end game. I’m anxiously awaiting what Obama will lay out next.

He said the TREND was encouraging, (fewer than in previous months), not the number itself. Then again you Limbaugh-Lovers hear, read and see what you want to hear, read and see.

I doubt he’ll step into the: ..fundamentals of the economy are strong..

jhw539, I’m independently wealthy/lucky. I only work when someone calls me for advice or funding.
I find Obama fascinating. He said he was going to “lay out” a fundamental rethinking, fascinating, no?
I am sorry you misunderstood my post. Right now, the only thing the government does for me is to try to separate me from my money.
So far, they are quite successful as I paid in over 100 times my first salary in taxes this year. I like to keep up with how the government is spending my money.
But, thanks for your concerned. I hope your friends who are looking, find jobs or better yet start businesses and create jobs.

“But the fact the jobless are suffering is all the more reason Obama should drop the costly and controversial health care reform and cap and trade proposals he is entertaining.”
Well stated. But you assume Obama is actually interested in helping the poor, the unhealthy, and unemployed among us. Cap (Tax) and trade will have the highest detrimental effect on the poor while health care “reform” (health care rationing) will have the highest detrimental impact on the elderly and those with chronic ailments/conditions.
The Ones’ motives are not driven by compassion. They are driven by ideology and quest for power.

tjp612:”Cap (Tax) and trade will have the highest detrimental effect on the poor while health care “reform” (health care rationing) will have the highest detrimental impact on the elderly and those with chronic ailments/conditions.”
So suddenly you’re against a fair, flat tax (carbon tax)?
Could you cite how health care reform will harm the elderly, who ALREADY HAVE NATIONAL HEALTH CARE (Medicare)? I’m not quite sure what fantasy land that argument makes sense in. At least you didn’t try to argue that the current method of rationing by for-profit HMO and insurance companies is good for the 87 MILLION uninsured Americans (all those all “poor”?).

I wonder if Obama will also put pressure on unions like the UAW and skilled trades unions to open up more opportunities for apprenticeships.
Those are good jobs you can’t get through a community college training course. You have to know somebody.

Maybee: how dare you say
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As long as it doesn’t increase taxes on people who are actually working
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Do you think people who are laid off and on unemployment are beneath you? I am a highly skilled Executive Admin who was laid off a year ago in a very hard hit state. I cannot find a job. I looked into an educational program (I have a college degree but thought it worth looking into). They have a two year program to be ….wait for it….an Administrative Assistant. BTW? I was told due to my having a BA in History I didn’t qualify for any re-training.

“Could you cite how health care reform will harm the elderly, who ALREADY HAVE NATIONAL HEALTH CARE (Medicare)? ”
Elderly in the US can get hip replacements under Medicare.
Nationalizing health care would ration hip replacements, for example, as it is in Great Britain. If you are 5 pounds overweight according to their statistics, you don’t get hip replacement. That’s just one example of government run health care based on rationing.

claire; boom and bust is back with a bang isn’t it. Remind me who has the money to play with? Oh ya, the Wall Street boys – we gave it to them. My family cannot believe what we are seeing either. It looks like you need to live on Wall Street or on Capital Hill these days – even if you’re a democrat. How much do those Census people get paid?

“millions ‘green jobs’ or ‘green shoots’ that are supposed to be popping up now? Where are they all? ”
Those green jobs are jobs where you go out and take census information. I believe you must have worked for Acorn to qualify, though.

@ jwh,
OK, I’ll take the bait before I head home since you’ve pitched a few softballs. I’m not sure why I do it…
“So suddenly you’re against a fair, flat tax (carbon tax)?”
Was I ever for a “fair, flat tax (carbon tax)”? I don’t think I ever stated I am in favor. Why is one needed outside of need to find a new revenue source to fund government excess?
“Could you cite how health care reform will harm the elderly, who ALREADY HAVE NATIONAL HEALTH CARE (Medicare)? I’m not quite sure what fantasy land that argument makes sense in.”
Sure, I’d be glad to. From “Consumer Affairs” 2008:
“A survey by the PHYSICIANS’ Foundation has uncovered what it calls WIDESPREAD FRUSTRATION and CONCERN among PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS nationwide, which could lead to a dramatic DECREASE in practicing DOCTORS in the near future. The survey examined the causes behind the doctors’ dissatisfaction, the state of their practices and the future of care.
The resulting findings show the possibility of significantly DECREASED ACCESS FOR AMERICANS in the years ahead, as many DOCTORS are forced to REDUCE the NUMBER of PATIENTS THEY SEE or QUIT the practice of medicine outright.
An overwhelming majority — 78 percent — of physicians believe that there is an existing SHORTAGE of PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS in the United States today. Additionally, NEARLY HALF of them — 49 percent, or more than 150,000 practicing doctors– say that over the next THREE YEARS they plan to REDUCE the number of patients they see or STOP practicing entirely.
The reported REASONS for the widespread FRUSTRATION among PHYSICIANS include increased time dealing with NON-CLINICAL PAPERWORK, DIFFICULTY RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENT and BURDENSOME GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. Physicians say these issues keep them from the most satisfying aspect of their job: patient relationships.
“Tens of thousands of primary care doctors face the same problems as millions of ordinary citizens: FRUSTRATIONS in dealing with HMOs and GOVERNMENT RED TAPE,” said Sandra Johnson, board member of The Physicians’ Foundation. “The thing we heard over and over again from the physicians was that they’re UNHAPPY they can’t spend more time with their patients, which is why they went into primary care in the first place.”
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Long answer to an easy question. What is not mentioned in this survey are the declining Medicare reimbursement rates the government pays primary care physicians, fewer and fewer physicians will opt to become primary care physicians, creating a exacerbating the shortage of primary care physicians. The ELDERLY WILL BE IMPACTED MOST DIRECTLY as they visit primary physicians more than any other population demographic.
“87 MILLION uninsured Americans (all those all “poor”?)”
1.) This number is higher than any estimate I’ve ever seen/heard
2.) A % of uninsured Americans
(primarily younger workers) CHOOSE not to signup for healthcare (and not all of them are “poor”)
To everyone else, apologies for long answer…..

“Oops, that should be 46 MILLION uninsured for 2008. Still the highest number of people without any health coverage of any first world nation.”
Um, doesn’t the U.S. have the largest population among first world nations? Furthermore, how many of these “46 MILLION” are actually U.S. citizens who do not have access to healthcare insurance?

Posted by: tjp612
My doctor says he spends 3 hours a day on paperwork. His answer to the healthcare problem, the same as every other doctor I’ve asked, ‘get the govt. off my back.’
Have you been to the doctor lately, 10 minutes, that’s all you get, welcome to McHealthcare.

The trend is encouraging? Tell that to the millions of unemployed with no hope of getting another decent paying job. Go back to school? For what, when millions of jobs are being outsourced. Engineers are being fired, school teachers are being let go and so on and so on. You spend thousands of dollars on an education just to see your job go to India! Obama, news media, etc, quit trying to brainwash the public and see how real people live!

Barack Obama signaled to the bailout banks that it was time for them to buy stocks exactly two months ago on March 8th. After all they, are the ones with the money to invest since we gave it to them. And holy smokes they are blowing it up with that money – up over 30% in two month!! Is that a record? When you have Washington, the press, and Wall Street in your back pocket, you can make the market move.

I am really enjoying the way the Limbaugh loonies go rabbit every time president Obama and Michelle’s names are in the news. The President is doing a phenomenal job of fixing the worse Republican mess in history. It is clear that the right wing have no answers to creating more jobs, fixing the health care system or digging the economy out of the ditch Bush pushed us into so the only strategy they have is to attack. It is not working. President Obama and First Lady Obama are more popular then ever because Mr. Obama IS fixing the problems. Eight more years! GO OBAMA. We love you Mr. President!

Democrats like Pelosi can routinely lie and the media downplays hoping the story will go away. Democrats use billions of tax payer dollars to fund corrupt groups like ACORN (under numerous investigations for voter fraud and embezzling tax payer funds) and the media says little or nothing.
Democrats observe no legal constraints that do not suit them, from rampant organized voter fraud at the street level to blatant disregard of constitutionally dictated legislative procedure and process to thwart the will of the voters and the media cheers them on. The media should be opposing everything democrats do but they don’t nor will they.
What the first 100 days of President Obama’s Administration has demonstrated is that there is no such thing as the Constitution and the rule of law, there is only power and money. The democrats never shrink from a tactic they deem advantageous to taking power from the private sector and the States, no matter how damaging they may be to national interests. Their lack of scruples has been rewarded and as we have seen already they are fully prepared to exploit the powers they have won. See the allocation of funds for the democrat voter fraud machine ACORN in the recently passed suicide pact called the ‘porkulus bill’ for example.
How about a nationwide tax revolt organized and fully supported by the entire Republican party as step one. San Francisco has demonstrated the feasibility of defying federal laws on immigration and harboring illegal aliens. Following this lead Republican governors could protect state citizens from federal tax prosecutions. Step two would be to directly and explicitly challenge Obama’s legitimacy until he proves otherwise. The merits of the challenge are immaterial, what counts is establishing the reality by repetition of the assertion as fact. The Democrats exploited this tactic with regard to the motivations and execution of the Iraq war and the housing crisis to tremendous political advantage.
Bottom line, the GOP has to use the tactics the Democrats have so successfully used to seize power if they expect to stop Democrats from permanently destroying America as we know it. The question is, will the media meekly stand by and even cheer lead a similar power grab from the GOP?

Small consolation to my brother and nephew who still can find a job.

Just a thought..
Are those stats accurate?
what about the people who are no longer qualified to receive unemployment.. are they counted at all… ?
We heard that layoffs are lower in April, but what about the millions of people whose hours were cut… are they in the equation?
I think the media does not tell the whole story… there is too much that is never reported or told… people have questions that are never answered.
I honestly think the unemployment stats are wrong, because those who do not receive unemployment anymore cannot be counted… how can they, there is no list for that… so the numbers must be higher.
Why do reporters not dig and find the truth or the whole story… is it that hard?

What a joke on the American people. America exports its jobs, factories and business operations to other countries, while foreign countries export their manufactured goods and services to the rest of the world. Spain has just taken the lead in solar energy manufacturing and exportation of solar energy construction and product manufacturing. In America, our government is busy trying to keep us busy and go deeper in debt by going to school for a dead-end career…, in what. Like it or not we do not have a bright future because of what big government and big business has done to this country through NAFTA & GATT. What we really need to do is export our own government, they have demonstrated they are the true enemy of our people. The sooner we all realize this the better, but I do think it’s too late for our next generation.

If any group needs to go to school for an education it should be our federal government and all the elected politicians. They never were trained in economics, yet they went to Washington and voted for NAFTA & GATT which has almost totally destroyed our economy in this country. Anyone who invests in America’s future should think twice. Anyone who invests 10′s of thousands of dollars and several years of training for their future should also think twice. Our job base, our manufacturing industry, our research industries, almost every major industry in this country has now moved operations to foreign countries. When our own government encourages and promotes this, we are in serious trouble. America has now entered a time where our failing socio economic condition is getting close to falling off the cliff, and we do nothing about it because most of our young people were denied training in history and economics. Young people don’t know what has been taken away from them by their own government.

To: drjohn… The revised numbers came out yesterday. Since our, oh-so-smart Obama’s trillion dollar stimulus package was passed, the unemployment numbers jumped another 560,000…, just last month. Then number of bankruptcies (personal & business) increased, the number of home foreclosures and repossessions continued to climb, the number of homeless continues to rise, need I say more? There is not one positive economic sign out there, and we shouldn’t expect to see any good signs. Obama’s trillion dollar economic stimulus plan is a dismal failure because 98% of the money was spent and will be spent on beefing up city, state and federal government agencies across the country. None of the stimulus package has been allocated for the catastrophic private sector job loss situation. Where are all these new roads, bridges, construction projects we heard about when he was running for office?

This is the one statistic that hurts the most and can impede the recovery.. and it’s on a personal level..
Beckett Pub. ExEmp. — I hope you find suitable employment..
Outsourcing seems impossible to slow down.. it’s really a crime against the U.S. workers.

Hey is anyone aware of any green jobs which are hiring that dont require a 4 year college degree in electrical engineering or the like? I didnt think so! Hey Obama how about extending unemployment again or are you waiting for 10% unemployment to happen?

It’s apparent young person are unaware how good things were in America up till 25 years ago when NAFTA was approved by our congress. Since then we have watched America slow destruct to our present position. Entire industries have been enticed to leave our country for cheaper labor costs. Almost all foreign countries have open arms for more of our American industry infrastructure to move to their country. Interestingly, I know of no other country on the planet that passed laws and worked so hard to actively promote the encouragement of shipping their economic infrastructure and vitality to other lands. We will never be able to compete on the world market in the future because now our best and brightest minds are leaving America as well. They go where the jobs are, and they are not here. As an example of the way things are now, if I invented a new solar energy product that would provide each house with it’s own “solar capture” capability, it would have world wide application and be be huge. Now reality sets in. I bring my new invention to American business interests for manufacturing, distribution and sales. Sounds good so far. But here comes the problem. American businessmen will be on their jets immediately heading for places outside of America (China, Mexico, Spain, etc.) that will manufacture and distribute the product cheaply. I will most likely make a profit, but the American people and the American economy will not share in my invention. This is just the way it is now and will be in the future. Good luck you young people, you really should listen more to some of the old farts that you think are all wet. It’s the politicians in Washington that have stolen your future, not these old Joe’s you call senior citizens. I predict soon the politicians in Washington will be blaming senior citizens as the problem.

Green Card Lottery is my only hope to live and work in USA. Why US government want to eliminate it?