Bush allots two days of Iraq spending on "jobs initiative"

[rfranklin]

Note that he is planning on gutting other programs to fund this, and in the end will not appropriate the money...

Bush Unveils Initiative to Double Job Training
Sun Apr 4, 2004 10:12 PM ET


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush, his reelection bid bolstered by robust job growth in March, will unveil a new jobs initiative on Monday aimed at doubling the number of Americans enrolled for skills training under a Clinton-era work-assistance measure, officials said.
During a speech at a Charlotte, North Carolina, community college, the Republican president will outline his plans to generate $300 million for new job training under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, or WIA, by reining in the costs and duplicate services of existing programs....

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4746020

[Imalittleteapot]

1. Swaying slightly from the subject ---

has Bush said what kind of job training - for what kind of jobs he speaks?

[nostamj]

5. this is an exchange from Lou Dobbs....

even though it could have been written by Samuel Beckett, Waiting for a Job


Train for your new job.

What job?

Well, the American economy is so dynamic, that we don't know what the jobs of the future will be.

Then how do I know which job to train for?

Just train yourself.

But for what?

The jobs of the future.

Which will be?

We're not sure.

But now that I'm fired, I need to train for a new job.

Yes.

In what field?

The new one.

Which is?

Exactly.

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

2. Election year politics

nothing more, expect more of this

[Paradise]

3. Does it get any better than this!

"Note that he is planning on gutting other programs to fund this, and in the end will not appropriate the money..."

[papau]

4. gutting other programs to fund -in the end will not appropriate

should one of the Dem mantras/ads this year!

:-)

[Paradise]

6. Absolutely, you're right! n/t