Do you think our politicians have a clue on what to do to help alleviate the job situation?

[Real Grit]

They seem clueless!! Promise does not equal to jobs. Its like the blind is leading the blind. There is a feeding frenzy now over a shrinking pie. Do I hear social unrest?

[Philip McCrevice]

Republicans in Congress do.

But the Democrats won't let them say a word.

Read up on all the GOP bills. Health reform. True stimulus.

Makes 100 times more sense than what the socialists are pushing.

But you'll never hear it.

[i_was_myself]

That is because there is nothing they can do. Jobs are maintained by the amount of money moving from one person to another. Our system automatically adjusts in this fashion. If people save their money, then there are less jobs. If people spend more of their money, then there are more jobs. It is as simple as that.

Congress can't affects jobs directly. All they can do is try to convince us that it is safe to spend our money. That trick is very hard to accomplish. It is their job to be a cheerleader and encourage everyone to spend responsibly.

[Mike]

No. Most politicians are not competent in the area of Economics, Finanance or job creation.

[Sky]

I think Obama did more than Bush did to address the job problems we face now.

Remember?

Bush never believed in the "R"-word. Nor did he think that people losing their jobs and homes--after the housing market collapsed--was "no big deal". (In his words.)

Obama has passed and signed--into law--a stimulus bill aimed at alleviating the pain of the recession and people losing their jobs through continued unemployment benefit extensions.

Bush didn't give a crap about that. He even sought to cut people off of their benefits after a short time--because in his words again: "They don't need anymore benefits. The economy is strong and getting stronger."

[em]

Democrats are working on it. Republicans know they don't have to do anything but obstruct. If Obama solves the problem, cons will say Bush somehow did it.

[gws35]

Yes, candidate Obama knew exactly the right thing to do:

http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Barack_O..._Trade.htm
OBAMA: For far too long, certainly during the course of the Bush administration with the support of Sen. McCain, the attitude has been that any trade agreement is a good trade agreement. And NAFTA did not have enforceable labor agreements and environmental agreements.

And what I said was we should include those and make them enforceable. In the same way that we should enforce rules against China manipulating its currency to make our exports more expensive and their exports to us cheaper.

And when it comes to South Korea, we’ve got a trade agreement up right now, they are sending hundreds of thousands of South Korean cars into the US. That’s all good. We can only get 4,000 to 5,000 into South Korea. That is not free trade. We’ve got to have a president who is going to advocate on behalf of American businesses and American workers and I make no apology for that

Source: 2008 third presidential debate against John McCain Oct 15, 2008

Global trade is unsustainable if it favors only the few
This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many. Together, we must forge trade that truly rewards the work that creates wealth, with meaningful protections for our people and our planet. This is the moment for trade that is free and fair for all.
Source: Speech in Berlin, in Change We Can Believe In, p.268 Jul 24, 2008

Unfortunately, the man in the Oval Office now is not the man we voted for.

President Obama is just another clueless job wrecking supporter of unbridled free trade.

[Robert]

Politicians do not create jobs, they destroy them. When we bring a real free market in without wall street, and all the bull government regulations and taxes. Only then will small business start creating jobs with out the big corporate companies crushing the little guy.