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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 09:13 PM
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OK. so Congress is now vowing to talk about jobs, jobs, jobs now that the debt ceiling fight is over
And the first thing they do is go on vacation?! For five weeks?! Flying while they left on the the table legislation to end the FAA shutdown?! Shit on a shingle. :banghead:
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Lifelong Protester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 09:15 PM
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1. Yeah, good luck creating jobs with the handcuffs that have
just been put in place.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 09:18 PM
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5. CORRECT
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 09:15 PM
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2. Hell, Ma'am, Just As Well: All 'Talking Jobs' Means is Yammering About 'Tax Cuts for Job Creators'
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FBaggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 09:16 PM
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3. They've been "pivoting to jobs" for quite some time now.
Still waiting.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 09:17 PM
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4. "Talk" is all they will do about jobs. n/t
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 09:19 PM
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6. 99% of politicians are a-hs. That's my new view. nt
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Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 09:27 PM
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7. They need to go home and figure out how to get more tax
cuts so their corporate contributors can make sure the politicians keep their jobs, those are the only jobs that matter.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 09:34 PM
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8. And, they won't return until after LABOR DAY!
The irony is stunning.

Putting off everything for weeks while the country burns.

Then reconvening just in time to start screwing the public with more cuts around Thanksgiving Day with the final round of cuts due the week before Christmas.

Mr. Grinch and Snidely Whiplash look like good guys compared to this bunch of crooks.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 09:36 PM
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9. the only jobs they're concerned about are their own.
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