Obama on Jobs Numbers: 'Better Than Expected,, he will not rest until businesses are hiring again Options

[Gertie Keddle]

Obama on Jobs Numbers: 'Better Than Expected,' But 'More Than We Should Tolerate'

March 05, 2010 12:47 PM
ABC Political Punch
Excerpt:

Standing in a small business seeing positive job growth, President Obama said today’s jobs numbers are “better than expected” yet still “more than we should tolerate.”

“We learned that in February our economy lost an additional 36,000 jobs,” Obama said at the OPOWER energy efficiency company Arlington, Virginia, “this is actually better than expected, considering the severe storms all along the East Coast are estimated to have had a depressing effect on the numbers. And it shows that the measures that we’re taking to turn our economy around are having some impact. But even though it's better than expected, it's more than we should tolerate.”

The jobless rate in America held at 9.7 percent in February and employment declined less than forecast. Payrolls dropped 36,000 last month after a 26,000 decrease in January, according to the Labor Department. The February number is significantly better than the 68,000 jobs losses economists were expecting. Though more people entered the workforce, the unemployment rate was unexpectedly unchanged. the Labor Department says.

The president again promised that he will not rest until businesses are hiring again, and the economy is working for the Middle Class again.

The president said his immediate priority is providing relief to people who are out of work and to help spur private sector job creation. He praised Congress for passing the unemployment insurance extension after, what he described as, a “political logjam.”

“Earlier this week, after breaking through a political logjam that some of you probably saw if you were watching TV, Congress passed and I signed into law a bill that extends unemployment insurance to help people who've been laid off get through these hard times. It also extended COBRA so that folks who've lost their jobs don't lose their health insurance, and it extended financing for small businesses, and makes it possible for 2,000 furloughed transportation workers to go back to work.”

The president said that this is only a temporary step – and called on Congress to extend the relief through the end of the year, as well as longer term measures to help create jobs.

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Earlier this week, after breaking through a political logjam that some of you probably saw ... called on Congress to extend the relief through the end of the year ...

ahem. Just three weeks ago, it was this:

“Now, Congress will have to pay for what it spends, just like everybody else,” Obama said in his radio and Internet address released Saturday morning. “After a decade of profligacy, the American people are tired of politicians who talk the talk but don’t walk the walk when it comes to fiscal responsibility. It’s easy to get up in front of the cameras and rant against exploding deficits. What’s hard is actually getting deficits under control. But that’s what we must do.”

The president again promised that he will not rest until businesses are hiring again, and the economy is working for the Middle Class again.

Then he either needs to stock up on Red Bull, or stop holding healthcare and cap and trade and other tax increases over the necks of small businesses like the Sword of Damocles.

[Texas Mongoose]

In a related incident, Obama was heard saying "I don't get the big deal about unemployment, all of my friends are working. Mostly at the White House."

[gravelrash]

Obama on Jobs Numbers: 'Better Than Expected,' But 'More Than We Should Tolerate'

Didn't even read the article.

What a flipping a-clown. The 'more than we should tolerate' line is a setup for another porkubus.

[Boadicea]

tell the 2500 people who showed up for 500 applications today in this area that jobs are better. People camped out all night to just get an application. the President just does not get it...

[laziter]

I wonder if his story would be the same if he were Senator Obammassiah and his party wasn't in power.