Obama's 'Pivot' To Jobs: The Deja Vu Reel (VIDEO)

Now that the debate over raising the nation's debt ceiling has been temporarily resolved, the White House has pledged, once again, to "pivot" to jobs.

If the promise is giving you a sense of déjà vu, you're not alone.

In his very first address to Congress in February of 2009, President Barack Obama promised an agenda focused on job creation. Following every major subsequent event of his presidency -- be it a concerted campaign like health care reform or, much more frequently, an unwelcome crisis -- he has been forced to reiterate that he will now focus on jobs. Just how many times has he made the jobs promise? Scroll up for a look back.

A jobs report released today showed a slightly less pessimistic view of the American economy. In July, 117,000 jobs were added, beating expectations, and the unemployment rate dropped a fraction -- from 9.2 percent to 9.1 percent.

But it's far from good news. A closer look at the unemployment rate reveals the drop came almost solely from Americans dropping out of the labor force.

Comments

[InFavorOfSanity]

11:47 AM on 08/11/2011

How, can anyone speak of returning jobs to Americans, while they ignore, or worse, condone, the continued replacement of Americans, in American offices and worksites, with foreign nationals, at a ‘clip of’ hundreds of thousands (we are not told the exact number! more likely, all-told, closer to a million or more…) per year?!

There are real solutions, not lies masquerading as same, but few, will even speak of them, let alone…

H-1b, L-1s, OPT, J-1, B-1, lotteries, green-cards, and on and on, and on, and on, it is no longer enough to stand as a nation and compete with the world-at-large, but no, the world at large will be brought to you, so that you may compete with them in your own offices and worksites……

In a sane world, visas such as H-1b, would be suspended. Millions of our better paying jobs would be instantly made available, in America, for Americans.

Over two (2) decades of alphabet-soup visas like H-1b, etc., have destroyed American lives.

We should also revoke some/all green-cards. Again, a massive number of American jobs would be returned to Americans.

And yes, it is Americans who have facilitated this betrayal of Americans, by corporations, supported by a sold-out government and press.

The instigators, their apparatchik, the collaborators, the enemy-within, the useful-idiots, are ‘p*ssing’ on our nation’s workforce, and cheap labor, political-correctness, are their weapons of choice.”

[twins fan]

11:18 AM on 08/11/2011

After three years, Obama is finally going to work on a jobs program?

Pardon me for not believing a word he says. Now it appears to me that Obama is, at best, inept; at worse, a shill, who presents a false front. Whenever, Obama has any kind of fight, he folds like a lawn chair. I am wondering if that is really his goal to appease his corporate contributors. He pretends to fight the good fight, and then when the rubber meets the road, Obama gives up. He walks away from the fight. Is he really that gutless?

Look at Obama's jobs council. The council is made up of people who have made billions of dollars in labor arbitrage, by either taking US jobs and exporting those jobs to third world countries or by importing cheap, entry level workers from the third world to take the jobs of US workers here in the US

And what is Obama's jobs program? He is increasing the reduction of US jobs by allowing members of his so-called jobs council, his political contributors, by accelerating their labor arbitrage efforts. As a matter of fact, last year the Obama administration printed up 95,000 OPT visas to cheap entry level workers to take jobs that would have otherwise been used to employ US workers.

Obama is worse than GWB. Obama is totally selling out US workers every chance he gets.

[Wise Old Guy]

06:41 PM on 09/09/2011

That being the case, and no doubt it is, I have to ask, why is "Trumpka, and American labor still prostituting themselves" to carry water (and the message) for this usurper?

[Norman Rockwell]

09:44 AM on 08/10/2011

will do what ever we have to do. the job have to be DONE, one way or an other. IT WILL BE DONE!

[abhorson]

08:46 AM on 08/09/2011

"A closer look at the unemployment rate reveals the drop came almost solely from Americans dropping out of the labor force."

How do you drop out of the labor force ? No more money for gas to make it to the unemployment office? Phone shut-off so you can't answer the calls flooding in offers? Too weak from not-eating to stand in line for hours for an interview to hear you're over-qualified?

And I thought the first two years were all about health-care. Probably short-term memory loss om my part.

[carolla7411]

08:42 AM on 08/09/2011

All talk no action, do like rosevelt did with the wpa Start something!

[Wise Old Guy]

06:46 PM on 09/09/2011

The wpa was the "original stimulus", and the model which Obama said he was going to use about one trillion dollars ago. Unfortunately for America, Obama used that one trillion in stimulus funds for political payback to his cronies, who worked so hard for his election. The reason he is coming back now, asking for MORE, is the fact that he is out of "graft and corruption, pay off money" and needs us taxpayers to give him more "payoloa". He's a stinkin RAT!

[carolla7411]

08:41 AM on 08/09/2011

If you want peole to work I mean the ones on welfare these people will not work if they think they are to be taken off welfare for making a dollar more than they get on welfare they lose the whole thing including health benifits for their children i know it sounds wrong that they work and still recieve benifits thats why they don't go out and get a job if they can get this resolved there would be more people going to work.

[Wise Old Guy]

06:46 PM on 09/09/2011

simple, end welfare

[rdimitrir]

11:48 AM on 08/07/2011

Leadership shown by President Obama is amazing. The only reasons for high unemployment are long lasting effects of disastorous Bush economic policies and politically motivated Republican obstructionism.

[Antarctic]

06:00 PM on 08/08/2011

booooring

[Wise Old Guy]

06:49 PM on 09/09/2011

Gee, seems I have heard this one before! Quite frankly, you are dilusional! When Obama took over from Bush, the unemployment rate was 5.2 %. This IS Obama's unemployment rate, this IS Obama's economy, Obama spent more in 2 years than Bush did in 8, including 2 wars, WHICH TOOK DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS TO FUND THOSE WARS

[vanessa mendez]

06:14 AM on 08/07/2011

Well, its pretty understandable that the president will going to make promises on employment. i guess that is what the people would like to hear.. if there is a promise or a focus re the employment.. and now crisis came so the promises .. i may say not yet broken but i guess the president is still trying to fulfill those.. well anyway, as citizens.. we too have a great part to partake on our country's economy.. we too should take actions and find alternative things to improve or alleviate our standard of leaving.. lets not put all the burdens to our government..

and those who would like to have a job a midst of country's crisis.. i can suggest alternative ways..

why not try ONLINE JOBS. its additional income. while spending your time on the net, just make it productive. Even you spend atleast 2 hours a day, you will earn. Its a SCAM FREE site. More than 10 years in business and 100% you earn. Visit us for more details:

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[AlmostIndependant]

03:02 AM on 08/08/2011

I wouldn't say that a lack of jobs is the only problem, the problem is the lack of physically productive jobs, so many people are middlemen, dealing with data and laws and paperwork due to increased government regulation of business. That's why I frown upon work from home jobs. Besides, SOMEONE has to be the garbage man

[tweed7t]

04:05 AM on 08/07/2011

obama has got a real big problem. we progressives are po'd! the only democrat with gazoogies is Nancy Pelosi!

[huff-fan]

09:49 AM on 08/08/2011

We should remember who let the tea party win.

[tweed7t]

01:29 PM on 08/08/2011

i luv the doggie!

[tweed7t]

04:03 AM on 08/07/2011

obama is pivoting towards obscurity.

[Thomas Barone]

12:59 AM on 08/07/2011

Why dont you ask those stupid gop congressmen thathave been in for almost a year now.

[GlassLass]

10:24 AM on 08/07/2011

You do remember that Bush had a democratic congress for the last 6 years of his presidency and BO has an OVERWHELMING majority for 2 years. So let's look to the last 8 (EIGHT) years of congressional spending. The new congress member's have only been in office for 7 full months. Unlike BO who has now had control for 33 months.

[Veganie]

09:14 PM on 08/06/2011

More stimulant money not prayer will create jobs

[aaronr2000]

08:50 PM on 08/06/2011

What's funny is after Boehner made his victory speech he made the same closing he did after all the other previous heist - "Now we can get back to creating jobs".

I saw the president and noticed that he looked much more subdued this time. It was like he knows we've heard this all before and that it has a hollow ring to it. I think he knows we're all like "Whatever. We'll believe it when we see it."

As soon as the GOP deliver their next ransom note we'll be back to discussing taxes and budget cuts to programs that matter to the middle class and the poor again, jobs be damned. I hope that unemployment still being high plus the S&P downgrade is enough of a wake up call for him to stand up to the GOP.

[AlmostIndependant]

03:11 AM on 08/08/2011

It's hard to take you seriously when you refer to elected officials as randsomers of the national welfare. It's even harder to even consider NOT cutting some programs, as the government habitually tries to keep programs running in some capacity, even when it is fiscally negligent to do so. Lastly, the S&P primarily stated that the downgrade was due to not ENOUGH being cut from FUTURE deficits, not the current budget.

[Al Nava]

07:08 PM on 08/06/2011

Obama = Reagan: Trickle-down economics!

[daraadalpalad]

06:42 PM on 08/06/2011

Obama needs to go away immediately and he will destroy America and can burn the world and lying to madness