President Obama Punches Back After SCOTUS Attacks Women And Unions
Obama’s Legacy: An Improving Economy
There was an assault on organized labor unions and women by the Supreme Court earlier this week. However, the day before our 238th Independence Day, we learn of great gains on the economic front. Before you hear from conservative pundits how awful a 6.1% unemployment rate and 288,000 jobs gained in June truly is, remember: half the gains in the Stock Market were achieved during the Presidency of our Commander in Chief, Barack Obama, who is often accused of being a Socialist.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez knows we have a long way to go and Congressional cooperation with the President is essential to continuing these positive trends and healing our nation. Perez said,
…on too many of these issues, Congress continues to sit on its hands instead of working constructively with President Obama to move the nation and the economy forward. Its refusal to extend emergency unemployment benefits has cut off nearly 3 million people who are trying their hardest to find work.
If only Congress loved America more than they hate President Obama, perhaps something could be accomplished, especially with the crisis at our Southern Border. Perez adds:
Failure to enact immigration reform has come at a cost –$8 billion less in economic activity. That’s why the president announced this week that he will look to fill the leadership void and take executive action wherever possible to bring our immigration system into the 21st century… In the spirit of Independence Day, let’s renew our commitment to meet shared challenges with unity and resolve.
The platform of the Republican Party mainly consists of sabotaging the President’s efforts at reforming immigration. At the June Texas State Republican Convention in Fort Worth a writer noted:
…by far, the largest concern was devoted to illegal immigration.
Images of busloads of undocumented women and children surrounded by angry Tea Party protesters could spark empathy and mobilize women to vote in November. The greatest threat to Republicans are female voters. In key swing states, women deem abortion very important. In fact,
60% of female voters believe (abortion) to be an extremely or very important issue, compared with 39% of male voters.
Once again, the GOP’s “victory” against women and for corporations could spark the outrage needed to mobilize female voters.
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By: VegasJessie
A resident of Las Vegas Nevada, a graduate of the University of Oklahoma as a Political Science major. Very motivated to get people to participate in the electoral process.
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Anomaly 100 July 3rd, 2014 at 12:48
Sic ’em POTUS!
Tommy6860 July 3rd, 2014 at 13:04
I would love to see a totally fabulous president someday. No need for fireworks, heads exploding while looking to the south will suffice.
Anomaly 100 July 3rd, 2014 at 12:48
Sic ’em POTUS!
Tommy6860 July 3rd, 2014 at 13:04
I would love to see a totally fabulous president someday. No need for fireworks, heads exploding while looking to the south will suffice.
Tommy6860 July 3rd, 2014 at 13:02
So true Jess, as this economy would be through the roof had a jobs bill and $100b thrown at infrastructure improvement aside from extending UI and IR. But reading the part where you state “half the gains in the Stock Market were achieved during the Presidency of our Commander in Chief”. IIRC, in March 2009, the market hit a low of 6626 from a record high of 14007 in Oct 2007. Under our totally awesome and hip president (or our Imperial Highness to Karl Rove) since that low, the market has nearly nearly tripled.
Tommy6860 July 3rd, 2014 at 13:02
So true Jess, as this economy would be through the roof had a jobs bill and $100b thrown at infrastructure improvement aside from extending UI and IR. But reading the part where you state “half the gains in the Stock Market were achieved during the Presidency of our Commander in Chief”. IIRC, in March 2009, the market hit a low of 6626 from a record high of 14007 in Oct 2007. Under our totally awesome and hip president (or our Imperial Highness to Karl Rove) since that low, the market has nearly nearly tripled.
William July 3rd, 2014 at 13:09
One of the most profound things I have read lately. from https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mrs-Betty-Bowers-Americas-Best-Christian/312383761871?fref=photo
“If they were made to tithe 10% of their incomes to the religion they claim to follow, corporations would quickly petition the Court to reverse its ruling that they are people”.
R.J. Carter July 3rd, 2014 at 13:18
— quoted to CBN in 2011, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/finance/2010/november/the-secret-to-david-greens-successful-hobby/
William July 3rd, 2014 at 13:29
So this Green fellow (whoever that is), speaks for corporate America?
R.J. Carter July 3rd, 2014 at 15:24
No, just for the Hobby Lobby company he owns.
Bunya July 3rd, 2014 at 14:05
“”We’ve always tithed. That’s something that we always have been taught…”
Of course that’s what he’s been taught. The Catholic church teaches that eternal damnation awaits those who don’t pony up, and Green is just the kind of sucker who’ll buy the sort of bullsh*t the richest tax exempt corporation in the world is selling.
William July 3rd, 2014 at 14:40
Now I’m sure that Mr. Green gives the money from his own pocket and keeps no record of it, NOR does he take any tax breaks from it, as the Bible tells him to.
Mathew 6.4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
fantagor July 3rd, 2014 at 16:03
Don’t conflate the owner’s tithing with what was suggested, that the corporation tithe from its income. If a corp. has a religion, it too should bear the burden of expressing those beliefs in ways besides denying healthcare products to women. Either accept all or none of those religious conventions. You don’t get to pick and choose.
William July 3rd, 2014 at 13:09
One of the most profound things I have read lately. from https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mrs-Betty-Bowers-Americas-Best-Christian/312383761871?fref=photo
“If they were made to tithe 10% of their incomes to the religion they claim to follow, corporations would quickly petition the Court to reverse its ruling that they are people”.
R.J. Carter July 3rd, 2014 at 13:18
— quoted to CBN in 2011, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/finance/2010/november/the-secret-to-david-greens-successful-hobby/
William July 3rd, 2014 at 13:29
So this Green fellow (whoever that is), speaks for corporate America?
R.J. Carter July 3rd, 2014 at 15:24
No, just for the Hobby Lobby company he owns.
Bunya July 3rd, 2014 at 14:05
“”We’ve always tithed. That’s something that we always have been taught…”
Of course that’s what he’s been taught. The Catholic church teaches that eternal damnation awaits those who don’t pony up, and Green is just the kind of sucker who’ll buy the sort of bullsh*t the richest tax exempt corporation in the world is selling.
William July 3rd, 2014 at 14:40
Now I’m sure that Mr. Green gives the money from his own pocket and keeps no record of it, NOR does he take any tax breaks from it, as the Bible tells him to.
Mathew 6.4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
fantagor July 3rd, 2014 at 16:03
Don’t conflate the owner’s tithing with what was suggested, that the corporation tithe from its income. If a corp. has a religion, it too should bear the burden of expressing those beliefs in ways besides denying healthcare products to women. Either accept all or none of those religious conventions. You don’t get to pick and choose.
Pilotshark July 3rd, 2014 at 14:20
Happy Birthday America!
yes its good to go into this great holiday with knowledge that the Union is on it way to recovery (all be it slowly).
i am waiting in anticipation of what we shall hear and see printed from the RWNJ`s.
Pilotshark July 3rd, 2014 at 14:20
Happy Birthday America!
yes its good to go into this great holiday with knowledge that the Union is on it way to recovery (all be it slowly).
i am waiting in anticipation of what we shall hear and see printed from the RWNJ`s.
tiredoftea July 3rd, 2014 at 15:07
I’m not sure that presiding during a very slow recovery wins this President any awards for bravery in the face of economic disaster. He simply was less in the way than the Republicans. Meanwhile, highly profitable U.S. corporations are hiring employees in record setting numbers, outside of the U.S., pay damn few U.S. taxes and park their excessive profits offshore until they can spend enough lobbying money to bring it back with as little income tax as possible, if not tax free.
Oh, yeah, corporate CEO’s now make approx. 411x their lowest paid employee and the banks and financial institutions who caused the collapse are still operating with impunity and are all having record years for profits.
Other than that, Obama’s been great for the American worker.
tiredoftea July 3rd, 2014 at 15:07
I’m not sure that presiding during a very slow recovery wins this President any awards for bravery in the face of economic disaster. He simply was less in the way than the Republicans. Meanwhile, highly profitable U.S. corporations are hiring employees in record setting numbers, outside of the U.S., pay damn few U.S. taxes and park their excessive profits offshore until they can spend enough lobbying money to bring it back with as little income tax as possible, if not tax free.
Oh, yeah, corporate CEO’s now make approx. 411x their lowest paid employee and the banks and financial institutions who caused the collapse are still operating with impunity and are all having record years for profits.
Other than that, Obama’s been great for the American worker.
SteveD July 3rd, 2014 at 23:49
1) Lost output from current under-employment is always in danger of being greater than the sum of all prior output (simply because humanity is still growing to record capabilities.)
2) Our standards of living could be many multiples of current standards, if not for unemployment induced by misbalancing the ratio of net fiat_taxes to net_fiat_spending.
3) Our exponentially expanding options worth exploring ALWAYS exceed the number of people available to do available work.
(Federal) taxation creates unemployment (people seeking paid work), by design, as a simple point of logic.
So what sense does it make for a government to create more unemployed than it wants to hire to provision itself, and then let all those people remain unemployed?
Seems they would either hire the rest of the unemployed their tax created, or lower the tax.
SteveD July 3rd, 2014 at 23:49
1) Lost output from current under-employment is always in danger of being greater than the sum of all prior output (simply because humanity is still growing to record capabilities.)
2) Our standards of living could be many multiples of current standards, if not for unemployment induced by misbalancing the ratio of net fiat_taxes to net_fiat_spending.
3) Our exponentially expanding options worth exploring ALWAYS exceed the number of people available to do available work.
(Federal) taxation creates unemployment (people seeking paid work), by design, as a simple point of logic.
So what sense does it make for a government to create more unemployed than it wants to hire to provision itself, and then let all those people remain unemployed?
Seems they would either hire the rest of the unemployed their tax created, or lower the tax.
SteveD July 3rd, 2014 at 23:56
The independent variables to manage are national capabilities, national output, national policy, and of course inflation/deflation …. but the currency supply itself is a purely nominal, DEPENDENT variable. Not so different from the # of numerals utilized by math students as they practice and apply their profession.
Fiat currency supply follows Public Initiative. There’s no point in “balancing” public fiat, unless you want to freeze both US population and national capabilities. Good luck trying to apply that tourniquet to our own necks. We always pass out before managing to completely strangle our growing nation.
As economist Paul Meli recently noted, our entire stock of $US was on the order of $1Trillion at the close of WWII. Today, the stock of distributed $US is on the order of $60Trillion. Paul asks whom we supposedly “borrowed” that subsequent $59Trillion dollars from, when the US Treasury is the monopoly supplier.-Mike Norman Economics
Translation: “Only 2 Presidents in last 50 years to REDUCE PRIVATE FINANCIAL SAVINGS”
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1152979!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/large-obama-clinton-1.jpg
SteveD July 3rd, 2014 at 23:56
The independent variables to manage are national capabilities, national output, national policy, and of course inflation/deflation …. but the currency supply itself is a purely nominal, DEPENDENT variable. Not so different from the # of numerals utilized by math students as they practice and apply their profession.
Fiat currency supply follows Public Initiative. There’s no point in “balancing” public fiat, unless you want to freeze both US population and national capabilities. Good luck trying to apply that tourniquet to our own necks. We always pass out before managing to completely strangle our growing nation.
As economist Paul Meli recently noted, our entire stock of $US was on the order of $1Trillion at the close of WWII. Today, the stock of distributed $US is on the order of $60Trillion. Paul asks whom we supposedly “borrowed” that subsequent $59Trillion dollars from, when the US Treasury is the monopoly supplier.-Mike Norman Economics
Translation: “Only 2 Presidents in last 50 years to REDUCE PRIVATE FINANCIAL SAVINGS”
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1152979!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/large-obama-clinton-1.jpg