Obama turns to small-scale solutions to a weak economy... And a $695 Per Worker Rebate In Hopes of Buying Your Vote
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism Liberty -vs- Tyranny As Obama continues to be clueless.... I am sure he is hoping that a $695 dollar rebate will convince you to vote in 2012 for his failed policies of the past. After all, it takes time for central government planning of the economy to take hold and be successful no? Let history and facts be your guide. From the Los Angeles Times Reporting from Washington— As White House aides search for ways to show progress on the economy, they are banking that a set of small-scale proposals may be able to win congressional approval and dent a chronically high unemployment rate considered the main threat to President Obama's reelection chances. Obama has turned to the modest measures in the absence of more ambitious tools, such as stimulus spending, which are not an option for the White House in the climate of austerity and fiscal discipline dominating Washington. Examples include more spe...