Rep. Jesse Jackson Calls on Government to Hire All Unemployed Americans for $40,000 Each

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Rep. Jesse Jackson Calls on Government to Hire All Unemployed Americans for $40,000 Each

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has offered his own $804 billion jobs plan that calls on the federal government to hire the nation’s 15 million unemployed Americans for jobs paying roughly $40,000 each, and bail out all the states and cities facing budget crises.

, the Illinois Democrat applauded President Obama for directing his staff to greenlight job-creating initiatives without congressional approval after his $447 billion jobs bill was defeated in the Senate this week.

“Now we’re making some progress,” Jackson said, comparing the legislative gridlock in Congress to the states that seceded from the union during the Civil War.

"We've seen Congress is in rebellion," he said, "determined to wreck or ruin at all costs."

Jackson said the government’s direct hiring of the nation’s 15 million unemployed Americans would cost $600 billion.

“It could be a five-year program,” he said. “For another $104 billion, we bail out all of the states. For another $100 billion, we bail out all of the cities.”

“We put people to work cleaning up communities. We put people to work through a civilian conservation corps, through a Works Progress Administration because the hour demands it,” he said.

“And as more people work, they pay taxes, they pay taxes into the 4th quarter, they buy wares, they buy homes, they meet their obligations and our economy begins to work its way out of this protracted recession,” he continued. “That’s the only way out of this crisis. And I hope the president begins to continue to exercise extraordinary constitutional means based on the history of Congresses that have been in rebellion in the past.”

But not everyone is convinced that Jackson's plan would work. Even a fellow Democrat has criticized it.

“In Rep. Jackson’s entire congressional career, he has never introduced a single jobs bill,” Debbie Halvorson, who is challenging Jackson in the Democratic primary, said in a written statement. “Now, he’s calling on the president to suspend the Constitution? As a representative of the people, you don’t give up when you hit a roadblock and throw the Constitution out the window – you keep working to get something done."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/14/rep-jesse-jackson-calls-on-government-to-hire-all-unemployed-americans-for/print#ixzz1aoMrGMcL

Edited October 15, 2011 by Lord Infamous

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Owned! Socialists confirm Glenn’s craaaaazy ‘conspiracy theory’

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Owned! Socialists confirm Glenn's craaaaazy 'conspiracy theory'

God must speak to him.

But tell me where "extreme Islam" and "the hardcore left" are working together to fight against Israel - a common enemy. And capitalism - a common enemy.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

God must speak to him.

But tell me where "extreme Islam" and "the hardcore left" are working together to fight against Israel - a common enemy. And capitalism - a common enemy.

New Muslim Brotherhood?

And, there seems to be a bit of anti-semitism with OWS

Edited October 15, 2011 by Crusty Old Perv

[MyLittlePony 340]

Jesse Jackson rocks vote him for president.

[Danno 1,228]

Jesse Jackson rocks vote him for president.

President of what?

Some California chapter of ACORN?

[Danno 1,228]

God must speak to him.

But tell me where "extreme Islam" and "the hardcore left" are working together to fight against Israel - a common enemy. And capitalism - a common enemy.

It is hard to believe how dead-nuts on Beck has been about so many things.

On the one hand he is cartoon of himself but on the other, Most of his predictions are right on.

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Owned! Socialists confirm Glenn's craaaaazy 'conspiracy theory'

Told y'all but very few listen.

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Jesse Jackson Jr. = Loony, proverty hustling, race pimp.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Worked in the Soviet Union, they had -0- unemployment.

Jesse Jackson rocks vote him for president.

He considered it in 1980 remember?

I had a "Run Jesse Run" bumper sticker on my truck! The FRONT bumper.

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Told y'all but very few listen.

Let me get this right.

You told us all that Glenn Beck would make a not very startling prediction that the Arab Spring might be plagued with extremist elements and turn out to be something less than a paragon of democracy and liberalism.

And, that Glenn Beck's own website would then triumphantly agree with his own "prediction".

And, you told us these shockingly revealing things.

:rofl: :rofl:

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Let me get this right.

You told us all that Glenn Beck would make a not very startling prediction that the Arab Spring might be plagued with extremist elements and turn out to be something less than a paragon of democracy and liberalism.

And, that Glenn Beck's own website would then triumphantly agree with his own "prediction".

And, you told us these shockingly revealing things.

:rofl: :rofl:

I don;t even listen to Beck and I predicted that about Arab Spring. The shame is they named it after "Prague Spring" which was actually a worthwhile endeavor and not just a blatant manipulation of oppressed people by extremists.