Posts Tagged ‘ jobs ’

Kerry Baynes: The Obama “Jobs” Bill: More of the same

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The President said that the proposed Jobs Bill is awaiting Congressional action. He needs authority to act. Where is his initiative? The Bush administration “did the necessary” by Executive Decision, and despite what the naysayers may think, Economists agree that the Economy never looked better. Employment was high; Homeownership was at its peak, consumption of Foreign Imports showed robust US demand.

How much of this jobs bill has been vetted with the private sector?

How many businesses were consulted on the solution before it was touted as the cure all for the economy? How many businesses are onboard with his proposal? Experience – the US credit downgrade, and recent stock market tumbles, specifically–leaves me to doubt the President’s decision and question his lack of initiative. The plan is geared to implement contractionary fiscal policy, i.e. limiting the amount of money in the economy. During a shallow recovery, this may not be the most prudent course of action. Current prices are stable and the likelihood of inflation is still remote.



Robert Turner : Obama’s Pending Jobs Speech

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For anyone who is currently following the 2012 campaign, it was obvious from the moment it was announced yesterday why the White House picked next Wednesday for the President to give his address to the nation about his jobs plan.



Crystal Wright: The NAACP vs. Harlem School Kids

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The National Association for the ADVANCEMENT of Colored People, emphasis on the word “advancement,”claims “for 102 years, the NAACP has fought to ensure that all our children have access to high-quality public education.” If this is indeed true, then why would the NAACP, which used to be the most revered civil rights organization for black Americans, throw New York City black kids under the bus to save unionized teachers’ jobs and keep failing schools open?

In May to the shock and awe of thousands of New York City parents, the NAACP locked arms with the United Federation of Teachers (emphasis on union) and filed a lawsuit in the State Supreme Court to stop the city from closing 22 poor performing schools and giving 20 charter schools space inside public schools.

After 2,500 charter school parents and students protested in Harlem last week, blasting the NAACP, it wrote an op-ed arguing that allowing charter school students to use available space in NYC schools “impedes learning” or “tears at the fabric of communities.” Tell me how giving parents’ access to 20 charter schools impedes learning. What the NAACP failed to mention in weak defense of its actions was that by filing the lawsuit with the teachers’ union, the NAACP prevented 4,100 teachers from losing their jobs and denied 7,000 children access to a better education. That is called hypocrisy!



Carl L. Reed: Where Are The Jobs?

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Despite the Commerce Department’s reported corporate profits of $1.659 trillion in the third quarter of 2010, unemployment continues to hover around 9.5%.



Mark Ciavola: The GOP & Unemployment Benefits

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Every time Democrats try to pass bills to extend unemployment benefits, Republicans say “No.”So what’s wrong with Republicans?



Obama, Losing The “Race”

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As the historic nature of Obama’s election begins to fade, the reality of Black’s expectations have begun to boil over. Obama received 96 % of the Black vote last year, but now they are asking, “where is the return on their investment?”



NAACP to Obama: Where’s the Damn Jobs?

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Since President Obama rammed through Congress his reckless $787 billion stimulus bill the number of unemployed Americans has been steadily increasing, especially among African-Americans. For months that the president’s stimulus bill has failed to create the jobs he promised, and now the NAACP recognizes it, too.



CNN’s Latino In America: A Review

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Latino in America expertly chronicles the plight of The United States’ fifty-one million Latino Americans who are now the largest minority group in America. Illustrating this fact is the growing use of the surname Garcia which is now the tenth most commonly used surname in the U.S.A.