
Obama Announces Jobs Proposals
December 8th, 2009 admin
President Obama announced some jobs proposals this morning. We’ll start by just summarizing what they are, from a release received via email. Today, the President laid out some of the broad steps that he believes should be at the heart of our efforts to help put Americans back to work and get businesses hiring again. This announcement is part of the President’s ongoing effort to take every responsible step to accelerate the pace of job growth. The President views every bill through the prism of job growth and will continue to explore …
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Some good, some not so much.
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