{"id":5811,"date":"2011-09-09T00:05:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T07:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5811"},"modified":"2011-09-09T00:24:12","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T07:24:12","slug":"will-obama-fight-for-the-american-jobs-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/09\/will-obama-fight-for-the-american-jobs-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Obama Fight for the American Jobs Act?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"9Obama0908\" border=\"0\" alt=\"9Obama0908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/9Obama0908.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"322\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As I watched Obama address a joint session of Congress, I was pleasantly surprised.&#160; I liked most of what I heard: the stimulus spending on infrastructure, the tax credits for hiring vets and long-term unemployed workers.&#160; The thing that&#160; concerned me was the willingness to tinker with Medicare in his coming recommendations to the super-committee.&#160; If he means savings through increases in efficiency, I\u2019m on board.&#160; If he means reducing benefits for present or future recipients, including raising the benefit age, I\u2019m opposed.&#160; I don\u2019t mind slightly lowering the corporate tax rate, if we also close the many loopholes that amount to welfare for the rich.&#160; What I liked most is the appearance that he may actually fight for it.&#160; Lets start with the complete video, in case you missed it.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_mXTp4h09TM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If you prefer, here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2011\/09\/08\/address-president-joint-session-congress\" target=\"_blank\">complete text<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">While he did not call out Republicans by name, he certainly identified them by behavior.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Rachel Maddow explains stimulus with Jared Bernstein and relates it to Obama&#8217;s plan.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc4c2504\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" target=\"_blank\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=44447484^0^621989&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc4c2504\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=44447484^0^621989&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 592px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; font-size: 11px\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I also especially like his plans to visit Cantor country tomorrow and Boehner burg on Monday.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I watched Obama address a joint session of Congress, I was pleasantly surprised.&#160; 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