- Everything paid for
- Purpose: Put people back to work
- Tex credit for hiring
- Tax credit for raising wages (small businesses)
- Will be able continue making these breaks
- Repair and modernize 15,000 schools
- Thousands of transportation projections
- Cutting red tape to speed projects
- Thousands of teachers in every state to go back to work
- Companies get tax credits to hire vets (15% of vets unemployed vs 9% national rate)
- Summer jobs for low income Americans
- Companies to get $4,000 in tax credits for hiring someone how has spent more than 6 months looking for a job
- Extends unemployment insurance for another year
- Typical working family will get 1500 tax credit
- Will NOT add to deficit
Obama Jobs Speech Summary
American Jobs Act
Message from 'Obama for America'
A couple weeks ago, President Obama sat down for lunch with six of the campaign's summer organizers to thank them for their work and share some of the lessons he learned when he was a first-time community organizer himself.
He made the time because organizing is at the heart of this movement. It's how we're building our operation from the ground up over the next 14 months.
As we pause this weekend to celebrate the working men and women in our country who fought for the right to organize, it's worth taking a few minutes to listen to what the President had to say -- and think about how we'll organize this campaign in the months to come.
Labor Day has added significance in the political calendar -- it's seen as the moment when the race for the Republican nomination will really heat up.
That means we need to be prepared for even more false attacks on the President's record as our prospective opponents try to build their own campaigns.
But we'll win this election the same way we won the last one: through people stepping up locally, taking the lead in the communities they know best.
Some supporters will dedicate months to this campaign, while others will pop in for a few volunteer shifts here and there. Any time and expertise you can share helps grow this organization -- and brings people together to make our country greater.
That's a strategy our prospective opponents won't follow.
Watch the video, then sign up to volunteer in your community:
http://my.barackobama.com/
Our job from now until November 2012 is to keep working to bring more people into the political process. And that begins and ends with organizing.
Hope you have a great Labor Day weekend.
He made the time because organizing is at the heart of this movement. It's how we're building our operation from the ground up over the next 14 months.
As we pause this weekend to celebrate the working men and women in our country who fought for the right to organize, it's worth taking a few minutes to listen to what the President had to say -- and think about how we'll organize this campaign in the months to come.
Labor Day has added significance in the political calendar -- it's seen as the moment when the race for the Republican nomination will really heat up.
That means we need to be prepared for even more false attacks on the President's record as our prospective opponents try to build their own campaigns.
But we'll win this election the same way we won the last one: through people stepping up locally, taking the lead in the communities they know best.
Some supporters will dedicate months to this campaign, while others will pop in for a few volunteer shifts here and there. Any time and expertise you can share helps grow this organization -- and brings people together to make our country greater.
That's a strategy our prospective opponents won't follow.
Watch the video, then sign up to volunteer in your community:
http://my.barackobama.com/
Our job from now until November 2012 is to keep working to bring more people into the political process. And that begins and ends with organizing.
Hope you have a great Labor Day weekend.
5 Lies About the Economy
5 lies about Obama linking to the Politifact explanation
"We're inches away from no longer having a free economy."
Source: politifact.com
5 Lies About Obama
5 lies about Obama linking to the Politifact explanation
Source: politifact.com
President Barack Obama "has virtually no one in his cabinet with private-sector experience."
Source: politifact.com
Good for Business, Bad for America
Republicans want to deregulate the economy to encourage growth. Hmmm, when was the last time that happened...Oh right it was under Bush and resulted in the biggest economic collapse since the great depression. Some business practices are profitable but harm the overall economy.
Irene Message from Sen. Lautenberg to NJ Residents
Yesterday, President Obama issued a Major Disaster Declaration for damage resulting from Hurricane Irene in our state, which makes many New Jersey residents eligible for a number of Federal disaster relief programs. These programs offer grants and loans to individuals and loans to businesses.
The Federal Government has set up a website that allows people to apply online for assistance: http://www.disasterassistance.
This website consolidates the application process across several Federal agencies, including FEMA and the Small Business Administration. The website also reduces the number of forms you will ultimately have to fill out, shortens the time it takes to apply and allows you to check the progress of your applications online.
If you want to apply by phone rather than the Internet, you can call 1-800-621-FEMA (1-800-621-3362).
While the damage suffered across New Jersey is devastating, I know our state can rebound quickly. Federal aid will play a crucial role in our recovery, so please take advantage of the resources available. Please don't hesitate to contact me anytime regarding this or other issues.
IMPORTANT: Message from the President
Today I asked for a joint session of Congress where I will lay out a clear plan to get Americans back to work. Next week, I will deliver the details of the plan and call on lawmakers to pass it.
Whether they will do the job they were elected to do is ultimately up to them.
But both you and I can pressure them to do the right thing. We can send the message that the American people are playing by the rules and meeting their responsibilities -- and it's time for our leaders in Congress to meet theirs.
And we must hold them accountable if they don't.
So I'm asking you to stand with me in calling on Congress to step up and take action on jobs:
http://my.barackobama.com/
No matter how things go in the weeks and months ahead, this will be an important challenge for our organization.
It's been a long time since Congress was focused on what the American people need them to be focused on.
I know that you're frustrated by that. I am, too.
That's why I'm putting forward a set of bipartisan proposals to help grow the economy and create jobs -- that means strengthening our small businesses, giving needed breaks to middle-class families, while taking responsible steps to bring down our deficit.
I'm asking lawmakers to look past short-term politics and take action on that plan. But we've got to do this together.
I will deliver this message to Congress next week, but I'm asking you to stand alongside me today:
http://my.barackobama.com/
Whether they will do the job they were elected to do is ultimately up to them.
But both you and I can pressure them to do the right thing. We can send the message that the American people are playing by the rules and meeting their responsibilities -- and it's time for our leaders in Congress to meet theirs.
And we must hold them accountable if they don't.
So I'm asking you to stand with me in calling on Congress to step up and take action on jobs:
http://my.barackobama.com/
No matter how things go in the weeks and months ahead, this will be an important challenge for our organization.
It's been a long time since Congress was focused on what the American people need them to be focused on.
I know that you're frustrated by that. I am, too.
That's why I'm putting forward a set of bipartisan proposals to help grow the economy and create jobs -- that means strengthening our small businesses, giving needed breaks to middle-class families, while taking responsible steps to bring down our deficit.
I'm asking lawmakers to look past short-term politics and take action on that plan. But we've got to do this together.
I will deliver this message to Congress next week, but I'm asking you to stand alongside me today:
http://my.barackobama.com/
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