‘Real News From The Blaze’ Discusses Jobs, Jobs and …….Jobs
- Posted on April 20, 2012 at 8:08pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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The GOP-controlled House has passed Eric Cantor’s small business tax break, a one-time relief of as much as 20 percent for small businesses with less than 500 employees. Republicans say the $46 billion tax deduction would boost the economy by freeing up cash that companies could use to hire workers, provide raises or invest in equipment.
The bill is sure to die in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
According to Bloomberg, Democrats say the tax cut will go to companies regardless of how profitable they are, what they sell or whether they are hiring.
With yesterday’s news that labor market improvements have stalled and news today that economic indicators across the board are shaky, Congress still appears deadest to avoid taking on anything serious until after the election. Do recent poll numbers that show voters think Romney is the go-to guy on the economy only confirm that people have become so cynical they have accepted that we have to wait until November to get the jobs market moving again?
“Real News” looks at today’s economic snapshot and asks what will it take to get it moving past “incremental”? Also, panelists Will Cain and Matt McCall break down the real unemployment rate, that’s even a dimmer picture than what we were told this week.
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2adrunk
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:26pmThe ratio of S&P500 CEO to the typical worker has risen again. It is at 380 to 1. In 1980 it was 42 -1.
save the camels souls. tax the wealthy. Let’s try to get back to the 80s.
Report Post »burdenedsoul
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:00pm4 more years anyone? um, anyone…………….?
Report Post »taxwarrior
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:16pmYou want jobs get Romney elected.
Get some of the Nasty anti-Obama ads the Clinton’s put out in the 2008 primaries. Replay them showing a little sign “I guess she was right”
Report Post »2adrunk
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:30pmThe ratio of S&P500 CEO to the typical worker has risen again. It is at 380 to 1. In 1980 it was 42 -1.
Report Post »let’s try to get back to the 80s. The wealthy are ripping us off and people seem to think is is the ault of the poor. My goodness.
leftcoastslut
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 10:18pmI love and understand math. Mathmatics is an exact science…if, then, therfore… but yet I don’t understand what figures they are using to calculate unemployment rates… all I know is that there are sooooo many people that are working far below their capacity or are working the land (you know scraping, bartering, side cash jobs), they know it and we all know it. We always get the figure for “jobs created”, but is this really a new job or is it a job someone was laid off from and now emerges (at a lower pay of course) and someone gets hired… bingo job created! add that to the figure that they are trying to shove down our throats. you cannot give us an actual number of jobs created (126,000) and then give us a percentage (8.2%) unemployment, where is the rest of the information needed to actually calculate it for ourselves… math is not fuzzy… math is exact…
Report Post »drbage
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 12:38pmGo to college and work for the government. Could that have been one of the final goals (hidden agenda) for the family-friendly governmental kinetic non-takeover takeover of the student loan business inside of the healthcare law which probably 90% of Congress has yet to read? Can’t you just hear this regime telling you that they will lend you the money to go to college, but you must major in x,y, or z. Wonder how the One is reacting to the LAUSD’s decision to promote students with a “D” average so it can lower its dropout rate? How does that fit into “building the future.?” Could the real agenda be not to lose any taxpayer money to keep all those unionized teachers employed so they could continue to fill the union coffers?
Report Post »taxwarrior
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:20pmSo a pro business guy versus an anti-business guy. Vote Romney.
Take over occupy and use them as shock troops against crony capitalism which is killing jobs and the government sieve our money goes into.
Report Post »2adrunk
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:29pmhere are some numbers:
The ratio of S&P500 CEO to the typical worker has risen again. It is at 380 to 1. In 1980 it was 42 -1.
the rich are grabbing the money and blaming the poor. Want proof? Follow the money, where is it going… and listen to right wing radio… who do they say is taking the money?
Report Post »trueamerican40
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 10:11pm7.8% unemployment in 2007////8.3% unemployment since mr. dictator’s reign. Outsourcing now more than ever due to regulations, penalties, taxes on businesses. Looks bleak. Hurry up January.
Report Post »taxwarrior
Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:22pmWe gotta go through November first.
January will take of itself if we have a good November
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 9:37pmLove Real News. Amy Holmes is not only one of the hottest babes on the planet. She’s smart
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 8:33pmDemocrats: The party of NO.
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