Washington (CNN) - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor continued to reach out to work with President Obama on his jobs bill Monday, but emphasized that Republicans are focused on items they support in the plan like the tax breaks and will oppose the administration's request for new federal spending for infrastructure projects.
"Anything that is akin to the stimulus bill is not going to be acceptable to the American people," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said.
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The number-two House Republican argued that the 2009 stimulus that aimed money at boosting public sector jobs didn't work and instead the GOP wants to target aid to small businesses.
"The fact is we don't have the money and we've got to prioritize and right now it's about getting people back to work," Cantor said.
In addition to throwing cold water on more federal spending to rebuild schools and roads, Republicans pushed back at the president's proposal to limit tax deductions on high end wage earners and close several tax loopholes as the way to pay for his $447 billion jobs package.
"I sure hope that the president is not suggesting that we pay for his proposals with a massive tax increase at the end of 2012 on the job creators that we're actually counting on to reduce unemployment," Cantor said at his weekly session with reporters on Capitol Hill Monday.
House Speaker John Boehner's spokesman also said the White House's proposal to pay for the $447 billion jobs bill was unacceptable.
"It would be fair to say this tax increase on job creators is the kind of proposal both parties have opposed in the past," Michael Steel said in a written statement.
But Steel added Republicans want to find another way to pay for it, "We remain eager to work together on ways to support job growth, but this proposal doesn't appear to have been offered in that bipartisan spirit."
Cantor cited tax credits for employers, reforming aid for the jobless, and passage of the three pending trade deals as areas he sees as ripe for bipartisanship. While he agreed that infrastructure projects were worthy of focus, he said Congress should not be adding new money, but instead streamlining the process for getting current resources to state and local governments.
He repeated his criticism that the president's repeated "pass my bill" message was not sitting well with Republicans.
"I do not think the president's all or nothing approach is something that is constructive," Cantor told reporters, adding, "let's not allow the things his bill that we disagree with to get in the way of producing some results."
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Party of "No" strikes again
Anyone who didn't see this coming has not been paying attention to the 112th Congress. Basically Cantor is not willing to part with any current programs to fund the Jobs bill.
He is just such a clown...the man has not original thought!
Boy, I love how these guy are only focused on passing their own favorite parts of Prez Obama's bill, yet won't compromise on anything that the Dems want. Notice how they call the wealthiest folks who benefit from all these loopholes that allow them to pay fewer taxes than the average hard-working American, "Job Creators" - um, yeah, if they were real job creators then we wouldn't have over 9% unemployment!! Those "job creators" are sitting on HUGE profits over the last couple of years and still refuse to increase hiring. They're lining their pockets and redesigning their corporate jets while people struggle to feed their families. I think it's time those loopholes are closed, taxes are increased for those who can afford it and bring on more construction jobs & tax breaks for small businesses!! I, for one, would be more inclined to hire extra help for my business if it meant getting a $4k tax break like Obama had proposed.
"The fact is we don't have the money and we've got to prioritize and right now it's about getting people back to work," Cantor said.
We will have the money if we stopped giving tax breaks to the rich that don't need it. That's what the President is saying!
Cantor is truly a crap sandwich without the bread.
So, let me get this straight: There's a homeless guy outside my job, and he keeps asking for money... and I'm reaching out to him, but keeping my money and hands in my pockets. Is that about what you're saying, Mr. Cantor?
Yes Virginia, Cantor is an idiot.
The Party of "Hell No!" took the whole weekend off before they resumed their rules of standard procedure. The American People may not have such a short memory this election cycle and make the proper adjustments at the ballot box.
"Bi-Partisan" to the GOP means there must be nothing that flies in the face of supporting their agenda which is to continue to pander to the wealthiest to to pad corporate profits....to hell with the rest of us. I am so pissed at this reaction I'm writing every rep. in my area! Though I'm not surprised at all, the gall to stop jobs creation at this time is beyond comprehension. This needs to show up at the voting booths for sure.
"Anything that is akin to the stimulus bill is not going to be acceptable to the American people,"
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Speak for yourself moron. There are 90+ bridges in YOUR district that are under code prick. So I guess we'll just wait for a bus full of kids to fall into the Potomac. Infrastructure spending creates jobs. What part of that don't you fascists understand? The people can see right thru you. If the bill can actually produce jobs, your party is against it because it will look good on the President. We all see the games that you're playing and YOU'RE going to be unemployed next year.
Both Cantor and Boehner just don't get it. It's all about timing, same as in comedy.
This is NOT the time for such parsimonious recalcitrance. Let's talk about that once unemployment is down below 5%, and the top 2% have done their little bit to cut "W"'s deficit-maker.
Seems to me, these guys ARE a poison-pill, thinking their tactic will help in upcoming election. They think we're stupid.
Here we go with the spin machines. One side says it is paid for, while the other side is calling it new spending. But, did you notice that Republicans are all for the things that they like, which they don't consider new spending at all. But, anything the Republicans do not like is "new spending" so they do not even want to talk about it.
I am glad the President told the Congress, "Pass My Bill." What is he supposed to say? Republicans are offended by that remark. Who cares? We already know Republicans do not care about the American people. What goes around comes around.
I think it is time for a change in representation for the state of Virginia. If this guy gets re-elected then the people of his district deserve everything they get or won't get from this small minded little man.
Hey, I know - let's get the Gov. Good Hair GOP Pres. candidato to weigh in on this...
I STILL want to know: What DID they tell him about his hair? ("Que le dijieron del pelo?!")
Why? It's simple: It would work....again...andt he GOP can't have that happening before November 2012.
""let's not allow the things his bill that we disagree with to get in the way of producing some results." "
Translation: "We're going to run around like our hair is on fire screaming that it is compromise when we tell you that we should get what we want while you get nothing."
Whatever the Republicans do, they cannot pass it immediately. The first time that Obama wanted something done "right now" was the monsterous stimulus bill with all of those "shovel ready" projects and half a billion dollars to a "cutting edge "green company that is now bankrupt (despite the half a billion of our money). Oh yeah, and one of the Presidents top bundlers had a large stake in that company and was protected from the bankruptcy. Then we got the disastrous ObamaCare that we were told had to passed to find out what is in it. That onion is still being peeled and stinks worse by the layer. Don't fall for this again. Clearly state why you are not passing it right away, that the bill needs to be carefully considered. If the plan was so urgent, why did it take the Pres 2 1/2 years to develop it?
What are you dumb Republican and Tea Party People Going to do wait until bridges start falling down be for you do something. Or may be a dam break. You Republican and Tea Party won't do anything until people start doing be for you do anything. And than you will blame the President for not doing anything be for It happen.
Eric, buddy, you have no clue what the American people want. We need jobs, not your political agenda. Wake up pal or change your name to Herbert Hoover.
PS ... Tax cuts do not create jobs. How many times do we have to learn this lesson?
pass the bill. pass the bill. pass the bill. pass the bill. pass the bill. pass the bill. pass the bill. Mr. Obama will win no matter what the opposing folks say, do, or tries to stop. OBAMA/BIDEN 2012 – OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Why is it always their way or the highway? This is why our president is sinking in the polls. People are sick and tired of these TP thugs acting as if they run our country and dictating their brainless ignorant rants on all of us. I sure hope the people who voted these ignorant unAmerican Klansman into office will realize what a BIG mistake they made and try to undue this damage in 2012. These people really make me sick.
Wow,it only took him 4 days to shoot it down. He should have been clearer "Anything that will help the American People we (GOTea: by GOTea I am refering to all Republicans they have forfeited their party to these people) find unacceptable."
the Republicans do not want the economy to improve. They think it is in their vested interests to have a weak economy so they can stir up the tea party and regain power. And I suppose some of the public might be foolish enough to vote for them – even though they were the ones who cause this economic crisis to begin with. Hopefully people will wise up and start to see that tax cuts for the wealthy does not equate to jobs.
What's new? Virginians, I think he just made it easier for you to pick someone who has the interest of struggling folk at heart, because Cantor is heartless toward you folk.
What a surprise. Cantor says no to an Obama idea.... Vote this clown OUT.
this bill is a payback for teachers union, labor, no help to business.... give me a break..get real and do it right..
WHERE ARE THE JOBS??? My husband has been unemployed for 2 years and underemployed about 2 years prior to that. And no, thanks to TPerry he was able to draw unemployment for one year. What are you suggesting people in his position do? For a man to work 45 years and to see there is nothing out there for him, what is he supposed to do? Wait till you can retire? Yea, right. Construction is at a standstill. I didn't think Cantor would help the middle class.
"Anything that is akin to the stimulus bill is not going to be acceptable to the American people," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said. Maybe not the one tooth, low IQ nitwits you represent Mr. Cantor. But stimulus for the average American will be accepted. Please pick a side and stick to it, you sound a little psycho, he wants people to get back to work but not on infrastructure, you want jobs but you don't want to spend. Exactly where are the jobs your party promised a year ago? Face it those aren't coming back especially when India and China offers cheap labor without unions.
A Republican "leader" saying "No" to something President Obama proposed?!? I'm shocked, shocked I say! Why don't the Republicans simply present their own ideas for job creation, then let serious discussion and compromise take place to come up with something both parties can live with and that the American people can get behind? DO SOMETHING YOU IDIOTS WARMING CHAIRS ON CAPITOL HILL!
Hey Republicans ~ Just where ARE those JOBS you promised?? Why don't you put country ahead of party for a change?
Suprise suprise....the GREED OVER PEOPLE PARTY wants to keep millions out of work to put ONE person (Obama) out of work. I guess the white man just cant stand not having the White House!
You either take the hole Bill or none of It. We all know you Republican would be OK with the Tax Breaks. Like I all way say the Republican and the Tea party only worry are Protecting the Rich and Big Business. they don't care about the work people. And they don't care about putting people back to work either. Just how much more of this Republican and the Tea Party all way saying NO to Everything are the American people going to put up with. Now they are saying no to Putting People back to work.
""The fact is we don't have the money and we've got to prioritize and right now it's about getting people back to work," "
We don't? Last I checked, there are several hundred billion dollars worth of preferential tax loopholes and deductions favoring the rich and corporations contained in the tax code. Add in the subsidies we give industries like gas/oil and the package is paid for...with approximately $20B in leeway in case it runs over. Look it up.
"Anything that is akin to the stimulus bill is not going to be acceptable to the American people,"
Cantor got that right. Bailing out unions and growing state and local governments didn't do anything the first time and wouldn't work this time.
What will work is cutting taxes, cutting spending, and cutting the intrusion of government into our lives.
There it is – more from the party of no. The GOP will pay the price at the polls in 2012.
It is excellent to see how clearly the Republicans in the House do get it. They understand how economics work and they will not be pulled into Obama's political game at the expense of taxpayers, the unemployed and our economy. I mean, wouldn't we all love to build lovely bridges and fix all of the roads and power lines and take care of the struggles of the unemployed, etc. But the money is not there. The money is not there for the spending on this stuff we did over the last 2 years. And this is why we have debt at $15 trillion and it's already been downgraded once.
This is a difficult situation our government spending has gotten the country into and it will be a lot of sacrifices and work to get back out. Look at how much trouble it took to cut the 2011 budget by $100 billion. Now Obama wants to spend 4 1/2 times that?!?! It takes the country in the wrong direction for things that have proven not to work.
Again, it is not time to spend. It is time to manage and put together a plan out of this mess. Huge new debt is not the way out of huge old debt.Thank goodness ( and the American voters in 2010 ) we have the Republicans figwatching out for us in Washington.
What makes Eric Canton think that he speaks for the "american people". I didn't vote for him, he is not representative, I would never want him to be my voice. Maybe Eric's problem is that he forget he doesn't represnt the United States, but his own state.
Mr. Cantor, I find it rather humorous that you don't like the President's "all-or-nothing" approach, since that is exactly how Republicans have been acting for the last two years on pretty much everything. Trying to strike a tone of compromise seems rather dry and empty coming from you. So let's not be the pot calling the kettle black, shall we?
BTW, "we don't have the money" is total nonsense on any level. They don't say that when it comes to suddenly ignoring all of our obligations in order to cut government revenue even further. Oh no...when it comes to giving the rich and corporations MORE tax cuts and LESS responsibility for helping this country run itself, be successful, compete, progress, etc., there's suddenly no reason to consider our obligations and expenses as anything serious but rather things that can simply be thrown away at a whim because, doggone it, those poor, suffering rich b-stards and giant corporations/industries need a break.
WOW! What a startling surprise!!! A Republican saying No! to Republican job ideas! You just knew they were going to do it, it was simply a matter of time. Once again the GOP has decided to knife the midlle class to appease Grover Norquist and the corporate gods.
Cantor and Boehner really want to ride that elevator allllll the way to the bottom.
Good luck, boys!
Most Republican lawmakers don't have a clue what Americans think or want. They are so out of touch with the rest of us that it would be funny if it weren't so pathetic. And I hope they get their heads handed to them on a platter in the next election.
Eric – Not that any of us believe these "tax cuts for job creators" works but so that you can begin to think of your answer, here's a key question:
How do you plan to PAY FOR these tax breaks?
"We remain eager to work together on ways to support job growth, but this proposal doesn't appear to have been offered in that bipartisan spirit."
This statement is almost funny until you look at the unemployment situation. They are insane and beyond ridiculous.
In Cantor's statement he seems to be implying – no more extended unemployment benefits. Okay, fine but what solutions does he have to put people (who are honestly looking) for jobs back to work? (R)s offer absolutely NO solutions only confrontation. What are people supposed to do until 2012? Starve to death? Please vote these disgraceful people out in 2012 so the country can once again thrive.
Here goes the spin, again. CAN THEY JUST WORK TOGETHER, FOR GOD SAKE! I'm so tired of this. In so may words they're not going to agree on anything unless he gets exactly what he wants. I think it's time for baby Cantor to take a nap, he's fusy again. We need ADULTS making the HARD decisions, not monkeys like cantor saying the samething over and over again.
I would love to see huge infrastructure projects, geothermal power plants, bridge and roads, electrical grid all funded with a 50% capital gains tax rate. Why would any "job creator" start or expand a business when they can park their money in the stock market and only pay 15% tax on the gains? Put some pain on the capital gains rate and watch the money flow out of the market and into real estate and business.
"Anything that is akin to the stimulus bill is not going to be acceptable to the American people," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said. – This man clearly does not know what American's want. They should lead of with "YES, WILL, WE CAN" . Instead of leading off with anything that contains 'NO, NOTHING, IS NOT, CAN'T". Same old GOP BS. The Republican party the Party of NO and Americans be dammed.
Who is this j*ck*ss to say what the "American People" want? We want him out of office. Why is it that the idea of spending money on infrastructure is so bad when Dwight Eisenhower, A REPUBLICAN, did it in the 50s'?
Other than Obama resigning, is there anything Cantor would vote FOR?
I find Eric Cantor's criticism of the president for wanting the bill passed as is, a little ironic and hypocritical since he walked out on talks on debt when he did not get every thing he wanted.!! Eric Cantor will take anything in the bill that he agrees with (i.e. those things that the president has already compromised on) but will not give an inch on anything else. THAT is not working with the presiident-- that is the same old selfish childish "I want it my way" Does he think the American people are dumb? Does he not realize that he does not speak for the majority of the American people but may for a few.
Hey Cantor-Your district is so small-how do you dare speak for the "American People"-you surely don't speak for me.
At least it's clear now-the Repugs will not support anything that helps the middle and working classes in this country-even if the program IS totally paid for in 10 years!
Anybody in the Middle Class or working to scrape a living together who also belongs to the Tea Party–or even the Republican Party now since it is virtually the same thing-get your head out of the sand-you are voting against your own self interest in favor of the corporations that keep you continually in your current state.
Class Warfare? Hell–the Republicans and Corporations have been conducting Class Warfare in this country since the 1880's.
Hey Eric, I'd appreciate your not speaking for ME! Speak for yourself, nothing but tax cuts huh? No infrastructure spending for our crumbling country. All you are really for is doing everything possible to keep the unemployment rate high. All of you sorry republicans have one goal, defeat President Obama, no matter the cost to our country. What a sorry lot you are. I will not even consider what the unemployment rate looks like in November 2012, I will look at everything all of you have done to destroy our country. I hope all Americans see through all of you.
Why do the "American People" continue to vote for these Taliban terrorists?
How can you start a story with: "House Majority Leader Eric Cantor continued to reach out to work with President Obama on his jobs bill Monday" when in reality Cantor says, "I sure hope that the president is not suggesting that we pay for his proposals with a massive tax increase at the end of 2012 on the job creators that we're actually counting on to reduce unemployment" That doesn't sound like someone who's trying to work with President Obama, certainly not like someone who's reaching out. And 'continuing' to reach out? It sounds more like Cantor's posturing to not be exposed as the koch whore he really is. Too late, Eric, the American People are on to you and the term Job Creator is a SICK JOKE. Where are all of the magical jobs our job creators promised if we lowered taxes? Taxes are as low as they've been in 50 years and corporate profits are through the roof...seems like Republican/Tea-Party policies don't work. All the Republicans have tried to do is ban abortion, defund the real news and downgrade America's debt. Time to throw the bums out once again. Maybe this time we can get the Democrats a filibuster proof majority so these right-wing whackos don't have anything to do with running the government they want to destroy. Anti-American piece of subhuman filth.
"Anything that is akin to the stimulus bill is not going to be acceptable to the American people," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said."
I'd ask him to stop pretending that he speaks for me, but it'd be a waste of time and energy. Guy's as disinterested in American interests - certainly middle class interests - than any politician within the GOP to date.
Cantor is an idiot always has been always will be.
"not acceptable to the American people"? Mr Cantor may speak for out of the mainstream teapartiers, he certainly doesn't speak for me. We need stimulus spending and we need it now. If we can have massive tax cuts (2001 and 2003) that took us from Clinton's surpluses to deficit mode ever since, we can spend some money to put Americans back to work. At least that is something we might get a return on. All we got for the huge Republican tax cuts that went mostly to wealthy Americans was a half million jobs lost a a month a few years later and an economic recession. The only thing the cuts stimulated was W's re election campaign. If we can spend hundreds of billions of dollars on Iraq we can spend some money for our own people. Pass the bill and don't presume to speak for the American People when you represent just a narrow interest group. Most of whom probably voted for George W. Bush for President. Twice.
he does not speak for all American people,he speaks for only the top two % Americans!
What is wrong with these repubs? No, No, No – nothing but no. These are unusual times. The American people need help and yes, the government needs to step in with this infrastructure money. If you are so unfeeling, uncaring and ignorant – then you deserve to lose your seat next November. When will you repubs learn that tax cuts DO NOT create jobs! When are you all going to learn this. Do the right thing Mr. Cantor and support President Obama on this one!
Eric Cantor has a serious case of memory loss. He says "I do not think the president's all or nothing approach is something that is constructive." Really, Mr. Cantor? Because this sounds AWFULLY familiar to the attitude you, in particular, have had for quite some time. He's a ridiculous individual who's views and opinions sway every which way, depending on the direction of the wind. Get a clue, Eric. You won't survive another re-election cycle...you will be voted out because you're so far to the right that no one wants anything to do with you.
He is slow and painful to watch.
We independents are so tired of the Cantors and just say no to the president attitude. When are these guys start working for all Americans.
It is time to compromise. It is time to think beyond party labels or we Independents are going to fire a lot of politicians.
Anything this President says, does or promotes is unacceptable to the GOP. GOP needs to find the center of the universe and compromise as dems have done in the past. the only reason they do agree on this bill is because – it has Obama written all over it. Anything O wins is a loss for them. The needs of the people instead of the party – America first.
of course, they're not thinking about getting economy better, they want the economy remain in bad shape to hurt obama's chance in 2012 election.
I find Eric Cantor's criticism of the president for wanting the bill passed as is, a little ironic and hypocritical since he walked out on talks on debt when he did not get every thing he wanted.!! Eric Cantor will take anything in the bill that he agrees with (i.e. those things that the president has already compromised on) but will not give an inch on anything else. THAT is not working with the presiident-- that is the same old selfish childish "I want it my way" Does he think the American people are dumb? Does he not realize that he does not speak for the majority of the American people but may be for some of the American people.
I hope that sucker wakes up in hell tomorrow. Cantor can mess up a soup sandwich.
Again, Cantor and his protection of the rich. You guys are traitorous and your obstructionism is going to bring us down even further. Anyone can see the bush tax cuts have ruined this country on so many levels; levels that are now connected and which are now are taking us down, down, down from infrastructure ruination to schools to health care, etc. I hope Mr. Obama plays this like a pro and keeps the line drawn in the sand drawn, brings it to the end game. Of course, we now have Citizens United and the Koch brothers. Who woulda thought our Democracy was going to be hijacked by the rich, the powerful, and the stupid.
"Anything that is akin to the stimulus bill is not going to be acceptable to the American people," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said.
The tax breaks for the wealthy are a Stimulus, but as long as it does not go to middle class Cantor is willing to give to the rich. The Republicans will screw this up with their "party first "and "all or nothing attitude" "my way or the highway" attitude
You can't slash your way back to prosperity but Republicans will continue to tell people that 12 years of proven failures with tax breaks for the wealthy will someday finally create a job for some poor middle class schmuck.The road to ruins is paved with Republicans
The taxes Eric Cantor doesn't want raised aren't tax increases at all. It would be an elimination of tax breaks for the super wealthy and corporations. It has nothing to do with the working class. Republicans are not the friend of the working class. All they want to do is use the excuse that tax breaks for corporations creates jobs. Show me one job that has been created by a tax break. It gives the corporation a larger bottom line. End of story. It also amazes me that these same Republicans that now do not want to spend anything had no problem whatsoever approving all the spending the Bush administration proposed. Their main goal is to see President Obama fail. And they do not care about the poor and middle class in this county. And if you can't see that, you really need to open your eyes.
I'm tired of hearing repugs talk about the mythical "job creators". It seems that they only creat jobs in other countries. They don't create jobs here, in this country. Cantor needs to explain. Bone head needs to explain.
Tax breaks for TRUE small businesses and companies hiring is part of the Jobs bill, tax breaks for wealthy INDIVIDUALS needs to end. The "American people" get this; the GOP excuses for protecting their rich friends is a crock. Corporate welfare needs to end. Demand is the job creator.
Thanks for making Obama's re-elction that much easier.
Eric, most of the American people find you and your party unacceptable. Just once in your soon to be short carrier think about the American people instead of your corporate masters.
"I sure hope that the president is not suggesting that we pay for his proposals with a massive tax increase at the end of 2012 on the job creators that we're actually counting on to reduce unemployment," Cantor said...
What a load of hooey. I'm an American person. I find rich people amassing ever more wealth while poor people go jobless unacceptable. I am willing to bend slightly on this principle: if the rich person is amassing wealth by employing an increasing number of poor and middle class people at reasonable wages with benefit, then fine, let them keep what they honestly earn. Otherwise they should hand over a higher portion of their ill-gotten gains - "earned" by speculation or automation or off-shoring or sheltering or blackmail and not taxed now at the same rate as income earned through honest work - so the Federal, state and local government can be the job creators who set the unemployed to work on infrastructure projects that will benefit everyone. This fantasy that everyone who is rich is also a wise, generous "job creator" has got to cease! Half of them are greedy s.o.b.s and the other half are clueless heirs - just look at the current GOP to see where that combination will get you.
What a jerk Cantor and Boehner are, here they go again saying no.
"we don't have the money?" is total bs! we have money for libya, iraq, and afganistan though?.....hmmm they say what they want u to believe. they hate govt. but they are govt.? be smart people!
Obama has no clue! He is in over his head and has started grabbing straws. The bad part is America is paying for his inaptness.
This fool would rather throw the elderly and the poor to the curb by eliminating Medicare and Social Security. He is a Marxist hack.
He looks older but he must be around 6 years old. Because, if you don't play by his rules he's taking his marbles and going home.
Hello Eric - you there? American's want thsi jobs bill passed and passed quickly. Your hyper-ventilating about not taxing the wealthy is getting real old, real fast. Virigina, next time this blowhard is up for election, put him in the unemployment line! America can't afford anyone who has sold out to Wall Street, bankers and Insurance Companies to the detriment of Main Street, the poor and the destitute.
Hey, CNN. I thought you're supposed to be unbiased? Why all of the Obama election advertisements all over your pages? This is supposed to be a news site. Get rid of the politcal advertisements, please!
Another words, liberals go ahead and pout all you want but we are not throwing any more good money after bad like Obama's other spending. This would be just another stimulus and it did not work the first time. This was nothing new and different just more spending. Obama had two years of doing all he wanted and now thank GOD we have divided Government becasue without we would be Greece sooner than later.
The do nothing congress of 2011.....I hope Americans are satisfied w/ the TeaPartyGOP.......They will continue to do nothing until, jANUARY 2013....by then things WILL be much worst.
@ CTYank, you used words taht are too big for Cantor and the rest of the Republicans and Tea Baggers to understand. Please rephrase into their language. You may to to take an Eublican/Eueabagger language class.
Note: This is a sarcastic statement.
So Cantor and the GOP are choosing loopholes for big oil companies over hiring teachers? Will that fly with voters?
I'm really starting to hate these guys and I am someone who does not believe in hate. But it for sure is party before country with them and that is exactly opposite of what they were elected to do.
"But the money is not there."
That's because for many decades now we've been giving it all to the already wealthy and corporations. It's time to take it back. It's that simple. They are currently sitting on record amounts of capital after making record profits all throughout the recession and they are doing NOTHING with it. They don't need more free net profits and increased profit margins without any concomitant investment in their growth, expansion, R&D, and employment. Increasing their profit margins without them having to compete or expand or build the better mouse trap and WITHOUT THE CONCURRENT INCREASE IN DEMAND THAT WOULD JUSTIFY IT DOES NOTHING TO ENCOURAGE JOB GROWTH. It simply results in them shrugging their shoulders, enjoying that they didn't have to work to suddenly have a larger bottom line and then pocketing, hoarding and consolidating all the extra added wealth for gambling on Wall Street.
Why do these clowns act like they speak for the American people when they only speak for their special interest people. It doesn't sound like Mr. Cantor got the message after the debt ceiling debacle and he keeps pushing this "I speak for the American People" premis when he absolutely, positively doesn't. Maybe if he shut-up and stopped postulating to promote his own self centered ideology he might get it right.
Cantor stop trying to speak for me. I'm an American person.
I'm for ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, I can afford it. I'm for ending corporate welfare. My monikor holds true. GOP loves Koch and hates the Middle Class.
I am one of the American People and Eric Cantor DOES NOT speak for me!
We have the money but it is funding 2 wars, building schools and roads in other countries. Ours infrastructure is crumblling. Cantor, stop playing games and running up my blood pressure. Republicans ran on jobs in 2010, where are the jobs. Pass the bill, we need people working. If people are working it helps our economy and they are paying taxes.
Saving Obama from himself and more importantly from wrecking the entire country is a full time jpb. Keep up the good work Cantor.
How predictable that Cantor would lie again about working with the President! He and the other Tea Partiers will never change their stripes. Of course, they'll go along with the tax cuts but not the infrastructure spending. Why do these Tea Partiers want to destroy our great country and bring the middle class down with it? What good is it to balance the federal budget if things are falling apart around us and people are losing jobs left & right? Makes absolutely NO SENSE!!!
Government job is to facilitate the business to create jobs. Obama doesn't know how to create jobs. He has neither run a business nor employed anybody. We know the result of Obama 878 billion stimulus. Taxing the hard working people to spoon-feed the teachers, unions etc is not job creation. It's call spread the hard earned money to teachers, unions, blacks and latins for their votes. He is basically trying to save his job.
I'm the Hope and change
Yes we can
We are the ones we have been waiting for
Spread the wealth around
"I do not think the president's all or nothing approach is something that is constructive," Cantor told reporters...
Kinda like you did with the debt ceiling huh Eric?
I love how the GOP keeps calling them "job creators" as companies continue to cut jobs (looking at you BOA).
I AM SHOCKED that this little dweeb would say that..............Cantor STOP SAYING THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT.....YOU DO NOT........You are the person that wanted about MORE spending cuts BEFORE helping people devastated by the Hurricane????? YOU SIR ARE THE PROBLEM THAT IS WASHINGTON
LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD.
After The 8 Years Of The Bush/Cheney Disaster, Now You Get Mad?
You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.
You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate Energy policy and push us to invade Iraq .
You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got ousted.
You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.
You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.
You didn't get mad when we spent over 800 billion (and counting) on said illegal war.
You didn't get mad when Bush borrowed more money from foreign sources than the previous 42 Presidents combined.
You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars in cash just disappeared in Iraq .
You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people.
You didn't get mad when Bush embraced trade and outsourcing policies that shipped 6 million American jobs out of the country.
You didn't get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.
You didn't get mad when we didn't catch Bin Laden.
You didn't get mad when Bush rang up 10 trillion dollars in combined budget and current account deficits.
You didn't get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed.
You didn't get mad when we let a major US city, New Orleans , drown.
You didn't get mad when we gave people who had more money than they could spend, the filthy rich, over a trillion dollars in tax breaks.
You didn't get mad with the worst 8 years of job creations in several decades.
You didn't get mad when over 200,000 US Citizens lost their lives because they had no health insurance.
You didn't get mad when lack of oversight and regulations from the Bush Administration caused US Citizens to lose 12 trillion dollars in investments, retirement, and home values.
You finally got mad when a black man was elected President and decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, job losses by the millions, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, and the worst economic disaster since 1929 are all okay with you, but helping fellow Americans who are sick...Oh, Hell No!!
PS. This one definitely needs to be circulated just as a reminder.
When is the "news" media going to point out that all of the Republicans voted for the Ryan budget which included, wait for it....GETTING RID OF CORPORATE LOOPHOLES! Ryan's plan was to close the loopholes but lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 25% and they all voted for it. Now that President Obama is proposing the exact same thing, it's suddenly no good. If this isn't transparent as to the Repub's real motive, then I don't know what is.
Does the GOP/Tea Party have another game plan other than saying NO to everything?
Obstruction is fun, throw this bum out of office.
You low life, Cantor. These are jobs that would put Americans back to work and get the USA back in shape in our roads, bridges etc. I hope you are defeated next election..............
Mr. Cantor is wrong again. I am indeed an "American person", and support the passage of this important bill. What good ideas does this government employee, or other members of his party have to help get our country out of the current Repubican-created economic mess? Banning gay marriage?
Anybody surprised? Cantor isn't concerned about America, only his hatred of an African American in the Presidency of the United States.
just say no to the failed chicago jesus. He has bankrupted the country with his prolifigate spending.
"evelin
he does not speak for all American people,he speaks for only the top two % Americans!"
WRONG! Most Republicans, like myself, are NOT in the top 2%, and there are plenty of wealthy Democrats (i.e. Hollywood actors, lawyers, etc.) that are. The biggest problem in this country is not the politicians, its the people, those of us who have no idea how other people live. We just see our own world and assume that's all there is. Stop being so narrow minded and always demonizing the other side. Maybe we could work together and find common ground if everyone would be a little more understanding and accepting of alternate points of view.
Cantor is a complete hypocrite, a liar and hopes that the country fails. Doesn't that also make him a traitor? I really don't understand how he gets elected, maybe this time won't get re-elected. I'm sure the people of VA can see that all he wants to to is to say no to the president, no matter what the president says or does. he doesn't care about the people at all, it's all about him. To the fine citizens of VA, vote this traitor out of office in 2012
Maybe if Eric Cantor would look at the bill in the same light he looks at going to war ! Then maybe he and his big lobby buddy s whom make Billions on military contracts would consider it .
Cantor is the poster boy for Dwight D. Eisenhower exit speech on Jan.17,1961. Warning us of the military industrial complex.
Cantor is unreal! All he will support is less taxes for the rich, but will not support any funding for infrastructure jobs! Someone needs to give him a reality check. Without more jobs, people will not have any money to spend. More mortgage foreclosures and bankruptcy. the economy will never recover if there are no jobs for the middle class. the president is offering lots of breaks for business owners if they hire more people. THE ECONOMY NEEDS THIS BILL TO PASS! IT'S TIME FOR THE PARTY OF NO TO COMPROMISE AND QUIT PLAYING STUPID GAMES!!!
Party of No? Must mean the demokrates:
NO to Prosperity and American Exceptionalism
NO to telling the truth
NO to upholding their oath to uphold the Constitution
NO to freeing the US from slavery
NO to reading the bill before they vote for it
NO to civil discourse
YES, I could go on and on.......
Hyprocite, hyprcite, hyprocite. Liar, liar, liar. That's about all I can say about Cantor.
Got the vault locked down on old Obambi. Life is beautiful. Serenity and Peace at last – ahhhhhh...
GOP, the party of one word: No. They'd rather the US go to hell than compromise. Maybe it will thanks to their negativity.
I just can't believe folks don't have a clue about what is going on when it comes to companies and job creation!! Seriously, don't these idiots get it, Companies have gotten use to getting more for less and will continue to sit on their trillion dollar profits from here on out!!! This is the norm people unemployment will be here for a long time, so get over it. The only way you will even get companies to invest here at home is to TAX them for sending their various jobs overseas!! The other thing is invest in the people here, educate them to be prepared for doing jobs other than manufacturing!!! The government will need to put money up for infrastructure because that is the only way we can get contractors to work on road and rail system etc....it create jobs by getting companies that is in that type of business to hire!!! Cantor is an idiot along with his other buddies in Congress!! VOTE them OUT!!!
Government job is to facilitate the business to create jobs. Obama doesn't know how to create jobs. He has neither run a business nor employed anybody. We know the result of Obama 878 billion stimulus. Taxing the hard working people to save the teachers, unions etc is not job creation. It's call spread the hard earned money to teachers, unions, blacks and latins for their votes. He is basically trying to save his job by stealing from hard working people.
I'm the Hope and change
Yes we can
We are the ones we have been waiting for
Spread the wealth around
Since when has Cantor every spoken for 'The American People'??. He and his constituents only represent their corporate handlers who line their pockets, who ship jobs overseas, while raking in record profits and bonuses for the CEOs and their ilk. The 'Aristocracy' is alive and well in America, with the Nobles taking it all, leaving the the rest of us, 'the Serfs', to continue to have to give our pound of flesh!
*********"Anything that is akin to the stimulus bill is not going to be acceptable to the American people," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said.*****
Well, I guess that crosses off any bill that has both tax cuts and spending increases since the Stimulus bill had both tax cuts and spending increases. So that leaves bills that only have tax cuts or bills that only have spending increases. One guess which the Republicans will want.
Which leaves me with an interesting question. Let's suppose that we did have a bill with only tax cuts because according to Cantor that is all that is "acceptable to the American people". If that bill didn't work would he then blame the American people?
My guess is no.
The repubs don't consider anybody making less than $1 million a year to be people. Remember, corporations are people, too. As long as they can keep dumbing the electorate down and get the resulting uneducated people to keep voting for them, they're happy. Until we get them out of office, things will continue to get worse.
I expected nothing less. These Tea Party people will give this president nothing in hopes that he fails, regardless of the adverse affect it may have on the middle and lower classes. It's all about power and helping the wealthy. To hell with those that are struggling.
If I hear one more idiot Republican refer to the wealthy as "job creators" I may scream. Where are the damn jobs they created in the 10 years since we gave them these massive handouts, Mr. Cantor? If you can show me even one example how your tired and failed "trickle down" economic policy has created a single job, I swear I'll agree to vote for whichever Tea Party whack job gets the nomination. We have lost 8 million jobs since your beloved tax cuts!
This guy is a slime. They do not give a hoot about jobs – they just want Obama to fail. I sure hope the American people can see through their BS. And agreed, since when does this jerkwater puke speak for the American people?
"Why do these clowns act like they speak for the American people when they only speak for their special interest people."
Dunno...they like to do it especially when the polls show it's not even remotely true. We should start tagging the end of our posts with the fact that they don't speak for us .
"I'm Sniffit, and the GOP does not speak for me."
Simple. A few hundred or so of those per day aught to be kinda fun to see.
Here you have it America, you have one group that sees what's going on and another group that's told what to see. Figure out which side your on. The stimulus was a failure because Limbaugh said so. Notice the posters here who repeat what he's said over and over again. How can I tell, because like him, they are leaving out facts that negate their whole stance. Conservatism is a hoax and I'm sad that real Americans with good hearts allow themselves to be mislead by intentionally misleading people.
If he would get his head out of his behind and look at the polls, he'd see that the majority of Americans support spending and infrastructure AND support raising taxes on the rich to pay for it. The Republicans are so out of touch, it's scary.