White House Projects Gains in Health, 'Green' Jobs

[Why?Town]

Washington Post Staff Writer

....and a recovery in manufacturing positions over the next decade.

But I only get 79 weeks of unemployment benefits

[Towntalk]

SEN. BILL NELSON (D), NEBRASKA: No, I don't. I know it's going to be difficult to find a way to be able to finance the additional -- the addition of millions of Americans into the health care program, those who don't have the resources to pay off all the premium. And what we have to do is find a way that's fair, and it's not fair to single out and create class warfare in the process of doing it.

Rank-and-file House Dems don't like it

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=863DEB06-18FE-70B2-A8FC582306029CA8

[Towntalk]

CBO Chief: Health Bills To Increase Federal Costs
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000003168293

White House wants more power to set Medicare rates   

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99GD8QG2&show_article=1

Obama losing some support among nervous Dems

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j4PYGKun8FwQE1yOv3xp0SYIgM9AD99GNCF00

How expensive is proposed healthcare legislation?

http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/07/17/how-expensive-is-proposed-healthcare-legislation/

[Towntalk]

Democrats Grow Wary as Health Bill Advances

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/health/policy/18health.html?_r=1&hp

Three of the five Congressional committees working on legislation to reinvent the nation's health care system delivered bills this week along the lines proposed by President Obama. But instead of celebrating their success, many Democrats were apprehensive, nervous and defensive.

They faced basic questions about whether some of their proposals might do more harm than good.

Some in their ranks, nervous about the prospect of raising taxes or proceeding without any Republican support, were pleading to slow down.

1.   The Congressional Budget Office warned Thursday that the legislative proposals so far would not slow the growth of health spending.

2.   Democrats could not meet their goal of passing bills before the summer recess without barreling over the concerns of Republicans and ending any hope that such a major issue could be addressed in a bipartisan manner.

3.   A growing minority of Democrats have begun to express reservations about the size, scope and cost of the legislation, the expanded role of the federal government and the need for a raft of new taxes to pay for it all.

To help finance coverage of the uninsured, the House bill would impose a surtax on high-income people and a payroll tax — as much as 8 percent of wages — on employers who do not provide health insurance to workers.

[sfc_oliver]

"The outlook from the Council of Economic Advisers supports the administration's view that its $787 billion stimulus program will create jobs, if it is given time to work."

This was a must do right now bill that Mr Obama insisted get passed without time for debate or to even read. Yet now we are told 4 months later that we have to give it time. It was a load of Bull when they pushed it on us and it is still a load of Bull. Same as the cap and tax and the new health bill they are trying to hurry up and push out so no one can read that either.

To quote Mr Obama, "When you are on the last mile".....Well we are not on the last mile. This great country will survive even this idiotic Liberal Must do everything now congress.

And I do not believe that spending 10 trillion (over the next decade) dollars we don't have is going to Help any American that I know. Must be helping Mr Obama and the Congress somehow though.

This Administration is dangerous.

[irishbobcat]

White House Projects Gains in Health, 'Green' Jobs
 

  Jul 14, 2009
Washington Post
   
White House Projects Gains in Health, 'Green' Jobs

By David Cho

Washington Post Staff Writer

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

President Obama's economic team released an upbeat employment forecast yesterday that predicted robust jobs growth in the health-care and clean-energy sectors, and a recovery in manufacturing positions over the next decade.

The outlook from the Council of Economic Advisers supports the administration's view that its $787 billion stimulus program will create jobs, if it is given time to work.

Republicans say the soaring unemployment rate is a sign that the stimulus package has not been effective. Those critics could become more vociferous if the unemployment rate breaks into the double-digits by the fall, which is expected by many economists. The rate stands at 9.5 percent.

The 27-page report defends Obama's view that the stimulus package will create or save 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year, though its predictions were partly based on 2007 Labor Department data put together before the worst of the crisis hit the economy.

Yesterday's report says that 6.5 million jobs have been lost since the recession began in December 2007. "More losses are expected before the economy reaches bottom and employment growth returns," the report says.

The council says the decline in the manufacturing sector should moderate as the aerospace and pharmaceutical industries grow and hire workers. Manufacturing has been one of the hardest hit, forcing many corporations to close their doors and others to file for bankruptcy protection.

Between 2000 and 2016, health-care jobs are expected to grow by 48 percent, the council said. The greatest needs will be for doctors, nurses, information-technology workers, laboratory technicians and physical therapists. The projections do not account for Obama's plans to revamp the U.S. health-care system.

The report says that "green" jobs, such as environmental engineers and scientists, would grow by 52 percent between 2000 and 2016. But retail jobs may thin as consumer spending slows.

The council calls for a "comprehensive strategy" to better prepare workers and overcome "important limitations" in the U.S. education system so that workers can keep up with changes in the job market.

"A well-functioning post-high school education and training system cannot be achieved with the current, often conflicting and confusing, maze of job-training programs spread across several federal agencies," the report says.

Administration officials say that the community college network may be critical to getting students the skills they need to compete in the world economy. Obama addressed this subject in a column in The Washington Post on Sunday.

"In an economy where jobs requiring at least an associate's degree are projected to grow twice as fast as jobs requiring no college experience, it's never been more essential to continue education and training after high school," Obama wrote.
   

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Green Jobs are needed to help this economy grow!

Dennis Spisak

Mahoning Valley Green Party

Ohio Green Party

www.ohiogreens.org

www.votespisak.org/thinkgreen/