SandBox Comments: Colorado Statesman " O! "

Detect a slight tone of skepticism as Obama declares himself "a warrior for the working class" here in Colorado?

"President Barack Obama brought the campaign for his jobs bill to a sun-drenched parking lot outside Abraham Lincoln High School in southwest Denver on Tuesday.

Calling himself a “warrior for the working class,” a peppy Obama repeatedly urged Republicans in Congress to “pass the bill,” a $447 million proposal he said combines tax cuts for working families and small businesses with increased spending on infrastructure and government jobs, including teachers..."

(Ernest Luning)

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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."

SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "A few new ideas for jobs in America "

"President Obama is traveling the country seeking support for his latest jobs bill, and like some stoner Hawaiian high schooler jonesing for a hit off a joint, he’s telling Congress to pass it now.     

With a price tag of nearly $500 billion, the American Jobs Act is a combination of tax cuts, incentives, unemployment reforms and spending that will hopefully do something to create jobs in our stagnant economy.

Unfortunately, the bill is a bundle of old ideas that have done little in the past to create jobs and I fear we will get little bang for our billions of bucks when it comes to this latest litany of ideas..."
(Jeremy Madden)

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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."