Weekly Address: Pushing Forward on Jobs

Following the best jobs numbers since 2007, the President recognizes that such trends are cold comfort to those who are struggling and pledges to continue pushing forward towards positive job growth. He looks back at the Jobs Forum he hosted days before and looks ahead to further action. He emphatically restates why he ran for President in the first place: to fight for a country where responsibility is still rewarded, and hard-working people can get ahead. December 5, 2009. (Publc Domain)

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[cavepilot]

I hope for an America where Justice and the Rule of Law are never trumped by politics.

[TrollBuster9090]

1920 was not a "severe economic downturn' by any measure except consumer prices (deflation). Unemployment never exceeded 10%. The only people who consider the 1920 post war recession to even be significant are Austrian School economists who are absolutely desperate to find an example of a non-interventionist recovery from a major down turn. 1920 wasn't one.

1920 unemployment was only 10%. FDR inherited a 25% unemployment rate from Hoover. There is no comparison.

[hookalakah]

"The U.S. government is the biggest impediment to job growth. Having built a small business into a big one, I can tell you that today the impediments that the government imposes are impossible to deal with. Home Depot would never have succeeded if we'd tried to start it today. Every day you see rules and regulations from a group of Washington bureaucrats who know nothing about running a business. And I mean every day. It's become stifling." --Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus to Investor.com

[MaryNLowLow]

To assist at your job interview, see my YouTube video. Simply type in MaryNLowLow, then look for video titled "Top 36 Job Interview Questions & Answers 2010"

[Montalto2008]

WEAK "leader."

[Montalto2008]

CLOWN, LIAR and FRAUD.

[dunngar]

i've tried applying to jobs from the government on USA jobs since before Obama's been in office.. i'm simply tired of all this bull.

You may be sincere, but its not in your hands.

I suggested before you became president, that you create not-for-profit work camps, where people would get free room/board, and minimum wage. The products produced would be for tools and robots so that we can design hypermodern infrastructure. It would create millions of jobs on two fronts. Tell me whats wrong wit it

[dunngar]

The only way to create jobs is to FORCE businesses to take new people.

You can't do it, because capitalism is too strong a force.Competitors will never risk profit loss by closing down their outsourced industries and dealing with Americans.Even with tax incentives for job creation, they'll still make more profit not listening to you

You're being naive to believe rich people want to help poor people.Don't tell us what we want to hear, tell us the truth.

Money is the oppression wich binds us

[TheLiberalssuckdick]

what fag?

Are you saying I deny Dinosaurs ever existed?

Are you fucking stupid? Keep drinking the fucking Kool Aid dumb ass.

What a fucking moron.

[Maximara]

As opposed to conservative collages and universities where the story Adam and Eve is treated as HISTORY and people talk about a 9,000 year Earth, and other nonsense?!?

[Armigerous]

Well,after 30 yrs of living in Houston and being active in the GOP,I am unaware of anybody in either location that sees oil as 'renewable'...that's why we are always looking for more...duh...I also favor conserving and using marginal methods like wind and solar,but leaving oil in the ground solves nothing with a growing population....only by developing more domestic sources will we lessen the Arabs' grip on our import needs....it's not rocket science...just drill where we know there is oil