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The only reason the republicans are not supporting obama stimulus plan is because it doesn not cater to their rich friends. Unemployment is on a steady rise(yet they don't want to put money into unemployment are you kidding me?). Healthcare is a big sector than provides many jobs.if no money is put into medicaid a lot of hospitals will be losing much more funding than they already are because the unemployed will have no means of paying for healthcare services without the aid of MCD. ultimately there will be more hospitals going bankrupt due to no re-embursement .
the energy industry does need upgrading and I'm all for saving money on my utilities.NY is expensive every penny counts. Plus its time to go green. The republicans should have been policing bush when he was making the stupid choices he was making we are in this mess with their help .

The stimulus paent will work only for short period of time to stimulate the spending not the entire economy, If we want to be again an economic power we need three things:
1.- Stop buying any goods from China
2.- start producing this good here with better quality and good price.
2.- start inventing new technoligies to domestic consumption and exportation.
In option number three we need protect invertors and inventions from piracy. we should do something about china piracy. The steal more than the somaly pirats.
With that we will stop exporting jobs and start exporting goods.
In order to achieve all this we need new people in washington not the ole good boys as usual.

so, bo is going to create how many new jobs ???, well where is he going to get the skilled educated workers for those jobs? certainly not from his home city of chicago (where his new head (arnie duncan) of the department of education comes come), under the tutilage of arnie duncan the chicago public school system has the dibious distinction of being able to produce 2 college graduates for every 100 incoming high school freshman,. great ackomplishment !!!
in chicago, the high school drop-out rate is right at 50%, i hope "the chicago way" does not screw up all of america's educational system.

can't make good jobs if the workers don't have a good education.

I want to know why obama is not going to include unemployees, and disable people in the new stimulus package, I think the people who need more help is the people who is no longer working and have no other income than the little benefits they get from unemployment or social security benefits. Some of this people have lost not only a job but also, a house and health insurance.

Conservation, solar, wind and other clean energy systems can and will bring billions of energy profits home to all Americans. These technologies need to be available to all of us… not just a few oil companies, their CEO's and stockholders….available to the other 99% of us. Site based production of energy at the home or business, not only eliminates grid line loss of up to 70% (something utilities don't often mention), the expense of maintaining the grid, potential for terrorism, and puts the profits into the hands of everyone.

This grand and bold move will solve much of our current economic problems, put millions of Americans to work doing so and provide a clean living environment for us and our children. Go for it Barack, doubling our existing production of alternative energy is a joke…we need and voted to increase it by thousands fold…not double it. Don't let the oil companies and their puppet politicians tell us that these technologies needs developed…or that it is undependable or any ot the other self serving denials of the truth.

Solar, wind, and other energy production methods are proven, available and for real. They just need a level playing field with the petro's. The whole and true costs of clean energy is far and away the best investment economically and environmentally. With business, comes better production costs, efficiency and all of the wonderful benefits that putting the energy economy in the hands of the people would do. Time is of the essence!

I'm willing to be patient and support our PE. My gosh, he's not even taken the oath of office and so many folks are already criticizing the economic bill that has'nt been even agreed on by congress. There is still some bi-partisan tweeking and agreement that needs to be done.
Instead of worrying about what may or may not happen before Obama even is officially the pres, concentrate on taking care of yourself and exercising a little self-reliance. Government will not solve all our problems.

Throughout history, presidents have had extended family members, like mothers in law, live with them. Read a little history before you try to act like Obama is taking advantage: there is lengthy precedent for this. As to the language of job creation–Obama has been saying "save or create" for weeks. By "save" he means making provision for jobs on the brink of being, or already, eliminated–which, in effect, is creating place for eliminated posts. Finally, those who claim this won't work–while I sympathize with the fear about the size of the deficit–are missing the key point: nothing else has worked, and we have precious few viable options left.

You nay sayers are really stretching, aren't you? THink, people.

"New Economics 101" I'm Broke, I have nothing to my name; so therefore: I spend like there's no tommorrow. My plan equals the Great One's plan. The first bailout didn't work; so what makes all of you think the second and third ones will? Government "Stay out of our Lives".

To the wisest one of all.

YOUR A NUT NUT NUT

What I don't like is the percentage's, 90% for the private sector the remaining 10% for civil services. What these percentages are really telling me is that the jobs that are changing are the ones that will be vacated after Bush leaves the Whitehouse, which would then be filled with the new Presidents people.

What should be done is kick the illegals out of the country, shut down those business' that employee(d) the illegal immigrants, cut down welfare and benefits for those able to work but have been suckling off of the system and put them to work at least part time. The business' that get shut down for employing illegal immigrants would then be turned over to Americans who would then hire Americans that can be taxed to put more ISK back into the economic coffers of this country. Also start taxing the church, there is another establishment that when taxed would create a substantial amount of tax money to fund new means of energy to propel our automotive industry. Who wants to be part of an industry where the result of the energy uses continues to kill thousand's if not hundreds of thousands each year? The real question is who wants to be part of change that will actually create new jobs not just around the the country, but around the globe?

Who wants to sit around and be dinosaurs, when we could invigorate the economy with change.

Clifford... better check... your sheet is showing or else you're ignorance... Michelle's mother will be much cheaper than a NANNY! And all she will get paid is her meals! The Girls grandmother will be much better for them than a paid nanny for when her parents are busy with political business!

Meh,

Sorry, I have no front yard. It's a luxury I can not afford.

None of the things I have mentioned below apply to me. I have never had a speeding or driving ticket either. Maybe the firework thing applies. I don't know. I'll have to check with my city. But I do know of several counties and states that oppress the people from shooting off fireworks on the 4th of July.

Sorry, but again, none of my 11 requests apply to me. I just think we would be a better America if we weren't so restrictive.

I suggest we bring God's ten commandments back out of hiding and get them on display and let them guide us again. Without them any stimulus package could be useless. Here's a test... ask, most anyone near you at this moment; "What is God's eighth commandment"? their response will verify how far we have drifted from our creator. And for those who don't or can't believe the end is near just remember,
" NEITHER WAS IT RAINING WHEN NOAH WAS BUILDING THE ARK"

Yes, the atheist will be screaming, but just maybe a few of them can be saved too.

Give Obama a fair chance. At least he's being honest with the american people by stating "this will be a rough road." We can not say the same about Bush! Can any of you name at least one thing he did in the last 8 years that made america better? We are more divided than ever before. Farthermore, I'm waiting to see what else he can screw up in the next 10 days.

And to all of you Obama haters...start practicing saying the following~
President Barack Obama. And do not forget First Lady Michelle Obama!!! You only have 10 days!!!!!!

@Brent from Alabama.Its the economy stupid.No one is buying Toyotas or the rest of the commie trash either.

Obama knows that this will happen because his team told him so!

"Polar Bears Against Palen"
^Ha, first of all you could at least spell her name correctly (Palin).

Name calling only makes you look like an ignorant person, who really doesn't know anything about this matter, so therefore you just throw out what you think would be offensive names to the opposing party. I have seen a great deal of these messages that are some what negative towards Mr. Obama and are from Democrats. Not only that, but many of these people are probably so moderate that they vote for each parties on different occasions (like myself). So, to sit there and blame the Republican Party for all these comments against your beloved Obama is really pointless and ignorant.

The days of Fat and Happy Americans are coming to a close.
We are waking up the reality that our gluttonous culture of over-consumption has caused a great deal of ill.
We are sick from over-consumption.

Keeping up with the Jones's and spending more than we can afford has made us fiscally sick. It will take a long time for us to recover.

All of the daily Starbucks runs for those mocha frappucinos, and easy-to-prepare junk food meals supplied to us by the unconcerned mega-food companies have made us physically sick. We are now a nation of obese people by the majority, with every possible ailment plaguing us.

And, ALL OF IT comes from a mentality of having whatever we want, when we want it. No self control. No restraint.
No one can survive a life of excess and gluttony. Not even Americans.

We wouldn't change ourselves voluntarily. Well, we'll have to, now. Our total health depends on it. So, Americans should resolve to become a completely healthy nation once more. We should support our own businesses and revive our fiscal health. We should eat foods locally grown by small farmers (organic would be the best) and we can leave the grease-pits on every corner behind. Then, we can get physically healthy again, too.
Then, let's lead the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will never solve the job market until you secure the borders.

First of all, government does not create jobs. The governement puts into place policies and laws that allow individuals, companies, etc., to create jobs. The government only creates beuracracy to inhibit the little man from succeeding. What job has Barack HUSSEIN Obama ever had. Has he ever owned a company, managed people.? Yes, George Bush did. Obama is nothing but a lacky for the Democratic Party. I am a single parent, self employed, drive 178 miles round trip every day. I am not on the public pig trough. I served in the military during the Gulf War. All I see these days is what can my Country give me, I do not want anything from my country, except to be protected by our Outstanding Armed Forces, our police and firefighters. I am so sick and tired of going to the store (Wal-mart) is what we have and seeing the LoneStar Card (Texas version of Welfare) pulled out by Illegals, White Trash, and Blacks, all who have 50 million children that they can not afford buying better things than I do. America as has become the SOW – just give me more. Get off you behinds and work, quit having children you can not afford.

Unfortunately for Mr. Obama he has said anything and absolutely everything he could (no matter how vague and naive) possibly think of to help himself win the election and now he has raised the expectations of the American people and even the world so much that I don't believe he will ever be able to live up to those expectations to which he himself has created.

I am 100% "not a fan" of Mr. Obama, but IF he is able to live up to the reputation and expectations for change he has created I will be the first to admit that I was wrong and show some pride that my country (not myself) has elected such a leader. But as of right now, Mr. Obama, I am not impressed... and I don't believe that I will be.

Anyone can shoot their mouth off with vague ideas and pretend to give a **** about everyone in this country (like all politicians pretend to do), but it takes a TRUE LEADER to ACTUALLY change the world for the better. I whole-heartedly believe he will absolutely NOT be on of those leaders and articles like these do nothing to dissuade me.

OMG to Clifford regarding Obama's mother-in-law living in the White House. She is there to take care of her grandchildren – and if public money is all you are concerned about (rather than their welfare) that is significantly cheaper than paying for a Nanny (who would also live at the White House). Comments lite these are so discouraging as we clearly are so backward and racist in this country. I always think we are further along and then hear/read a comment like this.... GMP in Texas

What a shame that basically all the comments are negative and he hasn't even been sworn in. Government cannot do it alone it also involves the people. Where is your Grace and what can you do as an american citizen other than complain!

Good to be optimistic rather than the opposite. Some republicans and democrats yell that the Obama's plan is not gud while they cannot produce a better presription for our economy. They like criticism which is ok but they need to provide a better one.
Obama agreed that any gud suggestions is under consideration from all spheres of stakeholders.
Stop tearing, but build a strong and vibrant economy.
Obama go ahead.

Bush,Bernachi and Paulson have their bags stuffed with cash and headed for extradition free Chile as you fight over trivia.

I'm not sure which I prefer; the standard liberal, incapable of independent thought, who spews names and hate towards any clear thinker, or the high brow liberal, incapable of independent thought, who less venomously repeats the democrat mantra in a attempt to somehow defend or justify the disastrous policies of the democrats that got us to this point. Like a previous blogger mentioned, pretty much our only hope is surviving till the next election and praying Obama, Pelosi and Reid don't do so much damage it can't be undone.

How about this plan; You give me $200,000 and I will create or 'save' one job. Now do this 4 million times. This is Obama's plan. Who the hell's running this "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan"? General Motors? Why all the fluff? Who in their right mind would buy into this?

"Wisest one of all"
love the name, you are a moron. Proven Fact!

Wisest one of All January 10th, 2009 1:32 pm ET

the racist empty suit hussein nobama can not create any jobs without depriving real businesses of the money to create jobs.

The government has proven it can't do anything correctly and with the mind blowing moron of a new president we have they will be unable to do any good for the country. Proven Fact!

BTW, since nobama hates the US he does want the country to fail and so do his mindless cult followers. Another Proven Fact!

Jobs get shipped offshore because the taxes ALREADY imposed on business in this country make this country's labor force unable to compete. Reduce (not increase, Mr. Obama) corporate taxes and more people will be hired. Make-work jobs of having people dig ditches to have others fill them up, all the while using tax revenue, does not, will not and has never created a growing economy anywhere in the world. It will not this time.

Conservation, solar, wind and other clean energy systems can and will bring billions of energy profits home to all Americans. These technologies need to be available to all of us... not just a few petro addict companies, their CEO's and stockholders....available to the other 99% of us. Site based production of energy at the home or business, not only eliminates grid line loss of up to 70% (something utilities don't often mention), the expense of maintaining the grid, potential for terrorism, and puts the profits into the hands of everyone.

This grand and bold move will solve much of our current economic problems, put millions of Americans to work doing so and provide a clean living environment for us and our children. Go for it Barack, doubling our existing production of alternative energy is a joke...we need and voted to increase it by thousands fold...not double it. Don't let the petro addict companies and their puppet politicians tell us that these technologies needs developed...or that it is undependable or any ot the other self serving denials of the truth.

Solar, wind, and other energy production methods are proven, available and for real. They just need a level playing field with the petro's. The whole and true costs of clean energy is far and away the best investment economically and environmentally. With business, comes better production costs, efficiency and all of the wonderful benefits that putting the energy economy in the hands of the people would do. Time is of the essence!

Its not just BUY AMERICAN, but restrictions to be put on companies to force use of US taxpayer money to be used at home rather than in India and China.

US taxpayer money SHOULD not be used to stimulate India, China, Russia, east Europe, Brazil, etc. Afterall, those countries have DONE NOTHING FOR US except to take our jobs.

Gee...wonder why Bush didn't think of something to do to make the economy better! The hillbilly repubs want to call it welfare....I guarantee NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM will send back ANY stimulus money or refuse a job that comes out of this. They cry "welfare and giveaways" yet they participate and partake in ANYTHING the democrats put in place. They are just a bunch of sore, sour sports who blindly followed a criminal administration. All I can to them is.....deal with it....the rest of us suffered for 8 years under an elitest administration....NOW IT'S OUR TURN!

To Ernie,

PE Obama does not need to set up any scenarios in order to blame Pres. Bush. Bush is already to blame. Think before you speak, or ferme votre grande bouche.

Borrowing more and printing more money will create the illusion that things are getting better, but in the long term will make the eventual collapse of the economy much more severe than it would be than to take the pain now and make the necessary reforms to prevent unsupervised abuses in the financial sector again.

Dovera January 10th, 2009 1:42 pm ET

If Obama just takes up space he will still be abetter President than Bush

Nice point Dovera .... God this is such a sad but true statement ..... Although Bush pretty much had a policy of doing nothing. Oh except running around spreading democracy. Something he said we should never do at first. Thought he was not supposed to change his mind? But he did didn't he? On global warming, on government intervention, on being dependent on oil being bad for us, on talking to Iran, ... boy seems like he changed his mind a lot for someone who is not supposed to. Almost Flip Floppy eh?

you know people found out how to cheat the system and make money by pretty much doing nothing. Buying and selling. Well the system is hitting back, and I can't fee bad for the people who lost their wallstreet jobs.

sorry guys, you lost ur jobs because they were never really needed in the first place. If you are unable to do anything else, you're pretty much useless and you shouldn't have a job.

If you're intelligent enough you will figure out something to make ends meet. You might have to get a job that doesn't involve sitting around twiddling ur fingers all day.

I hope our country falls right on its a$$ and we are all forced to eat humble pie.

I believe Obama means well, but....what about the people out of a job that cann't work on a bridge or road. That is trained in the tech fields, and manufacturing plants? How about all the jobs that were lost due to NAFTA. We need to re-negotiate the whole think. Bring back the jobs lost from overseas deals and our country will be in better shape along with booting out the illegals and other people that have overstayed their welcome, especially the ones here illegally, ones that are draining our hospitals, schools, welfare systems. People, come down hard on the employers that are hiring these people, please wake up and get this country back in shape. We are not a Welfare country, like it has been in the past decade. It has to stop, people living on welfare that can work, go to work. If not here legally, make them get ou, no jobs. It should be obvious by now, even though congress is still willing to pack on the pork in any and all bills, I suggest limit terms in office for all senate and representives, 3 yr. term max.. New blood and do away with the presential office all together. Look at all the money we waste in Washington by have all of these different position and Congress is allways the one with the last say so anyway. If any stimulus money needs to go out, it needs to go to people that are unemployed, not illegals. Our citizens are the ones who need it the most. Hello...... is anyone listening?

i know of a coupl that got into a house cheap,fixed it up.then they refinanced 2 times. each time taking more money out of it.they paid their bills,paid their cars off,and walk away from their house.now the rest of us get to help pay for their mess.i know this is a wide spread situation.for the rest of us that work and pay our bills this is not right.that is the problem with the system,there is no accountabilty.easy come easy go .have a kid or two and the goverment will heap. just ask.

We will have to wait and see! If it is construction, then these jobs will be for illegal immigrants which I see regularly on building and road work. Personally we should deporrt all those here illegally and make those on unemployment work on construction, food service, and hotel worker jobs until something better comes available. I saw a Wall Street Brocker who had to go get a job as a waiter for alot less money. I do not feel sorry for him as he benefited form the problems on Wall Street but you have to give him credit for going out and finding something to support himself on.

The co like AIG, Citi who got baiout money continue to outsource jobs. Why should the taxpayers money used to bail out co that do not invest in USA.

Other co like Pfizer, BMS, Merks, lots of Financial co, are also shipping out jobs. At many of the organization the CEO and upper management are forcing the lower mangement to outsource jobs. At pfizer 60% jobs were cut, they were sent out to India in the name of restructuring and cost saving. The new policies are no more renewal of any contracts. Further all contract are to the max of the project which usually last for 4-6 months. Further if any one leaves then their jobs are to be replaced at India.

My friend who works at non-proft in NYC has also decided to outsource their jobs.

Questions need to be asked to the CEO and CFOs.

They don't get it; if they ship the jobs the Americans get poorer and with time their own network also depreciates...and they see it by viewing the shares of their own co that have fallen over 40-60%!

Only in America can jobless Idiots complain about a President trying to put them back to work. It shows that most of you that are out of work, was at the bottom and the non performers of the company and would have been fired a long time ago if your companies wasn't making money. I'm willing to bet that 90% of you think you should be sr. management. lolololol

The economic stimulus plan that obama has put together is no better than the one bush tried a few months ago. What makes him think that his plan is going to work. How about focusing on whats causing the lack of jobs, such as shiping all our indutrial jobs to china, in stead of just spending more money that the us govenment doesnt have.
(Please just stop free trade with China)

Get 'er done!!!

idiots.

Well the Bush/Republican philosphy of getting out of the way and doing nothing worked out so well, I can see why those critical of government trying to guide us to something like energy independence or trying to soft land the economy would want to return to the past.

I think the Ukranians are learning cheap energy based on policy that is not sustainable is a bad idea. Maybe if we can use this stimulus to give tax breaks to help move our economy off of some imported oil it will pay for itslef in spades. Try to think a little different fromt he past 8 years. Might do you good.

But hey maybe all these do nothing types want us to keep subsidizing big oil and corporations instead of helping to build foundations for growth inthe US in manufacturing. We can all have service jobs or work on some ponzi deal. Yeah, that's it. Or maybe they are looking to create the end times since it appears we need to hasten such a scenario. ha ha

Nobody, not Obama, nor his economic team (who originated this estimate), nor goofballs like 'The Wisest One of All' (earlier poster) have any idea what will happen with job creation in the future. This latest estimate includes the disclaimer that it is "subject to significant margins of error", which is an understatement. A more accurate disclaimer would be, "this estimate is nothing but wild speculation based on an economic model that is anything but robust or reliable". But even if Obama et al are not soothsayers, I'm certain they will do a better job of reacting to events on the ground than their predecessors, who valued facts about as highly as Hindus value hamburgers.

@ Dante

How can he ruin the country when it's already ruined?

It is impossible to count "saved jobs" how about a number on just "created jobs". Make me President and I will create 10 million jobs by simply making e-verify manatory nation wide, HUGH fines and jail for businesses who violate and then ALL the ILLEGAL aliens will leave on there own with no work thus creating 10 million jobs for AMERICANS.

P.S. Illegal aliens don't just do farm work, farm work is very little, they now do all types of work.

Hey Clifford, don't forget to pick up your white hood at the dry cleaners!

So sick of the racist comments on here. Why does CNN publish them and NOT publish perfectly sane ones?

Obama thinks giving businesses a $3000 tax credit for each new employee they hire will creat millions of jobs...That is ridiculous. The problem is business in America is dead. The government has taxed businesses out of business, put restrictions on what they can do, made it so expensive to create anything, $3000 per new employee will not undo that.

Won't the $3000 credit just be wiped out by paying the employee $3000? It makes no sense.

Lighten up the restrictions on buisness in the U.S. Cut taxes without condition on business in the U.S. and continue tax cuts on high earners who actually SPEND money in this country. Not low income people who no matter how many tax cuts you give them, do not have the money to support the economy.

I think Obama is smart, but he's no business man, which is what we need to help our country.

Hey Clifford, get a life!

I do not fear that it will work but what I fear is that Americans will not make it work. Reading peoples comment here, they are already wishing him to fail but God be with him.

I am disapointed at you Americans. Give this man at list 100 days in office before you start judging if he has failed. I know for sure that he cannot keep all promises he made during campaign but I am certain he will keep upto 80% of his campaign pledge.

Pls give him the benefit of doubt.

Nicholas

The critics are already finding fault with Obama and casting him as a failure , yet he has not even been inaugurated . Given the disastrous results of decades of the lack of regulation and Reagonomics ,he walks into a house on fire and must decide where and how to apply help first . OBAMA is left to put out the fire , but he should not be blamed for starting it .

All praying people should daily ask God for our president and his team to have wisdom and good judgement as they make critical choices .

The bright side is that I do believe our president is totally sincere
and dedicataed to enacting changes that help the average person and the people who are falling between the cracks of our system .
How nice to have a president whose heart is in the right place and who is also intellectually gifted .

Up to 4 million? Perhaps he will promise 15 million cost-free jobs at his inauguration speech.
This guy makes Bush sound like Aristotle – that's quite an accomplishment!

I've always wondered why we don't require welfare recipients to pick up garbage, learn how to build roads, etc. Seems like it should be a trade in kind, we'll give you some money, but you have to do stuff for it. Go to New Orleans and look at all the garbage on the ground, and then look at how many people are just loitering, not being productive members of society. Obama mentioned once that he thinks that a welfare for work program would be a better system. It's about time to demand accountability of our citizens.

January 10th, 2009 1:41 pm ET
"I really don't think that the federal government should be in the business of "trying" to create jobs"

Trying to create jobs has got to be more effective than giving every taxpayer an extra $500 to buy a bunch of crap made in China.

Give a man a job and he is going to earn the money he needs to support his family reliably hopefully for years to come.

It's a no-brainer.

There are going to be a lot of disappointed folks in a few months. Barack Obama is nothing but an empty suit spewing rhetoric. He is no more qualified to be president than the average supermarket manager. He has never actually accomplished anything other than read a teleprompter.

It seems ironic that someone who has never has held a 9-to-5 job in his life is suddenly an expert on job creation and is going to bring the world out of the worst economic crisis since the Depression.

Obama has no clue what he is doing and anyone that thinks he does is either totally naive or totally foolish.

This is going to be a long couple of years ahead of us.

Good luck, BHO....spend your way out of debt....but raise welfare for non-producers. Ever think how many "non-green" jobs will be lost (oil/coal industries) to placate the unwashed tree-huggers with all those MILLIONS of "green" jobs?? Nahhh, you can't fool enough voters with truth.

John that $1000 was just to get himself elected. Plus it was a very bad idea. People can't be expecting handouts from out government lile that. Just plain stupid.

Listen to Glenn Beck, He is the only one out there that "gets it" It is a logical fallacy to think that a household, a business, or even a country can get itself out of financial trouble by spending more money. How stupid are we? The inept Fed Reserve can print till the cows come home but it is not a silver bullet. Eventually, everyone including other countries realize the dollar is worthless.

Most politicians have long since sold out, in every way. All that is happening now is they are trying to "ease " the landing of our crashing country so they can say, "look, we did everything we could, but...well Sorry, this wasnt my fault after all!"

If we could only face our fears head on, let those that are Failing, Fai! It might sting more to begin with and politicians would all be shamed but the healing would come so much faster and our country would still be America, "Land of the FREE, Home of the Brave! Today that famous line now reads, "Land of the socialist, home of the fearfull"

Hey Joan, I would gladly take those migrant farm worker jobs "nobody else wants." At least they have a job. A four year degree in this country means nothing anymore.

I just keep looking on family money the comments on how the government needs to cut back in spending I don't think so, my daughter was telling me that they are cutting the orquesta, councelors nd other electives at her middle school...or for all the schools in Hillsborough county, How far we need to wait for the private sector before the government takes some necessary actions.?

Stupid people used to get trampled by mastodons, now we save them so they breed and post dumb comments on websites. Not even Obama can save us from de-evolution.

for all the people who hold Bush and the Republicans for the oursourcing of jobs. pl remember it was with Clinton that the outsourcing of jobs to China started. has everyone forgotten how the Chinese donated to the Democrat party kitty for a sleepover in the Lincoln bedroom?

Only in America can jobless Idiots complain about a President trying to put them back to work. It shows that most of you that are out of work, was the bottom and non performers of the company.

This site censors good comments

I support president Obama, but there is a huge difference between saving 3-4 million jobs and creating 3-4 million jobs.

Obama's mother in law who apparently has squatters rights in the White House should be made to perform some sort of community service for her FREE RIDE of public housing!! Obama is an advocate of community service correct?? Well I guess this is just stereotypical of this minority groups mindset "GET ALL YOU CAN AS LONG AS IT'S FREE"!!

We need to cut spending on criminals and deadbeats. Criminals like Madoff – can't we just dump obvious deadbeats like him into the ocean? Lets weed out the people who cost our society money and resources and do not contribute anything. I don't mean genocide, but why are we helping these people when they don't help us back? Cut the fat. We need to be productive!! We need tangible results! The government will not be able to solve this unless they can find areas to cut their own spending. Rebuilding roads is such a waste. Who is going to drive on them if automobile companies are going out of business and people don't have jobs and don't need to commute anymore? Its just like the bank bailout! Lets see, people can't pay back their loans, so lets give the banks more money so they can lend it to people who are not paying back their loans. Its genius! I don't blame the banks for not lending that money! Do we really have our heads stuck THAT far up our butts?

If Obama just takes up space he will still be abetter President than Bush

I do not think Obama is superman. But Bush has been too little, too late every time. Even supporters of Bush must admit most of his 'focus' has been the wars, Iraq, Afghanistan, the war on terror, and an honest debate needs to be had about what we even accomplished in Iraq. We have done the same thing the Soviets did for a decade, drained themselves on wars while they neglected the homeland. I would rather my taxes go to infrastructure than a war that has achieved little. I would rather someone holds those at the top accountable, as they take more and more for less work, and we work our 55+ hour workweeks.

But the corporations have screwed us as much as anyone else. And SOME OF IT IS OUR FAULT. In our rush to 'low prices' , we gave up on Americans! How do your wal-mart savings feel now that everything you buy comes from a foreign factory? Its not just government, its the fact that we wanted to save $15.00 on a product, so your local store got the product from China, not Texas. That factory in Texas moved overseas, and now its shipped back to you produced for less. Want to fix the economy? Screw wal-mart and buy local made, local grown products!!

its all lies, you cant stop what the bible has fortold, the four horsemen are here!!! we need to get ready for the great tribulation!!! its right in front of us! stop looking for the goverment for the answer.have we not learn yet.

I really don't think that the federal government should be in the business of "trying" to create jobs. I think its a recipe for disaster. Obama seems intelligent but I think he is overstepping his bounds and I think most reasonable americans would agree that we'd be better off without the government "trying" to help us out all the time.

what happened to the $1000 dollars that obama was going to take from big oil and give to the people?????

@ Gene,

The idea of do nothing and hope that it will get better is planning to fail. It is true that they cannot spend their way out of this problem without proper oversight but they cannot equally ignore the problem at thesame time because it will still distort the living condition of the next generation. Reducing the lending rate and eliminating bad mortages or government buying up bad mortgages is not the only solution. It will lead to more recklessness of the people and increase government and her spending.

The best solution is invest now in high technology to improve American competitiveness, invest in education and invest in energy to make the country energy independent. Part of what the country is suffering now is the lack of foresight towards attaining energy independent. It now lead to increase in spending on countries that does not like the USA.

It is better to spend now but wisely to better the economy than keeping huge reserves and maintaining thesame problems.

I urge congress to act fast and now. Enemies are everywhere praying America to fail but God will not allow that happen because it will put the world in confusion with contries like Russia and china being world power.

Nicholas

america is in for rude awakening. this liberal loon will ruin this country. the current economic crisis started with morons like barney frank and obama is no better. the honeymoon is already over. rev wright was a HUGE insight into who obama really is and most just chose to ignore it. that was an enormous mistake. let's hope that america can survive until the next election.

Wow! The right-wing lunatic fringe is alive and well and on this site. Put your flag and fake patriotism away you frickin' Facists!!

I don't know how some Republicans can say that spending money to create and save jobs is a huge waste. Let's say your faimily is having a big financial problem. Someone could loan you the money and life would go on. Conversely, if nobody loaned you money, then your family would crash and burn so to speak. Think of whatever money that is spent as a bridge loan to better times. However, the amount has to be big enough to build the bridge. The country produces 14 trillion dollars of goods and services each year. A trillion dollars is approximately 7%. However, repayment will be spread out over many years. Put this in terms of the family. If a family makes $100,000,, it is like borrowing $7000. However it might be repaid over 10 or 20 years, so the yearly cost would be about $400 to $800. In that time there will be inflation which will reduce it's cost. So, whatever money the government needs to get through this crisis is money well spent. So the Republican's argument that it will break the country is wrong. One last thing though. Tax breaks won't help. They are too small and will be saved or used to pay bills. What are needed are jobs. Jobs that repair the infrastructure would be best.

How is creating Jobs or attempting to fix things messianic? was FDR Messianic? Was Regan with his tax cuts? You right wingers really need to stop being so opposed to Obama and his plan's because he won the election and hes doing everything he can to fix the mistakes of last 8 years.

>>>>>I am looking for CLIFFORD, BOB, KYLE AND EILEEN who usually blog so negatively on PE Obama.

I want to see how they spin this in a negative way.

O my gosh people, stop the ignorant responses, give the man a chance to prove himself before you lash out on him with your comments. Give it a thought first, just think about what he can do with what Bush left us, think of it as a fresh start. Give the man to prove himself, if he fails, then batter him with comments. Goodness.

Casey,

Actually, fear tatics were a major part of the Bush administration. Remember, if we elect Gore, BOOOM!!!! ad commerical? Remember, if we don't give bailout money now to Wall Street, captilism will crumble (and now CEO's are getting their golden parachutes, some for as little as 2 months of work for millions of dollars in return)? Remember, how Bush said, if we don't stop Iraq now, he'll have WMD's (all based off of false intelligence)?

Wow after reading some of these Idiot comments, it appears to me he should put the money into education because that's where it's needed. What a bunch of Idiots.

With each Saturday radio address the "job creation" number grows. Obama, try to create one more new job before inflating non-existing growth each week. The American people deserve results and transparency.

Time will tell. If he is HORRIBLE he will be a thousand times better than the train wreck, AKA Bush/Cheney, than we've been going through for the past eight long years.

I need health insurance. I have a college degree and can't get a job. I am also a paralegal. I am diabetic. I have to be a member of a group (employed in a group) in order to get health insurance. I can't find a job.

Governor Arnold has caused unemployment in California.

Personally, I think the Infrastructure idea could work. 1. It's something that needs to be done anyway. The roads, bridges, and dams in this country are deplorable and downright dangerous! 2. These jobs COULD lead to manufacturing jobs...someone needs to make the equipment they're using...and maybe they will be forced to buy American. 3. Could also lead to admin. jobs since someone needs to handle all the paperwork involved. I think it's all interconnected.

Ken> I take it you have a messy front yard? You seem to be really upset that people are fined for this. Why shouldn't they be?? It brings down the values of the other homes in the neighborhood.

Barack Obama hasn't been sworn in yet. Why don't you give him 5 minutes as president before you start complaining? We should all rejoice and be thankful that Bush will not be president in 10 more days.

One major reason for the strong unemployment situation is that years ago we started shipping the jobs of substance (manufacturing and technical) abroad. We left the service job behind and I believe most of the jobs lost are somewhat service related. Service jobs are good but somewhat fragile.
The manufacturing jobs lost are due to making things that people do not need or want.
Can anyone tell me which of the jobs that have been shipped abroad were lost?
I am sure that if those jobs were here, they would help to stabilize the situation since they would provide the ability to purchase some of the services provided.
I hope the government add this to their list of things to revise.

the racist empty suit hussein nobama can not create any jobs without depriving real businesses of the money to create jobs.

The government has proven it can't do anything correctly and with the mind blowing moron of a new president we have they will be unable to do any good for the country. Proven Fact!

BTW, since nobama hates the US he does want the country to fail and so do his mindless cult followers. Another Proven Fact!

The Thing we need is PROTECTIONISM. I'm sick and tired of hearing why we cannot tarrif Chinese goods. WHY NOT? they don't buy anything of ours; they aren't free to. Wal-Mart can go and move over there. I refuse to buy anything in China, thats why I dont buy anything. Want me to spend my money? don't paint it with lead, don't put rat poison in it and for god sakes make these migrants wash thier hands when they handle the tomatoes!
FDA needs to be fired and tripled in size with only people that have children; no way someone with kids will let this crap in this country.
Madoff should be stripped naked and left in central park pennyless...
Any company that shipped jobs overseas should be Triple taxed. and or tarriffed.we Americans can build our own things, like Choppers.

this number is increasing daily. is it that easy that i'll say i create x number of jobs and it is created? just wish and so be it! moreover, these jobs will not be comparable to jobs lost. construction jobs will disappear after constructions are done. i'm afraid we are digging a bigger hole just to show some action.

I am astonished at Obama's whole-hearteded plunge into FDRism. WWII ended the Depression NOT FDR's New Deal. Somebody needs to tell Obama this.

Jim, I wonder...since you are apperently better educated, not illiterat, racist, or uninformed are you blaming our situation not on Bush or Obama, or the U.S. Legislature but on the Great Creator.
Why the profanity? If you have a vocabulary use it and educate with it!

1. Stop the war on drugs, it is never going to be won!! Another tactic must be done.
2. Stop the war in Iraq, stop the war on Terror. Terrorists are not responsible for nearly the deathtoll that is called HEART DISEASE.
3. If you must have a war force our own criminal prisoners to enlist for the armed forces. Send them to the front lines first.
4. Don't bail out the banks, if you are going to make changes, modify EVERYBODY's mortgage loans and create strict standards for getting loans going forward. Not everybody is able to buy a house. We need to remember that.
5. Everybody is so afraid of what will happen if we pull out of Iraq. HELLO, what is our defense budget for? Don't we spend billions annually on DEFENSE? Lets aim a big gun at somebody and shoot it if they cause us problems. Otherwise lets not buy any more big guns!!!

HELLO MCFLY IS ANYBODY HOME!?!?!?

The electrical grid system needs updating! The majority of the systems get their design from Tomas Edison. (MIT Technology Review, Feb 09 P40) That means mechanical switches and major inefficiencies. Just this upgrade will save all US people hundreds of billions per year!! With out this upgrade we will see more power outages across the country. All of this without the benefits of alternative energy. Plus we can keep money from fuels not used within this country. This is a plan that benefits us all.

Ken, you are an idiot. Speedings cool as long as its under twenty miles over the limit. Non violent drug offenders shouldnt be fined or jailed....its cool, its not against the law or anything. You are a moron

Over the years, in many ways we've become a nation of selfish "takers." We claim to be a cohesive nations, and flex our might automatically, but for the most part we live in isolation from the rest of the world and from our past's lessons. To me, this points to the remedy for most of our national problems.

I believe the solution to our woes, our current financial one for example as there are many, rests not in a particular president or congress but in the individuals that made this nation strong in the first place.

We did not get to where we are currently in overnight fashion. We have personally seized and exploited every opportunity in the interest of self, or perhaps for "the sake of our children" – whatever. My point is that the notion of being conservative and prudent slowly gave way to moderation, which slowly gave way to excess. Of course, all things being relative, we were for the most part blind to seeing it happen. Tradition teaching and guidlines are gone because "we know it all."

Well, obviously we don't know it all.

At this time we need to accept that the fix will take time, have casualties; but let it be a lesson we don't forget. We need to humble ourselves to our selfish ways and accept that we simply accept that we can't "have it all now." Contentment with reasonable aspirations and expectations is part of it, the other is the fact in helping others we all win.

Look to yourself first – what can you do, or not do, to make a difference. It all adds up, and with each of working in concert with a cohesive mindset we'll slowly begin to realize what success really means.

Bryce is right on...Mr O is moving away from his statements that he will CREATE jobs and is now saying he will SAVE jobs. The reason is simple, you cannot measure the number of saved jobs. He's really CREATING early excuses.

Wow. So many negative people! Give the guy a chance, eh? I'm tired of the gloom and doom scenereos. Breadlines? Come on.

Sean> It's not that people are lazy or afraid of getting their hands dirty...it's that these jobs do not pay enough to live in. I know I couldn't survive on min. wage. Could you?

It's amazing how Obama is able to predict the "creation" of millions of jobs. Jobs doing what? Making solar panels, insulating houses, making green lightbulbs or maybe in a nod to the NRA (of the Great Depression) just digging ditches. Obama becomes more messaniac every day. Rather frightening.

It says 90% to the public sector. My edjumakated guess would be that they plan on giving ( loaning, investing, who knows?) to companies that have smart business plans but have no capital.

Since getting a loan today for decent rate is like pulling teeth, the U.S. is probably going to act like a bank and give out smart loans. The whole investing in green technology thing, etc.

There's also the whole infrastructure)roads, schools, hospitals, etc.) that needs repairing. Those jobs are awarded to private contractors who will employ (hopefully legal) workers to fix everything (we hope).

If you think that it is possible to get rid of the immigrants, maybe you should take a drive through the poor side of D.C. and see all the illegals lined up for jobs in the parking lots. People who try to save a buck, pick them up for day labor.
When Americans decide to pay Americans a real wage for work then the immigrants will leave. It's as simple as that.

I worry about Obama not doing anything... at this point anything is better than what Bush has done.

oh, and

11.) Medical Insurance for all Americans!

How does anyone govern and make decision on which way a country wants to go when everyone wants to live beyond their means to keep up with the jones. We the people are out of control. We the people are the country that is looking for someone to bail us out. We all need to realize that we are the ones who got us where we are at and this my friends and neighbors is the hard cold truth, We are the problem not the presidents they just are veted in to take the blame. Ever been to a city? 100 000 cars 100 000 drivers 100 000 complaints about the environment 100 000 pompus people complaining about gas prices,,, fight back and just go green, get over ourselves, step up to the plate and lead by example,,,,,MORE MORE MORE we all want more and I say congratulations people we screwed ourselves and our mommys are not going to be there to say there there eveything is going to be allright,,,,suck it up ,,,,
If this comment hit close to home and pissed you off , have a beer and smile cause you just accepted the truth. Go farming. Save the earth.

If Obama is strong enough to stop the IT works which are outsourced in India and to bring bk to US then its perfect. I hope around 10 million jobs are of US clients in India. 'US for US' if the US clients can find a US company then there is no question of creating jobs. These ll b more than 3 million jobs. Also, should stop consuming gradually from Asian countries by opening a path to consume from the US itself. Hope he ll do it...Good Luck America !!!!!

Too bad all the people who will fill these jobs are the illegal aliens that he wants to give amnesty.

Great -he's not even in office yet, and we are getting report/stats with 'potential for great margin of error'.

Here's an idea: Don't start shooting off stats and figures *without full basis* -just to get more people on your side.

Fear tactics as a way to garner approval went out in WWII (or at least I thought they did)

..."What a joke!!! Hey lets put more people on the backs of the tax payers…. "Recovery won't happen overnight, and it's likely that things will get worse before they get better. NO KIDDING, THIS PLAN WONT WORK AT ALL!.."

Um the PE already has said that recovery won't happen overnite, numerous times or have'nt you been listening?

..." Politicians will promise the sun and the moon.
Instead of all these big promises, if they get rid of the 12 million illegals, we will have more jobs and a safe and secure place to live."

Millions of illegals are being deported back to their countries of orgin and many thousands more are voluntarily returning home to south of the border due to the lack of jobs in the U.S.

The "crisis" was generated on purpose.

Obama is going to tax you for everything. Get ready for "change".

Obama's creating an out for himself and his administration,he has no idea what he is doing,thank God the Democrats and Republicans in Congress are going to be able to stop him.I hope the media,who has no idea about what they are saying either,does not influence the politicians in any way.

The answer,Reagen said it,"The government is not the solution,it is the problem !"

Socialism is on its way people. You can't fight what's right and what's fair. Everyone needs to be equal from top CEO's to the janitors.

Once again OBAMA and the BIG LIE. 90 % will be in the private sector but he doesnt give one single example, then says 10% will go to police, fire teachers etc............if Americans cannot see though this then they are as stupid as I think they are.............

Why are YOU PEOPLE blaming any president. If any of you were educated about how our governmental system is set up, you would remember that we have THREE branches of government–the judical, the legislative, and the executive branches–to disipate power. The congress (the senate and the house of representatives) conceptualize and produce LAW. They come up with our budget. Why aren't any of you questioning your representatives part in any of this?

During the campaign Obama said he would 'create' this many jobs.

A few weeks ago, this language has been changed to 'create and save' this many jobs.

Wondering if this language will change once more to just 'save' this many jobs.

millions of jobs with a new middle east war, first obama says one prez at a time regarding killing babies in gaza, but he sure is talking about jobs…
millions of jobs doing what? unloading shipping containers from china, that was the last job left in america before the depression hit, now even that is gone.

All is fine and great, but wait until Pelosi and Reid stab Obama right square in the back.

And you know darn well, NOTHING will get done without pet project, perks, earmarks, etc etc etc.

Obama may be trying, but congress has nothing but old time rules and selfish motives.

I think everyone just needs to take a step back and look, Obama is walking into a huge mess, hes not backing out, or complaining, in fact hes not even the president yet and hes already working extremely hard. He is an extremely ambitious, smart and determined person. Everyone needs to quit prejudging him. I watched his speech the other day on the economic crisis and he was just so calm, cool and collective. I think he is a brilliant man and will make a great president. He is in the works of making a huge plan, and I totally have faith in him that he could in fact make this country energy dependent, create tons of jobs through that, pull us out of the economic downturn and really put us on the top.

People! Obama is not going to release his plans/intentions until he is in that house. If he does and the economy rebounds before January 2oth then BUSH can take some credit. American politics is not about " REACHING ACCROSS PARTY LINE" say it is but it's not!

I've been out of work for 7 Months now and as an imigrant I was able to survive it.But! if after February and I dont see changes I'm moving to Iran, Venezuela, China, or any third world country with a different approach.

Nice BOB. Stand at podiums all week talking about how horrible everything is and then toss off a prop piece on how you have "solved" the problem. Not that easy BOB. In 2 weeks it will be how much "worse" everything really was than expected and that BOB will have to be even more of a miracle worker to get us out of it. Yay BOB.

Americans deserve more rights for all the bailing out we've done for the rich:

1.) Take off all restrictions to Cuba. This will increase business.
2.) People should be allowed to fire fireworks anywhere and not be prohibited by state or city regulations. This will increase business.
3.) People should be allowed to marry anyone in ANY STATE regardless as to whether they are the same sex. This will increase business.
4.) Drop the Stalinistic goals of No Child Left Behind Act. 5.) Cities should not be able to seize land owned by citizens in order to increase business.
6.) Non-violent drug offenders should not be fined or thrown in jail. This will save the government money.
7.) If you have a messy front yard, you should not be penalized by your government.
8.) Free wireless Internet for all. This will help out business.
9.) Stem cell research should be legalized as it will increase work and business.
10.) Get rid of non-serious driving offense fines, such as the California stop, fining cars for not being moved for over two weeks, ticketing people for not washing their car even though it's in their driveway. I'll concede that speeding is not beneficial to anyone, so yes, Americans should still be ticketed for speeding, but only if they are going 20 miles over the speed limit on freeways or 10 miles over the speed limit in residental areas.

this is a hoot! Each time OBama utters a "duh..." the "jobs created," numbers increases...now up to 4 million? What an infommerical;
This is all a show to try and keep his wavering popularity from declining.....
what kind of jobs? Paying minimum wage to keep dems poor and dependent on his highness? So, that he secures their vote again in the next election? What sheep! Besides, the lib media keeps spouting about the jobs lost, but never states the jobs gained, or created....what a snow job!

We all want the country to succeed, and I could eat crow if by some miracle of GOD, he was competent, however, the continual regurgitation of lofty and spacial ideas and concepts ain't gonna put meat n' taters on the table!

Time to step off your Messiah Podium and try to make a president out of yourself.....for all of us...

The direct connection between creating this "balloon of potential bounty" and, not just "main street", but "my street" continues to allude me. This at a time when I expect to be laid off next Wednesday. I need stimuli literally next week or my family will begin to suffer.
I respect Mr. Obama. I cheer for him, his wife, his two daughters, but I have my own wife and three daughters and their Dad is not moving to a new job or office.
I worked in a besieged high technology market that is rapidly not just leaving America, but being "squeezed" from America towards other shores. I do not see anything in this package relating to me in terms of loans for retraining, grants for retooling or professional certification. In order to benefit from a tax credit, I need to earn. I only see that the amount I can earn in my profession is under pressure to match the same rate paid 12-15000 miles away.
Technology has been a catalyst for stimulating the American business environment, reducing costs and accellerating productivity and I am among the top of my field. This bleak market however is both highly challenging and unforgiving. We don't need a bail out, we need rungs on which to keep climbing. Large firms will market and leverage to consume the stimulus package funds to bolster their bottom lines, we minority technology professionals will be the first to go (statistics bear this out) and the last to benefit from this attempt to keep America afloat.
God be with me. The guy I counted on to look out for this sort of thing has moved from the legislative to the executive branch. Mr. Obama was my senator and federal advocate. Mr. Durbin, a very, very good man, remains to do double/triple duty. No one remains to address these issues.
Godspeed America. God speed Mr. Obama.

Why are all the Democrats still falling for what Obama has to say? He's doing exactly like he did to win their vote. Saying what they want to hear without actually saying HOW he is going to do it. He can talk and talk without ever really saying anything. Or haven't you figured that out by now? Let alone the fact he keeps changing what he says. He said he wanted to create 2-3 million new jobs, now he wants to SAVE those jobs. How? There is no way he can save someone’s job, if a company decides to downsize or close. What's he going to do, go to each and every company in the USA and say, no, you can't downsize, you can't lay off that worker, you can't close because your losing money?

The key to his plan is to PRINT more money, to pay for all these new Created/Saved job. But, he will only create Inflation and throw this Country into an even bigger Depression. How is an extra $500 dollar stimulus going to fix anything? It's not enough for the average person to get out of debt or go on a spending spree. It is the same amount Bush gave to us and all it did was buy a few more months. Maybe he thinks he can buy us off for 4 years and hopes the Country can fix itself by the time his term ends.

Oboma isn't sworn into office yet. And he is already being blamed for starting this mess. Bush and Chaney stood by while big bussiness went unchecked. Again Bush and Chaney are responsible for this problem. And people shouldn't forget that.

The comment coming from Canada is really an eye opener.
The Chinese are also getting economically robust, because they stay healthy by their exercises and good food intake. Americans must stay healthy and have a good access to medical attention to stay healthy and be productive. A sick nation can never be productive. The government and the medical industry must look deeper in making the society very healthy to stay productive.

He's being more positive and pro-active then Bush ever thought of when it comes to problems that are bogging down this economy.

If anyone loses their jobs in the next year or two it will be BUSH'S FAULT!!!!!!!!!!! He has done nothing to try and stop this mess except to give money to his buddies in the banking industry, without any oversight.

Obama is doing great for this country

P.S. For all those saying we are getting too socialist, you are absolutely right (we need to get back to the Federation of states we once were and the constitution clearly intends us to be, less big Government). For all those saying handouts/bailouts are not the way, you are right (free-market will work itself out) and people should work to make better lives, but they need jobs to be able to pursue that. American based manufacturing (i.e. steel, technologies, etc.) could be required to be the only supplier of these public works...there you go more jobs across the board. And review all current out-of-control spending (defense, corrections system, etc). JAMES OHM=hyperinflation; SANDY=go work in a corn field for $5.50/hour (like I thought)-we need cheap labor; BRYCE=you measure jobs by the unemployment rate duh; GALE=yes that's right the problem is "illegals", not a 10 year war, fears of depression, or the failure to educate our children, yes, yes your right, I forgot your ancestors are Native American...ask your parents/spouses/friends how to respond since you obviously can't think intelligently for yourself; GEORGE=There are International laws and trade agreements that don't allow us to raise Tariffs that high;

OBAMA LISTEN UP!- rebuild our decrepit infrastructure.

To all the folks complaining about the government making jobs. Would you rather the taxpayer pay the weekly unemployment or have the folks at least working and producing improvements in the country?

Do not kid yourselve, the taxpayer will be on the hook, either for the unemployment after the states exhaust the money they have allocated, increased Medicaid costs due to lost health insurance, and additional funds needed for food stamps and extended unemployment funds. Will the created jobs be desk jobs? Probably not, but they will put construction workers back to work and food on the table and health insurance for the kids. They will probably be minimum wage positions, and at least we the taxpayers our getting something for the money spent. At least the folks are not sitting on the couch waiting for the next unemployment check because they cannot find a job.

Try not to be so narrow minded, wake up and realize we are in deep dung and right now private investors and institutions are not and will not be hiring anytime soon. The government must step in and provide the jolt. That can be done by making jobs or paying out benefits for no productivity.

Think, people, think.

do think this guy is the Baby Jesus??? Wake up people this is Socialism!!!!!!!!

Let's face it; opening up 3,000 new McDonalds isn't going to do much good for anyone. These "jobs" Obama is dreaming about are going to be those kinds of jobs. Jobs that let you know how screwed up your life is. Now while I am a believer that something is better than nothing and you should be thankful for what you have, you should strive for more. These jobs are going to be for people who are looking for something to do, not for people who are looking for something better. I may be wrong. I am the first to admit that I am on occasion. But whether I am right or wrong isn't the issue. What's important is that everyone is seeing the word "jobs" and thinking this is gonna be a really great thing....but nobody is stopping to think, "what kind of jobs?"

Would be a start to cap all salaries to 500K and anybody who makes over that, the surplues would be put back in the system,this would make everybody richer.

Once congress and the American population realizes that only 4 million jobs for another $800 billion is setting the bar very very low, Obama will have a hard time selling this plan. This weak objective should be a slam dunk and all it leaves us with in 4 years is a larger government to waste more of our tax dollars. Demand better performance for our money than that!

As an american president, he needs to remember he needs to save Americans first., and not to take care of the illigals/immigrants. He need to remove the illegals/immigrants from US who have taken American Jobs, who have abused and drained our Healthcare System and School systems, who are overcrowding our Jails, who are the highest percentage of those who have defaulted on their mortgages. He needs to punish the companies who hires the illigals. He also needs to clean the welfare systems. Many immigrants brought their old parents who have a lot money in the foreign bank but claim nothing to get free everything in the US from housing, food to healthcare. With national deficit so high, we can not allow those people abuse our systems anymore!!!

Oh God, the ignorance of some of these comments...these illiterate, sometimes racist, largely uninformed posts are all the non-US world needs to see to know that they're winning the education race...

I wonder about the Great Obama........................................................?
Time will tell!

I trust in Obama's plan. When he says about building roads and bridges, that will help, construction/achitecture and obviously manufacturing companies like caterpillar/deere/etc. It will also pump up our financial sector as cash flows in. I have been in cost justification and i believe that with all the shipping costs involved, we can justify that we can make it cheaper and better in the US than in China or India. But it will be next to impossible to bring the service sector back, like call centers. To be very frank, I think India or phillipines is doing a good job in that sector, as in all my life I have a huge list of bad experiences with call centers and rude people on the phone in our country. People handling phones are much more educated and courtious. One of my friend says Immigrants take their jobs, although, my grandfather was also an immigrant and I'm sure his was too. SO america is a country of Immigrants and it respects whoever does he job better, whether it be citizen or immigrant.

It's folly to argue that the way to get out of a crushing debt problem is to take on humongous amounts of more debt. It didn't work in the 30s; it's not going to work now. All of the components of the economy – government, corporations, and individual taxpayers – must get their own balance sheets in order, and not rely on the federal government to bail them out with a grand Ponzi scheme. If that requires liquidations and bankruptcies, so be it. In September, excluding entitlements of $40 trillion, the regular federal debt stood at $10 trillion. Now, we've taken on obligations of another $10 trillion – just since September! This cannot continue. The Asians will eventually lose their appetite for U.S. Treasury bonds, forcing the Treasury to increase interest rates and/or a currency devaluation. Right now, nobody expects that the federal debt will ever be paid off. Instead, it will be shifted to future generations, curtailing their standard of living. The best thing the federal government can do now is nothing, because there is no quick fix. But nobody wants to be told that the gravy train has come to an end. Instead, they want the government to bail them out, excusing them from their own overconsumption and reckless spending.

Many people are talking about creating jobs, manufacturing jobs at that, back in the USA. Why do you think the Big 3 Car manufacturers are failing currently. Overpaid auto workers that put out a sub par product compared to the Japanese. Our issues in manufacturing go much deeper than lets just create jobs to create them. Someone has to want to buy that product.

Joyce,
I enjoyed your response to Andy. We are all free to disagree but it's unfortunate that some of the least literate people in our society sound off and only display their inate ignorance. Unfortunately Andy's vote counts as much as everyone else's and the country suffers for it.

It's all hogwash.

JOYCE, I think you are being EXACTLY like those "Obama bashers". I have had the misfortune to take my children to the emergency room four times. The last time we waited for eight hours. In each circumstance people who spoke no English, had no ID, no insurance but many kids were there. Some had 'legitimate' emergencies however that was not the majority. The majority were there for basic medical care for their children. Now, could I have denied their children medical care if they needed even basic, no I do think I could have. The children did not ask to be in this position. Honestly, I could not have denied it to the parents either. However, I can not deny that the legal as well as illegal immigration into this country is a economic drain. I do not favor immigration except in VERY limited cases and I do not buy the argument that Mom or Dad crossed the border so now children and the dog must come too. NOBODY in this country should be penalized because they are immigrants and NOBODY in this country should have to pay or suffer because others are here without invitation or permission. Really the analogy is so easy if someone came into your house without permission, ate your food, made your kids wait in line after them, spoke a language you did not understand and were "Obama bashers" just how long would you put up with it? Now, if they fall on my floor I would make sure I did the best I could do to help them but be sure I would have already called the police first. When I pay my taxes I expect, I want, my taxes to help immigrants and native born alike. I do not want illegal people to benefit so freely. I also do not want to feel like a bad host... when this country can not afford 'its own' I think it is in very poor taste to invite more to the table. Oh, and I am sure you were trying to make a point but if every time someone misspelled a word or had some other error in their sentences .... well you get the rest. Its just a snide comment that really is getting way tiresome.

Where are the details of this plan?! All Obama keeps giving are vague ideals and nothing solid! "There is a problem that has to be solved" and "Our plan will save jobs!" and "We need dramatic action!" Those aren't plans! Those are simply vague ideas pointed at the obvious! Sheesh.

Have the Governmen to buy all legit mortagages and only charge 1 to 2 % intertest. The intertest the government getting now is .0 to .25 on loans to big banks. That would save people hundreds of dollar on their home loans. The money saved by home owner, then could be used to buy stuff which in return pumps monies back to a weak economy.

Every thing is Bush's fault. Everything that goes wrong in the next 4 years will be Bush's fault. Why? Because Democrats are like little children and never accept responsibility for anything they do wrong. All the crap Clinton caused, like the war in Iraq, and the Sept 11 attacks, and a housing policy that caused the collapse of our economy... ended up being Bush's fault. So just face it. No matter what goes wrong for the next 4 years, it won't be Obama's fault. It will be Bush's fault. Everything is ALWAYS the Republicans fault. Every time. Always will be. Ask any news reporter you want. Everything is the Republicans fault. Its not even worth discussing with these idiots. If it is bad... the Republicans did it. If it is good... the Democrats did it. Obama will TRY to save us all... because he's such a wonderful guy... a good Democrat. But... of course, if he can't... it will be because Bush left him such a mess. Either way he wins. Things go well... Obama did it. Things go bad... it isn't his fault... Bush did it. Democrats are like little children... always pointing the finger at some other kid... "He did it." The funny part is... most Americans are too stupid to see through this nonsense. I mean, we keep voting for the same two parties that always screw things up, and then blame each other, don't we? Just face it. The idea that there are always only two options, is ridiculous. Until we get legitimate third party representation in this country... we are doomed to repeat the same endless cycle of the two parties blaming each other... when the real problem is a two party system that locks out any REAL choices for the voters. But... for the foreseeable future... "Bush did it" ... will be all you hear from the idiot box in your living room. I swear... they are all just like little kids having a fight.... instead of rolling up their sleeves and doing their jobs.... you know.... the stuff we elected them to do. Just remember... whatever burning issue it is that made you vote for whoever you voted for... and four years from now... ask yourself... "Did they actually fix this?" You might be surprised.

Don, you sound pretty uneducated when you talk about us not surviving as a Democracy, and returning to the Republic we once were. Its hard for anone to take your grim prognostications for our country seriously when you don't seem to understand the meaning of the words "democracy" and "republic." A republic is a form of representative democracy, which the United States is and has always been since its birth. It doesn't change based on the name of the party in charge. Democrat and Republican are just monikers for political parties that exist within the same type of government. At one point, the party we know today as the Democratic Party was once known as the Democratic-Republican Party. The current republican party was born from the pieces of several parties, including the Whig party. Tell me, what form of governance is "Whig" governance? There are several other political parties that exist today with names like Green, Constitution, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, etc.

The lesson here is that you, sir, need to inform yourself on matters of U.S. history and politics before you come on boards like this and start spouting off your nonsense. It reminds me of a scene from the movie "My Fellow Americans" in which Joe American is giving a ride to two former Presidents and starts talking about Mt. Rushmore, but gets all the names wrong, and one of the Presidents goes off on him for teaching his son such erroneous history as fact. Its dangerous, and you should be ashamed of yourself for your ignorance.

All that is going to happen is that taxes will be raised, our debt will increase and the money will be wasted. The House and Senate all need to be booted out and replaced. If you want change that is what needs to be done.

My income has been cut in half. Should I cut spending? No, I'll just throw some money at it. Now I'm a democrat.

Sandy getting rid of 12 billion immigrants will make the us a safer place? what...its not like immigrants are all criminals. US Citizens won't take jobs that pay minnimum wage like immigrants do. so, that doesnt mean that more jobs will be availible for us. Everything that the citizens dont like to do we do.

Great to concentrate on infrastructure, but not all of the unemployed are able to operate heavy machinery or start a 4 yr.apprenticeship to become a pipefitter. What about all the people from the financial sector or people over 50? Do you really think your grandma can wield a jackhammer or drive a bulldozer? And if she could, would you want her in charge of making sure that bridge doesn't collapse?

How exactly do you determine if you have "saved" a job? I have searched the intenet and cannot find anything. I suppose if BHO says it is so than it must be true. By that logic Bush can say there may be 7% unemployment but at least he kept the other 93% employed right?

What about annexing Mexico into the U.S.? All Mexicans would become American citizens and the U.S. would have a new frontier to drill for oil, coal, gas ect. The illegals would all then become legal and Mexican at the same time. Mexico the 51st state of the Union. They have resources and we have the technology to tap the profits. Think of the tax revenue that could be generated, not to mention the profit potential. Forget about the Middle East....Lets look to Mexico.

Part of getting back on track is 'attitude'. Why be cynical...what is the gain there....if you're not part of the solution then you surely are part of the problem.

Infrastructure is important...it creates 'access' be it by roads or technology..so that is a good start....with those avenues in place it alllows vision ...dreams come to frutation... and new ideas become reality....

Let go of the past and move forward....

I still have a job as of yesterday. If I get laid off at any point in the next 4 years I am going to lay the blame squarely at Obama's feet.

Go back to the fundamentals, the first and second laws of thermodynamics apply to economics and govt as well. When you funnel money through the govt, waste is ALWAYS present, no matter how many "Oversight Czars" you appoint, it's a law of nature. Free markets (voluntary exchanges between individuals) are nature's way and are how America became the most prosperous and free country in the world. Either politicians are completely ignorant of basic science or are power hungry and know that only by abolishing free markets can they control everything. Americans need to quit whining and work as hard as they can all the time, or America will slowly sink into mediocrity.

Save a job, yea that is a slick word isn't it. What does it mean to 'save a job' more clintonese.

Unless Americans learn to live within their income, save for a rainy day, don't buy it until you can pay for it, own a home you can afford to pay for on your worst possible income, get out of debt accept for an education, use the technology you have until you save enough for the newer better technology, Unless we learn this, the Government will never be able to help us enough.

If I thought that ANYONE who had any bering on the state of things was watching this, I would have a lot of suggestions. But nobody listens they just play with computers.

The greatest resource of any nation is it's people – when you have a educated, skilled, healthy population who are capable of taking risks and new creative ideas – your nation will be powerful. The USA will not only be known for it's military might but the spirit of survival and leadership to prosperity. Obama and his team are right on and Canada is looking forward to new conciousness of America.

A simple suggesstion; Let's give the new administration a chance. We have a lot of issues to work on, let's work on them together. If some don't work, let's change them and try new things.

In the meantime, let's all get in the boat and row together. I know it's an old cliche, but we put a man on the moon, we have helped many nations recover from terrible disasters, and now we get to work on some things here at home.

Here's hoping for a better 2009 for all Americans, I wish us all the best as we work together to solve the many challenges we face. We can do it!

Is Team Obama going to do a Bill Clinton and count all the new fast food joints opening as new career jobs? It’s really Team Clueless taking over for a few short years until the adults get back.

Public Works programs like faster Rail systems for Amtrak and the firing of Amtrak personnel being paid huge salaries and providing their ridership nothing in return. Also, the return to American manufacturing companies and stopping the greed of corporate America, hellbent on destroying the U.S. so long as they paid handsomely in the process.

First it was 2 million, 3 million, 3.5 million, now 4 million but Obama can always fall back on I saved 4 million but created 0 jobs. The only jobs that will be created is the 600,000 government jobs. The Government's of 41 states want bailout money. Obama wants to create 600,000 government jobs. Tax cuts for people (40%) THAT don't even pay federal taxes. Stop the bailouts! The country is broke! Government is not the answer. Do you want private sector jobs or government jobs? Who will pay for the government jobs? Obama plan is large government. The man is good at memorizing lines.

Buth, I personally dozens of illegal aliens making way more than $4/hour. In fact, I know dozens from my church making $7,000-$13,000/MONTH doing housecleaning and landscaping and yes, they are stealing jobs from American companies which of couse cannot compete given taxes, insurances and other expenses illegal aliens do not care about.

If Obama is serious about this, he should start by enforcing the laws and we have and sending this people back home. They already made enough money. It is proved already that enforcement works and yes, 20 million people can leave mainly on their own.

Also, I believe legal skilled immigration is the way to go. However, the H1B program must be suspended immediately. There is no need to bring more people in when thousands of IT professionals are losing jobs.

Anyone out there that worked the whole year of 08, paid taxes out of their checks and still didn't pay enough? Ask Obama for a bailout and see what kind of response you get. I'll bet it's in the form of a visit from the IRS.

If I remember right ,it was a Democrat president. Bill Clinton who signed into law the NAFTA treaty which has seen the loss of millions of jobs to cheap labor to countries who do not depend on government handouts for a living but just want to eat.

We will finally have a sensible and intelligent president that cares about the people of this country and will do his absolute best to make it better and get us out of this mess. Can you image what situation we would be in for if we were in the middle of a Bush presidency or if Obama had not won at a time like this? Those free-trading Republicans who criticize his spending plans to jolt the economy as huge burdens the future generation has to bear do not think twice about how shipping of jobs overseas effects the future generation at all. Desperate times demand desperate measures! Ready-Set-Go!!!

Gale,

If those immigrants were not here, the price of you lunch or dinner in a restaurant would go triple or more, the small business will not exist. Illegal immigrants by the way can not buy a house as no credit company gives money to them, they don't have SSN, no credit, so the legal residents and citizens are the ones whose houses went to foreclosure. These people can be thrown on the street and never get unemployment benefits, don't have the right to file complaints with federal government even if they are verbally abused, offended at workplaces. They don't have the luxury to visit a dentist, doctor for a pain but they suffer with that pain because not only they can not afford the money to visit the doctor but they can not afford even the time to see a doctor. You are lucky to be born in this country and I don't wish you to try living for just a single day as an immigrant in another country and see what does it really mean. This country was build on immigrants' work (your grandparents might have been in the same place as those immigrants now) and this is the most welcoming country in the world. BTW those people contribute to this country more than receive, by paying the rent, living expenses, redicilous lawyer fees to get their papers, stay away from their families for years and their lives are destroyed and at the end they have nothing left because their salaries are so low. If they were legal residents, do you know that when filing taxes they were going to take money back fro the government because of the minimum wage they have, their were going to claim children as dependents, and many other deductions. So be more tolerant and generous. They are human beings as you are.

I agree with President elect Obama that most of the jobs created should be in the private sector.

I also agree that any package should not include congressionally added earmarks. This is no time to be adding on a bunch of pork. I also agree that we are going to need some long term fiscal discipline.

(See the movie "IOUSA" on CNN today and tomorrow.)

I personally favor a reduction or elimination of the employer and employee FICA tax for a year as a way to stimulate the economy. The break tops out at about 100 K per person and only applies to wages earned while working and not dividends and interest income. It would also encourage the hiring Americans by reducing the cost by about 7 per cent. It would not require extra bureaucracy and manipulation by lobbyists, politicians, or politically powerful businesses

Almost all economists think something needs to be done and I trust President Obama a lot more than I trust congress

Yeah a report says jobs will be created!

Name one government report there has ever been correct...

If it is the illegals taking all the jobs ,why is no one who is drawing a welfare check and perfectly able to work not going and demanding their jobs at the same pay? In the real world I, my father and grandfathers did not start at the top. Socialism and its effects are now catching up. The time will come back when you ask for a job first and not what the benefits are. Oh about the first question. Answer. If you take a job and blossom you might lose the government check.

I mostly agree with you Shabba Rommel. Just another attempt of people trying to fight the inevitable (look up the definition). We are simply going to go into a recession/depression and these attempts to fight it are just going to make the bottom at lot deeper. So called "bailouts" and funding take years to even raise the cash and are definately un-American, the tax-cut approach he is supporting is the best way (especially for corporations, which will simply relocate in this global environment if they don't have incentives to stay in the US). I do believe though, that this funding towards infrastructure is a great approach and should be the number one priorty, above tax-cuts or any other spending. Look towards the past, Roosevelt's New Deal was designed to give jobs (not money) to the unemployed, trade jobs would definately be created as result. You have to create incentives/jobs for people to work, not just give out handouts. Build an interstate railway system (Fully Federally & State funded), alternative energy infrastructures, and other public works that will kill two birds with one stone (creating jobs and bringing our infrastructure into the 21st century).

There's no sure solution in these daunting economic times. This is the worse economic and fiscal crises since the Great Depression. But both republicans and democratics agree that if nothing is done, the economy WILL get worse and head into depression. The American people need to understand that nobody knows what will work and there will need to be a combination of things tried to see if the economy can improve. This is problem is global and WE, America started the dominoes falling... producing less, consuming more with money we did not have. Everything from government waste, subprime lending, consumer credit, to the expensive and costly war in Iraq. There is still lots of unaccounted for billions spent on war contractors in that war.

To Ken:

Ken I think your comments are heart felt. I think it is true that Americans have given up some freedoms and it would be nice to get some more ... especialy personal freedom such as unions or marriage. I think though it is not correct to say that America is funding all of these bailouts. Bailouts are being funded by different countries all over the globe. If your comments are specifically to America then I would say it is not correct either that America did not get anything in return. We did. These companies either directly or indirectly did furnish a huge tax base and even now, struggling, they still do. Those taxes support each person directly or indirectly in this country, though like you I would like to see even more freedoms given to us. It would really be nice to see a struggle such as this bring people together and have those that deny rights to others or freedoms to remeber what they went thru in this time and to not limit other people's freedoms .. that being said I really do not think it is a bad thing for a neighbor to keep his/her yard clean

at first he said it would save 2 million. then he said it would save 2.5 million jobs. then he said it would save 3 million. Now 4 million?

it seems obama is fast and loose with numbers as much as Bush was fast and loose with the English language.

his plan has no specifics and even Democrats are criticizing it.

The plan will not help, it's going to make things worse. I still say the whole government needs to be stripped of its authority and reconstructed by the people.

It's funny that this article is even on the front page. Everyday, it's Obama says this, Obama says that, it would be nice if you posted something that was actually happening, not his Hope for something. It's also funny that every time I walk out my door, I see job openings. They might not be the most wanted jobs, and some Americans think they're better than that, but are they? We let immigrants take those, when most of us are only citizens by one or two generations. So if you've lost your job recently, please stop looking for pity, and go get your hands dirty.

@Sandy and Ricky, You got that right. Use some of the stimulus as a bounty for turning in illegals. If they offered $500 for every illegal reported to the gov't and subsequently deported, we'd open up millions of jobs in a few weeks. Sure most are doing minimum wage jobs, but not all. Even minimum wage is better than welfare or unemployment.
@Joan, it's been proven that illegals actually drive down wages. Without them, the 'jobs nobody wants' will have to pay more, and eventually someone will take them. Especially if you tell them to take the job because you're stopping their welfare check! There are 11 million unemployed Americans. Don't tell me that at least some of them wouldn't be willing to take any paying job.

While I think Obama may have good intentions, he's still too vague on what he plans to do. My concern is that these jobs he is going to create will pay a lot less than what many people who are out of work had been getting.

ken... no tickets for speeding? thats NOT practical at all. That gives NOTHING back to anybody. if anything, it makes driving MORE dangerous because people will go as fast as they want. If you really want to have something given back, the government needs to take a portion of that proposed bailout, and give a portion of it to every working person in america who files taxes this year. base the amount given back on their income! thats a MUCH better stimulus than giving it to failing car companies or banks who's CEO's will pocket the money. People will either be smart and save that money, or spend it, this stimulating both BANKS and the economy. its a win-win.

Obama has a pdf on this plan which it includes a chart. They are saying that the hit would be much harder doing 0, which is common sense. What you republicans want... do nothing... let's see what you are going to say when you your self will be unemployed and homeless

Wow, Andy and you other Obama bashers sure are idiots. Are you afraid of "immigrants" because they know how to spell, or at least use spell-check, better than you?

I believe he can do it. US needs more oppurtunities in energy, manufacturing and trading. Should stop all the trading with Asian countries and should start production in the US itself. If he could stop all the IT outsourcing work being carried out in INDIA, atleast a 3 million jobs will open in the US.

For one, I was one that voted for OBAMA, do I think he's a God, NO! But he faces the hardest presidency in the history of this country. And YES! BUSH is leaving him with a country that almost reflects the situation of many 3rd world countries; is not going to be easy to get the USA back on track. We do need new jobs and I do agree with one of the comments made, what kind of jobs? I'm in the marketing profession and building a bridge is not my thing – we need to try to keep jobs in the USA and as mentioned here PRODUCE instead of CONSUMING from foreign countries. Understanding that we live in a global economy I can see that we will still need to import many things from other countries but let's start to also produce things that other nations need so that we can benefit from it.

Obama is a family man and has 2 daughter's to look out for as well, I don't think he wants to destroy the country where his grandchildren will grow; and it is unfortunate that I feel that the worst is yet to come as far as the economy is concerned, and let's face it racism still exists in this country and I do fear that many will blame the "black man" for things that in reality were caused by the BUSH administration.

We as American's need to start relying more on our own counrty's good's, instead of relying on the cheap "made in china" toys that contain lead and cloths that were made in sweat shops. Keep your money in America!
Punish the companies that hire Illegal immigrants, and deport anyone that is. You want to come to this country that's fine but there's a right way to do it! And make higher incentives to keep companies here in the country we all love, AMERICA.

It is common sense that in order to create new jobs, we first need to stem the outflow of the "good" jobs from this country. The causes of this outflow phenomenon need to be studied and addressed. Why did manufacturing jobs go out of this country in the last century, and why did the service sector jobs disappear in the last decade? How can boundaries be established around the Internet for electronic service delivery? This country has ample potential to create 3,4,5,6..n...milliion jobs... the bigger question is WILL THOSE JOBS STAY IN THIS COUNTRY?
The answers lie with our "global" corporations, and politicians who make (and break) our labor, ("free") trade and immigration laws.

... I think that NAFTA should be revisited/modified right away;
... add tarifs (15-20%) to anything that is import and reduce taxes to Made in USA .

Oh please. "O"'s own Democrats dont think his plan will work! What does that tell you?? Prepare for breadlines sheeple, most of you have no clue to where this once great country is heading. We will not survive as a Democracy, we must return to the Republic we once were!

I agree with James Ohm. Give EVERY tax paying house hold a million dollars tax free.It would cost less than what the government is spending now.

The funny thing about all these people who keep whining about all the jobs being taken by "illegals", is that the vast majority of the jobs "illegals" are hired for are the low-level, back-breaking, menial labor jobs that most Americans don't want anyways, because they think they're too good for that kind of work for so little pay. (I know that was a run-on sentence. Sorry.)

Also, for those who commented without reding the whole article, NINETY percent of the jobs created by Obama's plan are going to be in the private sector, not at the expense of taxpayers. Those jobs that will be SAVED (not new ones created) in the public sector will consist of positions in essential public services, and will only comprise 10% of the jobs created/saved by Obama's proposal.

Get your facts straight before you spew your lies.

What did the country do before the immigration problem? We took care of ourselves. If the low end jobs were not taken by illegals I'm sure there would be plenty of unemployed people more than willing to work them. What about young people starting out? Did none of you have minimum wage jobs when you were kids? Where did you learn your work ethic?

to Ken: Amen brother!!

DOUBLESPEAK.... WELCOME TO 1984 REVISITED.

Wow!!! I cannot believe that everyone is not realizing that we are all to blame yes President Bush screwed us it is documented. However if you want American jobs in manufacturing stop buying foreign products from China and etc. countries demand American products yes you are going to pay more for what you want but your neighbors will have jobs. It cannot be placed that one person is going to be able to fix those jobs it is going to take you also. Building roads and other public services are jobs that President-elect Obama actually has some control over it falls into the public sector where manufacturing jobs are in a private sector. I mean really are people that stupid that you cannot realize you are going to have to get involved. Also when did someone who builds bridges not be a trade sounds like a trade to me. Really lets put the last eight years behind us and move towards the future. Obama is trying to do that why can't we join the team instead of criticizing him for telling the truth about where we really are financially, we are in trouble it is no secret no one is trying to hide it but the office of President is public and cannot force private corporations into bringing those manufacturing jobs back to America. Can you walk into Walmart and tell them they have to sell american products no they are in business to make a profit and we keep buying the foreign products they sell.

Economic stimulus package should include giving to the American citizen was the US gives per capita to every Israel citizen, about $1000 annually. Stop US aid to Israel. That give life to the US economy and the oppressed people of Palestine.

It's funny some much criticism about Obama. Why didn't you people criticize and fight against Bush. he should have been impeached. But no. We want to criticize this man before he can even get into office. Who are you? Why don;t you figure out why did the Bushes mess of the economy. Why did you vote for some who messed us up not one but twice and his father did too. When Clinton was in office they wanted to impeach him for getting a blow job. This man has committed a greater crime and nothing gets done. All I keep hearing is well who voted for him any way. You did!

save jobs ha? and no expanation as to how is needed because you cant put a number on a quantity that is not able to be defined coz' the jobs aint lost yet... quick thinkin'

oh, its that loosly defined hope thing again.

Obama talks big but doesn't have a clue. What are his plans?????
He never goes into any detail about anything he plans to do. Hasn't anybody noticed.??????

Gale: I am sorry but after reading more of what you have written, did you know that in our jail systems there are more Americans than illegals or immigrants?! It awes me how you can bash and blame all of the illegals because they flooded the mortgage system as well as the credit cards. That is ridiculous. Us Americans have done a number on the systems as well. Can you please tell me how many Americans have credit card debt. On average how much? Also, research what percentage of filed bankruptcy are illegal immigrants, or even people that are non natural U.S citizens.

YES........ and Congress better STOP COMPLAINING AND CRITICIZING AND HELP, SUPPORT AND WORK WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA.......OR OUT THEY WILL ALL GO IN THE NEXT ELECTION....... DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ALIKE!

Obama should be carefull making promises for jobs that are not there. The world economy is in a slump not just USA. Like most governments the only jobs they can provide is infrastructure. That helps construction nothing more.

Democrat hand outs go to Joe the Plumber not Joe the corporate CEO who has already rewarded himself for a poor performance with an astromonical bonus.

If only a "wall" were built on our southern borders, we can then probably do better. I've been saying that for about 20 years now after swimming that border here! lol

We do need to improve our infrastructure, but what we need urgently are the jobs that will produce PROFITS, like manufacturing. I hope that, for political reasons, Obama would not discuss protectionism openly, but is working on it as the top priority. Also research and development in all industries. Other countries are gaining ground very quicky, ahead of us. Developing alternative energies is a great idea, but will come to a halt as it is very expensive and would create huge financial losses as long as oil is at this prices.

Long ago this country was taken away from England,France,Mexico,Spain and Canada.Lets just give it back to whoever owned each area. Or just put whats left of the Indians back in charge.
This way they can care for our sorry selves.
Sandy & Daniel Chump,you must be hung over (again) to think the way you do.
Obama must be wondering just what he's gotten into.I didn't vote for the guy. I really do wish him well . Our elected people should all take a 30% cut in pay for the great job they have done.
But , thats just my way of thinking.

What type of jobs? Build and repair bridge, rail road and street? Who want to do these kinds of jobs (Black, White, Asian)? And for how long? GUY! Mexican loves Obama... Obama has big month and demagogue.

Andy:
Do you know what else Democrats do? They balance the budget, unlike the last 8 years of red ink. What else do Democrats do? They use our taxes for job training so people who needed a hand up will qualify for a job, instead of living on the street in growing numbers that we've witnessed for the last 8 years. The last Democratic president reduced the deficit and left Mr. Bush with a surplus. Republicans talk, talk, talk about fiscal responsibility, then borrow and spend us into oblivion. Republicans talk, talk, talk about reducing the size of government. Clinton reduced the size government. Bush added a new government employees to keep the job numbers from being even worse and the size of government exploded.

Talk is cheap. Unemployment is the highest its been in 16 years – gee, wasn't that when the last Bush attempted to make VooDoo, Trickle Down, Supply Side economics work? Tax and spend is how government works. Borrow and spend is how Republicans dig us into a hole that Democrats have to pull us out of.

Gale: I just wanted to say that I was born here in the country and just wanted to comment on what you said about the kicking out all of the illegal immigrants that have taken jobs that we Americans can take. The thing is, these immigrants are taking the jobs that we Americans DO NOT WANT TO DO. Maybe you can suggest, help them become knowledgeable about our country and have them become U.S citizens. America is such a wondeful country with endless opportunities. We welcome each and everyone to the country. We are the United states and in our countrys title UNITED we need to Unite each and every race, color, nationality whatever it maybe to become apart of our strong nation. So not kick the immigrants out but to help them become knowladble about our country and have them become apart of this beautiful land called UNITED States of America.

I have faith in President Elect Obama. People say "oh his plan wont work" How can you be so sure? you may have reasons you base that statement on, but you will never know if you try. In the condition this country is in, i think any idea is worth trying. Obama has the most difficult job in America right now, to criticsize him before he is even in office is plain ignorance. In order to get ourselves out of these current problems, we have to work together. Whether you are a liberal or conservative, we all want what is best for America.

Let us not be too quick to judge Obama's plan/Act. We didn't get into the fiscal mess we're in now over-night and it will take time, careful planning (ie. fiscal stimulus and restraint) and will require patience on every American's part. One should pour over the details of this new Act before drawing any conclusions or making any preliminary judgements. The worst thing we can do is to point fingers and blame one party vs. another. We have to believe in our elected officials and direct your thoughts to the congressman (woman) on what we think is best for our economy (short and long-term). We certainly don't want our legacy to be one of debt-spending and yet we are in some unfamiliar territory here and doing nothing is not a solution/option.

What's he going to do about all the jobs that have been sent overseas to China, India, etc.... How's he going to bring these jobs back when CEO's don't want to pay an American wage anymore? My husband works for Hewlett Packard, which was once a giant employer in America and it has sent production lines overseas and eliminated 75% or more of it's American workforce. How's Obama going to bring change when all these corporations are free to do this?

I do not feel that America will ever have a stable economy until we eliminate "plastic money". Too many people are willing to go into debt with credit companies and then find themselves unable to pay it back. All this money is "borrowed plastic money" that the credit companies have already dispersed but will never be seen paid back. This creates an imbalance. Sure, the money circulates but it creates a crator in the economy because it will never be paid back in full. Though this is just ONE of the issues, and i do not feel that the economy will ever be stable until we find a better alternative.

Where do I apply????

Yesterday I listened to CNN as republicans opposed Obama's plan while professing that small government and tax cuts are a proven way to get the economy going. I listened in bewilderment wondering if they had just returned to earth. Keep doing what got us here? Small government is synonymous with Deregulation a key factor that has led the country down this horrific road. Let's also look back and remember how a republican administration and congress squandered a trillion dollar surplus through smaller government and tax cuts.

As Obama tries to repair the damage created over the past 8 years, his plan will create jobs and set America on a responsible course into the future.

with the craziness in the economy why not take some of the bailout
money and help the people who are footing the bills us as in usa
every thing coming from bush and congress and now Obama comes out of our pockets put some$$ back we can budget our cash better than the banks-ins-cc-the big three- and now madoff- the american people are getting the shaft if we hold back the taxes things might be better..

Folks – let's face it. We've been on a consumer orgy (homes, goods, energy) and the world ramped up production to meet our many wants (not needs!). Well, after years of spending more than we actually make, the party is over and there is too much existing production capacity worldwide. The job losses are painful and are going to continue to be so, but we can no longer afford the be the world's insatiable consumer. I think energy independence is key to our eventual recovery – econmically and politically we are over a barrell; think of all we could do if we exported energy technolgoies (wind, solar, geothermal) instead of dollars.

I am 2 months away from loosing my house, this well needed help cannot come soon enough. My wife lost her job (banking industry)and I am on 40 hours/week for the first time in 16 years. Five little mouths to feed/shelter and our budget has lost $3000.00 of income/month – Bring it on Mr. President Elect !!! My family needs help.

Economic recovery will not happen for years, 2011 at the very earliest. Official unemployment will probably be close to 10%, although the actual underlying unemployment rate is already above that, and the U.S. deficit will grow by billions.

Whoever happened to be in office, Obama or someone else, there would be very little that any of them could do to get the economy back on track any time soon; it's so far gone that we just need to wait until we hit the buffers, and then try and recover. Stopping a runaway train just isn't going to happen, and that's what they're trying to do.

Aside from that, don't be so sure that the U.S. economy is ever going to recover to the strength that it has been before. Both China and India can produce goods that we want far cheaper than other countries, and technologically they are closing in quickly. Why would anyone want to buy American goods when the same goods can/will be produced far more cheaply, and as well as (if not better) than the U.S. can.

I'm very happy to be apart of history in the making,. For once we have a president that's not full of B.S. If McCain would have won I might have to gone to rehab! Seriously, It's not going to happen over night for change to happen, we all have to remember that Bush been in office for 8 long years. There's alot of things that have to be address, and it going to take one day at a time just to get it right. I'm just so happy to know that America the Beautiful is not so divided after all. Now like Michelle, I'm so happy to be an American!

I think O'bama has the best intentions. But in business throwing good money after bad doesn't work and its unfortunate that this won't either. The solution is to get lazy Americans off their butts and take any job they can get picking fruit or whatever. This is what all of our ancestors did and made this country great. Paying people for not working didn't work for the Native Americans and it won't work for anyone else. Lets wake up now so we can save time because this will be the case for sure eventually.

A big concern that President Obama should contemplate is that the type of construction jobs he proposes to stimulate are mostly populated by illegal immigrants. How will he ensure that American citizens who used to work in factories are retrained and employed by the construction companies? If he fails to do so, then the stimulus money will simply flow to Mexico and Latin American...

@DavidinCA

If private industry could create twice as many jobs with half the money, do you not think that would already be happening? If that was true in this moment in time, why did we as a country lose over 2 million jobs this year?

Private industry is a wonderful thing, but today's circumstances are proving that private industry is not up to this particular challenge. That's why government intervention is necessary. How the government intervenes is important, hence all the tension over this bill.

APPEARS, THAT MAJORITY OF THE POST HERE, DOUBT PRESIDENT OBAMA. ALLOW ME TO ENLIGHTEN YOU:

1- JOBS ARE THE CORE OF AMERICA (BUSH GAVE TAX CREDITS FOR COMPANIES TO OUT-SOURCE, AND THERE ARE 23 WORK VISA'S IN AMERICA . . . IMMIGRANTS COME HERE TO WORK, AND THEN SEND THE MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY).

AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP!

bryce the only thing Bush saved was his own @$$ buddy

Let me see if I have this straight... if I retired, I'd create a job opening. If I paid off my car, I'd give the auto industry and the banks more funding for future growth. If I paid off my home, I'd give the banks funds for future loans and I would be able to buy things for my home... creating production jobs. Hmmm.... if only I could find a Government wanting to fix the economy, willing to restrict corporate fleeing aboard, willing to have faith in its citizens, and willing to invest a "bailout" in its citizens. We the People of these United States could effectively solve our own delema! Now.... is Obama saying the same thing as I am? Or is his administration going to do what has always been done? Tax my job, purchases, home, food, water, etc. etc. etc. Same ole same ole!

A big concern that President Obama should contemplate is that the type of construction jobs he proposes to stimulate are mostly populated by illegal immigrants. How will he ensure that American citizens who used to work in factories are retained and employed by the construction companies? If he fails to do so, then the stimulus money will simply flow to Mexico and Latin American...

Hey I have a better Idea for all you people whining before anything has even happened with these "jobs". Would you rather fund their Unemployment Benefits, or would you rather pay them 13 tax dollars an hour to bust their rumps fixing these roads, bridges, and schools that are falling apart? Would you want what happened in Minneapolis to happen on a bridge YOU are driving on? I doubt it. This country has sat on their hands for the last 15 to 20 years while the roads were "Patched" and bridges were "inspected".

I think I would want my tax dollar going to someone WORKING for it rather than sitting on their hind ends, claiming to be looking for a job.

Also how is it, so many of our "Private Sector" jobs end up over seas? Because the private sector failed the country as a whole. Rather than building up their companies here in the U.S. and making them stronger, they ship them overseas to pay people 3 dollars a day to pretty much do slave labor. People wonder why the electrical grids are failing... Hmmm maybe if there was an energy policy created over 40 years ago we wouldn't be in half of this mess.

Obama need to FIX Free Trade Act law which have distroyed this countries manufacturing and other sectors job. Also, need to fix immegration laws, People comming here with H1 visas with all lies on their resumes, with same type of qualification US citizen cannot get job because they are being ethical. Should stop those H1 visas

Just a comment to Andy. What Democrats do is create 3 years of surplus budgets (1997-2000) the last years of Clinton Administration.)
Fuller employment, less crime, less welfare,less abortions all come from a better Economy. Give it all the the wealthy and the real Joe the plumbers give up working their collective hind ends off to make the fat cats wealthy. By the way unnecessary wars have a way of biting you in the hiney as well. Thank God change is coming!

All you folks should be running for a government position. With such expert opinion, maybe all of you could become part of the Obama's financial planners. GROW UP!

Obama is doing what Bush simply failed to do .Obama is telling the truth about the economy. Would you rather believe the economy is fundamentally sound while millions loose their jobs weekly and families loose their homes? Obama is not giving excuses for failure. The diagnosis of an ailment is the first step toward recovery.

Obama will out shine the current adminstration in sound decisions and spending. I have no doubt about his skills but I do have reservations about out poor performing House and Senate. Many of these people are incompetent and should have been sent home years ago to be use car salemen.

The Republicans should shut up....your administration has put us where we are today and that is a FACT.

I am one of the 2 million unemployed and I am encouraged by Obamas radio address. My biggest worry is what has happned in past administrations which is to outsource jobs to the far east . Are these 2 to 4 million jobs good paying jobs. When Obama talks about extending unemployment insurance that is all good but what did he mean by extending health insurance of laid off employees. I would like to see where government is paing for my health insurance now . I pay that under COBRA and it is killing me as far as costs go. Good paing jobs that are truly USA made health care for all . Like a chicken in every pot ; I heard that one before but I voted for Obama and I do at least for now believe in him . However seeing is believing time is short the work is imense and it is time to get America moving agin. Don't let part politics get in the way this is a time when all Americans need to work togather for the common good just like in war. We are good at starting was but this is just like the same.

Give Obama a break, he's not even in office, yet you know he is headed for failure. I am a republican but I now support Obama...he's the one we have to lead our country for the next 4 years. I can rant and complain about every time he sneezes or I can support and wait and see what happens...so support I will do. Getting tired of the taxpayers paying for different government programs...wake up, that is what taxes are for. You've paid them all your working life and fortunately you don't get to pick how our tax money is spent. A plan has to be put in place to rescue the economy and it has to be followed unwaveringly, otherwise it won't work.

It seems most of you can't see past the end of your nose. Has anyone heard of the Great Depression? Maybe you even remember how this country climbed out of it. No, I did'nt think so. Go back to your easy chair, we don't need your help.

He is trying to apply a new sort of new deal approach like the one Roosevelt used to lift the economy from the great depression, but recent studies show that if anything it only slowed down the economic rebound. So, all in all this is probably a poor idea.

Butch January 10th, 2009 11:36 am ET

Sandy, are you going to take a $4 an hour landscaping job or a $5 dishwashing job? Those 12 million illegals aren't exactly pulling down six figures.
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If there are no illegals to do those jobs and American citizens refuse to work for those wages I think the employer will either go out of business or pay those wages. Also I don't think dishwashers make six figures a year and I don't know too many people that makes that much.

What kinds of jobs will these be??? Infrastructure projects might yield a few jobs for out-of-work construction workers and day laborers, but the vast majority of white collar and service workers who've lost their livelihoods won't benefit from any of this nonsensical "stimulus". This entire stimulus fiasco is nothing more than politicians feeling like they need to "do something" and isn't based on any fundamental economic or business principles whatsoever. And contrary to what the press keeps telling us, the New Deal of the 30's (the supposed model for this new stimulus package) DIDN'T WORK – the economy didn't turn around until WWII created opportunities for US-based manufacturers to exploit the need for goods elsewhere in the world, ie, places like Europe and Asia that had seen their industrial capacities wiped out by warfare.

Javier- good points, I agree. We can actually get along with people in the Americas and have a lot in common

I see comments criticizing the Democrats but ones telling it like it is about the republicans stay on moderation.
Typical CNN.

I agree with James Ohm! Awesome plan! Some of u guys sound silly. Y'all are blaming this guy already for something he's TRYING to accomplish which is more that what your favorite president Bush could say he did. Look at all the crap Obama is inheriting! Do you really expect him to fix this by next week? He could easily lie and say, "dont worry folks, i got this, by next month our recession will be over and done with!" Get real. Give the man a chance, he hasnt even been fully inagurated yet.

OBAMA HAS ASKED ALL OF US THAT HAVE A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS TO PLEASE LET HIM KNOW. UNLIKE GWB, OBAMA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS LIKE WE ALL ARE.

OBAMA If you want to stimulate the economy build 50 new nuclear plants around the country. If you make the fianancial and requlatory process easy for companies they will build, we need the power and the jobs. Quit talking and do it !!!

Joan...people with your mind-set need to come and visit Northern Indiana and towns like Mishawaka were the illegals are not working farm jobs...the farmers cannot hire illegals for those jobs because the illegals expect more now...they work for much more money at the Hummer plant, etc. The employers hire illegals at 38 hours a week without benefits and they are happy for that...unfortunately this means that the US citizens who want full-time employment with benefits have been "let go"...

Anyhow, the best thing to do would be to set up a national "security force" to go door-to-door..make a national announcement that you are to have proof that you are either a citizen or here legally...give illegals a window where they can come forward and admit they are here illegally and they can take their belongings and if they do not come forward and must be detained then they will lose everything. We must take back our country and make the illegals leave...that alone would do wonders for our economy, our educational system, our health care system and so on.

Please stop fooling yourselves people!! Stop feeling sorry for illegals because they have it better than you can imagine...I see it every day in GOSHEN, INDIANA!! Where are you ICE????

We will see what he can and cannot do !

Enough of the promises already. Let's see the action, O Chosen One.

$133,000,000,000,000,000 is approximately how much it would cost to give each tax paying household one million dollars. Approximately 13,000 times the outstanding debt of our government and every person in the country combined. So that's not such an easy answer to the problem.

Joan January 10th, 2009 11:30 am ET

Sandy, as you probably already, know the 12 million "illegals" are doing jobs that nobody else wants. When was the last time that you or someone in your family wanted to be a migrant farm worker for 12 hours a day, or work in flood ravaged housing in New Orleans for $10 bucks an hour, if you get paid at
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So instead of making a choice between starving and having a job you would rather sit on your but and get welfare, food stamps, and other government goodies. That is exactly what is wrong with this country now. I have worked two jobs most of my life to survive. Did I like it no but I know when I go to sleep at night with my belly full in a nice soft warm bed, "I" made those things possible not someone else.

People need to realize that the government cannot save them. It was never intended to function that way.

USA will recover , but we need to work harder than before,and patience
-by the way t, i think they should do smthing who hires the illegals.

How? All it says is what will happen. Why won't they give us the facts so we as the American people can put our two cents in.

Building projects were used by FDR to stimulate the economy and it worked, but it is not what caused the boom in the forties (WWII). Generally these are good things. At least he is talking about creating jobs which will help us tax payers in two ways. 1. More jobs equals more tax revenue. 2. More people making money means that less people will rely on government handouts and such. This might cost taxpayers money right now but if it works than it will hopefully save us money in the end. It is definitely better than handing it out. Also, the bailouts were loans and as long as those companies don't go chapter 11 we will get our money back.

The USA needs food and raw materials mainly. The USA, does not need cheap products coming from India and China or Europe. The solution is simple: open the borders to Latin America in a free trade agreement and close the borders for other continents using high taxes. America for the Americans or did you forget about it? Europe is for the Europeans...Asia is for the Asians...we need to do the same.

Of course he's going to raise taxes to pay for the new jobs, that's what Democrats do! Of course he's going to spend billions on free hand outs for people that are too lazy to get a job, that's what Democrats do! Politics haven't changed a bit in decades. It's a shame that all of our educators are in the hands of these liberals. Our children grow up thinking socialism is the way to go, rather than learn from the nightmares of the past.

I like the people that are bashing giving jobs off tax payer money or claiming outsourcing. You can not teach outsourced workers with no high school education how to build the innovations we are currently investing in. As for our money paying for our jobs which we in turn put back in the system, its called being a self sufficient nation. Instead of fighitng it like the old "American" way we should learn to emrbace what works and not what is "American."

I wish people in this country new that the government cannot save them.

Jobs SAVED!!!! How do you determine which jobs are saved. How do you "save" a job. I haven't been fired over the past 8 years, does that mean that Bush "saved" my job? I think Obama is realizing that his plan isn't going to create as many jobs as he thought so now he is switching focus the to "saving" jobs instead of "creating" jobs. Pathetic. Despite the recent uptick in unemployment, the labor bureau reports that 154,648,000 people are still working. Thank heaven that President Bush was able to "save" 154 million jobs.

There is absolutely no way on earth that the US will ever dig out of the debt they are creating. 1.2 trillion last year, probably over a trillion this year. Add to this approximately 30 or 40 Trillion social security and medicare shortfall obligations that the US will owe on top of the already 10 or so Trillion already owed by the government. On top of all this, add the State debt that is mounting up and the US is all but bankrupt

This is a disaster. Anyone who thinks spending money like this is a simple solution just does not understand how much of a financial hole the US is falling into and how it may be impossible to ever get out of it. I'm not an American so there is no political bias with my beliefs.

3-4 million jobs, and 80% in the private sector. That leaves 20% in GOVERNMENT, or 600,000-800,000 jobs in government paid for by you. This will be the biggest expansion of government in my lifetime and will represent taking more and more of our freedom. Those who believe this is "helping" the American public are out of their collective minds.

I have all the faith our new President will give it his best to turn this sucko economy around, but lets not forget he still has to overcome the mighty roadblock known as the Senate & Congress.
Not to mention, we need to bring Manufacturing jobs back INTO the USA, not push them OUT of the USA to some other country.

He SHOULD START by removing the illegals/immigrants from the USA who have (1.) taken American Jobs, (2). who have drained our Healthcare System, (3) . who are overcrowding our Jails, (4). who are the highest percentage of those who have defaulted on their mortgages and gone into foreclosure.

Did those in Washington DC somehow forget about the problem in this country called "ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION?" It was such a blazing hot topic in the 2004 election, but was all but forgotten about in the 2008 election......

As a Military Wife and Mother, I believe in Obama. He truly cares about the real people of this country, and the Military members as well. Give him a chance...his heart is in the right place and he has to clean up some major dirty laundry from some major dirty politicians he has to follow.

We all be much better than we were under out going administration.

Obama is trying some thing useful to the country.

Sandy, are you going to take a $4 an hour landscaping job or a $5 dishwashing job? Those 12 million illegals aren't exactly pulling down six figures.

And a deficit of $1 trillion dollar which our grandkids will have to pay and potentially sky-rocketing inflation as no one will want to buy a debt.

For somewhere around $800,000,000,000.00, creating or saving only 4,000,000 jobs is no bargain. You could pay 4 million people $50,000 a year for 4 years for the amount of money they are talking about spending here. The private sector could create ( not just create or save ) twice as many jobs for half as much money. What does this mean? It means spend half as much money with tax breaks for business and create twice as many jobs if that's the real intent. Future generations of Americans will thank us for spending their money more wisely.

Barack Obama has been handed the worst diasters ever created for our nation. Those who think Bush and the republicans are not responsible listen too often to Limbaugh etc.
We are in the middle of numerous crisises and the politics as usual has to stop immediately. Unification is demanded for our survival.
For once, every and all politicians have to do what is right for
our country, party affiliation put aside, egos put on the back burner
and bringing our nation back to the greatness we once had the top priority.
There is no other choice.

Bush pulverized this country. He put it through a juicer and served it to all of his friends and cronies. Now Obama has pulp to work with. It will be hard to bring our economy back to a healthy place, but I have faith in our new president and whether you Republicans like it or not, he's the only hope we have. And frankly, Mr. Ohm's "One Million dollar stimulis" plan would sound a little better if he had bothered to run anything through spellcheck and spell the word "stimulus" right. I mean, it's five lines above you in the CNN copy. Honestly.

and how will all of this be paid for? Notice how nothing is said about making the USA more competitive in world economies....What can be done to overhaul goverment regulation which inhibits domestic business growth in favor of cheap foreign imports.

Getting rid of illegals is not the answer. They are mainly engaged in low paying jobs that Americans either wont do or don't do well. Most of the people losing there jobs are high paying, high skilled workers. They are not likely to become dishwashers line prep cooks, produce pickers, gardners etc..that only pay $6.00 per hour. They could not survive! A plan of building the infrastructure, alternative energy jobs, and retooling the industrial military complex to pursue space instead of feeding off and promoting war and instability is the answer in my universe.

Ernie in LA Said:

He is giving all of these excuses already so if he fails he can just blame it all on Bush for leaving it that way.

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My reply:
I did not see any excuses here or much of anywhere. Nothing posted about him saying that he can not fix what is happening, but how hard it will be on America.

It is sad to me that everything has to become political party lines. That people nay say just on the color of the party... either party does this.

It does not solve anything to be like this...

So much is not fact, but conjecture of how people want to see the facts. People do not want to facts . They want nbcnews or fox. They want to see color cast of party on their viewing pleasure.

So much garbage it will never end.
Like this news above... You said nothing about what was said.
Neither have I really, I have just addressed what you wrote.

Have a good one,
Joseph

That's great news! And while we are at it, since Americans funded all of these bailouts and got nothing in return, maybe we should get something in return, maybe some extra rights: say, no police tickets for speeding, and other non-serious driving matters; say, people should be allowed to marry whoever they want regardless as to whether they are the same sex in ALL STATES; say, non-serious drug offenders should not be locked up in jail or fined; say, stem cell research should be legalized; say, all Americans should be given free wireless access to the Internet; say, drop the Stalinistic goals imposed on teachers through No Child Left Behind Act; say, all Americans are allowed to fire off fireworks and not be prohbited on a city by city or state by state basis; say, if a person has a messy front yard, that they wouldn't be fined; say, city government should not be able to retake land rightfully owned by citizens in order to increase business; say, lift the ban off of traveling to Cuba; gee, for all the crap that Americans go through because of our government, we sure do give up a lot of freedoms.

And why is Bernie Madoff not in jail!!!!? It just comes to show how our government serves the rich and confines the poor.

We're going to be spending money we don't even have. I see where he bashed President Bush for the budget problems. He is learning quick. He'll spend and keep on spending and blame it all on the Bush administration. I'm going to love the next four years because you can only blame President Bush for so long before it comes back to haunt you. They are going after the Governor of Illinois big time. One crook after another. The Democrats are going to be stepping each other for the next four years and I'm going to love it. Obama is going to just be a puppet for the old head Democrats. Senator Reid is going to stop Burris from being seated. What a joke!!! The Governor of Illinois called their bluff and won. He slapped the Democrats in the face. Say what you want, he beat them at their own game. GO DEMOCRATS!!!!!!!!!

In stead of bailing out the Auto Industry and Wall Street that 700 Billion should go to the tax payers. I have total faith in Presedent Elect Obama and I would not bet against him.

"He is giving all of these excuses already so if he fails he can just blame it all on Bush for leaving it that way"

Blame it all on Bush??? I do not believe that "blame" is the proper term. It is very well documented what the last 8 years have brought us. So, don't come around with this "blame".

I hate to say this, but it won't work. You can't spend you way out of this. It sounds good, but all it's going to do is make things worse as far as the debt goes, and make the situation last longer.

Sandy, as you probably already, know the 12 million "illegals" are doing jobs that nobody else wants. When was the last time that you or someone in your family wanted to be a migrant farm worker for 12 hours a day, or work in flood ravaged housing in New Orleans for $10 bucks an hour, if you get paid at all?

Most americans are too stupid to talk to today. How many people are in this country? How about giving our money back? Imagine what the average person could do with a million or two of the trillions that are being wasted. It is about control you idiots! We have to take back what is ours!!! You people just don/t get it!!! The DOD alone can't account for around 3tril., how long are you idiots going to put up with this? Where is the bailout money? Have you got a check yet???????? WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP WAKE UP!!!!!!!! You better lock and load, you fruit cakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"3 to 4 million of what kind of jobs?!?!? Building bridges, roads, etc???"..Sure. Let's see, 2 million unemployed collecting benefits or their benefits have run out back on a payroll re-building a worn out infrastructure which will have long term benefits to the country. Not to mention they will also be paying into taxes and social security, paying mortgages and buying cars, durables and non-durables. You would have them sit around for two more years or more on food stamps? People want to work and be self sustaining. If that means a temporary change to work on roads and bridges, you bet millions of Americans will jump in, do something for the country and take home a paycheck. Absolutely!!

He's going to "save or create" 4 million jobs? How do you prove how many jobs you "saved"? If his "program" [i.e. larger program] works, and creates a million new jobs, a more verifiable number, he could then just credit the program as having saved an additional 3 million jobs – how do you disprove that?

What excuses are you talking about, Ernie? Obama's stating the plain truth - we've got a long road ahead of us and reconstruction won't happen overnight. The economy won't recover until we get our jobs back. Even just a quarter of the jobs he's hoping for (powerful stuff, that is) will go a long way in helping everybody. Let's give it time and see what he can really do.

James your an idiot 1 million dollars per household to fix the economy. Get a calculator. There's a reason these people go to College.

Ernie you are an idiot. Of course Bush left it this way.
And Obama will not fail.

You people amaze me...knocking him down before he even has a chance. At least he's being honest about this being a tough hole to climb out of, and not making big promises he can't keep like, oh, let's say "NO NEW TAXES." But I guess you've forgotten about that??

At least Obama isn't trying to B.S. everyone by saying the fundamentals are solid and Americans are resilient and all will be cushy in a few months. And unlike Bush, Obama will take responsibility for failures, Bush didn't even know we were close to $4 a gallon for gas last year.

Obama is giving no excuses - just a true picture of the incredible mess that Bush handed America.

Let's be big boys and girls, shall we, and give his plans a chance?

NEVER GONNA HAPPEN!!!!!!

Am I the only one who finds these numbers ridiculous. Obama the great, well respected economist, projecting first 2.6 million jobs, then 3 million jobs, now 4 million jobs.

Where are these numbers coming from and how can they have any credible when they just went up by 1.4 million (from 2.6 to 4) based on seemingly nothing?

I wonder what type of jobs Obama is going to create. With manufacturing principles leaving the US at an alarming rate, are we going to have a bunch of new jobs flipping burgers at a government cafeteria? Creating minimum wage jobs is NOT the answer. Stemming the flow of quality jobs fleeing the county should be a major priority.

We need jobs out here. Put us back to work, we are struggling to survive. Jobs, jobs, jobs. We are not afraid of hard work. Never have been. Put the jobs back in our country and WE WILL WORK!! Give us the opportunity to work and provide for our families, communities and our country. We stand with you President Elect Obama. PUT US BACK TO WORK.........we cannot survive like this!! The last 8 years have knocked the breath out of us, help us to breathe again. May God bless us ALL and keep us strong, safe, wise, prosperous and free. Help us to "dream" again...........

What a joke!!! Hey lets put more people on the backs of the tax payers.... "Recovery won't happen overnight, and it's likely that things will get worse before they get better. NO KIDDING, THIS PLAN WONT WORK AT ALL!

From all accounts, it sounds like the Demo's plan to cut out all of his tax REDUCTIONS from those who are working and simply have more handouts for those not working.

I'm just still so happy Obama was elected. At least I have hope. If it were McCain I would have committed suicide already.

Man no wonder people think Obama is god....he's so good he almost had ME convinced!!!

I have all the faith in the would that President Obama will do right by us.

There are already plenty of $6/hour jobs out there...

Give me a break. How can the government predict how many private sector jobs a "stimulus" package is going to create. This is just more political grandstanding coming from the soon to be president. I would love to hear some details about this economic recovery plan, oh I forgot there are no specifics because they have no idea how to fix this. The reason for that is that the government can not fix a market economy. They have already attempted to, and failed.

I have all the faith in the would that President Obama will do right but us.

Mr. Obama lives in the imaginary word of his royal cocoon. Because of the treatment he gets from media he got impression that he possesses a magic wand and whatever he says will turn into real things. I will welcome him to real world on January 20.

Its nice to hear that the President Elect already has big plans for the US that would help the people get out of the economic slump. I have high hopes that in the long run he will do great things for the country

3 to 4 million of what kind of jobs?!?!? Building bridges, roads, etc??? Unfortunatly, that's not the type of work the country needs. It needs manufacturing, energy, and trade jobs. Instead of the US being a "consuming" country, it needs to return to being a "producing" country. For too long has an inept Congress and Presidency been "managing" this countries affairs. Now they have collectivly spent $350B of taxpayers money (TARP) bailing out deadbeat companies and banks, only to have those same companies and banks layoff its employees to save themselves. Now they want to spend $350B on deadbeat homeowners who shouldnt have purchased the homes and investment properties to begin with, effectivly punishing those who didnt purchase or spend rediculous amounts of $$$ on over inflated real estate. Bailout are socialist in nature and cause further fiancial harm to an economy trying to correct itself. Rep Frank from MA is a socialist who should be tarred and feathered for his left wing radical agenda. Shame on the Democrats & Republicans who disregard Constitution to save their own political careers.

Politicians will promise the sun and the moon.
Instead of all these big promises, if they get rid of the 12 million illegals, we will have more jobs and a safe and secure place to live.

Interesting that the taxpayers will once again pay for the creation of jobs, where do people think that public sector jobs are created from for Police Officers, Firefighters, and Public Works, it's paid out of our hard earned tax dollars. So where is Obama being so innovative in creating new jobs, what a ruse that is!

I think Obama will succeed with his stimulis plan if congress gets out of the way. Some of them always seem to find reasons for new things to not work. They fail to have any plans themselves of course.One day , hopefully, we will have term limits for them as many in congress are in there far too long! The latter includes both parties.

He is giving all of these excuses already so if he fails he can just blame it all on Bush for leaving it that way.

My stimulis plan would entail One Million dollars per tax paying household that would take care of the banks and all the car companys and the amount of people that could retire and open up knew jobs and of course all of the houseing and at half the cost but that would have been to easy