Reply #83: I disagree and agree to an extent [View All]

[jzodda]

He went with a smaller jobs plan so he can get something past the teabaggers. There are many (and I stand among them) who believe that nothing he proposed will get out of the House. I don't think its possible at present. What he has is something to campaign on, namely a do nothing Congress who won't pass a job bill but wants to cut social security. That's not a good position for the repukers to be running on.

FYI: The tax breaks to entice employers to hire? A joke-the last time it was $3,000 and it accomplished nothing. Now he wants to make it $4,000? I remember at unemployment they gave us the forms for the $3k break and were told to hand it to interviewers so they would know about it. Well we all talked about it (the people at unemployment) and the ones who handed the form in the interview were looked at by the interviewer as a nutcase. It was like "I suck but here is a $3k bribe from Uncle Sam to hire me"- that was the feeling among us and how we perceived the interviewer viewing it also.

Not one of the people who tried to use it in the interview got a positive response. It seems and feels so odd to have to bring it up in the interview.