Obama to Obama Jobs Council: I Disagree

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Conservative Byte

President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness released its third report January 17 entitled “Road Map to Renewal,” a worthy description of serious issues affecting the American economy coupled with set of proposals that, with few exceptions, can best be described as pretty thin gruel.

The council—chaired by Jeffrey R. Immelt, the chairman and CEO of GE—was obviously constrained in many cases by political considerations imposed on it either by the Obama Administration or by itself as it recognized the political season.

However, this report will likely be best known for the quickness with which its own sponsor, President Obama, loudly “dissed” it, in the urban vernacular.

At least with Obama’s 2010 Simpson–Bowles deficit commission, the President waited a couple of months before embarrassingly ignoring the commission’s recommendations in toto. In the case of the Jobs Council report, the President set a new land speed record of about 24 hours before explicitly repudiating one of the council’s key recommendations.

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  • http://adrianvance.blogspot.com Adrian Vance

    If anybody produces anything that Saul Alinsky did not cover in “Rule For Radicals” Mr. Obama will not be able to understand it. That thin, little, insane book took him four years to read and he thinks he understands it so here we are with a drooling idiot in the White House.

    The Two Minute Conservative at http://adrianvance.blogspot.com for political analysis, science and humor. Daily on Kindle.

    • just sayin

      spammer

  • Remington 870

    Is Obama America’s President or a member of Al Queda…with the mission to destroy America from within? The veto of XL Pipeline is further evidence this whatever President does not care about Jobs, energy independence, and Jobs. Ohhhh….the Lame Brain Urine Stream Media (LBUSM) would have us believe Obama is the JOBs president. Who believes the LBUSM anymore, afterall they are in Obama’s back pocket?

    • just sayin

      Obama does this appointment for show. He does not want results. It’s the photo-op and the quickie statement, not the end result that is important. He, again has wasted more time and money on wasted committees. It’s all for show so he can point to that fact that he did something.

      • Seabee combat vet

        Now if he would just S.T.F.U. and put his hands in his own pockets and not in those of us Americans, he will really have done something!!

      • Bob

        I agree….

        Gingrich is the man for the presidency. The lamestream media is trashing Newt for “historical” baggage. All politicians have baggage if we dig deep enough, but the lamestream/left socialists won’t expose democrats, they love the big zero/Obama. Newt has made his mark with his “Contract with America,” a contract he fulfilled that no other politician can match. He is a true conservative, and gaining in the polls. He also now has the support of the Palin family and Rick Perry and now Chuck Norris. Newts daughters also wrote to ABC about the Brian Ross interview with their mother and said it was a mean and nasty move right before a primary, which he won anyway. We need this man to bring back our country into prosperity. However, I will vote for anyone who runs against the Obama regime.

        • Tom Farrow

          Have to agree Bob……the current occupant of the WH is a F…ing idiot and all total disgrace to ALL Americans!!!!!

  • CHABON

    Even Larry Sinclair said Hussein Obama was not the smartest man he knew, and old Larry
    knew many men….

    • T-Texas

      To turn this homo sickles affair from an allegation to proof positive put old Larry on the stand and under oath.Give him a lie detector test to be reasonably sure he is telling the truth.

  • No fool

    Everything he does is strictly personal with no regard to the citizens (unless they are giving him donations).

  • http://conservativebyte.com Freedom_Road

    Just wait Ocommie will give his review from a tax payer paid vacation location costing us yet millions again while we try to figure out how we are going be able to pay our heating bills to get us through the winter!!! The communist must go, and I am really starting to think even though I do not like much of what Newt has done or stands for that his ability in debates is the strongest chance we will have to fight all of the illegal voting schemes that will begin to arise at election time. I would strongly suggest that if you live in an area where intimidation has or is likely to take place that it is worth your time to volunteer to be at the voting place during this election time. WE WILL NOT ALLOW CRIME INC. AND THE BLACK PANTHERS TO INTIMIDATE THE FREE VOTING PROCESS… JUST TRY US THIS TIME AROUND!

    • T-Texas

      I am glad the nearest thing we have to a black panther is in Houston and probably will not send anyone to the sticks for intimidation of anyone.Kindly hope he does(hehe)

    • Tom F.

      I’ll be ready with my brass knuckles for any f**king black panther who tries to intimidate me at any polling place.

  • Randy131

    This would be considered hillarious if the ramifications weren’t so sad. The Organizer-in-Chief appointed a group of the top experts in the USA on creating jobs, to advise him how to succeeed in what he has failed at for 3 years, and after they came together and discussed, and then chose the best ideas as to how to create jobs and improve the economy and advised the Organizer-in-Chief what steps to take to achieve his goals, Obama indirectly tells them they don’t know what they’re talking about. Obama did the same with the group of top experts in the USA he appointed to come up with ideas to solve the deficit problems, which he also ignored when they made their recommendations, and look at the record setting deficits Obama has since created every year he’s been President. What’s really amazing about these situations is that Obama thinks he’s better than anyone at everything, even though he has completely failed at everything and succeeded at nothing, but getting himself elected through promised rhetoric that he turns into lies. Funny situation as to how Obama refuses to accept the advise of his own experts, sad situation he keeps the country and it’s people in by failing at incredibly important things that he refuses to take advise that he asks for.

  • EWH

    OBUMMER IS RAISING MILLIONS FOR REELECTION. WOULDN’T IT BE WONDERFUL IF WOULD APPLY SOME OF THAT MONEY TO THE DEBT, MOST OF WHICH HE HAS CAUSED?

  • R.Cook

    I understand that someone published a book containing 200 blank pages. The book is said to contain everything Obummer knows about economics.

    A perfect example of his ignorance is his comment about profits in an interview with George Stephanoupolos.
    “You don’t have some inherent right just to– you know, get a certain amount of profit.”

    In truth, the profit a business makes is determined by the customer. The customer will pay what he believes a fair price for the value he receives. This is called free trade driven by the law of supply and demand, voluntary human interaction and the successful implementation of market forces.

    Profits are also the factor that drive innovation and promote a successful adherence to the EROEI (Energy Returned over Energy Invested) equation. If a company can decrease its energy use (costs) by innovation while retaining quality, it becomes more profitable. Other companies in completion with the innovator will then also have to adopt the same or similar energy saving practices to remain competitive. In the long term this releases energy to other parts of the economy, benefiting all of society. The practice of punishing this profit motive with higher taxes or subsidies to less productive competitors discourages innovation and promotes activities that do not pass the EROEI equation. Socialism has always made this mistake. They target specific businesses, sectors of the population or industries for special consideration while ignoring the far reaching “unintended consequences” their actions have on the rest of society.

    Those 200 blank pages truly tell the story.

  • tweety

    This is getting to be a regular routine. Problem is identified. President appoints a commission or panel. Panel gives recommendations. President fails to listen to panelists and recommendations. Identical thing happened last year with his own budget commission, and more recently with the Keystone Pipeline study. I guess he figures he solved the problem by appointing the panel. What a jerk.

  • whatsmyname

    Obama is slick, he appoints [his] committes, czars, if anything goes wrong , he can put the blame somewhere, while he is thinking, laughing at us americans, because we have to pay for his wrongdoings. Obama contracted /Mexico on Beef, I couldnt believe it until I went to the store, sure enough, from Mexico. OJ made in Argentina/Costa Rica/and US. Garlic from China.
    China is drilling in Fla, we the people are turned down with the Keystone Pipeline. Saudi Arabias pipeline will be done in June. Iran has camps in Venezuela, Iran goes to Cuba. I do not believe we have any problem with Iran, except for Obama. Lets pay attention to who is traveling from the WH next, where are they going ? Why? Why has the american people cut down on having but 2 children now? Could it be because we are feeding everyone else? Obama says we need people to travel to this country and spend theyre money here. They are here already, tell me Obama, what are these people purchasing? Why is it the people who travel here to our country, dont seem to have any problem with security? I dont understand you Obama , nor do I have to, go home Obama, go back to your country.

  • SUSANM

    ROAD MAP TO RENEWAL= ROAD MAP TO HELL.

  • Marine Mom

    obozo doesn’t know diddly about a job. he has never had one. And for this imposter to stand before us and tell us what we can or cannot do, is insulting at the least, and treason at the most. he is a fraud and a liar. I keep saying: how can anyone except a welfare whore, or a brainwashed college student even vote for this idiot. I hope he has misjudged our intelligence and thinks he is still “teaching” some idiots that want to change the world( for the worst cause they haven’t a clue) and hopefully he will see the writing on the wall come Nov. he has never had a job, period, unless you count this mess he has made of my country. God help us. Semper Fi

  • http://pjtv.com skip gainer

    You all can vote for American jobs killer Barack Hussein Obama. Anyone who votes for obarry boy is not a patriot but a trader to freedom!

  • mike

    OBAMA / IMMELT ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF CREATING JOBS FOR THEIR COMMUNIST BROTHERYN !

  • Pegi

    Obama doesnt need all these czars, commissions and councils. He hardly ever listens to their advice and follows his own agenda. What a total waste of time and salaries.

  • http://JohnGalt.Princeton@gmail.com John Galt

    Didn’t Jeffrey R. Immelt, the chairman and CEO of GE, just relocate thousands of jobs from the United States to Red China?