Obama doubles down on stupid with big Jobs Speech. Wants another $450 billion to fritter away
Threatens “Pass My Jobs Plan Now,” or else. Then says we have to wait until next week to see his plan.
Most of the $450 billion he wants will go to his union cronies.
RON FOURNIER-NATIONAL JOURNAL: Pass this jobs bill, and we can put people to work. Pass this
jobs bill, and thousands of teachers in every state will go back to work. Pass this job bill, and we’ll cure cancer, sprout wings, and fly.
OK, that last quote wasn’t really Obama’s. But the first two promises—and many more poll-tested pledges—adorned his address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night. It was a reelection campaign speech that may go a long way toward convincing dubious voters that Obama “gets it”—that he understands how tough life is for middle-class and unemployed Americans.
First, the president opened with an I-feel-your-pain homage that echoed former President Clinton’s 1992 campaign against George H.W. Bush, a one-term president saddled with the impression that he lacked empathy. Second, Obama offered a creative collection of economic ideas—none of them blockbuster—that were better targeted economically and politically than his 2009 stimulus plan.
The GOP response to Obama’s Job’s Plan should go something like this . . .
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