If the members of Congress who are spending time in their states and districts during the July 4 recess only get one message, it must be this one: Fight for the unemployed when you return to Washington. We mean, really fight, with serious votes on bills that match the seriousness of the unemployment crisis.
It appears that the Senate, which shamed itself last week by refusing to take action on a jobs and tax fairness bill, will have an opportunity to redeem itself somewhat with a vote on extended unemployment benefits. more »
huffingtonpost.com — Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) recently introduced the Local Jobs for America Act in the Senate, a piece of legislation that gives Americans exactly what they want: More jobs and the help they need to train for and secure long-term employment.
A companion bill introduced in the House by Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) in March has more than 160 co-sponsors. Unfortunately there are members on both sides of the aisle who believe it won't play well with voters concerned that legislation of this kind will further balloon the deficit.
Conservatives are calling for tax cuts to create jobs. But tax cuts are not as effective at creating jobs as infrastructure investment. And tax cuts leave behind deficits while infrastructure investment directly hires people and leaves behind ... infrastructure!
The stimulus is running out, millions lose health insurance in 12 days as COBRA subsidies start to run out, unemployment benefits also start running out, all while the unemployment rate is rising. Foreclosures are up. more »
People care about jobs. They still care about jobs. And politicians who don't care about jobs will lose their jobs, because that is what motivates voters.
Polling at Pollingreport.com proves that people are much more concerned about jobs than deficits. (Note there are some polls that show equal concern, no polls that show deficit with a higher concern) more »
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