Boehner vs. Obama: Speaker to Present GOP’s Alternative Strategy for Job Creation Today
EmailAs President Obama continues to drum up support for his jobs $447 billion jobs plan, House Speaker John Boehner will deliver an alternative path for job creation in an address to the Economic Club of Washington later today, focusing chiefly on tax reform by broadening the base of the tax structure without raising taxes and continuing the GOP’s quest to cut red tape from Washington’s bureaucracy.
According to a senior aide to the speaker, Boehner will push to enact the GOP’s Plan for America’s Job Creators by “streamlining and reforming a burdensome tax code, stopping harmful regulations, and cutting Washington spending,” which Boehner will say “have combined to create a toxic environment for job creation that has rattled confidence and prevented job creators from hiring new workers.”
Boehner will add that although there is some common ground between his vision for job creation and the president’s bill known as the American Jobs Act, the speaker will continue to push for Republican alternatives to be part of a jobs bill because Obama’s plan is “no substitute for the pro-growth policies needed to remove barriers to job creation in America.”
The House is not expected to bring Obama’s bill in its full legislative language to the floor for a clean vote, but sources indicate that aspects of the president’s proposal will work through the committee process and pieces of his plan will eventually come to the floor for consideration.
The speaker is also expected to explain his belief that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction “should advance fundamental tax reform to support private investment and job creation, and address the structural problems in our entitlement programs that have put our country in danger of more job-destroying downgrades.”
Earlier this week, Boehner told reporters that the 12-member deficit reduction panel should aim high as it works to identify at least $1.5 trillion in savings over the next 10 years.
“We should tackle as much of our debt problem as is possible. As you all know, I spent months working with the president trying to do the big deal [during the debt limit debate], and I always believed that it’d be easier to get the votes if, in fact, we got a big deal,” Boehner said on Tuesday. “The debt that hangs over our economy, the debt that hangs over our society, is a serious impediment for our country, and so the bigger the job of the debt committee, the more that they’re able to do, frankly I think is very helpful for our country.”
Today, Boehner will also attempt to establish the ground rules for Republicans participating in the talks, pressing the committee to agree on significant reforms without raising taxes.
“He will note that tax reform should include closing loopholes – but tax increases, which Boehner believes would destroy jobs, are not a viable option for the Joint Select Committee,” the aide wrote in an email. “He will make the case that by working together to liberate our economy from excessive regulation, higher taxes and out-of-control spending, rather than focusing on short-term gimmicks that could worsen the environment for job creation, the two parties can provide certainty to job creators and lay the foundation for long-term economic growth in America.”
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Let me guess, more deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. sigh………
Why don’t more citizens see through this? This does not create jobs! We had these policies in place for 8 years before Obama took office and they have not created ANY net jobs!
Posted by: Sandy | September 15, 2011, 8:15 am 8:15 am
IN other words they were for it when a republican was POTUS but are against it with a Dem. When will THEY learn that the wealthiest are NOT creating jobs – they are cutting them and outsourcing them at record numbers to pad their own pockets with record profits. It is the middle class business that creates the jobs and WE are the ones who need the help – not the Wall Streeters and Mega-corps.
Posted by: kay | September 15, 2011, 8:49 am 8:49 am
Funny, when Democrats say the GOP has no plans and when they comeup with one, they are still ridiculed. Hey KAY, did you ever stop and think those Bush tax cuts were for everyone? If that is the case, why do you continue to spout lies about tax cuts only for the rich? In the past 40 years, the amount the rich have paid for taxes has NEVER decreased, it has always increased.
Posted by: CommonSenseParty | September 15, 2011, 9:03 am 9:03 am
Let’s guess? More tax cuts for the rich to move jobs overseas?
Posted by: ARthur | September 15, 2011, 10:09 am 10:09 am
Commonsense, that’s because they keep coming up with the same plan that does not create jobs. They call their bill a jobs bill, but it really isn’t anything that will create jobs. That’s why they are ridiculed. Obama’s plan directly puts people to work, not giving rich folks more money and HOPE they create some jobs rather than putting the money in their pockets!
Posted by: Sandy | September 15, 2011, 10:31 am 10:31 am
The whole jobs initiative from the right would probably lower taxes, and lower taxes, and then they would lower taxes and THAT will bring LOTS of jobs to the USA just as it has for the past 10 YEARS!!! IDIOTS!!! IF the Republicans could EVER get OFF their one and ONLY idea, then possibly we can move this Nation forward and REALLY get people back to work.
Posted by: demnme | September 15, 2011, 10:52 am 10:52 am
The story is factually inaccurate, in that it takes no notice of the Gohmert Gambit. A Texas Republican Congressman, Louis Gohmert has, in light of an incredibly amateurish oversight by the administration and their confrères on the hill, tweaked their noses — hard. They failed to get their act together in a timely fashion. Specifically, the President’s people failed abjectly to line up sponsors for a bill that the President of the United States thought was so important it merited a rare speech before a Joint Session of Congress, during which the President demanded that his legislation be passed some 17 times! Congressman Gohmert saw an opening, and took it: he introduced the “American Jobs Act of 2011.” Will Rep. Gohmert win applause from Dems for heeding President Obama’s plea that his bill be passed “now, right away”?
Bwahahahaha!
Posted by: neopatetic | September 15, 2011, 11:10 am 11:10 am
—- KAY —— you are absolutely correct! My job was outsourced to the Philippines by a major health insurance company. They are not hurting, just want to save money so the CEO and the rest of the board can keep their million dollar salaries and bonuses. Heck.. the CEO got a signon bonus last year of $4.5M and a salary of $4M… what’s wrong with this pic?
Posted by: Lorrie | September 15, 2011, 11:59 am 11:59 am
tax reform is the answer. we should have lowered all tax rates across the board but eliminate all deductions and breaks so that most people will have to pay tax. also, reduce corporate tax rate to 25% but eliminate all special subsidies and breaks for the selected corporations so that every corporation will pay the same percentage of tax without exception. this way, it will eliminate the advantage for companies to move jobs and money overseas and they will instead to create jobs and bring money back to US.
Posted by: nati | September 15, 2011, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm
for some who believe that the house speaker is just proposing a tax cut for rich bill, it couldn’t be further from the truth. tax reform is not tax cut, which is truth. it’s a long overdue reform we need for our economy. the idea was also presented by Obama’s own budget committee last year, which was unfortunately ignored by Obama and Congress then. the whole point is that if we erase all deductions and credits and breaks for everyone but offset it by lowering tax rates for all, then most people who don’t have a lot credits/deductions to begin with will pay about the same amount of tax, while those who do have a lot of deductions and credits, including many rich people, now will have to pay the exact percentage of their income, which is fair since their rate will be lowered as well. this way, government will collect more tax revenue since all tax loopholes (credits, deductions. exemptions and etc.) will be gone. the reform will not only create a fair and flat tax system, it will also simplify tax filing, which means eliminating the need to hire accountant or tax service to do tax return which is another advantage for many people.
Posted by: nati | September 15, 2011, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm
I think what some also for get when they attack the rich about their deductions and credits is these are not limited to the rich…they cover all business including mom and pop stores. If y outake these credits away period you take them away from small businesses right now that are in need of them. I like the lower tax idea with no deductions and credits but just remember when you are talking about business deductions they dont just apply to the big corps they also apply to the small stores and businesses.
Posted by: Sam | September 15, 2011, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm
It will be funny when Boehner is able to submit and pass his bill through the House before Obama does.
Posted by: Paulie | September 15, 2011, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm
Boehner is a joke and so is the GOP. They are not really interested in job creation; they just want Obama to fail.
Posted by: Justuspofolks | September 15, 2011, 2:17 pm 2:17 pm
It isn’t the governments job to create jobs, they don’t have the power to create private sector jobs, nor can they create jobs out of thin air, the money they use must come from somewhere, and it is either printed, borrowed, or taxed. The people won’t pay more taxes, the government credit card is maxed, and if they print any more money inflation will rise far faster than inflation, reducing the standard of living for all. The unemployed are going to have to create their own jobs, or get the skills, and accept the wages that will make the competitive in the global market.
Posted by: snewsom2997 | September 15, 2011, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm
justuspofolks, Obama already wasted a trillion and now wants another half trillion to waste again as another band aid. Obama does not need help to fail, he already did that on his own with the idiots in his administration. The only thing he has been good at. His only solution, throw more money at it.
Posted by: specmach | September 15, 2011, 2:39 pm 2:39 pm
The money spent on ridiculous wars could have saved this country economy. I can’t wait to see what Boehner comes up with. The republicans(congress) have had enough time to come up with a plan that doesn’t require spending.
Posted by: minds12 | September 15, 2011, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm
Pay attention, Mr. President!! —- SInce you are trying to do the EXACT same “stimulus” idea that FAILED before… maybe you need a little help!!!!!
Posted by: TheLoyalOpposition | September 15, 2011, 2:56 pm 2:56 pm
Interesting that the GOP comes up with a job plan now . . . . . . Where was the plan in 2010? If the GOP had been first with a plan, they certainly could expect to garner the credit for a positive approach. However, since they are just now coming up with a plan to contradict the Presidents Plan, it has the appearance of just playing politics.
Posted by: Dave | September 15, 2011, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm
Republicans have proven time and time again that they WANT high unemployment. They think their chances in 2012 are better if the country itself is doing worse. That is their strategy. It’s really that simple, and really that evil…………
Posted by: Searambler | September 15, 2011, 3:07 pm 3:07 pm
Dave 2:58 pm —– You are just toooooo funny!!!!! — Where was the GOP jobs plan last year, you ask??? — How about…. where was Obama’s plan the last THREE years? Where was the Dem congress’ plan when they controlled both houses for FOUR years?? —– -OH, I remember… they were too busy cramming Obamacare down the American people’s throats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: TheLoyalOpposition | September 15, 2011, 3:24 pm 3:24 pm
Searambler, Obama made his bed. He wasted 18 months on a Obamacare bill that is useless while the economy was propped up on his failed stimulus bill he had to have right now. Poorly planned with no direction. A trillion plus wasted for nothing. Now he has the same plan again. I would never vote for it unless it is handled by people that know what they are doing. This administration could not wipe the floor , much less handle money. Give the money to a independent group that has a clue and then maybe pass it.
Posted by: specmach | September 15, 2011, 3:27 pm 3:27 pm
Ya know how the Obama folk KNOW FOR A FACT what would have happened if the failed stimulus bill hadn’t been passed? What would they say if Republicans said: “If it weren’t for the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, the devastating economic impact of 9/11 would have absolutely caused a financial Armageddon.” The Democrat party would be all over that claim. Yet, they’ll look you straight in the eye and tell you what a success the stimulus was and what a disaster the Bush tax cuts were. Never mind the facts, of course.
Posted by: s | September 15, 2011, 3:30 pm 3:30 pm
Obama can keep his Obamacare, it is useless and has already cost me more money. Raised premiums and higher deductibles. Just like the so called credit card reform, nothing but higher rates along with the financial regulation, cost now to use the toilet in a bank. All passed right on down the line to the consumer. No wonder they laughed at this stuff, they stood to make a fortune.
Posted by: specmach | September 15, 2011, 3:34 pm 3:34 pm
Dave 2:58 pm —– Actually the GOP DID come up with a jobs plan on Feb 8, 2010… the GOP ALWAYS has had an alternative plan in 2009 to healthcare, financial reform, jobs, etc, that is ignored by the party in power !!!! —- Check out the Legislative Gazette articles for 2-8-10.
Posted by: TheLoyalOpposition | September 15, 2011, 3:37 pm 3:37 pm
Healh insurance is already costing less and the bill hasn’t even gone into effect. New smaller, insurance companies are already gearing up to compete with the conglomerates. focus on HR3432 that would allow any insueance company sell their polocies in any state.
Posted by: tferretti | September 15, 2011, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm
You can talk about Obama’s stimulus plan,his approval rating and the unemployment rate over and over and over again. The bottom line is that congress is playing the political game at the expense of the people and their familes that are unemployed. Boehner and his group has shown that they know how moan,groan,criticize and complain but how about coming up with a plan that doesn’t require spending and will also create jobs for all people. How about doing that?
Posted by: minds12 | September 15, 2011, 4:01 pm 4:01 pm
tferretti 3:42 pm —- Sorry…. you are misinformed!…. health insurance is NOT getting cheaper…. Obamacare mandates for “preventive” and “children under age 26″ coverage will increase everyone’s premiums as they hit their anniversaries (probably already)! — New policies already have those costs built in and are more expensive than the old “grandfathered” policies with the same provisions…. believe me!!
Posted by: TheLoyalOpposition | September 15, 2011, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm
The problem isn’t with plans that represent sensible, workable solutions. The problem is Harry Reid won’t support anything coming from the House. It’s worse than Obama’s demands to “pass it now”. Reid won’t even consider it. The party of “NO”! Obtructionist Democrats!
Posted by: s | September 15, 2011, 4:19 pm 4:19 pm
TheLoyalOpposition
I’m going by what I see in the company I work for. We’ve had a bunch of reps from health insurance companies that I’ve never heard of, pitching the same coverage for a much lower price. The people I know who work for other companies are seeing the same thing.
Posted by: tferretti | September 15, 2011, 4:41 pm 4:41 pm
Specmach: You have a lot of nerve to talk about idiots; the GOP is full of them. If Obama had gotten any help from them; the country would be far better off. It’s right wingers like you who have their own set of facts that’s keeping this country back. Nevertheless, see you at Obama’s inauguration in 1/20/2013 because the GOP has nothing. Do you really think people are going to vote for cowboy, shooting-off-his-mouth, hypocritical, dumb-as-a-rock Perry, or tell-them-what-they-want-to-hear, flip flop Rmney? You’ve gotta be kidding me. LOL!! LOL! Obama 2012. They got nobody – it’s too funny!!
Posted by: Justuspofolks | September 15, 2011, 4:49 pm 4:49 pm
Hello America, Barrak Obama needs to take his sales pitch to the Federal Peniitentiary with him when he goes. we Tea Party Americans want John Boehner to thourghly investigate the Solyndra Scam, we cannot not move forward with Job Creations until Barrak Obama is safely behind bars. we Tea Party Americans donot want Michele Bachman to apologize for anything ,what we want her to do is to start Impeachment proceedings against Barrak Obama for his part in Solyndra, and leave the vacine scandals for another day. , a one term President and then just walk away? I don’t think so, when do we begin Impeachment procedures ? Solyndra falls into High Crimes in my estimation. the Solyndra Scam, “Emails uncovered by investigators for the House Energy and Commerce Committee showed that the Obama White House closely monitored the Energy Department’s deliberations over the $535 million government loan, which was backed by an Obama fundraiser. The internal emails uncovered by investigators showed the administration was keenly monitoring the progress of the loan, even as analysts were voicing serious concerns about the risk involved.
“This deal is NOT ready for prime time,” one White House budget analyst wrote in a March 10, 2009 email, nine days before the administration formally announced the loan.”
is there enough evidence to begin Impeachment of Barrak Obama? this may well be another Watergate or even bigger We Americans want our money back, and we want these people in Jail for Fraud each and everyone of them, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, and Barrak Obama along with the Solyndra vips. no more Enrons, no more white collar criminlas simply walking. this brings to mind the words of Dr. Daniel Elsburg who helped impeach Richard Milhouse Nixon with the Pentagon Papers, paraphrase kiinda “what disappointed me is that the average citizen simply didn’t care, this allowed this type of corruption to flourish”. sincerely Fezzy Bear
Posted by: Fezzy Bear | September 15, 2011, 5:02 pm 5:02 pm
Let me guess…the GOP/Tea Party only has to hunker down for about a year, not allowing the economy to recover, and Obama is out. Consider this, the CEOs and the uber-rich are doing well, keeping not only their incomes but also their tax cuts, while jobs will not be created…not by the private sector. Yes, there will be no jobs… and anger will increase at the sitting president. It’s all part of a plan to deliver the white house and Congress to the Tea Party/GPO. Then all regulations will be eliminated, no one gets health care unless they can afford it, social security will be cast as the welfare for the elderly (even though they paid into it for 40 or more years), and rivers will once again catch on fire. Boehner and the Republicans have created no jobs, nor do they intend do, until they claim the next election for themselves. Folks, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Posted by: Dr. A | September 15, 2011, 5:05 pm 5:05 pm
S and Loyal Opposition: You two are two right wing nuts in a pod. You both will still be complaining on 1/20/2013 when Obama takes the oath again. The country will reject the GOP’s , incuding the Tea Party’s, right wing agenda. Maybe then, the rest of us will get a break from your mindless right wing drither on this blog. Oh well, wishful thinking, you will likely continue your mindless Obama hating. Boy, I bet you both are mad now! Who cares!! OBAMA 2012!!!!
Posted by: Justuspofolks | September 15, 2011, 5:07 pm 5:07 pm
The republicans are going to use every tactic they can to keep this economy in a recession, it’s their only chance to stop the presidents re-election. The thing they fail to see is the country blames the republicans more than the president for what is happening. We got into this under the Bush administration and now they are trying to perpetuate the problem. Americans see this, at least the smart ones do. This next election is going to be a referendum about who cares the most about the middle class . The republicans don’t stand a chance.
Posted by: tferretti | September 15, 2011, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm
My guess the more paid in taxes the more likely they are going to invest in new and novel ideas to bring in more money, the less they are taxed, the more likely they are going to sit on their piles of money, it kind of reminds me of the Clinton years, when they got tax breaks for capital investment, and paid more for capital gains.
Posted by: phantomniter | September 15, 2011, 5:25 pm 5:25 pm
What strategy? Cut taxes on the corporations, de-regullate, keep the loopholes and subsidies, sound familiar . Didn’t we hear this from the republicans 8 years ago.
Posted by: tferretti | September 15, 2011, 5:40 pm 5:40 pm
Ha, ha, ha – I thought they had a plan when they were put back in office. But instead, they once again focused on social issues. Boehner and bunch are pathetic, lacking in any coherent ideas and are constantly leaning over for their corporate lovers while dissing the middle class. Can’t wait to vote them out in ’12. Worthless!
Posted by: Red | September 15, 2011, 6:02 pm 6:02 pm
Republicans 2012
Keeping Millions Out of Work
To Put One Man Out of a Job
Posted by: Red | September 15, 2011, 6:05 pm 6:05 pm
Ayn Rand quote – On Conservatives:
“Today’s ‘conservatives’ are futile, impotent and, culturally, dead,” she said. “They have nothing to offer and can achieve nothing. They can only help to destroy intellectual standards, to disintegrate thought, to discredit capitalism, and to accelerate this country’s uncontested collapse into despair and dictatorship”
Posted by: Red | September 15, 2011, 6:07 pm 6:07 pm
Democrats 2012
Keeping Millions Out of Work
Because they had to ram healthcare down our throats
Posted by: William | September 15, 2011, 6:23 pm 6:23 pm
William – I know you people hate facts but look up what Obama Cares has already done to help – seniors and the unemployed. Then take a look at the savings involved. I know you pride yourselves on being dumb bunnies, but god man, grow some brains, will you.
Posted by: Red | September 15, 2011, 9:15 pm 9:15 pm