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Any chance that one of those "ideas" our beloved and benevolent government has an OBLIGATION to consider, might be individual and corporate tax rate reductions? History shows they work EVERY time they are tried, resulting in job creation, AND an increase (yes increase!) of revenue to the Treasury. In the meantime, let's be ever so grateful that the stimulus has "saved" millions of jobs!

top republicans should stop criticizing and try to help fix the problem.
they criticize everything as if what going on is a joke. i think they have forgotten who they work for.

Mr. Obama, the American people are not desperately searching for jobs because there aren't many jobs for them to search for.

Your policies are not good for business. Businesses are wary of the stuff you and your allies in Congress are going to foist on them, so businesses are only doing what they have to: pull back and wait for your storm to blow over.

That means no jobs, sir. Especially since you are about to raise their cost of capital.

The American people sent you to the White House and gave your party the control over both houses of Congress so that you could change Washington.

They didn't put your party in power so that you could change them, or their way of life.

Things are not going to get better until the leaders of our country stop blaming the previous administration and start taking responsibility for the recent bad decisions that have made folks hold back on their spending. No one wants to invest when the government is printing worthless money and wasting trillions on foolish entitlement programs.

Why not inviting also regular people?
-The ones who are really struggling during this recession, so they know a lot about that. Don't forget that there are so many college graduates among them with BS/BA, MS, and PhD of all kinds of fields.
-The ones who have lost their purchasing power, which is the main cause of this recession.
Those CEO's don't know anything about what regular people are going through, and most of them don't care or are part of the problem.
They would come with misleading ideas like the one that said, you can just inform a debtor 45 days before, then you can increase his interest rate as much as you want to. Like saying, you can rob or kill some one, just inform him 45 days before.
It is like inviting only people who are perfectly healthy to study about a specific disease.
President Obama could also set a website forum where only constructive suggestions about our recession would be permitted.

Millions of people are out of work and the President decides to fix it by....calling a meeting. I am sure that will help...

What is needed now to grow jobs is a concerted push to talk up the economy and the growth that is being seen. Dwelling on the negative will only slow the recovery. The actions the government have taken, have in fact worked as they have in the past, the big difference today is 7/24 news commentarys and trying to find something to talk about.

All I can say is thank God John McCain was not elected. We have a thoughtful, intelligent president who is working hard for all Americans.

He hasn't even hired enough people to fill the administration, and most of them are poor choices (if they're still around). Yet, he's going to "pull us back from the brink of the abyss" and "get this economy moving again" by having a forum?

It's clear he's a nice guy and has what he thinks are good intentions for the country. But, clearer yet, is that he's in way over his head and has surrounded himself with amateurs. His closest advisors all have an activist background, he's a bit too chummy with Andy Stern and the legalized mafia known as SEIU.

If he would moderate like Clinton learned to do, things may start looking up.

i think this guy and his friends in congress have done enough harm.......

they dont get it.............they cant create jobs............they dont get it

for every problem this guys try to solve he creates another two

it government....................just send the tarp money out in checks to buy some more votes, true chicago style

dont forget, its not just bimbo bama, its congress as well

vote them all out

Yes!!!!!!! We are SAVED!!!! All is going to be ok!!!

Oh nevermind. I went out and got me one of those High Tech, High Demand jobs. You know the ones that cant be outsourced to another country. So I guess I have been ok this whole time.

Well, goodluck to the rest of you. Maybe they will come up with something, like lowering TAXES for all those rich people that own all those businesses out there. Oh nevermind!!! We all know the best thing to do is take more money from all those people who have worked very hard to get where they are, and give it to you. That way you will vote for him again in 2012...

Don't you think states laying off employees because of budget deficis should be making sure Americans workers with seniority are kept and foreign workers who are not citiizens should be laid off? Just wondering....

I thought he was already working on jobs. He promised in his speech about the spendilus package that unemployment would not top 8%. Now we are at 10.2% and he is just figuring out that he needs to do something.

I am sorry but this guy is in way over his head. In office a year and still has not figured out the economy or Afg. All he has done so far is to run up record debt for our future generations to pay. It's a crying shame what is happening to our country!!

Yes!!!!!!! We are SAVED!!!! All is going to be ok!!!

Oh nevermind. I went out and got me one of those High Tech, High Demand jobs. You know the ones that cant be outsourced to another country. So I guess I have been ok this whole time.

Well, goodluck to the rest of you. Maybe they will come up with something, like lowering TAXES for all those rick people that own all those businesses out there. Oh nevermind!!! We all know the best thing to do is take more money from all those people who have worked very hard to get where they are, and give it to you. That way you will vote for him again in 2012...

The unemployed are casualties of Obama's plan to remake America in a fashion that hobbles the capitalist system. His belief is that his fairy tale Marxist ideals will save us. Where in the world have polices like these ever brought prosperity to the common man. Case in point, as progressive thinking and attitudes become more and more prevalent in our education system, the less able that system is able to turn out functioning adults. When personal responsibility and desire to excell are removed you get what our public school systems are turning out. This is part of the progressives design. Turn them in morons and we can control them. Just another example of how empty their policies are.

And this is supposed to improve the public's view that Obama is really concerned about people out of work? I guess he wants to get everyone to where they rely on the goverment to take care of them.

He does not realize that America is great, and that the VAST majority of Americans want to work for a living instead of receiving handouts.

Obama would treat us like feeding the bears. We get used to eating out of your garbage and then you can't get rid of us once we are hooked?????!!!!!

What a sad little man.

Odumbo is such a tool! I thought this wonderful person was your bright new star for our future. Where are all the great idea's that he said he had to bolster our economy and to bring us back to a world leader.
A forum????????????????? This man has made America look like fools. He will destroy this country if we let him.

Each and every day more and more of us see just how clueless this President is.

Obozo is spending us in oblivion, failed stimulus, trillion dollar plus goverment run healthcare boondogle and his policies are hampering job growth and dragging on the recession. All this and now he wants to host a "jobs forum"? What jobs are there? what has this inexperienced buffoon done to create jobs exept punish buisnesses (new taxes for heathcare) that will push them to cut more employees to pay their 8% "penalty". I guess his cronys (handlers) have seen how angry people are about the economy and his handling of it.

Funny how he anounces this a day after the gallup poll comes out that says that people are going to vote Republican over Democrat by a large margin in next years midterms. Sorry Obama, too late.

Thank God, President Obama is going to take action on unemployment! He's going to jump right in and organize a forum next month to gather ideas on how to create jobs. I'm sure it will be as successful and timely as his meetings on what action to take in Afghanistan.

Was Obama elected to lead this country or to organize meetings (anybody remember the Peter Principle?) I know, he should appoint a jobs czar and an Afganistan strategy czar, and then he could spend his time on more important issues like generating economy killing deficits with healthcare and cap and trade.

And to all the Obama supporters who will jump up and blame everything on Bush and the Democrats; get over it, Obama owns it now and he's so far been a day late and a dollar short on every issue.

We have had all the talk we can take. It's time for action, not talk. This is just a stall to make Americans think he knows what he is doing, which he does not. Come on Mr. President, do something positive for the workers of this country if you know how.

Solution to the problem is relatively simple ...

1. Penalize companies that continue to shift their production overseas.

2. Reward companies that bring their production back to the U.S.A. and hire only U.S. citizens.

Thank you President Obama!
Just be aware that the republicans will try and make whatever you do "wrong" – and the media will let them say all their snarky remarks and filthy lies without any consequence....aka give them a pass.

lolol....this loser has no idea whatsoever what he should do. He's never had to do anything his entire life and got through just by "talking" about things(like alot of democrats) so that we can all "feel better".

Remember, he didn't even contribute anything to his major policy concern...health care. He even left that up to someone else to do(Broom Hilda Pelosi).

Something has to happen, real fast, in the job market. The stimulus has been very controversial, and the GOP is busy blocking everything in their way. Dick Armey is spelling doom for the HR 3962, and accuses the uninsured of eating like pigs and becoming obese. We thought Dick did not look too different from a wild boar, himself.

It seems that when this guy talks things look a little positive so he has primetime speeches, forums, and beer summits. Then when he does something (which other than spend taxpayer dollars is not much) people realize what a liberal extremist he is and things go bad.

So lets talk about jobs and maybe someone will get one.

This is nothing but a fiat recovery. Our money has no value! That is the core of the problems being faced in this economy. If the US dollar acually had some value, businesses would be able to start hiring again. Consumers would begin to start spending again. But with every dollar value at about .045 cents in value we can not have a full recovery. The Governemnt needs to cut spending, needs to cut our debt.

The problem is that most small businesses have laid people off and their businesses are running just as efficient without as many employees. I think the small business jobs lost are lost completely. My employer laid off 6 employees 2 years ago and hasn't hired new personnel since. He's getting the same result with less.

Barack - take 1 step forward and 3 backwards.

I have been looking for years even though I have a so called masters degree!

Yeah, we want to see some real progress come out of this forum. I don't care about the technical definition of recession. The real recession isn't over until there's job growth.

What a little idiot. He rushes everything else but when it come to the military and jobs he sits on his little girly hands. I guess that is becuase that does not go over well with his base. The hate the military and hate to work. Would rather sit on there porch and let everybody else work and fight for them. Must be nice to be a ACORN democant

People are so blind to the fact that its not the President thats causing the unemployment......its these greddy companies.....who have mistreated the middle class for so long, while racking in millions...they do not want to do anything to help....they rather have one person do the job of four...saving them money in the end.....while stiill receiving tax breaks....give all the money to the big shot...while the average hard working employee salary stays the same..or increase by a few pennies....not even cost of living increases....minium wage is catching up.....what did they think was going to happen with this abuse thats been going on for so long. The middle class can't afford to spend...because everything around them go up except their salries

We need a JOBS BILL call it a second stimulus or anything!!!

He knew we had a bad economy when he was elected. Is the President admitting he has no idea of who to help our countries economy? If you want to help unemployment, stop increasing taxes and talking about increasing taxes.

Thank You,
Scott Bergren

This man is so out of touch with reality it isn't funny. We don't need a job forum or banks to loan us money, we need work and less tax burden, not more. We are barely hanging on and we are very fearful of our future under the Obama administration. We plan to keep our business small, which means less hiring and I'm sure many small businesses are doing the same. Small business is the backbone of the economy and this man is destroying it.

Maybe you can supply jobs to the millions by making them Health Care Insurance Policeman to arrest and imprison those who don't walk in Lock-Step with your Liberal policies.

I am a supporter of President Obama, but I am not happy not right w/ the way things are going. My husband is in construction and has been our of work for 1 yr. The banks received LARGE amounts of bailout money and they are not helping the taxpayers, matter of fact in Colorado JP Morgan Chase has built about 10 more branches. I would like to know if this is from bailout funds. This country has to get prioities straight and right now it is still for the wealthy.

Ya OK another meeting with his advisors.Then another speach,followed by more meetings more speaches,more baloney.Hey why not do the things Palin suggests over at her FB page Obama?Like start drilling off Americas shores not Brazils.Slay the death tax,reduce payroll taxes,kill capital gains tax,reduce corperate taxes,make purchasing HC insurance across state lines possible,tort reform,stop the expansion of gov,stop borrowing,stop spending,no more bailouts.Enough meetings and speaches,just go to her page click on her notes Obama,read them and do that.Its just to simple I guess.

You don't need a forum to create jobs, stupid. You need to have policies that encourage business growth.........not kill them. Geez, it isn't rocket science, Obama. Obama is a smart man by the book, but very stupid when it comes to common sense. A job requirement to be president should be some business experience.

Go Obama, Go!

throw all these free market, global economy butt heads out

no more economists that preach the most efficient best economy is the world economy, that is how we got to this mess

The government has "an obligation to consider" every possible idea to generate new job growth, he said.
-------------------------------–How does he find the time? How fortunate we are to have this President at this time. Me personally, based on all the bleeting about 'too much government involvement' I'd say you're on your own! Stop blogging, get up at the crack of dawn, don a suit and tie, and beat the pavement. You want the gov't to stop interfering with your life but you'll take ALL the help it gives you. As much as some folks like to bash immigrants, it bears pointing out that they are the ones who are not too proud to take TWO or THREE jobs to make ends meet until something else comes along. Meanwhile some of you whine and complain about being unemployed but have all the time in the world it seems to blog and bash the administration, and are the first in line to collect those gov't extended unemployment benefits. Hard to figure some folks out.

"Jobs Forum"???

Obama, it doesn't take a rocket scientist. Why don't you try doing something that would help grow the dreaded private sector instead of the government? The only way we're going to have permanent job growth is through the private sector.

The government doesn't produce squat. And by the way – where are all your so-called "shovel-ready" jobs (temporary as they are)?

So much for his pork filled stimulus bill keeping unemployment below 8%. We had to pass that and spend all that money and it still went up. Anyone figure out this inexperienced man who never worked a real job a day in his life is CLUELESS about anything other than community organizing and entitlement programs. When he voted anything besides "present" it was ONLY for tax increases. This man never met a tax he didn't like. He is putting more people on government aid to "help" them. Let's quits enabling people NOT to work and reward those who do, not punish. More people working = More taxes for them to spend. Less people work = higher taxes for the few working to support those who are on aid. Businesses can't afford to hire anyone and it will only get worse with Obamas policies.

This is the president always on the job.
instead of helping him to elect more democrats in 2010.
I fill sorry for stupid independents to support party of NO in 2010.

Awesome!!! Someone is Washington cares. Its sad when it has to be the president. He will have the people in that gave our jobs away.
Like he said in his campaign. Tax the outsourcers, and tax breaks for new businesses. Our tax base is now overseas doing our work.
Tax the rich because they are the greedy ones that gave our jobs to slaves and children. Cheap is all they cared about. No worry who made the products or under what conditions. You people are the reason our econony is sick, and Mr. Bush even gave you a tax break.
Wow this is not the way America was meant to be.

yes, a forum...and maybe some study groups and think tanks???

Good lord man, businesses will start hiring when you and the dems quick scaring the hell out of them with your spending and taxation.

It's that simple. Dem policies are a HUGE risk to business (small and large)

This is laughable, a jobs forum at the WH, I wish we would have had one before he got elected, maybe we would have had better candidates to chose from.

Obama was a HORRIBLE joke played on America thanks, in LARGE part to the MSM......including CNN!!

Blah, Blah, Blah more empty speeches from the empty suit. Obama Knows nothing about JOBS. He has ZERO business experience and only understands Unions........the destroyers of business. We need business people to run the country, not these corrupt tax and spenders who don't seem to understand when the check book is empty............you don't write checks! Obama is a job killer. Cut taxes and encourage business growth..........Democrats can't understand how that works. Lower taxes will grow businesses and hire more people who pay taxes and stimulate the economy............it works. Taxing the crap out of the remaining work force is only going to sink the economy deeper.

A job forum!!! Is he kidding!!?? People need jobs not more discussion.... this guy is out of touch. Oh wait... he'll hire a job forum czar i bet!

The way to attract jobs, business and investment is to make it attractive to those who generate jobs, business and investment. It's those people and businesses you are driving away with your taxes and out of control spending.

Anyone out there, are you going to invest your money is something that is risky? No. so why make it risky for businesses and "the evil rich" to invest in this country with high taxes and penalties for being successful?

The old saying is true, you can attract more bees with honey than with vinegar but when did democrats ever care about attracting business and investment. They care about giving people something for nothing so they will vote for them.

A "jobs" form? What?

Does he think there's a problem?

What prompted this?

What could possibly be more important than saving the world from big corporations and of course providing everyone health care? He needs to stay focused. Next thing you know he will be distracted by some little war somewhere.

There is simple and inteligent way to fix this problem but all bright and common sense is prohibited in the White House and 2/3 of the House along with Nancy P.(Madam Speaker of House) wont support it.

OBAMA LIED, AGAIN!!
He promised, LET me spend this 787 Billion $'s and unemployment will NOT rise above 8%.

OBAMA LIED.

AND WHAT IS THE SAD PART IS THAT YOU BELIEVED HIM.

OK, let's see how the right wing tin foil hat crowd, who have been incessantly whining that Obama hasn't done anything about jobs, spins this as a bad thing.

These conservative flip-floppers love talking out of both sides of their mouths. If Obama doesn't directly address a specific issue, they ignore everything else he is doing and bloviate about how he's a bad president and hasn't done anythiing. If Obama takes action, then they wail that he's moving too fast, doing too much, making too many changes.

It's clear the almost $800 BILLION he wasted didn't do anything to create jobs. It's clear he doesn't believe in the free market system to create SUSTAINABLE jobs. It's clear he thinks insane levels of government borrowing and spending will create jobs, jobs that will disappear once the government money evaporates. It's clear he's as bad as Jimmy Carter, even worse. It's clear he's a one term disaster for this country. What's not clear is if we'll survive his four years of destruction.

While the wingnuts will criticize our president, they have nothing. Obama's efforts are appreciated. If republicans were paid according to what they accomplish for Americans, they would starve.

Wingnuts: None and Done.

Barry, you and your Democrat buddies on the Hill should sign up – you'll need a job in three years, and your Socialist friends will need one next November!

Heres a hint Obama..............it isn't all about UNION jobs. Small businesses are struggling and all the Democrats and your administration are doing is adding more burden on us and now our unemployment rates will go up and you want to force us to provide health insurance. The Obama administration is a job killer, more jobs will go over seas and those of us that remain will be forced to pay even more...........guess what? That means less hiring and less people paying taxes. Talk is cheap and you are incapable of doing what we need to turn the job market around.

Maybe if he would spend more time on the issues that affect the citizens of this great nation instead of travelling abroad we might have seen some progress by now. What benefit does visiting foreign countries hold for the average American? Will it get me a job? Will it get me a job? Will it bring our troops home from Iraq? Start delivering on your campaign promises Obama...................................

What is he going to teach. How to bow to a muslim Kingwhose main desire is to destroy America. Where did most of the 911 Pilots come from. Saudia Arabia. SHAME< SHAME SHAME, Mister President you have disgraced America.

Domestic production of what we import. We import a lot of oil, from places with an anti-American sentiment. Let's generate electricity here at home to offset the oil being imported. Put the Pickens Plan in action. Even drill for oil here instead of over there. If we're going to burn it, at least burn what came from under our soil. If we do this, we can stop sending so much of our money overseas, supporting foreign jobs, and start supporting domestic jobs.

Lame. How about he make a decision about the war?

While the wingnuts continue to criticize and do nothing for the American people, the bottom line is that durable goods orders are up, housing starts increased, and indications are that the stimulus is working.

The only hope for the GOP is that they can keep the uninformed viewers of Fox frightened.

Stop spending our moneny Mr. O and we, the people will find ways to spend it that create jobs and wealth. – How can you not understand simple economics. I'm sure your missing college transcripts might clue us all in as to the reason why.

Here's an Idea,,, STOP what you have been doing and get out of the way! so America can go back to work . BUT then we wouldn't need bigger and bigger entitlement progams and that IS what you want .

In anticipation of all you egghead Republicans, remember Economy 101. You have to spend money in order to make money – or jobs.

Here's an idea: Allow those of us who made mistakes and have criminal records from more than 15 – 20 years ago to move past those mistakes and fill the technical jobs which are being outsourced overseas due to a lack of technical skill.

How about starting by rescinding all H1B visas. There are an awful lot of unemployed American computer nerds out there. Have a nice day!

How can he have a "jobs forum" when there are no jobs?
Bring back our jobs lost to other countries and people will get hired here. I am tired of improving the economy of China and India. One condition of TARP should have been that if you want government money you don't outsource jobs to foreign countries. And do away with any tax incentives for any company that produces goods in a foreign country.

Why does he need a forum???? Could it be that all of the talk about the 'great' stimulus is a another group of 'mis-statements'. Here again, we have a situation where he can not lead the country . . . but what else would you expect from someone so hungry for their own self and only making himself look good . . . the tele-prompter does not have the answers.

So during this 'jobs forum' will he actually listen to the business people who know how to create jobs and stimulate economy, or will he listen to Pelosi's ideas on how to 'stick it to the rich (of course excluding her or her riches) , and punish those darn small business owners'?

Hmmm...it seems as the government doesn't know how to create (or stimulate) anything after all. well, actually, i take that back; they do know how to create the bigger deficits and higher unemployment.

Down with the business!!! LOL, you know the ones who actually give you jobs.

Notice how the jobless claims fell in that grey area, you know...the one that fell between the end of unemployment benefits and the renewal of unemployment benefits?????

Indeed, instead of handling the Stimulus property (rather than the pork and waste) now he's having a jobs forum.
Obama is a child.
Joanne
Mn

I hope people can get this, the economy, unemployment , the deficit, can never be fixed through govt spending and regulation, Private sector jobs and growth is the only sustainable solution.

These are 2 completely different roads to go down and will have great, long term consequeses. By now, few can argue that the administrations fundamentally believes private sector free enterpise is corrupt greedy and heartless and that the way out is Governements steady , continued, and constant influence to assure we conduct lives in keeping with what they honestly see as benevolent ideals.

It is now up to each of us to agree or not. Stop fence sitting, examine your beliefs, and wherever your beliefs leave you, take a stand.

If not, if we wait and hope things wont get to out of hand and can always be corrected, you dont undertstand how sweeping his commitment is to "fundamental, permanant change"

Obama Announces Jobs Forum- is the headline.
Then the article goes on to quote an opinion poll on job performance and a Republican critic.
Who writes this stuff? If this article was turned in to a middle school english teacher it would receive an "F" for content and continuity.

This idiot can't even do his own job, and he's going to find jobs for others?

How about a failed 800 billion stimulus forum?

What a joke..the unemployment under Reagan """27 years"""" ago was 10.8% and some people said 13%. But never mind that..we have to say here that the unemployment is the highest in 26 years. Gee missed it by that much, so we can blame President Obama. And CNN says they are trying to be "fair and balanced"..gee we know what that means.

"Top Republicans have criticized the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus plan, arguing it has failed to spark a full economic recovery."

So they're saying it wasn't enough? cause that wasn't the tune they were singing back in the spring when this was getting passed. its funny how republicans have such short memories.

Good. Keep working on it Mr. President. We know there are no quick fixes.

This way he can hold meeting after meeting after meeting after meeting strictly for photo-ops, blame Bush for everything EXCEPT when the GDP goes up for ONE QUARTER.

Then you lemmings can all speak the party line about how brilliant he is and how thoughtful he is while the UNEMPLOYMENT GOES PAST 11 percent.

Give tax breaks to the people that know what they are doing, the SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS and the uh, uh, uh TAXPAYERS, not the people who sit home and eat Dorito's and watch Oprah and Judge Judy and voted for Obambi, the WORKING PEOPLE.

Name one estimation that this fraud of a President has gotten right since taking office, Cash for clunkers, NOPE, Unemployment, NOPE, H1N1 vaccine, NOPE, Stimulus, NOPE, March Afghan strategy, NOPE.....

One and uh, uh, uh, uh done.

When he comes back from Asia, maybe he can bring some of our jobs back with him – Ha Ha Ha