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White House Bypasses Congress "To Help Young People Get Summer Jobs" |
2012-01-06 |
[ABC News] President B.O. "Ready to rule from Day One" will continue his campaign to bypass Congressional opposition to his jobs agenda Thursday by announcing a new partnership aimed at helping a quarter of a million young people find summer jobs. The initiative, part of Obama's "We Can't Wait" campaign, is intended to replace a youth jobs fund that would have been enacted had Congress passed the president's $447 billion jobs bill. "America's young people face record unemployment, and we need to do everything we can to make sure they've got the opportunity to earn the skills and a work ethic that come with a job. It's important for their future, and for America's. That's why I proposed a summer jobs program for youth in the American Jobs Act -- a plan that Congress failed to pass. America's youth can't wait for Congress to act. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment," Obama said in a written statement. The new partnership between the federal government and the private sector commits to creating nearly 180,000 employment opportunities for low-income youth in the summer of 2012, with a goal of reaching 250,000 employment opportunities by the start of summer. Republicans have pushed back against the announcement. "Everyone agrees internships are a helpful tool for youth, particularly in this economy. Yet rather than taking credit for programs that companies already had in place, a more constructive use of the White House's time would be calling on Democratic leaders to act on the dozens of House-passed jobs bills still sitting idle in Democratic-run Senate," a front man for House Speaker John It is not pronounced 'Boner!'Boehner ... the occasionally weepy leader of House Republicans... , R-Ohio, said. |
Posted by:Fred |
#16 Caesar actually simplified the Roman tax system, paid down the debt, brought order to fragmenting provinces and gave Roman rights to millions that were denied basic freedoms. Tyrant, oh yes he was. But he really did do it for the good of the Empire. Bambi... he is working as hard as he can to bring a strong nation to a crumbling state and reduce the population to serfs. Complete polar opposite of Caesar. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2012-01-06 23:29 |
#15 "Unpaid for labor expended. . . . Hey, it's OK as long as the Donks do it. They at least have a history of that sort of thing." Obviously, the party of slavery continues apace.... |
Posted by: Barbara 2012-01-06 23:17 |
#14 ..unpaid internships Unpaid for labor expended. There are other words for that kind of |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-01-06 22:05 |
#13 I read somewhere that most of the jobs will be unpaid internships, which is how the president can afford it without a disbursement by Congress. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2012-01-06 21:10 |
#12 If this is the standard bearer for Harvard Constitutional Law, Harvard looks like a sub-par university. |
Posted by: newc 2012-01-06 15:28 |
#11 Deport a couple of million illegal immigrants. They compete for the same low skill, low experience jobs. There is no competition. The illegal immigrants get the jobs. White kids need not apply. |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-01-06 12:58 |
#10 I'm still trying to figure out what part of Article II authorizes the executive branch to do anything other than execute laws duly enacted by the legislature. That would fall under Article I, and summer jobs programs aren't in there either. Leftards frequently cite the "provide for the general welfare" clause (Art. I, Sec. 8), as if "welfare" had the same informal, colloquial meaning 200+ years ago that it has now. Further, the grant of authority is to Congress, not the executive, to "provide for the common defense and the general welfare of the United States." Same leftards scream about the clause counting slaves as 3/5 of a person for census and representation purposes (Art. I, Sec. 2) , despite that it is an undisputed historical fact that Yankee "liberals" were responsible for this, since counting blacks (mostly in the South) as whole persons would have diluted Northern influence in Congress. The Constitution is shorter than the operating manual for my new vacuum cleaner (and written with greater clarity). Seems to me the extent of BHO's "constitutional law expertise" was to skim over it once and decide it was stupid. /rant off |
Posted by: RandomJD 2012-01-06 12:09 |
#9 I'm still trying to figure what article of the Constitution covers summer jobs programs. |
Posted by: Fred 2012-01-06 10:57 |
#8 ..closer to Gracchi than the Caesars. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-01-06 10:26 |
#7 Whatadeal: Gaius Julius Caesar was a much, much better military leader. Octavian (Caesar Augustus) was a much, much better politician. Bambi is neither. He's no Caesar. |
Posted by: Steve White 2012-01-06 08:54 |
#6 CrazyFool YES!. With so many unemployed a major expansion for TSA agents will be needed. Well, they are jobs. Come join us in the New World Peoples City. Transportaion will be provided. All who are interested please report to selected areas. No food or money is required. Should you have anything of value please contact a TSA agent and those items will be safely stored for you. Free medical care, luxurious housing, employment, and at no cost. Join us now for real hope and change for your future. |
Posted by: Dale 2012-01-06 07:38 |
#5 Acting like the First American Caesar. |
Posted by: whatadeal 2012-01-06 05:04 |
#4 I can imagine the kind of jobs o'beano has in mind: * Registration Card filler-outer. * Proxy Voter for dead and imaginary democrats * Voting Booth Thug (New Black Panthers only) * Recorders of names off gravestones (aka Get Out The Vote) * Occupy Wall Street Thug (Currently in recess) * General Useful Idiot etc... |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-01-06 00:39 |
#3 Deport a couple of million illegal immigrants. They compete for the same low skill, low experience jobs. |
Posted by: phil_b 2012-01-06 00:32 |
#2 How come kids can't get winter jobs? |
Posted by: tu3031 2012-01-06 00:05 |
#1 I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but summer is pretty much over here in the Northern Hemisphere. |
Posted by: SteveS 2012-01-06 00:03 |