Obama equals shovel ready jobs with Bigfoot

In a recent interview, Obama said that there are no such things as “shovel ready” work. One of the constant criticisms of his administration thus far is the lack of job development. As a candidate, Obama did promise that job creation was one of his top priorities. However, he hasn’t had a huge impact on joblessness so far. Unemployment has fallen only 1 percent since he took office. Experts on both sides of the aisle have also pointed to health care reform and financial reform that don’t go far enough or go too far in addition to a lack of job development.

No shovel ready existence

The first term of presidency is almost half up for Obama. He developed this huge stimulus programs. Every person was led to believe jobs would be created with this. Now the opinion of a stimulus program is the exact same for every person. The program is considered wasteful and ineffective to most. Obama had been interviewed most recently. The NY Times got to do this interview. The president addressed the lack of job creation among other issues. He said that it became clear to him once he got to Washington that there were no such thing as shovel ready projects in the public works sector to get people working. During the Good Depression, people stayed employed because Franklin Delano Roosevelt authorized public work projects.

Obama looks to long-run

The plan Obama has is to do long term good. He doesn’t want things to just be better for now. He agrees with David Axelrod who claims the short term is what the popular opinion tends to want. The appearance of a lack of success gets him portrayed as a villain, due to not a soul being able to focus on benefits that might come from his policies in years to come. Obama says in the meeting with Peter Baker that in a democracy like the United States, things always take longer than envisioned, however patience is never regarded as a virtue. It appears like it might be true with the Obama “shovel ready” remark that had been made.

Then we can wither Washington

In the classic film “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” an idealistic man becomes a Congressman, then he is broken by the cynical Washington machine. Seems like like Barack Obama can relate. The circumstances seem the very same for him. There are so many high-level staff leaving right now. This involves Rahm Emanuel and makes it look like Obama needs some help.

Details from

New York Times

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