In case there was any doubt about the Dems ?job agenda,? the AP clears it upJune 25th, 2010, posted by Mark LandsbaumThe Associated Press reported today that the Democrats suffered a set-back on their ?jobs agenda.?
Here?s what the story was about: In the Senate, Democrats didn?t get enough votes to invoke cloture on the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010. So, a bunch of jobs won?t be created? Subsidized? Added to?
Not exactly.
Says AP: ?The demise of Democrats? job-agenda legislation means that unemployment benefits will phase out for more than 200,000 people a week.?
Yep. As the Wall Street Journal?s James Taranto put it:
?Paying people not to work is a ?jobs agenda? in the same sense as, per Orwell, ignorance is strength or war is peace.?And if that?s not Orwellian enough for you, Taranto adds
?The failed bill also would have pumped federal money into state governments??Which Taranto notes would have been
?a subsidy for their irresponsible spending.?About as Orwellian as you can get. Failure is success.
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A little AP Jobs Agenda clarity