(AP)- ...Underscoring the gravity of the nation's high employment rate, Obama chose a joint session of Congress, normally reserved for a state of the union speech, to lay out his proposals. But if the moment was extraordinary, the plan he presented was conventional Washington rhetoric in one respect: It employs sleight-of-hand accounting.
A look at some of Obama's claims and how they compare with the facts:
OBAMA: "Everything in this bill will be paid for. Everything.
THE FACTS: Obama did not spell out exactly how he would pay for the measures contained in his nearly $450 billion American Jobs Act, but said he would send his proposed specifics in a week to the new congressional supercommittee charged with finding budget savings...
Essentially, the jobs plan is an IOU from a president and lawmakers who may not even be in office down the road when the bills come due. Today's Congress cannot bind a later one for future spending. A future Congress could simply reverse it.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Priceless: AP Calls BS on Obama's Jobs Speech
Liberal AP calls BS on Obama's claim his jobs bill is payed for and calls his speech "conventional Washington rhetoric."
This president is "stuck on stupid" because he can only come up with things that "need to be paid for"-- he just doesn't "get" free market economy that creates jobs all by itself, EVERY TIME ITS TRIED-- that means fighting fire with fire if necessary, to combat the jobs loss to other nations and get them back where they belong-- starting with things like suspending taxes on manufacturing in the US (hint: China does that ALREADY)
ReplyDeleteObama lies every time he speaks. Its extremely disappointing that the Press and most Americans cannot see through this. I believe he has lied since he first found out he could get away with it, perhaps at age 5 or 6. He has lied so many times since he believes what he says.
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