140 BILLION dollars over 2 years could be used to employ 2 MILLION Americans for 2 years at 35k/yr.

[ddeclue]

2 x 35,000 =70,000 x 2,000,000=140,000,000,000.00

or hey we could give a few billionaires a tax cut which won't be spent to hire anyone.

:eyes:

[Hawkowl]

1. Socialism!!!

It's far better that people starve, beg, and steal so the millionaires can continue not supporting the troops!

[TroubleMan]

2. Not only that - the tax cuts for the rich mostly go directly overseas.

Why are we giving the money to foreign investment, when we can spend it domestically? Don't forget to drive that point home.

[Lasher]

11. Good point, the tax cuts really are creating jobs.

In China and India, promoting offshoring of US jobs.

[ddeclue]

3. and this is just the direct employment..doesn't count the indirect employment

created by increased demand created by these 2 million jobs.

[pnwmom]

4. Not to rain on your parade, but does that include health benefits?

:shrug:

[ddeclue]

5. how many jobs have health benefits these days?

a job with no benefits is better than no job and no benefits.

[pnwmom]

8. Without doing the math, I figured the $35K was too good to be true.

Too bad.

[ddeclue]

9. The math works out just fine. 2M x 35k x 2 years = 140 Billion.

[pnwmom]

14. I meant WITH the health benefits -- which would add at least 50%, right? n/t

[Selatius]

7. They can wait another two years when the health care law kicks in.

That's an issue we're not revisiting for a while.

[kentuck]

6. That's the "Real Deal"...

The Repubs should be given 13 months to find jobs for these 2 million folks on unemployment or we should look for another solution. A radical solution. We should spend the taxbreaks for the wealthy on creating jobs for those that are living in their cars and trying to feed their children. That is what we should be negotiating. Unemployment checks vs government-created jobs?

[LooseWilly]

10. But with this deal we get to spend the $140 B on the rich AND pay for unemployment insurance...

(I can't help but ask myself though, how much of the money of those unemployed will ALSO wind up in the hands of the rich holding onto their tax breaks?...)

[dave29]

12. are you taking into account the cost of employment? n/t

[Reacher]

13. Doing what?

Did you factor in the cost of doing whatever it is that these 2 million people will be working at or should we just all bring our own shovels?

[Imagevision]

15. It kinda figures, Obama smilingly helped Wall St. who are the 2% getting helped again...

[ProSense]

16. That's not how it works. n/t