Now that he is safely re-elected, Barack Obama does not have to pretend to care about the economy and jobs anymore. His jobs council, which met as a whole just four times in two years and not at all during the main of 2012, will disband this week unless Obama reauthorizes it.
Obama created the council via executive order in 2011, and touted it as a way he would work with America’s corporate leaders to craft strategies to create jobs. Among its few recommendations, the Jobs Council advocated reducing government regulations. All the while, the Obama EPA was pushing thousands of regulations that drove energy prices up. The president blocked and continues to block the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would create tens of thousands of jobs. Obama’s signature legislative achievement, ObamaCare, has been blamed by small business leaders for strangling their ability to hire new workers. Rather than rescind that law or rein in the EPA, Obama ramped up advertising for and access to the federal food stamp program. At the end of his first term, the rate of participation in the US labor force is at a historic low, and nearly half of Americans are now dependent on government assistance.
And he was re-elected.
More than 12 million Americans remain unemployed, with millions more underemployed.
Since his re-election, Obama has strongly signaled that his priorities are not to help the economy. He is pushing hard on gun control, and on “comprehensive” immigration reform. The pathway to citizenship that the president supports virtually guarantees that more illegal aliens will cross into the US, depressing wages and competing for scarce jobs here.
All I can do is shake my head and marvel at what those who are no longer my countrymen have wrought. They were cool with Fundamental Transformation and this is just a glimpse of what it looks like. There are no words to express the disgust I feel towards them.
In all fairness, Bryan, the President’s jobs council probably deserved to get fired.
And Stephen …. on the other hand, neither the dems nor the GOP have any ideas on how to restore a flourishing economy and low unemployment. In the meantime, the wealth desparity continues to increase. Now we’re facing the DOD cuts which will be significant to both unemployment, social benefits costs, GDP and on down the line. Not good times for any political stripes to be in high office.
Actually the Republicans do have plans and have outlined them. Romney himself had, what, a 59-point plan? Did you sleep through 2012, Zeke?
Yes Bryan, I’m familiar with the reaganomics plans of the GOP. I’m also aware of all the data from the Reagan era as applied, going forward to today. Small irrelevant things such as the ‘beginning’ of the nations highest debt to GDP since the 30s and the highest wealth despairty since the 20s and the growth of government size and spending and the highest trade imbalances and……the unsustainablity that led to the economic collapse of 2007. I’m also aware that the Laffer Curve as applied, proved to be a complete failure from the persepective of historic data prior to the Reagan era and after the Reagan era going forward. I’m also familiar with the failures of policy applied to recovery of the democrats depression era. Theres endles ‘legitmate’ data to support the facts of both era’s policies and their failures.
I’m suggesting that its time for ‘fresh ideas’ for which neither party seemingly has.
Republicans will meet with their Dem buddies and demand Obama issue an Exec Order to hire them. The 12 million then take gov psych profile tests as part of a Bipartisan Safe Civilian Recovery and Security Corps. Those who aren’t deemed “mentally defective Constitution-clingers” will be given legal government assault weapons and 1.6 billion bullets.
Forward…march
Someone would then nominate Obama for a second Nobel Peace Prize because this plan would create 100% employment along with permanent carbon footprint reduction. The Davos crowd is probably going over the idea now just to double check that there’s no downside to it.
O was “irked” that the council recommended loosening regulations, rather than creating new ones
Second term has been secured. Feel-good potemkin gestures like the jobs council are no longer needed. You’ve got your free contraceptives, like you asked for. Now go away and leave us alone!
“Pivoting towards jobs!”
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!