Rep Jesse Jackson Calls on Gov't to Hire ALL Unemployed Americans @ 40K ea.

[Dusty]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...americans-for/

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has offered his own $804 billion jobs plan that calls on the federal government to hire the nation’s 15 million unemployed Americans for jobs paying roughly $40,000 each, and bail out all the states and cities facing budget crises.

In an interview with the Daily Caller on Wednesday, the Illinois Democrat applauded President Obama for directing his staff to greenlight job-creating initiatives without congressional approval after his $447 billion jobs bill was defeated in the Senate this week.

“Now we’re making some progress,” Jackson said, comparing the legislative gridlock in Congress to the states that seceded from the union during the Civil War.

"We've seen Congress is in rebellion," he said, "determined to wreck or ruin at all costs."

Jackson said the government’s direct hiring of the nation’s 15 million unemployed Americans would cost $600 billion.

“It could be a five-year program,” he said. “For another $104 billion, we bail out all of the states. For another $100 billion, we bail out all of the cities.”

“We put people to work cleaning up communities. We put people to work through a civilian conservation corps, through a Works Progress Administration because the hour demands it,” he said.

“And as more people work, they pay taxes, they pay taxes into the 4th quarter, they buy wares, they buy homes, they meet their obligations and our economy begins to work its way out of this protracted recession,” he continued. “That’s the only way out of this crisis. And I hope the president begins to continue to exercise extraordinary constitutional means based on the history of Congresses that have been in rebellion in the past.”

But not everyone is convinced that Jackson's plan would work. Even a fellow Democrat has criticized it.

“In Rep. Jackson’s entire congressional career, he has never introduced a single jobs bill,” Debbie Halvorson, who is challenging Jackson in the Democratic primary, said in a written statement. “Now, he’s calling on the president to suspend the Constitution? As a representative of the people, you don’t give up when you hit a roadblock and throw the Constitution out the window – you keep working to get something done."


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...#ixzz1arE58WrN

Just gotta slide a mention of the Civil War in there, don'tcha?

[craigepo]

In this guy's defense, giving money directly to people would have been a helluva lot more effective that Obama's gajillion dollar stimulus package.

[Box]

I wonder how many folks with REAL jobs making less than 40k would quit so they could get a 40k gub-mint job?


...the second and third order effects could be pretty interesting.


Jackson is an idiot and stores more shit in his head as 'knowledge' than most of us store in our colon as waste.

Just my opinion, maybe I am wrong

[mark46th]

JJJr's understanding of basic economic/mathematical facts or lack there of is frightening.

I heard it described as standing in a bucket and trying to lift yourself up by the handle... I think it was Winston Churchill who said it. Correct me if I am wrong...

[Richard]

Let me know when they get this thing rolling and need supervisors @ $80k per annum - I may have to dust off the ol' resume' and come out of retirement.

Richard

[PRB]

You can buy a lot of crack for 40K...I think Jr. gets his for free.....

[cat in the hat]

Originally Posted by Billy L-bach

I wonder how many folks with REAL jobs making less than 40k would quit so they could get a 40k gub-mint job?


...the second and third order effects could be pretty interesting.


Jackson is an idiot and stores more shit in his head as 'knowledge' than most of us store in our colon as waste.

Just my opinion, maybe I am wrong

not gonna argue Jackson being an idiot but an interesting twist on this is extended unemployment benefits under this "jobs" program but put people to work cleaning streets or other such tasks that can benefit society.

[Don]

Originally Posted by cat in the hat

not gonna argue Jackson being an idiot but an interesting twist on this is extended unemployment benefits under this "jobs" program but put people to work cleaning streets or other such tasks that can benefit society.

That is almost GS 9 pay... To do what? FDR did the with his socialist programs on the '30s. Dig a hole... And fill it in. Sit in a tower and watch for fires. This is treating a symptom of a disease. Promote a positive environment for businesses, and get the he'll out of the way. Let the rich get richer...I don't give a damn if other people make a shit load of money. Poor people don't hire, nor are they particularly good tippers for others that count on generosity at the restaurant table.

[Dusty]

Everybody wants money. Nobody wants to work.

[Team Sergeant]

Originally Posted by Dusty

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...americans-for/

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has offered his own $804 billion jobs plan that calls on the federal government to hire the nation’s 15 million unemployed Americans for jobs paying roughly $40,000 each, and bail out all the states and cities facing budget crises.

In an interview with the Daily Caller on Wednesday, the Illinois Democrat applauded President Obama for directing his staff to greenlight job-creating initiatives without congressional approval after his $447 billion jobs bill was defeated in the Senate this week.

“Now we’re making some progress,” Jackson said, comparing the legislative gridlock in Congress to the states that seceded from the union during the Civil War.

"We've seen Congress is in rebellion," he said, "determined to wreck or ruin at all costs."

Jackson said the government’s direct hiring of the nation’s 15 million unemployed Americans would cost $600 billion.

“It could be a five-year program,” he said. “For another $104 billion, we bail out all of the states. For another $100 billion, we bail out all of the cities.”

“We put people to work cleaning up communities. We put people to work through a civilian conservation corps, through a Works Progress Administration because the hour demands it,” he said.

“And as more people work, they pay taxes, they pay taxes into the 4th quarter, they buy wares, they buy homes, they meet their obligations and our economy begins to work its way out of this protracted recession,” he continued. “That’s the only way out of this crisis. And I hope the president begins to continue to exercise extraordinary constitutional means based on the history of Congresses that have been in rebellion in the past.”

But not everyone is convinced that Jackson's plan would work. Even a fellow Democrat has criticized it.

“In Rep. Jackson’s entire congressional career, he has never introduced a single jobs bill,” Debbie Halvorson, who is challenging Jackson in the Democratic primary, said in a written statement. “Now, he’s calling on the president to suspend the Constitution? As a representative of the people, you don’t give up when you hit a roadblock and throw the Constitution out the window – you keep working to get something done."


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...#ixzz1arE58WrN

Just gotta slide a mention of the Civil War in there, don'tcha?

Genius, pure genius......

What's amazing, in my opinion, is that any main stream media thinks this is news worthy......