Obama Wants Congress to “Pass the Bill Right Now” That He Won’t Deliver Until Maybe Tomorrow
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, September 12, 2011, 5:25 AM
On Thursday Barack Obama urged Congress to “pass this bill right now.”
Congress won’t get the $447 billion stimulus bill until tomorrow.
SFGate reported:
President Barack Obama will send to Congress tomorrow a legislative proposal to enact a $447 billion package of tax cuts and spending aimed at boosting hiring, according to an administration official.
Obama is planning an announcement in the White House Rose Garden tomorrow at which he’ll again urge quick passage of the proposal and will send the legislation to lawmakers in the evening, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the schedule hasn’t been officially released.
The package, which the president outlined Sept. 8, is heavily geared toward tax cuts, which account for more than half the dollar value of the plan. The rest would provide money for improving infrastructure, modernizing schools and aid for states to keep teachers and emergency workers on the job.
The centerpiece of the plan is cutting the payroll tax, which covers the first $106,800 in earnings and is evenly split between employers and employees. Obama would reduce the portion paid by workers next year to 3.1 percent from 4.2 percent now. The rate was cut 2 percentage points under the terms of a tax deal reached last year. That cut is set to expire Dec. 31, which would push it back to 6.2 percent.
Job growth stalled last month and the unemployment rate has hovered at or above 9 percent for more than two years.
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Published May 22, 2012 at 5:04 am - 78 Comments
Militant Conservative commented:
Such easy pickens. The president is so vulnerable and weak. I smell blood in the water.
Such a pathetic excuse for a president and human being.
powder is dry
Bob Z commented:
The republican need to tell him to go on vacation and they will write an adult bill that might really create jobs not pay off union buddies
Sasja commented:
Congress can pass legislation to cut taxes without this stimulus, I want another round of a money laundering scheme so I can get my cut, sham. If The Evil One wants to cut taxes, great. Send him a bill of tax cuts only and see what happens.
Cee commented:
It would be irresponsible for any discussion – much less passage – of the bill to occur until the funding proposal is presented and incorporated in the bill. Without the linkage, we risk having expenditures mandated by law with no way to pay for them.
Has anyone figured out that allowing hundreds of thousands of illegal and legal immigrants into the country when there is no job growth can do nothing but increase the unemployment even if it is not reported in the official figures? October 1 is the starting date for new 2012 H-1B visa holders. If there were these jobs sitting and waiting for them for as much as 6 months, why were not US citizens being hired during this time?
(I wonder if there is anyone in the White House with any logical thinking skills at all.)
#1AMERICAN commented:
the only bill to consider is which day we kick your kenyan fraud A$$ out
Hangtown Bob commented:
You have to pass it to see what’s in it!
Where have we heard THIS before????
jorgen commented:
Now is a good time to pass Ryan’s budget. It must be clear for everybody that Obama has no solutions.
USMC Thomas commented:
Pelosi deja vu.
Robert commented:
Still no spending cuts anywhere from anyone,
including Republicans and “Tea Party” candidates.
vityas commented:
17
Rancid commented:
Oh, America is going to pass something that this Big Black Turd keeps trying to deliver….
LL commented:
Why doesn’t he simply send 2,000 blank pages to Congress, have them authorize $447 billion in spending and he can fill in the petty details later? This is what was done (in effect) with ‘Stimulus 1′ and ‘ObamaCare’.
“You have to pass it so that you can read what’s in the bill.” – Pelosi
Vixen commented:
Ahhh, the “Joppppps” Bill. The one that Obummer insisted (17 times) must be passed and that hadn’t even been written when he yapped about it last week. Yawn.
In other news, anyone see Debbie Wassermann-Schuuuuuuuuuuultz! on Fox this morning?? I was SCREAMING at the TV. Seriously, there is NO bigger airhead on the planet. Sheesh.
Freddy commented:
With the second ‘payroll tax cut’ Obama is placing the final nail in his coffin.
Think about this for a second. Obama is now GUTTING the financing of Social Security.
FDR spent years seting this program up so that politicians could not pull the visable financing, or the benefits, out from under it. Obama is now turning social security into a WELFARE payment by stopping it’s direct funding!
How does Obama defend this action in a primary debate? Where is the Democrat opponent to run against him?
vamoose commented:
The CF that is the Obama administration
First you go on vacation,
Then you write a speech,
Next you ask congress to pass the bill,
Then you go to Richmond and campaign for it,
Then you write a bill to present to congress,
Next you try to finagle a plan to pay for it,
Then you give up on a payment plan pass the buck to the supercommittee,
Next you you blame the weather,
Then you write another speech,
…
Joe Camel commented:
Tax cuts don’t cost anything. It is revenue you “allow” “tax payers” to keep. It is their money.
SS is broke, so lets cut the amount of money going in to it to placate someone. This does have a direct cost to the system. Taxing the rich…..well, that is of course is just what is says, class warfare. Extending unemployment again, just keeps those on it, on it…..go figure. My country boy upbringing tells me I smell manure here…
BIGKAHUNA commented:
They need to tell President Teleprompter reader that it is not the job of Federal Governement to create jobs, save, create oand especially pay for state and municipal jobs such as teachers, police and fire. That is what local government and taxes are for.
It is most certainly not congresses job to pass it now when it has yet to be written or given to them.
It is not Paid for because its not been submitted and your PROPOSED solution is to PASS the responsibility onto some stupid committee that usurps congressionional responsibility.
Yes… I also saw Debbie Slobbermouth( I Know Nothing!) Shultz on Fox and was laughing at her. She believed pensions have nothing to do with cities and states financial problems among other nonsense. I love that the Libs have a total schmuck as their party head!
kansas commented:
Why didn’t the Republicans have a bill waiting and pass it through the House already? Then go on TV and say that they have passed the jobs bill and it has been sent to the Senate. You know, one that might actually create an effing job.
Highlander commented:
When are people going to realize that these proposed payroll “tax cuts” are not tax cuts. They are REDUCTIONS in our social security withholding, and amount to nothing but more deficit spending. It does nobody any good to reduce what we SHOULD BE setting aside for our retirement, and blowing that money on other things to “stimulate” the economy.
These clowns REFUSE to face reality, and until they do, the downward spiral will continue …
dwd commented:
The last few times you’ve rushed legislation through, it didn’t turn out too well.
Rock commented:
Business as usual for this fraud. Big sale push, no details trust me. Yea well we all know the devil is in the details. Does anyone else think this POS reminds them of a used car salesman?
Trusting this POS with the nations wealth is like trusting your child with a pedophile.
Vixen commented:
@BIGKAHUNA: “I love that the Libs have a total schmuck as their party head!”
Seriously. Unfortunately, there are plenty of folks who don’t even recognize that Dip Wad-Schuuuuuultz! IS a schmuck. OY!! That face of hers just BEGS to be smacked…. HARD. I volunteer, but I’m sure I need to take a number and get in line.
Militant Conservative commented:
Forced to watch the presidents speech at 11am.
If we spend MORE money our taxes go down?
If we don’t spend more our taxes go up? WTF kinda math is he using.
Steaming shovelfull of freash excrement for the public to eat.
powder is dry
Gini commented:
I missed Obamas Job speech but notice the market isn’t responding favourably. Dow is off -83.66 – must have been some speech!
Rock commented:
Who the he!! does WTFs check book?
Militant Conservative commented:
fresh
rbosque commented:
Another bill we’re NOT suppossed to read? What an arrogant fool to think that we will be tricked again. To pay for the damage HE and Congress have created?
Of course Congress will go along with more of this insanity.
A Conservative Teacher commented:
Give the guy some credit- at least he is going to produce something that can be read, scored, and analyzed, and (with GOP control of House) we will actually know what is in it. I figured that this ‘bill’ was like all of his other plans and proposals, and just words, only words.
Rock commented:
Hey WTF shove it up your nether regions right now.
Always On Watch commented:
Will he deliver a bill at all?
And one more thing….Budget bills are supposed to ORIGINATE in the House of Representatives.
Questionman commented:
There were 22.377 million public sector employees when the recession started in Dec 2007. There were 21.962 million public sector employees in Aug 2011. There are 415,000 fewer private sector employees today than when the recession started in Dec 2007.. Govt spending hasn’t even been high enough to maintain the govt workforce let alone high enough to create a booming economy.
Govt spending is part of the answer. That is clear from Texas where 1/3 of the jobs created in the past decade were govt jobs. Texas created more govt jobs in this past year than the other 49 states combined. but the government is baaaad, according to the party of no plans but to get rid of the black man in office.