Allowing him the benefit of any doubt...and assume everything he proposed is passed as proposed...and works as proposed...with benefits raining down on those intended as proposed...

why didn't he do it a year ago?

why didn't he do it when the dems had both houses of congress?

Now the doubt! Because it is time to start campaigning. That is exactly the speech making tone he used when he was wooing the followers during his stump/promise speeches of 2008. I do not believe the same folks will buy the same smoke again.

And when he says it will be 100% paid for....doesn't that have a familiar ring? Sounds exactly like when he said his health care plan was not going to add "one single dime to the deficit"?

What he has earned and going for/against him are the promises and proposed solutions too many times before with no end result.

Yes and this one has the usual Obama urgency....pass this bill right away...just how many times did he say it last night?

Conclusion (for me anyway)...same-oh-same-oh Obama approach...

My measure of him and anybody else in charge....promises kept VS promises made...enough said!!!

btk

I hear ya. Spending money to save money does not look like the way we fix our budget. However, I would like to see details on how it is paid for that He keep saying. No doubt what he proposes will create a lot of jobs, but again, where is the money to pay for it come from.

He is the best convincing speaker in my life time.

I have one request: Breakdown where the money is coming from i.e.:

1. This Program canceled:
2. This Program reduced:
3. This Program would increase revenue without increasing taxes.


I keep hearing so many promises without any details witch equates to BLA BLA BLA.

I am sick of hidden agenda from both parties.

I said it before during a crisis the people will buy anything.

"I keep hearing so many promises without any details witch equates to BLA BLA BLA."

Did it ride in on a broom or did you mean which?

I was at the square dancing to Rocky and the Rollers.

Originally Posted by Figmo Bohica

"I keep hearing so many promises without any details witch equates to BLA BLA BLA."

Did it ride in on a broom or did you mean which?

LOL
Problem with spell check is you have TWO spell the word wrong to find it.

The thing I got out of the speech is what BTK said about his repeating "You got to pass this right away" over and over (was he trying for the Pavlovian effect?). I guess he means like ObamaCare; "don't try to analyze this, just pass it"

He went on about Social Security. Really?; why did he cut $500 Billion from it then?

He never addressed the Free Market Economy. He made little mention about the myriad regulations strangling business growth in this country. He took credit for some small steps toward reform, but then went into his rhetoric about not making Americans choose jobs over safety. Straw man issue; those are not the regulations strangling business. The feds have imposed new regulations and rules making it hard to do business in this country. Everything from guitars to health care to the internet and dozens more.

He mentioned the cost offsets for this program but didn't provide them. He's calling for new federal spending. Yeah, that's worked real well so far, hasn't it.

There's more, but finally the President never mentioned energy exploration as any kind of solution to our nation's troubles. Focusing on this could reduce energy costs, provide jobs and generate hundreds of billions of dollars. What did he do instead? He focused on "tax loopholes" of the energy companies. Good grief!!

I didn't see the speech. It was my poker night.

buggyone...whether you won or lost at poker you were ahead!!!!!

btk

Paid for?

Tax those making $250,000 and above......you know how he said it, so blah blah blah.

Cut it from the Military. The cheap way, by turning it over to that stupid commission, who if cannot come to an agreement, military cuts become automatic.

This president......little "p" is nothing but a script on a teleprompter. If the teleprompter had malfunctioned, we would have seen the real president. Lost!

I am sure I was.

Great speech. Now lets pass it and get on with the business of the country.

Originally Posted by BlueHeronFan

Paid for?

Tax those making $250,000 and above......you know how he said it, so blah blah blah.

Cut it from the Military. The cheap way, by turning it over to that stupid commission, who if cannot come to an agreement, military cuts become automatic.

This president......little "p" is nothing but a script on a teleprompter. If the teleprompter had malfunctioned, we would have seen the real president. Lost!

Of someone dawdling about jobs.

Citing the plight of millions of struggling Americans whose wishes for jobs Obama ignored for most of the 961 days he's been in office while chasing shinier healthcare and financial reforms, Obama said it was time that Congress stop blaming others. He said it was time members take responsibility for their inaction and halt their phony partisan games and political circus acts that pervade Washington culture.

Because the Americans Obama hasn't been listening to are really hurting now. And -- who's....

....counting? -- but it's only 424 days until Nov. 6, 2012. No plan yet to pay for Obama's ideas. But he wants immediate passage of his American Jobs Act anyway.

Read the whole thing here:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/wash...ws-polls-.html

looking at the speech again here are the people it will help....teachers,police and firemen,construction workers,unemployed,small business,big business and finally most tax payers. Should he have done this earlier,yes,is it political,yes,will it be enough,I dont know. The country needs help desperately and unless some of you have an alternate plan to help all these people stop the nonsense and get out of the way.