Jobs Bill

[Scott Brown]

I came to Washington to be an independent voice, to put politics aside, and to do everything in my power to help create jobs for Massachusetts families. This Senate jobs bill is not perfect. I wish the tax cuts were deeper and broader, but I voted for it because it contains measures that will help put people back to work.

I was disappointed with the continuation of politics-as-usual in the drafting of this bill, as it was crafted behind closed doors, without transparency and accountability. I hope for improvements in that process going forward. All of us, Republicans and Democrats, have to work together to get our economy back on track. I hope my vote today is a strong step toward restoring bipartisanship in Washington.

[Michael Allen]

American Aggie....I would like you to remember back in October of 2008, it was the BANKS that were panicking and running to the BUSH administration begging for help to prevent their collapse. So this government involvement is some of their own fault and started under a Republican president along with the expansion of Medicare under a Republican president and congress.

[Michael Allen]

People are more important then politics Lori.

[Michael Allen]

So Lori.... it sounds as if you dont want the unemployment rate to go down or maybe not until after the elections? Thats sounds kind of sad that you think short term politics is more important then lowering the unemployment rate and putting people back to work. Sad.

[KayKay Moore]

I agree... ALL SPENDING SHOULD STOP... CUT PAYROLL TAXES... GIVE BUSINESSES INCENTIVES TO CREATE SOME JOBS... AND STOP THIS HORRIFIC HEALTH CARE DEBACLE.

[Leif Eric Petterson]

I appreciate the supportive comments relative to my previous post. But Let me clarify my thoughts and point out some things I think are being missed in evaluating the criticism being aimed at Senator Brown. We need to demand some things from our politicians if there is to any hope for this coutry. Our economy is on a clear path to destruction. and our culture is being diluted. We must demand not only that our politicians vote independantly but also that they be capable of understanding the problems we elected them to solve. Competence is essential. You cannot create productive jobs with a promise to return 8% of a new employees cost. I own a small business and have been a professional management consultant to small businesses for 30 years. No businessman with his faculties intact would add a $50,000 employee to his payroll because he will get back $4,000 in tax credit. He wouldn't even do it for the 20,000 tax saving he would get from the reduction in income tax created by the additional expense. Political decision making must at least be able to seperate those ideas that don't pass the laugh test. In addition 15billion is a lot of money more money than many industries produce in total revenue. Government jobs don't count, no matter what! Government employment does not contribute to economic productivity. All money spent by Government is money that is not available for investment in the productive elements (private) of the economy. We don't have and won't have meaningful job creation in this country until we rebuild the industrial (manufacturing) base. None of this is rocket science. If our politicians are not up to adressing these issues in a competent informed mature way, or if they can't stay focused. ( I told my congresswoman that she wasn't elected to cure breast cancer. Arnold Swartnegger should stop lapsing into California's personal trainer and fix something) then they should step aside in favor of someone with the experience and or skills required to get things that aren't clearly stupid done.

[Lori Manning]

Scott, congratulations you just helped to take the country $15,000,000,000 more dollars into debt for political reasons. I see the bill as a ruse to paint Obama & co. as a serious attempt at create jobs in the private sector and turning the economy around. Once more, a huge investment without LONG TERM incentive for LONG TERM job creation. I also suspect those supporting this bill are hoping for a slight decrease in unemployment rate just in time for NOV ELECTIONS. I made phone calls to Mass. voters to help your campaign because if you were elected I would have helped to stop wasteful gov't spending, bailouts, gov't control, and increased taxes. I'm sick about the money, not you. I'll find other ways to help take this country back.

[american aggie]

Michael, I am just saying that the government does not need to be involved to this degree. The government should be as small as possible, only performing the very basic of functions, and that does not take very much money or require nearly as much intrusiveness.

[Michael Allen]

KAY KAY MOORE....i think you watch far too much Beck. There is tremendous oversight over the stimulus money for it to be spent on democratic campaigns and that is more conspiracy theories that don't help solve any problems that we are facing and that are completely unfounded.

[LKMcGuire]

TROLL

[Michael Allen]

Patriot1789...I'd be interested to know if you consider Bush a Marxist since the bailouts started under him?? It seems slightly childish to throw labels around like that. Maybe Obama should have let all the big banks fail so that all the business's that rely on them would fail and then the Republicans could complain about a 22% unemployment rate.