Congress makes job creation top 2010 priority

[The Northerner]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Congress begin 2010 scrambling to reduce the double-digit U.S. jobless rate, knowing their own jobs will be at stake in the November election if they fail to deliver.

With about one in 10 Americans out of work, the highest percentage in 25 years, President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats -- who control the Senate and House of Representatives -- are making job creation their top priority.

"Americans have a lot of angst, a lot of anger, a lot of fear," said House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer. "Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican or an independent, all polls show that jobs are the major issue."

Indeed, as the full Senate returns from the Christmas break on Wednesday, a week after the House, the jobs recovery will also be high on the White House agenda along with the massive relief effort for quake-stricken Haiti.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60G0ZI20100117

[DumpDavisHogg]

1. I smell a STRONGLY WORDED LETTER! (n/t)

[grytpype]

2. igoring, bye bye

[Mari333]

15. +10000

[vadawg]

19. rofl, well played

[jmondine]

3. Hey, Wait a sec. 25 years ago was 1985. Who was president then? Hmm...

[BP2]

4. Polls, schmolls. You in Congress do what you want to do. The rest of us are

just along for the ride.

[RC]

5. Jobs? What kind of jobs?

Minimum wage or Living Wage? Jobs doing what?
If they are not manufacturing jobs, but service jobs, it ain't a gonna work past the point when the stimulus money to jump start them runs out.

[MJJP21]

6. How about

working on bringing back a percentage of jobs that we have outsourced over the years? Two in particular are clothing and shoes. It would not be a stretch to insist that stores stock at least 20% of what is on the shelf with items made in the US as an example. These two indudtries in particular if resurrected in some small way would go a long way to getting those with the least education on the job rolls.

[golfguru]

11. Good patriotic thought however customers will go for the

cheaper shoes and clothes from China.

[salguine]

7. If they make job creation a priority like they made health care reform a priority, then

God help us.

[proudohioan]

8. Amen!!

[salguine]

9. They'll force everyone to buy a job or be fined.

[Demeter]

22. +1M

Congress doesn't know what a job is,to start with. Why don't they do the things already on their plate, like real health care reform, peace in our time, taxing the obscenely wealthy and shutting down corporate fraud and welfare and outsourcing?

[harkadog]

10. I wish job creation had been a 2009 priority.

[golfguru]

12. You are exactly right.....eom

[fasttense]

13. I wish jobs had been a priority with the 1st jobless recovery that the bushes

past off as success. We haven't had any job creation in the past 10 years. Thanks Republicons for another mess.

[harkadog]

14. NAFTA wasn't signed into law by a Republican.

[HughBeaumont]

24. It was written by several.

That thing had been on Bush I's desk.

And even though he had it on his party, Bill Clinton was no economic Democrat by any stretch of the word.

[Mari333]

16. they want fries with that?

[No Elephants]

17. Hope they succeed. We desperately need jobs.

[Stumbler]

18. Then I hope some of them have been listening to Hartmann

1. Repeal NAFTA.
2. Restore tariffs to similar levels imposed by other nations.
3. Until the market corrects itself with the implementation of these two rules, create an FDR-style works program to get money into the pockets of those who need it most: The middle & working classes, NOT the banksters.

But if HCR is any indication, I'm not holding my breath for any substantive change to come about anytime soon.

[lunatica]

20. Priority?! Oh! That's right! It's an election year!

I'm so excited...

[NuttyFluffers]

21. please don't be like 2009 solutions, please don't be like 2009 solutions, please oh please!

:scared: :hide:

[kirby]

23. Yeah, their jobs! n/t

[TxRider]

25. +1

[branders seine]

26. Uh-oh.

Wasn't health care reform their priority in 2009?

(And it didn't get done. And it turned into health insurance reform instead.)

[AlphaCentauri]

27. is it going to take the whole year to pass another law? n/t

[wellst0nev0ter]

28. I Guess The Prospect Of Losing Their Jobs

Is the only way they'll stop dicking around. But I'm not wasting any hope.