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I just wasted 14 minutes listening to Obama's so called plans, by my estimate he used 10 of those minutes talking about how crappy the economy is and how out of touch the Pubs are and used the other four minutes to talk in vague generalities about how "his" plans will fix everything.

Listening to how his plan will cut the taxes of 95% of of taxpayers, I have to ask a simple question... How many new jobs will that create? Are the people who are going to receive these tax breaks going to start new businesses and hire out of work people? Not likely, it's the five percent he's planning to soak who are the ones who create new jobs by business investment and creation.

If he's really so worried about the unemployment rate, then what is his plan on illegal immigrants who help to keep the low end of wages down by working below minimum wage and off the books? What about foreign worker visa programs (like the H1b) that are taking formerly high paying jobs from U.S. citizens and handing them to visa workers at half the salary?

Come on Obama, I want to hear ten minutes of specifics and details, not ten minutes of lamenting about how bad things are and how it's all the fault of the other party. Show me some vision, show me some "hope", show me something other than worthless platitudes.

Looks like I'll be voting for Bob Barr this election.

GrenadeJumper85 wrote:

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Not likely, it's the five percent he's planning to soak who are the ones who create new jobs by business investment and creation.

Those company's are getting tax breaks right now and they are STILL sending jobs overseas, even though they are still making a shitload. I work for one of them (AT&T) so I know first hand experience that they don't give a shit.

He also states that he'll reward company's that don't ship jobs overseas and open up new positions here. That's what the Repubs don't get! The big corporations are getting tax breaks now but still sending things overseas because now they're getting more money, so why pay workers here more when you can save and ship them over to BFE.

Here you go specifically:

Reward Companies that Support American Workers: Barack Obama introduced the Patriot Employer Act of 2007 with Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) to reward companies that create good jobs with good benefits for American workers. The legislation would provide a tax credit to companies that maintain or increase the number of full-time workers in America relative to those outside the US; maintain their corporate headquarters in America if it has ever been in America; pay decent wages; prepare workers for retirement; provide health insurance; and support employees who serve in the military.

You'll notice that says American workers, it says nothing about U.S. citizens. This will allow companies to continue to bring foreign workers in with visas and green cards and will do little to help out of work U.S. citizens.

And I still don't see anything about his illegal immigrant policy.