Too bad 95% of the growth is temp Census jobs... Your "stimulus" stinks.
I think in our discussions, we share the view that the economy is strengthening, that we are into recovery, that it’s actually led by some interesting sectors like manufacturing that we haven’t seen in quite some time.
The tech sectors are strong.
We have gone from losing 750,000 jobs per month to five months of job growth now, private sector job growth that is obviously so important to consumer confidence and the well-being of the economy overall.
There is a great concern about the 8 million jobs that were lost during the course of these last two years, and that we’ve got to continually push the pace of economic growth in order to put people back to work.
That, ultimately is the measure for most Americans of how well the economy is doing, and although we’ve seen corporate profits go up, we have seen some very positive trends in a number of sectors.
Unfortunately, because of the troubles that we’ve seen in Europe, we’re now seeing some headwinds and some skittishness and nervousness on the part of the markets and on part of business and investors, and so we’re still going to have to work through that.
Not only will completion of the financial regulatory reform bill provide some certainty to the markets about how we are going to prevent a crisis like this from happening again, but it also ensures that consumers are going to be protected like never before on all the things day to day that involve interactions with the financial system.
From credit card debt to mortgages, consumers are going to have the kinds of protections that they have not had before.
We’re going to be taking a whole range of financial instruments that had been in the shadows and we’re going to be putting them in the light of day so that regulators can provide the oversight that potentially would prevent a future crisis.
We’re going to be in a position to resolve the failure of one institution without seeing it infect the entire financial system.
I continue to be convinced that with financial regulatory reform in place, with a recovery well underway, that we have enormous potential to build on the hard work that’s been done by this team and put people back to work, and keep this recovery and the economy growing over the next several years.
But we can’t let up.
We’re going to have to continue to be vigilant.
Too bad 95% of the growth is temp Census jobs... Your "stimulus" stinks.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
Through tax cuts for businesses and other incentives, we have prevented this bad situation from becoming even worse.
Democrats have given Republicans every chance to say 'yes' to this bill and support economic recovery for our middle class.
We're not going to give up.
jobs are still being lost mr. liar president
did obama say this or this just legion making shit up as usual
Urrr... the unemployment rate has gone down like 1%, hasn't it?
"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
I'm sure your second term job growth numbers will be better than this term.
That is if you don't let the tea party hijack the marijuana freedom issue!!!! then you'd be toast
The stone that the builder refused
Will always be the head corner stone
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
We have a basic responsibility to help our constituents respond to emergencies.
We have a fundamental obligation not to deny them the help they need when they need it the most.
If we had Senator Byrd's replacement we would have 60. We have to wait and see what a couple of Republicans do.
Let's be fair though, the other party's opposition is also rooted in their sincere beliefs about how the economy works.
They believe that our economy will do better if we simply let the banks and oil companies and insurance industry make their own rules.
You lie!
We have a choice as a nation.
I want to move forward.
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