Labor Leaders Back Obama Jobs Plan

WOW! Great reporting. A Democratic party core special-interest group supports a Democratic President. Check in later today to find out that trial lawyers, government employees, Planned Parenthood, and the Green lobby also support Obama and the Democrats.

Of course labor leaders support his plan… it’s a boondoggle payoff to unions. Just like the first “stimulous” program was a boondoggle payoff to various Dem pet projects, and just like the next one will be. It’s the only song this guy knows how to sing.

People who process our food. Factory workers. Our kids’ bus drivers, child care providers and teachers. The grocery store check-out lady and the hospice nurse who lives next door.

The Right Wing has been working for decades to destroy dismantle our neighbors’ family wages and benefits. We will continue to see them vilified; a minimum wage working class and removal of “expensive” safety regulations is their ultimate goal.

Watch this debate over President Obama’s jobs proposals closely. A spotlight will shine on those who support wealthy interests over America’s workers. Vote them out of office.”
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Tell us more Ms. Immelt…

ABC, where was your story on the Union goon who shot at a non-union electrician while he stood on his porch, or the one yesterday about Union thugs ignoring a constraining order and holding folks hostage, ect, ect… This IS the democrat party . Without them
they are greatly diminished. I come to this site to relay stories that the lamestream media ignore since they are in the tank for Obama

Of course Trumpka is backing Obama. He had a front row VIP seat lst night when Obama told the country the Unons would be getting another quarter of a billion dollars.

Of course, Obama didn’t say he wants 1/4 of it back in reelection donation dollars during the speech. That came at their after party.

Fox reports: “Third Gun Linked to ‘Fast and Furious’ Identified at Border Agent’s Murder Scene” ABC Silent. When will we get REPORTERS instead of White House talking points parrots?

Someone tell me how giving a tax cut for hiring a person or the other solution
give a raise get a tax cut is going to stimulate hiring. Hiring to the best of my knowledge is always based on demand for your product. Why would you hire someone to get a tax cut. It cannot be big enough for hiring the person to cover all the expenses. This is a Ponzi scam to try to deflate unemployment numbers that will not work. No wonder the President has all his collage records sealed!

Someone tell me how giving a tax cut for hiring a person or the other solution
give a raise get a tax cut is going to stimulate hiring. Hiring to the best of my knowledge is always based on demand for your product.

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Why don’t you go first? Tell me how cutting spending and austerity measures will boost consumer buying power and increase demand, so more businesses will hire.

Where is the story about the union thugs( and they call TeaParty terrorists?) defying a court restraining order and trashing a grain storage company in Vancouver?

“they call TeaParty terrorists?”

No, apparently “they” call union members and leaders terrorists, thugs and goons (see comments at 11:38 am, which nobody complained about )

And who belongs to unions? Let’s see… teachers, of course, writers, athletes, actors, plumbers, electricians, garbage collectors, firefighters, police officers, grocery clerks, health care workers, coal miners, auto industry workers, transportation trade workers.

Green Goddess, I like your post @ 11:44 am. “People who process our food. Factory workers. Our kids’ bus drivers, child care providers and teachers. The grocery store check-out lady and the hospice nurse who lives next door.

The Right Wing has been working for decades to destroy dismantle our neighbors’ family wages and benefits. We will continue to see them vilified; a minimum wage working class and removal of “expensive” safety regulations is their ultimate goal.”

EPU, you’re blaming union? Seriously?

“U.S. stocks plunged Friday, erasing the week’s gains, as rising fears about fallout from Europe’s debt crisis overshadowed President Barack Obama’s plan to revive the U.S. job market.

The resignation of a key official from the European Central Bank was the latest sign of deepening disagreement over how to solve Europe’ economic problems. And investors have to wonder whether the president’s jobs plan can pass through a divided Congress.” — AP via Forbes

kimberly wrote:”The resignation of a key official from the European Central Bank was the latest sign of deepening disagreement over how to solve Europe’ economic problems. ”
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Another sign of the failures from Socialism and Communism…. more European countries will be added to the trash heap of failures. But, oBama is convinced he can make it work here in this country because no one else ever had a leader as smart as him when it comes to central planning.

Strange how this “news” blog will not let you post any references to Comm -u- nism or Soc -ial- ism. I guess they don’t want anyone comparing these failed governing models to what oBama is trying to do to this country…. somebody might catch on to exactly what he is up to.

Expect more failures to come from the European community

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Yes indeed, and why? Because they cut spending and imposed austerity measures in the face of an economic downturn and it’s killing any last vestige of economic growth. We have to stop the Republicans from foisting the same disaster on the US.

I guess they don’t want anyone comparing these failed governing models to what oBama is trying to do to this country…. somebody might catch on to exactly what he is up to.

Posted by: Michelle Shu Jas | September 9, 2011, 2:18 pm 2:18 pm

The Scandinavian countries and Canada have had social democratic governments for much of their modern history and are doing just fine thank you.

EPU,its ironic that you talk about deceivers.

You say, “I’m not blaming the union for the drop in Wall Street,” but previously you said, after quoting the NYT, about the decline on Wall Street “Wall Street knows that he needs the unions to survive.” Regardless you stand by laying the blame on Obama.
As I noted, for you again, :“U.S. stocks plunged Friday, erasing the week’s gains, as rising fears about fallout from Europe’s debt crisis overshadowed President Barack Obama’s plan to revive the U.S. job market.The resignation of a key official from the European Central Bank was the latest sign of deepening disagreement over how to solve Europe’ economic problems. And investors have to wonder whether the president’s jobs plan can pass through a divided Congress.” — AP via Forbes

To make it more clear, “U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday after the top German official at the European Central Bank resigned in protest of the bank’s bond-buying program, which
has been a major tool in fighting the region’s debt crisis….Terrorism threats against New York City and Washington just ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks also prompted investors to sell equities ahead of the weekend.”

To make that much even more clear… The ECB is critical in dealing with and potentially
solving the sovereign debt issue… and also the terror threat is on the minds of traders at Wall Street on the last business day before the 9/11 anniversary.

Oh sorry, Andrew. I didn’t see you’d covered that. It’s funny that we clipped the same part,but that is the bottom line. If Congress was firmly on board, and the ECB uncertainty, weekend and terrorist threat weren’t factors, we should have seen a bump. But the stimulus has to be credible for that and while Boehner and Cantor were measured in their responses, at this point their brinkmanship is well known, and the GOP presidential candidates were less assuring

Posted by: Kimberly | September 9, 2011, 3:22 pm 3:22 pm

No problem Kimberly, it’s good to present multiple sources. Thanks.

Posted by: Freedom | September 9, 2011, 3:41 pm 3:41 pm

This bill will have more tax breaks for small business and employers I thought the Republican party supported lower taxes for small businesses and employers. Damn I was sure the Republican party supported tax cuts for business. You guys change your mind because the President agreed with it?

This bill has $250 billion in additional tax breaks.

Regarding Gibson and Boeing, the laws of the land apply . . .nothing more, nothing less. GE is in the midst of creating 8,000 jobs in American right now, but they are a huge multi-national corporation and they will most certainly create branches (and jobs) in China and India where the markets of the future exist amongst their huge populations.

175 billion for states UNIONS. how freaking stupid can you be. infastructure for UNIONS how freaking stupid can you be,,,,this the same garbage as the last union stimulus bill

What do you call Obama’s behavior with the Bush tax cuts? With the Debt extention? With the speech scheduling?

ted…i suppose that depends upon where on lives. the state and its residents should be footing that bill not the rest of the country. where i live crime and schools have been just fine with cutbacks. people are more diligent and responsible and are now taking an interest in their kids education, the rest is simply union payback. create jobs for all americans not just union memebers. all this money goes to union members.

that being said compromise can be reached by letting the free market bid for infastructure projects without having to pay union scale or allowing your shop to organize.

“Actually it’s for teachers, firefighters and police. I don’t think the people of American want to see fewer teachers, fewer firefighters or fewer police on the street.” – Ted

I do.
We have too many people working in government service jobs.
If the percentage of those folks in the workforce dropped the economy would get stronger.

When there’s an incident where I live it wouldn’t hurt if 7 police cars responded instead of 8.

EPU | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011, 1:46 PM 1:46 PM POSTED: “is it 1890? is this 1795? Are we in the iron age any longer? No. The unions have served their purpose.”

What? Unions are part of a check and balance system. For example, government agencies responsible for enforcing safety regulations cannot monitor every workplace – Union members can help eliminate costs by reporting an abuse or filing a claim.

Strong unions also set a pay standard that nonunion employers follow. How are better family wages part of the “iron age”? Unions play an important role in labor protection laws and worker rights – think safety and health, overtime, and family/medical leave. They also push for better benefits and social changes such as Unemployment Insurance.

If a big employer has the choice between awarding multi-million dollar bonuses to management, or taking less and giving the workers a little more, what do YOU think happens? Or, when a coal mine owner can cut corners and put workers into unsafe mines? The Massey Energy disaster happened last year, not 1890. THAT is why we are seeing such vilification of union workers – big corporations like Koch Industries have spent decades trying to removing the extra “cost” of those pesky workers – just look at their efforts in Wisconsin.

Yep i said that, we will all benefit from this legislation, as it will boost the economy as well as provide more police, firemen, first responders and teachers. As well it will help small businesses.

stan wrote:”“the National Labor Relations Board succeeded in getting a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction Thursday against further union activity at the Port of Longview after the union ignored the temporary restraining order that he issued a week earlier.”
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The judge issuing the restraining order scheduled a hearing for next Thursday to determine whether said union should be held in civil (a union, civil? LOL) contempt. ““The regard for the law is absent here,” the judge said. “Somebody is going to be hurt seriously.”
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Must have been a Tea Party protest going on there.
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stan also wrote:”Six guards were trapped for a couple of hours, Longview Police Chief Jim Duscha said. He initially referred to the guards as “hostages,” but later retracted that after the guards clarified no one had threatened them.”
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But as usual, you left out the good part that said ““The guards absolutely could not get out,” “They feared for their lives because of the size of the crowd and the hostility of the crowd.”
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You must be an ABC “News” reporter. Report the news as you need to fit the narrative.

Posted by: Ted | September 9, 2011, 7:59 pm 7:59 pm

Teachers, Police and Firefighters are not sacred cows.
Elevate them to that status at your own peril Teddy.

“This bill has $250 billion in additional tax breaks.”

Posted by: Jerry | September 9, 2011, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm

With strings attached. Google the NYT article “Employers Say Jobs Plan Won’t Lead to Hiring Spur”. Looks like Republicans were right to oppose them.

We will continue to see Union Bashing. As if grocery store clerks, postal workers, and city workers are “thugs” and “leeches”. Why? The Right Wing’s Corporate Masters want to privatize everything from our cities’ parking meters to the Post Office to Social Security.

Halliburton and Blackwater are already there, a US tax payers’ privatized army. The likes of Goldman Saks wants our Social Security. Look to the history of the banking collapse, Enron, Countrywide and Koch Industries for reassurance these Big Corporations are really “people” with our best interests in mind. Meanwhile, the shrill attack on Unions is part of the unrelenting effort to replace government services with the Invisible Hand of the Free Market.

Your headline should read Union strikers in Washington state riot and vandalize shipyard.
Cause thousands in damage.
Where is that story Union thugs ABC?

” Right wing corporate masters.” Ayn Rand would be shocked to find out jut how right she was in predicting the trashing of our capitalist system “IN THE NAME OF “FAIRNESS!, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND WEALTH DISTRIBUTION.” Didn’t work for USSR or Cuba. AND… IT WILL NOT WORK HERE!

TOM BARNOW | SEPTEMBER 10, 2011, 4:39 PM 4:39 PM posted: “Ayn Rand would be shocked to find out just how right she was in predicting the trashing of our capitalist system – IT WILL NOT WORK HERE.”

Well, at least until Ayn Rand needed Social Security and government medical assistance when she was dying of lung cancer.

Look at these new Libertarian Republican voices – like Paul Ryan, another devotee of Ayn Rand. They worship capitalism above and beyond the welfare of the rest of the nation.

None of these new Republicans openly run campaigns to dismantle Medicare or privatize Social Security or slide taxes to the wealthiest. But this IS their ultimate goal.

Just as we’ve seen in Wisconsin, Ayn Randian Libertarians (aka the Tea Party) believe freedom is self-interest, and society is divided into 2 groups of people who are, in Ayn Rand’s words, “PRODUCERS” (the wealthy) and “PARASITES” (the poor, sick, elderly and, of course, unions) who rob earnings through government taxes.

Rand believed government had virtually no natural role in society. So every time we vote for a Libertarian Republican, we are not simply voting for a “fiscal conservative” – it’s a vote to destroy the underpinnings of America’s social safety net.

Liibs are great in trashing the person or their organizations as per Palin, Bush, Walker and Perry, but when it comes to rational discourse, nadda. Case in point “Air America.”

Question Ted, was not the first stimulus for the same things Pres. Obama wants this money for teachers, police and firemans. If the first stimulus worked why do we need another one???