Treasury Secretary Snow Sees Job Growth

[CatWoman]

Oh!! What a web we weave :eyes:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Sunday that despite disappointing job growth last month the economy is on an upswing that will lead to increased employment.

"I'm confident that this recovery will translate into job creation," Snow said as he also reaffirmed the administration's commitment to cut in half in five years the record federal deficit, which has drawn fire from a number of economic groups.

Snow said the federal budget that President Bush (news - web sites) will soon propose will reflect the administration's vow to reduce the deficit, largely by slowing the growth in spending.

"This is an administration committed to fiscal responsibility," Snow told ABC's "This Week."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040111/bs_nm/economy_snow_dc_3

[Archae]

1. Is it any wonder...

He's called "Snow Job?"

[Cha]

2. I "see" a Snow Job....

and typical republican lies!

[Faygo Kid]

3. He's been everywhere the last couple of days, and the message is the same

Snow says make the tax cuts permanent and "reform" the legal system. That, to him, is the solution. This is sheer madness, to think either of those acts will create jobs, and they know it. Raw, dangerous, power-mad ideologues.

[Just Me]

4. Who puts stock in what this blind man sees?

How many times has he said he "sees" job growth coming?

What I see is a job-KILLING economic package that makes the rich richer and everyone else suffer.

SHUT YOUR LYIN' PIE-HOLE, SNOW. You're hurtin' my d*mn ears!!!

[barbaraann]

5. He and Perle look like they need to drink some more blood

to maintain their human shape.

Sorry, I just can't convince myself that these beings are truly human.

[wryter2000]

Liar, liar

pants on fire

[kath]

30. yeah, what total bullshit

[lovedems]

6. This is an administration committed to fiscal responsibility.

That has to be the funniest thing I have heard all year! I can tell they are committed to fiscal responsibilty. They are going to cut the budget deficit in half and send us to mars and the moon at the same time! This is so funny. Really it's not because they think we are so fucking stupid. They don't even try to tell good lies anymore.

[aneerkoinos]

22. that quote, ROTFL

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahhhhhhssheeees...

[lovedems]

7. I guess we could call this a "snow job". n/t

[Fleshdancer]

8. George Will actually said something interesting this morning to Snow...

Snow's response concerning the low amount of job creations the past several months is always "we're going through a recovery".

George Will said "We are in the 25th month of recovery of a recession that lasted only 8 months" His point was that saying we're going through a "recovery" is no longer an acceptable excuse.

I thought this was a pretty profound statement. Of course, agreeing with George on something makes me a little sick to my stomach, but it was a great point.

[cally]

9. George Will: We've had an 8 month recession and a 25 month

recovery, shouldn't we see some job growth by now. Then he asked, maybe we need a payroll tax to stimulate job growth. That was on this morning's "This Week" with George Stephanapolis.

That is a great argument when someone says we have a recovery. Where is it and why isn't it better?

on edit: I didnt see GS's post when I posted. We thought the same way about the statement.

[pinto]

13. what was Snow's response? if any...n/t

[cally]

19. Something like

We think making the tax cuts permanent will create more jobs. All signs in the economy are great. We've had so many economic shocks to the economy and :cry: It's not our fault. Spin, spin, spin.

[pinto]

25. thks,

so many shocks to the economy.....when in doubt blame 9/11...........

:puffpiece:

[Zhade]

16. Arg!

Then he asked, maybe we need a payroll tax to stimulate job growth.

Uh...what about a payroll tax HOLIDAY? You know, so you and I can spend more of our own money, thus stimulating the economy?

No, wait. That would make too much SENSE, wouldn't it?

George Will is a fucking moron.

[pinto]

10. all talk, no facts or figures, y'know like economists talk about....

snow job is right. all hat no cattle.....

[Nay]

11. I see job growth, too. . .in India.

What a shill that Snow is.

[w13rd0]

12. Does he also see dead people?

Because it's pretty apparent that he's LOST HIS MIND!

[KayLaw]

14. Five years?

I can't believe he is cynical enough to say five years!! They must think we're all brainwashed ditto heads.

[stevedeshazer]

15. My unemployment rate is 100%

Maybe I should send my resume to Halliburton, they seem to be doing fine.

[0007]

17. I didn't Snow today - Does he still roll his eye balls to the top

of his head to match his bushy white eyebrows?

[twilight]

18. my crystal ball says

That this is another Snow Job ...

And the snow isn't even falling YET! :D

O'Neill doesn't lie - he has 19,000 pages of evidence.

Boy is the dung gonna fly ...

Mark my words you scumball/snowjob!

:dem: :kick:

[Cheswick2.0]

20. I do too

in India. My job went there

[Sapphocrat]

21. He also implied that killing Uday & Qusay was good for the economy...

Snow says death of Saddam sons helps economy

The death of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's two sons helps the US economy by removing some uncertainty, Treasury Secretary John Snow said.

Snow was asked by a Fox Television reporter for his reaction to Wall Street's bounce after news of the deaths emerged.

"Well, I think anything that removes uncertainty about the course of progress in Iraq is positive, and that certainly removes some uncertainty," the US economic chief said. ...

"I think we are seeing real good signs that this economy is beginning to take off," he said. "I am confident that the economy is now getting on the right course." ...

-- AFP, July 22, 2003

Link to the original AFP article is dead, so this will have to do -- titled, appropriately, "No Wonder They Call Him 'Snowjob'":

http://blogs.salon.com/0002551/2003/07/22.html#a279

[daleo]

23. He's like the kid in "The Sixth Sense"

I see job people.

[CBHagman]

24. You should have heard his remarks at the Chamber of Commerce

John Snow recently spoke to the Chamber of Commerce, and it was, to be concise, the usual Bush blather -- make the tax cuts permanent, etc., etc. He seemed to assume that everyone listening to him was a member of the GOP and in the administration's camp.

When Snow came in as Treasury secretary, there was the suggestion that he was closer by no means out of touch with the average working person, despite his huge income. After hearing Snow speak, however, all I could think was that he was just another short-sighted, selfish supply-sider from the Bush camp. Anyone who's calling to make permanent the tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich is no friend of the country OR the working stiff, in my view.

Interestingly, a florist from Philadelphia got up during the Q&A session and asked about corporate mergers and how small businesses are being crushed by the difficulty of competing with such monster-size companies.

[Kinkistyle]

26. I hear Bremer's position is opening up

Hot jobs in Iraq right now! Pre-requisites: Must be able to lie through the teeth, and run in a serpentine pattern.

[salin]

27. He says.. if you use a microscope.. you can see the created jobs as well

[Pax Argent]

28. Fiscal responsibility? Republicans?

I think I may have figured out where Rush's stash went...

[are_we_united_yet]

29. Don't you just love it?

"I'm confident that this recovery will translate into job creation,"

"This is an administration committed to fiscal responsibility,"

With all the sincerity of a "Thank You" engraving on Fast Food Resturaunt trash containers.