President Barack Obama was extremely critical of the “signing statement” policies used by his predecessor, President George W. Bush. How ironic then, that President Obama is using a great number of Executive Orders and Executive Memo’s to guide the policies of his administration.
Today, with his dues due to organized labor, President Obama has tapped Vice-President Joe Biden to head up a “Middle Class Task Force” to assure the recovery and growth of the Middle Class of America. As a part of this effort, he issued several orders that require management to make sure that their employees are informed about their rights under the National Labor Relations Board where collective bargaining is concerned, and to highlight union relations in conjunction with federal contracts.
The website for this task force is www.astrongmiddleclass.org . It is to invite input from the middle class. However, I strongly urge the Vice President, to make sure that as a part of the task force, they include members of the middle class: the small business owner impacted by FEMLA, minimum wage, health benefits and a choking tax burden; the families who no longer trust the education system of our country to provide a fair education to their children instead of an indoctrination of liberal socialistic views; the teacher who is instructed to teach only one viewpoint of a subject despite the fact that it is erroneous or one-sided. A task force of a Washington think-tankers will provide no positive changes, simply more burdens on the middle class.
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January 30, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Donna Oliveri
Dear Sir
This is my story, year 1990 I was work in Internal revenue Service for 15 years . I was in New york moved to Florida year 2005. I had part time job years 2008. They let me go. I can’t get SSI. I am handicap. I have some unployment. Reason why I move because my brother has little girl to watch.
I have only 950.00 in my saving. I am cut down on my bill. I have no job . Somebody got doing something about!!!!!!!!!!!! I do go on all website job and put in applicant. I am 45 year old. I like computer, bowling. I did took medical coding certificate. Don’t forgot us in Florida, handicap!!!!
I was as file clerk,tax clerk, office work.
Please help us!!!!!!!
January 30, 2009 at 1:31 pm
mrje
I just heard Charlie Gibson contrast two headlines, that are in no doubt, to further hatred toward big business.
First, he made the statement that consumer spending fell 3.5%, worst in almost 3 decades (it was estimated to fall 5.4% – see the Glick Report)
Then, he reported that EXXONMobile had better than expected earnings… actually great earnings.
If you can appreciate Ben Stein, I hope you will enjoy this article that explains WHERE these profits go from the “big bad oil company”. Here’s an excerpt:
“”Exxon Mobil, in fact, is owned mostly by ordinary Americans. Mutual funds, index funds and pension funds (including union pension funds) own about 52 percent of Exxon Mobil’s shares. Individual shareholders, about two million or so, own almost all the rest. The pooh-bahs who run Exxon own less than 1 percent of the company.”"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/business/02every.html?_r=1&em&ex=1204693200&en=e669aa2b828d4e7a&ei=5087%20
January 31, 2009 at 3:51 am
GOPster
Hmmm. Shouldn’t someone who’s actually middle class be involved with this? Someone like, oh I don’t know, Joe Wurzelbacher for instance?
January 31, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Interested Bystander
mrje,
I agree.
Did I hear the President correctly that he thought that this was the time for businesses NOT to make a profit? What a dolt!
My other question would be, What does Biden know about the middle class? He’s been in Washington for more than 30 years now.
I am publicly inviting the Vice President to come stay with us for one week (we have a spare bedroom) and see what it is really like out here in the “real world”. Why would the President appoint Biden to head this “team”? In my opinion, it would make more sense to appoint actual middle class citizens to this “Task Force”? I’m available.
I seriously doubt he will take me up on my offer, but I also seriously doubt he really cares about the middle class.
January 31, 2009 at 7:50 pm
JAMES
The President, along with the PM of Australia, equate company profitsv with the greed that has occurred on Wall Street.
First, if a company does not make a profit, they do not have funds for expansion, for innovation, for growth. As far as the “greed” that has led to our financial debacle, we can blame the CEO’s etc, but the stockholders are just as much to blame. Why? Becuase they did not revolt on the big compensation packages and the golden parachutes. They were acceptable so long as the stock values were going up and dividends were flowing. Now that the stocks are plummetting and the company’s are actually recognizing losses, the CEO’s are the evil monsters. Yes, many of them are. But there are just as many who deserve what they make. Check out the Aflac story on tgheir CEO’s compensaton, and how he is held accountable to the Board and the stockholders.
January 31, 2009 at 1:30 pm
mrje
IB
What a generous offer!
… make sure you tell him that in the middle class, we have to flush the toilets ourselves. LOL