Republicans accused of ignoring economy

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/191810/group/homepage/

WASHINGTON — Republicans won dozens of elections last fall after claiming Democrats had focused too little on creating jobs. Now GOP lawmakers stand accused of the same charge, using their new House majority to push to repeal the president's health care law, restrict abortions and highlight other social issues important to their most conservative supporters.

Republican leaders say they have a jobs agenda, kicked off by their attempt to unravel what they call the Democrats' "jobs-killing" health overhaul.

Democrats scoff at this notion, and they're hounding Republicans to show how they can put more people to work.

"It's astonishing to me how tone-deaf the Republicans have been in the first weeks of the session," said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. "They've talked about everything but jobs."

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[SpiralHawk]

1. "Boehner. Where's my job?" - Honorable Americans

"Did you and your RepubliCronies lie to America before the election? As usual? Figures."

- Honorable Americans

[HughBeaumont]

2. Easy to ignore what you have no capability (or intent) of providing.

;)

[snappyturtle]

3. ....or any understanding of being jobless in the first place nt

[old mark]

4. K&R- The GOP has nothing to offer but lies and fake agendas. They have NO

positive plans or ideas at all, but they do get votes and tons of money, don't they?

mark

[Control-Z]

5. I still don't know from what or where

the "jobs-killing" part of jobs-killing health care is spun. Like death panels, it appears to be spun out of clear blue sky. Anyone know?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. Well, the law isn't exactly geared towards improving the profit margins

of the health insurance industry (or letting them get away with as much as they used to be able to). It would be lovely to see Politifact crack this one open. They ripped apart the whole "government takeover" lie though it certainly didn't impress the people whom are continuing to lie shamelessly about it. :banghead:

[quinnox]

6. Republcans so-called "jobs" agenda involves top priorities like

cutting as many social programs as possible, lowering corporate tax rates, making sure marriage is defined as a man with a woman, and searching for their holy grail, otherwise known as Obama's birth certificate.

Yea, sure to make plenty of jobs with that agenda!