Interview with the President: White House Looks for Ways to Stimulate Job Growth

"Obama said today he believes the American people are convinced that he is doing everything he can to bring down the deficit"

You know he probably really does believe it. He may even believe he is actually doing it too. Never mind that he is the one who tripled the deficit and then started talk of paygo for congress and fiscal responsibility. This President is a joke that everyone is tired of hearing over and over. "We were dealt a pretty bad hand" . Or Biden, explaining why the Stimulus didn't work. " things were much worse than we thought". I thought the Stimulus in February was about one three letter word, J O B S.

Joe Wilson was right.

Let's see bailout criminal bankers on Wall St. and throw a "tax" of forced health care insurance onto employers... PLEASE NO Barack! You have done TOO MUCH already!

How high is the unemployment? 10.2 and RISING!!!

Posted by: Fascist Hyena | Nov 9, 2009 10:44:41 PM

Regrettably - Facist integrity has been lost for you with post after post containing incorrect 'facts' . . .

This is a perfect night to be so stupid. Twenty years ago tonight, the wall between a government that encourages the private sector and one that controls and limits private enterprise was torn down
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Canada has more government controls over its banking, industry, health care . .. you name it. And Canada has done just fine for decades, and has weathered the world-wide economic meltdown in reasonable shape.

It is not black and white, as much as ideologues might be duped into thinking that.

Three point three million Americans have lost their jobs on this guy's watch, while he has fiddled with incomprehensible healthcare garbage they don't care about and don't want.

Everyone knew the "stimulus" was crap put together by Nancy Pelosi while Obama watched and did nothing. It is now known to have failed miserably, and the administration has been reduced to making comically false and absurd statements about jobs "saved or created." No one believes such claims anymore, and poor Joe Biden's attempts to sell them have become an excruciating clown show.

Tierra: "You can quit blaming the government then"

This is a perfect night to be so stupid. Twenty years ago tonight, the wall between a government that encourages the private sector and one that controls and limits private enterprise was torn down -- it didn't fall, it was pummeled.

I'm planning on some pummeling myself: early Nov. 2010,& 2012

Better late than never, so here are some helpful suggestions, Mr. President:
* You have a lot of face time with SEIU folks, and, thanks to you, unions now own our auto industry (and your party), why not call on them to generate jobs. Oh, wait, they don't create jobs, they just feed off those who do, like you do.
* Well, then you could call on the Chamber of Commerce and the various Small Business groups to come in with their ideas and help in creating a dynamic plan. Oh, wait, they're on your Axis-of-Evil list.
* Well, then, you could ask a Republican to help, but you are not that big or that smart.
* Hmmm, maybe you can just TALK about it endlessly, on and on, like you do Afghanistan and lofty nuclear treaties, and then fly off and make a speech for some fellow party hack running for office, while we tighten our belts and shorten our aspirations and resolve to get through your one lousy term.

The government does not create jobs. The private sector creates jobs.
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Okay, so its the private sector's fault for all the unemployment then. And the lack of jobs.

Glad we got that straight. You can quit blaming the government then.

They should have been doing nothing but looking for ways to encourage the private sector to create permanent jobs for the past nine months. Instead, they've been exhausting themselves with health care legislation the public does not want.

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First, admit that the nearly $1 trillion stimulus was a complete bust and waist of taxpayer money - then show some fiscal responsibility.
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The government does not create jobs. The private sector creates jobs.

"The White House is considering new ways to spur job growth, including stimulus projects for infrastructure, federal grants to weatherize homes and businesses, more tax cuts for businesses, and new steps to promote lending." I thought Mr. Obama has said he has done all these things in the first stimulus package.

Posted by: young_voter | Nov 9, 2009 6:24:47 PM
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Good post. I couldn't have said it better myself.
So, that leads us to two questions. #1 What happened to the first stimulus money that was supposed to spur this job growth explosion? #2 Does this mean we are facing yet ANOTHER stimulus (AKA-More Taxpayer Money Stimulating Nothing)?
I had been looking foward to this interview since Tapper was doing it, and he seems to project some toughness when in the room with Gibbs. But I have to say, I'm disappointed with it now, having read it. These were no more than "rehash" questions, that once again, Obama was able to "you know, um, well, ahhhh, you know" his way around. If I were extremely wealthy, I'd pay big money for him to be on Glenn Beck's show just once for a Q&A. Now THAT would include some hard questions.

Where are the "Private Sector" jobs? "Government Jobs" are parasitic to the economy. To claim government jobs are reducing the unemployment roles is like claim there is a perpetual motion machine to meet our energy needs. Economic strength comes from the private sector. Printing more money for government jobs is wrong headed since taxing the incomes of government workers is like pouring water back and forth between glasses and what spills is what makes its way into local economies that send the money overseas to pay for foreign products. The glasses will run dry; deflating the dollar.

It did look like maybe, before the camera rolled, Obama leaned in and told Tap Tap, "Don't ask any questions that might put me in a bad light."

Tap Tap protests and Obama says, "Okay, this interview is over." Obama plies him with the hope of the ratings for the show, knowing that whether he asked tough questions or not, Jake would get huge ratings. And the Tap Tap goes along with it.

Or, was that "V" I was watching?

"The White House is considering new ways to spur job growth, including stimulus projects for infrastructure, federal grants to weatherize homes and businesses, more tax cuts for businesses, and new steps to promote lending." I thought Mr. Obama has said he has done all these things in the first stimulus package.