tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post575836869856963296..comments2024-01-21T00:21:39.004-06:00Comments on Three Wise Men: Saturday Morning Round-UpAlexander Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041808057755360625noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-37028295182950174432009-06-27T12:00:11.119-05:002009-06-27T12:00:11.119-05:00Well, hopefully the Senate passes the energy bill ...Well, hopefully the Senate passes the energy bill too and we get more green jobs. Uh, other than that, yeah it sucks.adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863984001571739736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-1246384188361456242009-06-27T11:36:13.492-05:002009-06-27T11:36:13.492-05:00As far as the jobs thing, it's a real problem....As far as the jobs thing, it's a real problem. Even before the recession officially began, just about everybody was in denial about the real levels of unemployment (which I've been blogging about for years, you know). My prediction is that a lot of the jobs being shed won't come back.<br /><br />The reason it's important not to be in denial about this is that it means we need more job retraining, more money for education, and a greater focus on creating jobs for people instead of the standard tactics of tax breaks for big companies and a focus on re-energizing Wall Street. What I mean is, most of the economists you hear talking speak as if the important thing is to get the Dow trading up, loans being made, and products being sold. In reality, we need to shift the focus to workers getting paid.Nat-Wuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378831467642601979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-59220709087314530852009-06-27T09:00:50.150-05:002009-06-27T09:00:50.150-05:00I agree the Obama admin hasn't exactly pushed ...I agree the Obama admin hasn't exactly pushed gay rights issues to the forefront (but given everything else, is that really surprising?), but isn't it the job of the Justice Dept to argue for laws on the books? Now there were terrible things written in that brief and the guy who wrote it should be fired, and of course I agree DOMA is terrible altogether, but Congress needs to repeal it (and DADT). Isn't using executive power to basically abrogate laws something we went after the Bush admin for?<br /><br />From what I understand, the health care benefits were not things that the Obama admin could give with a exec order and legislation is being introduced in Congress by Tammy Baldwin to provide that.<br /><br />Jobs are usually a lagging indicator for economic recovery so we need to give it a good while longer.<br /><br />Oh, and I've never heard of that grandparents univesity thing. That's interesting.adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863984001571739736noreply@blogger.com