Tier V And Unemployment: Union Leader Says Obama Message Confusing
By Julie Smith on September 3, 2010, 7:48 pmOn Thursday, AFL-CIO federation leader Richard Trumka criticized Obama’s lack of communication regarding unemployment. Trumka has remained a critic of the Obama administration’s action of staying relatively quiet on their plans and methods for reducing unemployment.
Job Crisis More Important
Trumka and others’ criticisms have been magnified by reports from economists that show the unemployment rates in America rising over ten percent. Analysts and economists have a generally negative outlook in regards to the economy for the closing of 2010. The housing market shows no signs of improvement, and the emergency passing of the Tier V extension of unemployment benefits shows that, “Something is hugely wrong,” says Mark Buschner of Rasmussen Statistics.
The AFL-CIO is more concerned with reducing the deficit as opposed to pulling the economy “out of the water”, says Trumka, “…we don’t have a short-term deficit. We have a long-term deficit..[and] we have a short-term jobs crisis,” Trumka says that if Obama would have come clean earlier about the deficit being a major issue, then he wouldn’t be so agitated regarding Obama’s policies.
Favoring The Corporation Over Working People
Tell-tale signs of job market crisis are reflect in the Obama administration’s passing of the Tier V segment, along with panic associated with their sudden decision to adapt a conservative economic strategy. The Social Democrats and far-left commentators in the blogosphere has expressed regret that the White House is considering tax breaks for corporations as a proposed solution for America’s economic problems. Blogger and show host Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks stated that, “Obama is looking out for the corporations, not the working class.”
Trumka was very fervent about noting that most Americans, “…didn’t even know they got a tax cut,” he said, “It’s this lack of communication that is killing [Obama's] administrative credibility. It isn’t that he doesn’t have the capability, but he isn’t doing much about it.” He continues “We’ve gone from a warmongering and careless administration to one that is far too careful and far too passive,” said Uygur, “I’m not sure which is worse.”
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END NAFTA AND FREE TRADE AND PUT AMERICANS BACK TO WORK. FUCK THE REST OF THE WORLD. AMERICA FIRST
Who will insure that the companies that gets the tax break will not subliminally discriminate in their hiring practice for folks who are over fifty. We need a tier V now. Obama needs a special task force to ensure no discrimination based upon age.