"Cantor acknowledged that Obama and the Democratic majorities on Capitol Hill are unlikely to embrace any of the seven policy points he outlined"

Yeah,since their's are working so well.

The left will create jobs - give them some time - pretty soon we'll ALL be working for the common good. ::spit::

The left will create jobs - give them some time - pretty soon we'll ALL be working for the common good. ::spit::
#2 | Posted by nanc

Ewwwwwww! Yicky-pooh! What a tur'ble thought.
~I-Me-Mine-Twenty-Six-
Percenters

you'd think by nanc's statement that working for the Common Good is against her religion.

I wonder??

You'd think by Klifferd's statement he knows everything! I have no religion.

i do know everything.

i'm your religion.

So profound, Klifferd...

when you make rediculous statements you get rediculous responses.

He described them as "seven simple solutions that don't involve massive new government spending, new bureaucracies or more debt. They are based on time-honored principles proven to create jobs and ultimately economic prosperity in America."

Same old BS from the GOP. Eliminate worker proections and minimum wage.

what are the 7 simple solutions?

I didn't see them in the article.

step 1. resinstate slave trade
hahaha

what are the 7 simple solutions?
I didn't see them in the article.
#10 | Posted by eberly

Because they're not there.

But there's some indication of what Cantor's yammering on about here:

Rep. David Camp, D-Mich., said he believes part of the reason the economy continues to shed jobs is because employers can't make decisions.

"I think one of the reasons why you've seen unemployment not improve is employers don't know what their costs are going to be," he told Fox News. "Whether you're facing healthcare expenses or taxes to support that massive spending or climate change that could change energy costs significantly, employers are in the dark about what the future holds, therefore they've held off on any hiring decisions.

"I think the approach they've taken has really made it more difficult for our economy to recover and we're seeing that in the unemployment numbers."

#8 - nostradumbass.

Wow cut taxes from the right. What would be a fair %? 1% maybe even that would be too much.

These republican "ideas" come at the wrong time. New tax cuts are irresponsible when the books are so far in the red. Cutting regulation after an ecnomic crash caused in part by a lack of regulation? Riiight... (though, has there been a serious effort to increase banking regulation outside of talk?) Maybe cutting the regulations that keep insurance companies from competing with each other.

That said, I'll have a hard time taking the Democrats seriously on this issue when they're not seemingly trying to tackle our trade deficits or the fact that our jobs are overseas.

nanc

really most people think you are the dumbass

but you live in an alternate reality.

"i have no religion" hahahhahahahahhaha

#10 | Posted by eberly at 2009-12-07 10:52 AM | Reply | Flag: Flag: (Choose)
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Ding, Ding, Ding........You call this a story? The whole point of the story is the republicans offered up zilch! Of the 7 imaginary points that were never described, mentioned or critiqued by the article, zero can be implemented because they don't exist. The whole article is a complaint of Democrats actually trying to do something while repubs bitch about it.....pathetic post!

LM

I like the Pelosi/Obama approach better--send $2 trillion to Wall Street, and wait for trickle-down to work. Those small business guys who only hire 10 or 20 people--we don't need dumbasses like that deciding things, when we have a whole bunch of Harvard and Wharton MBA's who gave Obama a lot of money instead.

"I like the Pelosi/Obama approach better--send $2 trillion to Wall Street, and wait for trickle-down to work."

That's the Reagan/Bush/Paulson approach.

Sure, Timey. Goldman Sachs and Citi and AIG, which gave millions to Obama, don't have anything to show for it.

LMAO. Gobama!

I guess I am still waiting for government, either side of the aisle, to come to the simple conclusion that the only jobs the government can create are government jobs. It's up to the private sector to create real jobs, and it's the government's responsibility to find a way to help them or, at least, get out of the way and stop hindering them. When our elected officials come to this conclusion, you will see an improvement in our economy. Not before.

"when you make rediculous statements you get rediculous responses"

Beautiful self retort. Truly beautiful.

Ridiculous? Yes. But beautiful.

Thanks Kliffy, add a virgin to your waiting harem.

its not a retort moron, when i say i am making rediculous responses... notice i didn't comment on the post..

cause i'm not making a point... beauty is how stupid you are.

virgin.

i don't believe in that virgin shit. the word doesn't translate to virgin anyways. Morons like you believe anything a preacher makes up and tells them.

besides its much easier to spin the religion card back on you since you actually believe in some serious nonsense.

just keep on waiting for the messiah to return and pull a hitler part two on the jews.

Strill not one damn solution brought here by republitards!

I will fill in their plan.......

pray each day of the week that god will create jobs......if this is done for 7 days you have followed the right wing 7 step plan to job creation!!!

LM

Cantor Can't Name A Single GOP 'Big Idea' On Job Creation

Today, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) appeared at the Economist's World in 2010 conference (attended by ThinkProgress), where he took exception to NBC's David Gregory characterizing Republicans as "not really a party of ideas, because they don't want to be." Cantor claimed that it's actually the media's fault that no one hears about Republican ideas, because "it's not as sexy of a story to cover our ideas right now." But when the Economist's Daniel Franklin gave Cantor an opportunity to present his big idea for job creation, Cantor couldn't come through:

FRANKLIN: What is the big idea? "Jobs" is not an idea.

you'd think by nanc's statement that working for the Common Good is against her religion.

I find it strange that a person who claims that the political compass, linked in another thread, says they're socially left each-and-every-time they test themselves when they have so much disdain for "the common good".

Either that thing is broken, or someone's a liar.

though, has there been a serious effort to increase banking regulation outside of talk?

plenty of talk, not much action.

President Bush and President Obama pushed the bailouts on the American Citizens, handed the money over to those responsible for the crisis and didn't bother to put any of the former regulation back in place.

We got a nifty credit card protection bill out of it though.

yay!

just keep on waiting for the messiah to return and pull a hitler part two on the jews.

#25 | Posted by klifferd at 2009-12-08 08:18 AM | Reply | Flag: WATCHES TOO MUCH AL JAZEERA WHICH IS RIDICULOUS

#27 | Posted by nanc at 2009-12-08 09:18 AM | Reply | Flag: Flag: (Choose)
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Discounts having to stop the freefall created by previous adminisrtation. How many jobs were lost created in Bush's last month versus right now.....

LM

Let me see the Republicans want to follow the Texas model, and the Democrats want to follow the California model. Hmmmmmm

This is tuff question.

Republicans ideas of job creation is to cut and cut and cut and cut taxes more. Wake up America its our tax base that runs the government, pays for the defense, and feeds the war effort and pays the troops salarys. Without taxes we would be running negative. Oopps we are running negative because of all the tax cuts from previous Pub administrations and the Bush Administrations broke the bank after Clinton had us in the black. I think we better stay with the Dems at least they are not saying NO to the people like the Pubs are.

Isnt the Govenor of California a Republican??? Nice try Pub.

#34 | Posted by JoeLabey

Isnt the Govenor of California a Republican??? Nice try Pub.
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1 Republican elected in blue state, does what?

Nice try JOELABEY.

#33 | Posted by JoeLabey

Republicans ideas of job creation is to cut and cut and cut and cut taxes more. Wake up America its our tax base that runs the government, pays for the defense, and feeds the war effort and pays the troops salarys. Without taxes we would be running negative. Oopps we are running negative because of all the tax cuts from previous Pub administrations and the Bush Administrations broke the bank after Clinton had us in the black. I think we better stay with the Dems at least they are not saying NO to the people like the Pubs are.
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The income tax was signed into law by president Wilson who was in office from 913-1921. So we accomplised nothing before then.

Let me see before then we accomplished what? A military, Panama Canal, Transcontinental Railway, purchased Louisiana, and fought the world's biggest supper power(British), just to name a few things, and all without an income tax.

#33 | Posted by JoeLabey
Republicans ideas of job creation is to cut and cut and cut and cut taxes more. Wake up America its our tax base that runs the government, pays for the defense, and feeds the war effort and pays the troops salarys. Without taxes we would be running negative. Oopps we are running negative because of all the tax cuts from previous Pub administrations and the Bush Administrations broke the bank after Clinton had us in the black. I think we better stay with the Dems at least they are not saying NO to the people like the Pubs are.

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This was President Clinton's end of the year debt as % of GDP
1994 ..... 66.7
1996 ..... 67.3
1997 ...... 65.6
1998 ...... 63.5
1999 ...... 61.4
2000 ...... 58.0
2001 ...... 57.4

Doesn't look like he is in the black to me, but you Liberals run California, so it's not shocker that you could make a statement like that.

"Doesn't look like he is in the black to me"

You're confusing overall debt with annual deficit. Time to get educated.

"WATCHES TOO MUCH AL JAZEERA WHICH IS RIDICULOUS"

never watched al jazeera in my life.

besides i don't speak arabic.

i'm not a fundo... don't project

hows that rapture waiting period going for you?