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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 10:50 AM Original message |
Obama to Offer Aid for Families in State of the Union Address |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. What about us happily single and cheerfully childfree folks who are unemployed? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. We don't count. We can fuck off and die. eom |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I Didn't See Anything Limiting Jobs To Those Who Are Married With Kids |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Raising the child care tax credit doesn't create jobs, except for a few low paid day care ones.. |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. They are... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Well that would be things like sales tax cuts and more credits to the working poor |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. My thought exactly! nt |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. if we're not activiely increasing the (slave) population |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I used to go to childfree meetups in my area |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. These "initiatives" nibble around the edges of the problem. |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. But Any Initiatives Designed To Promote Employment Are Derided As Corporatist |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. So he oughtta do something that will be labelled socialist instead. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. They will be if they are corporate giveaways that don't create jobs in the U.S. |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. What's been attacked is that past incentives have been tax cuts that never resulted in more jobs. |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And, bailouts that were spent on jobs overseas and bonuses, and nothing for us, the taxpayers |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Stimulus funds to companies need to be tied directly to job creation in the U.S. |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. How exactly would that work? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Clawback provisions. eom |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Not seeing how that would actually accomplish anything |
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SlingBlade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Please. After 8 years of Bush ? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
43. Funny thing. FDR figured out a way to employ arrchitects, artists, actors, roofers, etc. with being |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I agree wholeheartedly. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. +1 n/t |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. Will they come in purple? |
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d_r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. the child care tax credit |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Look, I understand why they're doing it. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Please elaborate on your plan. Also please detail your plan to fix the.... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I don't have to. If you like what is being proposed, you defend it. eom |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'm not hearing any solutions. nt |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. What a coinky dink, neither am I. eom |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. And yet you are the one complaining about the solutions offered... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Because they are more of the same trickle down wishful thinking. |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Hmm, $500 Billion In The Original Stimulus On Spending Was Not Exactly Pocket Change... |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. That's a terribly weak defense... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. There is a time-tested solution for finding solutions to economic problems. |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. More Obama BS |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. The truth comes out. Thanks for posting that. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. You internetshits don't know squat. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Self delete |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. so elderly couples on fixed income with rising expenses get to pay in more? Sign me up! |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. Absurdly inadequate... |
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optimator (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. the MOST IN NEED are Obama's least priority |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. I see the big whine squad is out in force unrecing this.. |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
44. What I would like to see is the mortgage modification program become mandatory |
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