Obama’s budget proposes $100-billion jobs plan, higher taxes on wealthy
7 million jobs lost in 2 years. The creation of jobs has got to be the number one issue this year. I don’t much care how the jobs package is paid for as long as it happens.
Reporting from Washington – President Obama on Monday sent Congress a $3.8-trillion federal budget that includes a $100-billion jobs package, more education spending, higher taxes on families earning more than $250,000 a year and a focus on controlling the deficit.
The spending blueprint for fiscal 2011, which starts Oct. 1, is 3% more than the government is spending this year, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget.
“It’s a budget that reflects the serious challenges facing the country,” Obama said Monday morning at the White House. “We’re at war. Our economy has lost 7 million jobs over the last two years. And our government is deeply in debt after what can only be described as a decade of profligacy.”
The budget now goes to Congress, where it can expect a cool reception from Republicans who oppose tax and fee increases and who will seek more cuts in some areas to bring down the deficit.
February 1st, 2010 at 6:29 pm
For the first time since I’ve had any computer and needed help with any of its issues from HP the help line connected me to some one right here in the United States. I hope HP starts onshoring back to us the jobs they offshored to India.
February 1st, 2010 at 6:50 pm
HAHA SKYA! Whenever that happens, I”m like “BOB, is that you Bob, your name is really BOB?” Gets a big laugh
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:08 am
One of my main clients have been using India for scheduling and Title searches for several years. The english has gotten worse with time and now competitiors are getting offers to sell them the data base of this company. Lately, scheduling has had hispanic accents.
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:48 am
My sisnlaw just spent the whole of autumn in Manila, training people there to do the jobs here of the folks who have been laid off at her company over the last year. Tough decision for her, but she would lose her job if she didn’t go and will likely lose her job in the months to come, depending on how well she taught them.
FYI,,, its a health insurance co.