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Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) on President Obama's jobs speech and why he is in agreement with the amount of spending he is proposing.
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Tonight He might or might not address this.
But to that point and the speech tonight here's something you really don't hear every day.
The president is -- cheap skate Illinois democratic congress and the -- -- -- says that when it comes to that.
Florida fifty billion dollar jobs plan He sure is says that the president should think bigger and a much higher congress good to have you much higher than that figure.
Think you I think the president said in in the right direction I'm looking forward to the offer that is gonna make too the congress of the United States to work together put people back to work.
And to have all those millions of people that are unemployed out there continue to collect there unemployment compensation it's a tough time for them continue the payroll tax.
Not a good incentives for people want.
Create jobs I think you know.
But everybody's jobs jobs jobs tonight you're gonna hear the president.
Proposed.
Jobs and how it is we create them implement them.
I like some of the tax cut parts of this and incentivizing businesses parts of this congress and I get worried though when we.
Revisit.
Old issues like good jobs programs that that didn't really cut it to the degree that we thought they would.
And it seems like we get back and another hole but just dig deeper.
In other less than it was 700 billion dollars there about.
400 billion of which had -- -- would really creating jobs that is money to fix roads and bridges like we're gonna have in tonight's proposals.
Fifty billion dollars to fix schools know we can fix them in Chicago so we're talking about.
Real I mean even Michelle Bachmann knows that you got fixed bridges and yeah.
Internet do it but do it 300 billion -- that was geared towards construction.
Broad and we had about one million fewer construction workers don't get what we you know that that is not exactly you know.
A good a good its attitude.
To keep you going.
I act act it's not to keep doing it.
It is always the other side right now I mean if you hadn't done it where will we be yet but we'll have an album that -- but I guess now looking at where we stand.
Maybe try something completely different maybe go up and not expect.
What.
What what what we are having you see that there is going to be the -- -- -- to create jobs and a lot of other that I mean.
The payroll taxes so the people keep four point two.
You and -- -- know what seven out of ten dollars of economic activity.
Is really just purchasing keeping that money -- people and I get that you're unemployed you're probably gonna spend it vs in the yacht.
So act I think that.
He has a balance leaders know what I have to say look.
It's time for a -- couples the right.
Okay we're gonna hear won the night that's the beauty of democracy there's two parties basically and and Ron Paul -- so yeah.
We're gonna and around and stuff so but but got you -- I like what we're gonna we're -- dollars and I don't -- -- -- what is what they've been Republican I hear they're coming from.
And I'm leading candidates you know what nothing's gonna get done disease decide let's -- our part to think about it think about and look -- you'll love this country.
And you really want to care you want the best American possible just about a country do they just think -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wait wait wait -- but that's not -- -- Lot of the will be there -- I'm going to sit with them right now and we're gonna talk as a we get a lot.
Put come -- is that it's in mature -- kind of put your hands over stick your head in the sand -- I'm not going and I don't want to be there.
You know loses not ordinary you're not going to be -- very we're not.
Don't be let's -- let's they'll -- -- I mean it's that kind of direction that really doesn't.
Because what we need to be a listen I've it's a something.
-- -- -- -- disagreed with George Bush during his eight years.
I always show -- He was president of the United States you know what we can save some money let's not -- people -- don't wanna so to work -- Okay congress and it's always a pleasure -- -- very -- you.
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