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Creating Jobs

Policy #3 from Bernie's Plan:

3. Creating Jobs   We need to develop new economic models to increase job creation and productivity. Instead of giving huge tax breaks to corporations which ship our jobs to China and other low-wage countries, we need to provide assistance to workers who want to purchase their own businesses by establishing worker-owned cooperatives. Study after study shows that when workers have an ownership stake in the businesses they work for, productivity goes up, absenteeism goes down and employees are much more satisfied with their jobs.    


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Fact Check: Tax Breaks for Shipping Jobs Overseas

ECONOMY - Outsourcing and Privatization are Killing America (there is a middle point between All Government & All Private that has to be maintained that I discussed here)

EXCLUSIVE: Romney Invested Millions in Chinese Firm That Profited on US Outsourcing - The GOP candidate decries China poaching US jobs. But at Bain he held a large stake in a Chinese company that did just that.

David Perdue Says He's 'Proud' Of His Background Outsourcing Jobs



There is an idea out there that government can't create jobs (which was started for political reasons by Mitt Romney & the GOP).
 
Many people still believe Government can't create jobs. I would like to point to the Post Office, CIA, FBI, Cops, Firemen, garbage truck operators, etc etc. More than just creating jobs in the services it provides, the Government is supposed to  organize & pool together resources to provide an infrastructure in which business can thrive as well. So creating jobs is normal policy making in a sane world.

The following highlights the fact that the Government DOES help to create jobs as well as hiring people to do tasks for "we the people".

Mitt Romney says entrepreneurs need government to start their businesses 
Jed Lewison flagged  this clip from a Romney event in Ohio yesterday, where the Republican candidate continued to take Obama's words out of context, but proceeded to share an interesting perspective. For those who can't watch clips online, Romney said:

"There are a lot of people in government who help us and allow us to have an economy that works and allow entrepreneurs and business leaders of various kinds to start businesses and create jobs. We all recognize that. That's an important thing.... I know that you recognize that a lot of people help you in a business. Perhaps the banks, the investors. There's no question your mom and dad. Your school teachers. The people that provide roads, the fire, and the police. A lot of people help."

Romney went so far as to say yesterday Americans "couldn't have " businesses were it not for public institutions.

What's the difference between this sentiment and the Obama quote that's proof he's a radical, Kenyan, communistic Martian? That's the point: there is no difference. After Romney condemned the president's point, he proceeded to endorse it.


Related Article: Republicans to declare ‘We Built This!’ in stadium built with government funds

The Daily Show;

John Oliver utilizes the Republican National Convention theme of "We Can Change It" to change facts, reality and the meaning of words in order to make a much larger point... 

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Democalypse 2012 - Do We Look Stupid? Don't Answer That Edition
In the middle of a rather banal populist run, President Obama invents an original kind of gaffe when he tells the truth on purpose. 

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Democalypse 2012 - Do We Look Stupid? Don't Answer That Edition - Grammatical Gaffes - Mitt Romney's attack on Barack Obama's slight grammatical misstep regarding small business is what people do in an argument when they're completely f**ked. (6:19):

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