2010 State of the Union address: on Jobs


Barack Obama: Jobs must be our #1 focus in 2010

For every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from; who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in response. That is why jobs must be our number-one focus in 2010, and that's why I'm calling for a new jobs bill tonight.
Source: 2010 State of the Union Address Jan 27, 2010

Barack Obama: FactCheck: Obama's estimate of 2M jobs saved is closer to 1M

The president said the stimulus bill was responsible for "about 2 million" jobs, but other estimates put the total as low as 800,000. Obama said, "Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed."

The 2 million jobs estimate comes from the latest report of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, which said the stimulus bill "has raised employment relative to what it otherwise would have been by 1-1/2 to 2 million." So his own economic advisers say the number could be as low as 1.5 million, but Obama took the higher number in their range. And the CEA report also cited estimates from others:

Furthermore, it's difficult to say definitively what the employment situation would have been without the legislation, and the CEA report acknowledges that [while Obama did not].
Source: FactCheck.org on 2010 State of the Union speech Jan 27, 2010

Bob McDonnell: Dignity comes with finding work: our top priority

All Americans should have the opportunity to find and keep meaningful work, and the dignity that comes with it. Many of us here, and many of you watching, have family or friends who have lost their jobs. 1 in 10 American workers is unemployed. That is unacceptable. Good government policy should spur economic growth, and strengthen the private sectors ability to create new jobs.
Source: 2010 State of the Union GOP response Jan 27, 2010

  • The above quotations are from 2010 State of the Union address to Congress, plus the Republican Response: Jan. 27, 2010.
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2016 Presidential contenders on Jobs:
  Republicans:
Gov.Jeb Bush(FL)
Dr.Ben Carson(MD)
Gov.Chris Christie(NJ)
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX)
Carly Fiorina(CA)
Gov.Jim Gilmore(VA)
Sen.Lindsey Graham(SC)
Gov.Mike Huckabee(AR)
Gov.Bobby Jindal(LA)
Gov.John Kasich(OH)
Gov.Sarah Palin(AK)
Gov.George Pataki(NY)
Sen.Rand Paul(KY)
Gov.Rick Perry(TX)
Sen.Rob Portman(OH)
Sen.Marco Rubio(FL)
Sen.Rick Santorum(PA)
Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Scott Walker(WI) 		Democrats:
Gov.Lincoln Chafee(RI)
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

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Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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