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pinto

(106,886 posts)
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 04:32 PM Sep 2012

Obama: Employment numbers would be better if Congress acted (LA Times)

Obama: Employment numbers would be better if Congress acted
By Christi Parsons
September 7, 2012, 12:03 p.m.

President Obama said Friday that the job growth reflected in the latest employment report is “not good enough” but suggested things would get better quicker if Congress would cooperate.

“We need to fill the hole left by this recession faster,” Obama said, “and there’s a lot more that we can do.”

The country would see more job growth if Congress would pass the jobs bill he sent them last year, Obama told a crowd in Portsmouth, N.H.

It would also help middle-class families feel more secure if lawmakers would vote to extend tax cuts for them, he said, and save the fight over tax cuts for the wealthy for later on.

The midday event was the first campaign rally since Obama closed the Democratic National Convention with a speech accepting the party’s nomination for president.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-jobs-report-20120907,0,327742.story




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Obama: Employment numbers would be better if Congress acted (LA Times) (Original Post) pinto Sep 2012 OP
Thats the way to do it. Thrill Sep 2012 #1
Yup Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2012 #2
President Obama - 4.5 million new jobs, The republican congress - Z E - R O! Blue Idaho Sep 2012 #3
Yep. Zero. Obstructionism doesn't create jobs. pinto Sep 2012 #4

Blue Idaho

(4,988 posts)
3. President Obama - 4.5 million new jobs, The republican congress - Z E - R O!
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 04:39 PM
Sep 2012

Hammer republicans with the consequences of their actions!

pinto

(106,886 posts)
4. Yep. Zero. Obstructionism doesn't create jobs.
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:15 PM
Sep 2012

Have we a long slog to go? Yep. Who's in the trenches / who's digging more trenches? This is the voters' choice, imo.

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