Good to see T.J. Rooney talking about Republicans, and not going after Democratic candidates in statewide and congressional primaries. He should keep it up. Time to start taking Corbett on, too. Let’s focus on the general, Mr. Chairman.

Damn those pheasants for wanting jobs! Who needs jobs when you’ve worked and stole for a while on Wall Street

GREAT! asshole.

Yeah, what does that Toomey guy know about creating jobs anyway, he was only a successful entrepeneur! Just look at the bang up job Obama has done (unemployment higher than it has been in many years)and Arlen really knows alot about job creation too. (Ahhh, when did he last have a job in the private sector?)

If unemployment benefits are not extended, countless people will likely be unable to meet their monthly obligations. Car payments. Mortgages. Credit card bills. Obviously, this would have a devastating impact on the overall economy of both the state and the nation. If people cannot meet their monthly obligations, the corporations that the GOP is beholden to will also suffer. This is not a complicated issue, and it is not an ideological or partisan issue. We have no choice. If benefits are not extended, both the unemployed AND the business community will suffer the consequences. Toomey are others must put ideological poppycock aside and deal with reality.

“Yeah, what does that Toomey guy know about creating jobs anyway, he was only a successful entrepeneur! ”

–if that is what you call a nuisance bar owner…

Wow. A conservative Republican saying “No” to a jobs bill.

I’m also “shocked” to find gambling going on in Rick’s bar.

I agree with David. If tarp, the bailouts, and the simulus all failed then we must come to one simple conclusion….they weren’t funded enough! We need to simply spend MORE MORE MORE! This isn’t the time for debate, this is the time for spending baby! We shouldn’t be concerned with debt. We’ll just raise the taxes on some rich white people. They’ll pay for all this.

Who pays for all the spending? The Forgotten Taxpayer, the productive person, who works, saves and invests, the job creating small business person. The Liberals advocate taking money from the productive and subsidizing the unproductive. Has The Forgotten Taxpayer, the small business person, the investor done anything wrong that he and she should have their resources taken from them by government fiat?

The Democrats are getting rich from government and, disingenuously, claiming to be for “the little guy”. Cut payroll taxes, reduce the cost of hiring new workers, with a simple and non bureaucratic tax cut, and jobs will appear. The best job training is a job and work is good for the working person who would rather work, contribute and be independent than be beholden to political class.

John-
Nice sarcasm. However, the stimulus bill did work. You don’t believe me? Just ask all the GOP congressmen who touted the success as they posed for pictures with over-sized novelty checks in their districts.

We were looking at complete economic collapse. Look at the monthly rate of job loss, the stock markets, and other indicators compared to a year ago.

Bob-
Under Bush, the rich got the biggest tax break in history and the poor and middle class suffered. The rich aren’t paying their share. The “cut taxes” mantra doesn’t generate the revenue to run the government, build roads, support the military, etc.

A 5%-10% tax increase on the rich isn’t going to stop them from paying their rent/mortgage, dining out, sending their kids to college, buying a car, etc. But, it will reduce the burden on the poor and middle class.
If you want to reduce the payroll taxes, fine, but you have to make up for that loss with increases on the rich.

This whole thread is a good justification for never giving any control over the economy to conservatives. They should spend a few years studying the Keynesian economics that have been used successfully for over 70 years and have only faltered once the conservatives started meddling by putting “market” based reforms into it to bring the economy to the pinnacle of failure under the Bush/GOP led years.