{"id":5666,"date":"2011-08-21T23:53:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T06:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5666"},"modified":"2011-08-21T23:53:39","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T06:53:39","slug":"bernie-sanders-points-the-way-to-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/21\/bernie-sanders-points-the-way-to-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders Points the Way to Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have commented in several places that the way forward for Obama on jobs is to put forward a strong plan, fight for it, and dare Republicans to block it and face their constituents.  It is a true pleasure to see that great minds fall in the same ditch, as the great Bernie Sanders expressed a very similar view.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"22Sanders\"You tell ’em, Bernie!<\/font><\/p>\n

Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke to more than 3,000 enthusiastic union leaders from across North America in Las Vegas on Wednesday at the convention of the United Steelworkers of America. Bernie focused on the need to create millions of good-paying jobs and to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.<\/strong><\/span> Earlier in the week, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi addressed the convention. President Barack Obama spoke to the membership via video. <\/font><\/p>\n

At a time when more than 16 percent of American workers — 25 million Americans — are either unemployed or underemployed, Bernie called for a bold effort to create millions of jobs <\/font>by rebuilding the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, transforming our energy system and rewriting our trade policy so that American products — not jobs — are our number one export.<\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the Video.<\/font><\/p>\n

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I also agree with rewriting our trade policy.  I would give a tax break for the purchase of domestic products and impose a duty on products from nations that have any barriers against US products.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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