President Obama ended his three day tour of the Midwest at a town hall meeting on a farm in rural Illinois, where he took questions that ranged from enhanced protection for law enforcement officers to the shrinking size of local county fairs. The President’s last day was filled with opportunities to enjoy the rural landscape and attractions of his home state, and included stops at the Whiteside County Fair and a Galesburg High School football practice, in addition to an earlier town hall meeting in Atkinson.
The President also laid out a series of steps that Congress can take as soon as they return to Washington that will put money in people’s pockets and create good jobs, including
- Extending the payroll tax cut that was passed in December that put $1,000 in the typical family’s pocket
- Passing trade deals that have the support of both business and the United Auto Workers, deals that will help realize the President’s dream of seeing more products overseas that carry the stamp, “Made in America.”
- Passing the America Invents Act which makes it easier to get patents for new products, services or inventions, they can turn it around without a lot of red tape and bureaucracy and start businesses that hire workers
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in the meantime union thugs are becoming violent against Verizon…going to the homes of management to protest, cause chaos in their neighborhoods, and intimidate, while vandalizing and destroying equipment that effects cutomers’ connections.
Well paid Verizon union employees pay nothing towards their deluxe health care package, and Verizon has the audacity to ask them to kick in something.
The union at Boeing in Washington state has filed suit against Boeing for building an additional plant in S.C ….causing the loss of thousands of jobs for South Carolinians.
Unions in Wisconsin have been causing havoc for months, pushing for “re-call” elections, costing the state millions, to no avail. The pesky people of Wisconsin continue to vote against tax hikes and wasteful spending…but the unions continue to refuse to accept the people’s wishes, and plan more “re-calls”, which are nothing less then an attempt to invalidate citizens’ voting choices.
GM took bail out money and is building a plant in Mexico.
The UAW must want Mexican union members and their membership fees.
last I heard, the celebrated Chevy Volt is a loser.
speaking of losers:
The “President” should be more concerned about how trade deals effect the nation’s economy and less about union demands.
He does not have a clue, please stay on vacation, it will cost the tax payers less.
Yes, he needs to stay on vacation so he doesn’t have a chance to finish destroying us.