Lisa Benson for May 06, 2014

I guess these are all the things Lisa Benson doesn’t think are worthy of the President’s attention. The only thing here I can fault Obama for is not making jobs the centerpiece of his economic plans. Of course, that’s hard to do when the House believes killing the EPA is a “jobs bill”. Get a clue: cutting environmental regulations may pad the corporate bottom line, but it doesn’t boost consumer demand.What about things Lisa likes, such as keeping our troops in Afghanistan? Obama did a huge flip flop one that one.

“The only thing here I can fault Obama for is not making jobs the centerpiece of his economic plans”————————————————————————————No sh Sherlock!This is the the main issue most Americans have been worried about over the last 5 years!What happened to Barry’s “laser-like focus on jobs”?

Obama has proposals — good ones, actually — on all of these items. The Senate has passed many of them too, usually on a bipartisan basis. It’s not his fault that the Republicans in the House cannot even bring them up for a vote.

I thought businesses made jobs, not the government. The only way government makes jobs is by getting out of the way of business and reducing the amount of required paperwork businesses are stuck with.

If you remember the recent recession, business destroyed a lot of jobs by gambling with mortgage securities.

Political cartoonist’s tend to follow the winds also.

WHAT?? C’mon OTX, it was the previous 30 years of continual DE-REGULATION that helped lead us into the recession/depression. Yes, the Dems had a hand in it as well. But, Wall Street emerged bigger and more powerful, after bailouts and more mergers. Executive salaries & golden parachutes continue to rise to obscene heights. Bonuses bigger to all traders. Despite Yellen’s taking over the Fed, I hear of no propsals at regulation. Business as usual.

Thank you for proving once again how far to the right you are.

“……Keynesian analysis shows that the increase in the nominal economy is much larger if money is taken from those who can afford to save a lot of it and given to those who have to spend it all,……”.Just to add to that thought – If taxes are cut, which disproportionately favors the wealthy, only the portion spent – the marginal propensity to spend portion – gets back into the economy in economic stimulus. But if government spends directly for infrastructure, etc., 100% of the spending gets back into the economy for job growth and stimulating the economy. Thus bang for the buck is greater from direct government spending than for tax cuts..The path to job creation is clear, particularly with current historically low interest rates – borrow and spend for purposes that increases the productive capacity of the nation – infrastructure, research, education, etc. Probably explains why Republicans resist stimulus spending in any form. Can’t have job growth and a recovering economy helping out the administration.

The fact that Obama is paying attention to the things that actual Americans want him to pay attention to is now a cause to denigrate that attention? Or is this just an attempt to distract us from the fact that he is doing what most people want him to do on these issues, while the Republicans are fighting against the will of the majority of the American people.

“As always, blame businesses for the regulations imposed by government which led to current recession.”

The need for accountability only arises when there is no responsibility. So it is with big business. You want to get rid of regulations (accountability)? Fine. Demand responsibility.

It is interesting to see how many people believe that, if only individuals were responsible for their own lives, health care/education/jobs/environment would be much better. However, it’s okay for business to be as irresponsible as the law (and the Supreme Court) allow. Until we are at least willing to recognize this, nothing will improve.

Lisa is giving too much credit to the Slacker-In-Chief.

Obama can read the way the different winds blow, and yes, react. “W” only heeded one wind, to profit the MIC and corporations, it was called the wind of WAR! (War on “them” and war on US as well!)

Great toon! The great ozama is just blowin’ in the wind.

“ummm, Did your momma drop you when you were little, or did she give birth to a brain dead child?”Gee, this sounds like a personal attack. Maybe I’m too liberal to appreciate such good natured humor. I could care less if the moderators want to take notice, but missing stuff like this makes one doubt their impartiality.If you bothered reading my post, you’d notice my reference to the 2009 stimulus bill passed by the Democrats, signed by Obama. Republicans say it failed. I say it was too little & fault Obama for underestimating what was required at the time. But after passing the first one, there was zero chance of getting additional stimulus through Congress. That should seem perfectly obvious.Maybe another Hoover will be in charge the next time the economy really tanks & we can be reminded how effective letting the economic cycle run it’s course really is.Too many people aren’t aware of the ravages brought by booms & busts before Keynes.

“Hillary is the corporate candidate,”True, she is one of many. So far, I don’t see any candidates that would be willing to buck their corporate masters.

“bad fiction even for a troll, in 2010 the Dems still had both houses of Congress.”True. The debt ceiling crisis featuring Boehner’s comment wasn’t until 2011. He actually said he got 98%. In 2010, most of Congress was busy being campaigning. No one from either party engages in much serious legislation during election years.

Mikefive, did you read this opening statement of coercion? “When President Obama launched his Climate Action Plan last year, he made clear that the essential information contained in this report would be used by the Executive Branch to underpin future policies and decisions to better understand and manage the risks of climate change. We strongly and respectfully urge others to do the same.”