Obama Rejects GOP Bid to Tie Payroll Tax Cut to Keystone Pipeline Approval

The President is so disingenuous in this because he is talking out both sides of his mouth. On one hand he claims that not extending the payroll tax cuts (reducing funding for Social Security by the way) will result in hurting Americans at a time when they are most vulnerable. Yet, most Americans agree that jobs are the issue and the President brushes aside the impact of ignoring the jobs that could be created by moving the project forward. He talks a big game about shovel ready jobs but that is all it is talk. This study nonsense is ridiculous because this project has already faced three years of scrutiny and the Canadians have already agreed to move the pipelines path once to accommodate environmental concerns. They must think the typical American is stupid to say this is not political when they are postponing it until after the elections. If you care about jobs Mr. President and JOBS is your focus then stop cherry picking and playing politics in order to assuage the environmental lobby. This President is putting his re-election ahead of what is best for this country. The Democrats always talk about compromise until they have to actually put something of worth on the table. I think you would be hard pressed to say that a payroll tax extension that is not paid for in trade for a project that will reduce our reliance on oil from countries hostile towards the US and create tens of thousands of jobs to start is a good trade. It is the President who is being an obstructionist. Something he continually charges the GOP with and the MSM lets him get away with it.

Bill Clinton would say, “It’s jobs, Stupid!”

The Pipeline is bad for the environment. It’s bad for the people’s land upon which it will encroach and bad for the health and welfare. This is the dirtiest form of energy on the planet. It destroys hundreds of thousands of gallons of fresh water. Before pushing this through – people need to educate themselves on the ramifications. Some things aren’t worth the price we pay in human sacrifice.

Republicans are as sleazy as big oil. Oil = Bush. Oil = Cheney. Get your heads out of your rear ends.

Almost a full term and change has become worse. We have more Occupy protests about the unhappy state of our nation since the Civil Rights movement. Looking back at Mr. Obama’s victory in 2008 with coffetti and loud music, songs and dance, and millions of followers. They didn’t know then that we would have a worser economy three years later.

The only Job Obama cares about is his

OBAMA__________VS____________AMERICA

It just seems to me that each of these things should be judged on their own merits and not tied together. Isn’t that the point of the government?

While voting incumbents out is a legitimate form of political action, when there is a given incumbent that is threatened in this way, the lobbyists and their financiers, the corporations and unions, select and promote some pledgebot challenger who is engineered to slake the voters’ thirst for change only to become installed as the new incumbent lap dog for the same handlers that managed the old incumbent, regardless of party. That is why many perceive it as corrupt beyond electoral reform. That is also why a constitutional amendment is needed that will make the corrosive, institutionalized lobbying activities that have taken over the legislative branch unconstitutional.

The GOP is incapable of doing anything without muddying the water. What a bunch of losers!

The GOP should not hold the middle class hostage to secure deals for the oil lobby. It says it all when the GOP treats a payroll tax cut like it is something that has to be offset by favors for billionaires. They aren’t even asking for a revenue neutral solution…. they are just throwing a deal in the bill for an oil company!

The pipeline is under review and may or may not be approved , the conservatives know this and are trying to do an end around the laws of the land ; just because people are hurting they hope they can make a “jobs” issue out of what should be a cut and dried legislative procedure, i.e. extending a small tax cut for the Average American worker in a time of extreme economic strain .They don’t have any problem fighting like animals to get the Bush tax cuts for billionaires extended for themselves and their crony 1% friends though…

“Uh, don’t you think Obamacare is a “big project with big consequences” you clueless nitwit? You sure didn’t review it much. “=============The CBO and the Rand Corporation ( both non-partisan groups ) did extensive reviews of “Obamacare” before it was passed into law , both groups handing out positive reviews , particularly in comparison to the GOP alternative proposals ( i.e. doing nothing ) .

Meanwhile, Roberton Williams, a senior fellow with the Tax Policy Center, this week called on lawmakers to revive the so-called Making Work Pay tax credit in lieu of continuing the payroll provision. According to a report:

“The credit was the tax benefit for working-class families included in the 2009 stimulus. Congress did not extend the credit at the end of 2010, voting instead to approve a 2-point reduction in the payroll tax. Williams argued at the time that the tax-cut swap would end up hurting the working poor, claiming the stimulus credit was more valuable for them than the payroll provision. Now that the payroll tax cut is set to expire, Williams said Congress should seize the opportunity to reverse course and bring back Making Work Pay.
“It’s got more bang for the buck because it directs more money to people who will spend it,”

“The stimulus credit gave single workers up to $400 a year, and couples up to $800. Many workers got the full amount, provided they reported a nominal income over the course of the year.
By contrast, the value of the payroll tax cut depends entirely on the size of a taxpayer’s income.
The more they make, the more it’s worth — and vice-versa. For instance, it would be worth $2,000 for someone earning $100,000. But for someone earning $10,000, it would be worth just $200 — less than the same taxpayer would have received under Making Work Pay.
The Tax Policy Center estimated last year that roughly 51 million households would be negatively affected by the expiration of the Making Work Pay credit.”

“Williams said on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the Making Work Pay credit is more effective. He recommended reviving it, and doubling it so it’s worth $800 for single filers and $1,600 for joint filers. But, Williams conceded, the Making Work Pay cut is not currently on the table in Congress.”

I guess a lot of you aren’t following the pipeline issue. The reason they are needing to review the pipeline is because the route Transcanada wanted to use went right through the Ogallala aquifer in Nebraska which supplies water a number of states. I would hate to think what that would do if there was a leak. I am glad Obama is waiting to approve this. I am all for job creation and think it would be great for our country, but the routte needs to be changed.

Honestly, Obamacare does have the potential to hurt the GOP permanently. Roosevelt’s policies were opposed very strenuously by some at the time….. but history views them very kindly. If you were a Republican during the Clinton years, you know how scared we were (I regret that I was a Republican back then). I remember the conversations we were having about Hillary care…. and how if it passed, the public would forever reward the Democrats. But the Republicans responded, essentially, with Obamacare (though they didn’t call it that back then) and Clinton found it too conservative so it died on the vine. After years of Republican rule, they never managed to do anything to fix healthcare…. and now that Obama has leaped on the opportunity…. the realize what a mistake they have made and are trying to stop him.

According to paperwork filed by TransCanada, the CANADIAN company wanting to build this pipeline, they stated they would create between 3500 and 4200 jobs for this pipeline. AND, they did not guarantee these jobs would be filled by US workers. AND, the dirty tar sand oil they would transport to the Gulf would NOT be earmarked for our use only. The refined products would be sold on the world market, just like all the other refined products from the Gulf. The only really big winners here, if this goes through, are TransCanada and Big Oil……….

why can’t they pass a clean bill????? WHY must they always tie something in that mars the intent of the original bill that they KNOW is not liked. Why do they have to such babies – either party? THEY ARE RIDICULOUS!!! Also, since this may or may not create American jobs, may or may not benefit America and the profits all seem to go out of the US, Tell me again HOW this is good for the US????

Honestly, the US should try to do business with Canada more. Yet the GOP is more concerned with the quick Band-Aid jobs in oil. Get more high tech jobs and put college educated Americans to work in finding cleaner energy solutions.

I don’t know why the Republicans are tripping trying to tie a bill to the unemployment and tax credit bill with the pipeline project that is said to be not ready and needs allow for an extended environmental review that’s expected to last until after the 2012 campaign. It is a good project but if it needs more reviews then we should wait to it can be done properly. Furthermore all them in Congress are wealthy and the economy has no effect on their pockets thats why nothing can get done because they keep staling coming up with things to attach to every bill they come up with and is not telling the whole story thats why they all need to look for another job in 2012 acting like children and holding people that has worked hard for a little pay hostage to s…. that should be voted on seperately. And if that pipeline deal may have an effect on the environment I would rather that they do more research before rushing into it because they can always transport oil from Canada by ship or truck so what’s the big deal instead of messing with the environment I would rather that the oil be transported by ship instead of a pipeline! And I would rather see Mitt Romeney over Newt win the Republican party. Mitt don’t have to lie and be a cold blooded liar and l cheat like his opponent Newt. Mitt will beat Newt out in the long run because he is a better opponent even if I don’t vote Republican? The Democrates and Republicans needs to post everything in their plans or bill so we the people will know what’s all in it and really explain it in detail so we the people won’t be missinform since the other party is always lying and exaurating on the other the people that gets their news through Fox and others that is missinforming people will see and know for themselves!