Official Discussion Thread for President Obama's Jobs Speech

[cavalcade]

It would be kind of awesome if at the end of this thing Obama was like "so I'm calling Congress into session right now.  Let's vote."

I, too, am waiting to hear how this gets paid for.

[Lambsbread]

Is that tonight? Well f**k.

[Thomas D]

Is that tonight? Well f**k.

Yes. The word "pass' has been used more then it will be during the football game.

[Bacon King]

bipartisan ovation for medicare reform

[Simfan34]

Is Ryan sleeping? Mainly good ideas, but how will we pay for it? Infrastructure and schools warms the cockles of my heart.

[Likely Voter]

actually pass doesn't come out that big in the word cloud made from the speech

[Bacon King]

Is Ryan sleeping. Mainly good ideas, but how will we pay for it? Infrastructure and schools warms the cockles of my heart.

He already said: Congress should pay for it by making additional cuts to account for it.

[redcommander]

Jeez, you would think Hillary would wear some brighter colors. She looks like she's in mourning for the administration.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

It's probably the strongest and most determined speech from him in a long time... it's a throw-down.

[Simfan34]

Is Ryan sleeping. Mainly good ideas, but how will we pay for it? Infrastructure and schools warms the cockles of my heart.

He already said: Congress should pay for it by making additional cuts to account for it.

He did? I stopped watching in the middle, work to do. Well I really can't think of much else wrong with it. $450 billion in tax cuts and new spending? I need to see the breakdown, but I see no fault in it. Nor do I see it making much of a dent in the unemployment rate. .5%, maybe.

EDIT: 1/2 is tax cuts. $225 billion is something I can live with.

[Bacon King]

Boehner looks so hesitant whenever he claps.

[cavalcade]

Free trade!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Is Ryan sleeping? Mainly good ideas, but how will we pay for it? Infrastructure and schools warms the cockles of my heart.

I like the ideas, but how are going to pay for it? He is lowering taxes on the middle, and raising on the top, which I do support, but he is not going to cut spending. He wont withdrawl us from Afghanistan. He wont cut foreign aid and our unfair alliance with Israel. I like his ideas, here, why not add Tariffs. Why not end our wars and alliances. Why not leave NAFTA. These ideas are great, but we cant pay for them without alot of cuts in defense, and social programs. This is a well worded speech demanding more stimulus basically.

[Bacon King]

Obama calling for passing new free trade bills now...

[Likely Voter]

He has called for:
- less regulation
- tax cuts
- free trade deals
- spending cuts

what an fing socialist

[Bacon King]

Is Ryan sleeping? Mainly good ideas, but how will we pay for it? Infrastructure and schools warms the cockles of my heart.

I like the ideas, but how are going to pay for it? He is lowering taxes on the middle, and raising on the top, which I do support, but he is not going to cut spending. He wont withdrawl us from Afghanistan. He wont cut foreign aid and our unfair alliance with Israel. I like his ideas, here, why not add Tariffs. Why not end our wars and alliances. Why not leave NAFTA. These ideas are great, but we cant pay for them without alot of cuts in defense, and social programs. This is a well worded speech demanding more stimulus basically.

He already said explicitly he was going to cut spending, and even release a specific plan of cuts to suggest to the supercommittee.

[Simfan34]

Obama calling for passing new free trade bills now...

What? Will he take of a mask and be revealed to be Jon Huntsman or Mitt Romney at the end? I can tell you now, if one of those two aren't the GOP candidate in 2012, I'm voting for this guy.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Is Ryan sleeping? Mainly good ideas, but how will we pay for it? Infrastructure and schools warms the cockles of my heart.

I like the ideas, but how are going to pay for it? He is lowering taxes on the middle, and raising on the top, which I do support, but he is not going to cut spending. He wont withdrawl us from Afghanistan. He wont cut foreign aid and our unfair alliance with Israel. I like his ideas, here, why not add Tariffs. Why not end our wars and alliances. Why not leave NAFTA. These ideas are great, but we cant pay for them without alot of cuts in defense, and social programs. This is a well worded speech demanding more stimulus basically.

Tariffs would start a trade war that could drive us back down into a deep recession or depression.

[cavalcade]

"That's how we can be #1 again."

...I wasn't aware that we weren't...

[J. J.]

The Democrats don't even seem enthusiastic for much of this.

[Bacon King]

Obama: we've identified over 500 business regulations to reform

[Pyro]

Obama's greatest strong suit is speech making and rhetoric.
So at least he hasn't gotten too much worse at that.

Too bad it will never pass. The word "tax" is in there. Not to mention, it's being proposed by a Dem. I betcha everyone in that room will fail to be re-elected, except possibly the president himself.

[Simfan34]

Is Ryan sleeping? Mainly good ideas, but how will we pay for it? Infrastructure and schools warms the cockles of my heart.

I like the ideas, but how are going to pay for it? He is lowering taxes on the middle, and raising on the top, which I do support, but he is not going to cut spending. He wont withdrawl us from Afghanistan. He wont cut foreign aid and our unfair alliance with Israel. I like his ideas, here, why not add Tariffs. Why not end our wars and alliances. Why not leave NAFTA. These ideas are great, but we cant pay for them without alot of cuts in defense, and social programs. This is a well worded speech demanding more stimulus basically.

Tariffs would start a trade war that could drive us back down into a deep recession or depression.

Tariffs? What kind of free-trader are you, Sanchez? We need to actually be able to compete, and not live on an artificial high.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Damn, he took a swipe at WI and Gov. Walker there.

[Likely Voter]

"That's how we can be #1 again."

...I wasn't aware that we weren't...

China passed the US in manufacturing output this year