por admin » Jue Sep 08, 2011 7:47 pm
Obama propone aumentar los impuestos a una economia con sintomas recesionarios. Incomprensible, suicida?
Obama revelo un plan de $447 billones, esta vez no le llaman estimulo es el Acto de Trabajos (no se a quien enganan?) es el estimulo 2 y punto. Le dijo al Congreso que lo aprueben inmediatamente.
La mitad es un holiday de impuestos para los trabajadores y empleadores que Obama piensa los republicanos aprobaran. $55 billones se iran a extender los seguros de desempleo para que la gente que esta sin trabajo se quede en sus casas un poco mas de tiempo y no salga a buscar trabajo. (todavia el clima esta muy bonito asi que si pueden salir a buscar trabajo, creo que son vagos, por eso no lo hacen)
$85 billones se iran como transferencias a los estados y municipalidades al igual que en el primer estimulo (no funcionaron por que no crean riqueza, es un gasto que una vez hecho no produce nada)
$10 billones para un banco de infraestructura (mas burocracia, si me preguntan) y $50 billones para proyectos de transporte. (seguramente usaran cucharas en lugar de palas para cavar huecos, de esa manera daran empleo a mas personas)
Obama's Bid to Spur Growth
President Asks Congress for $447 Billion In Cuts, Spending; Tepid GOP Response
By CAROL E. LEE And NAFTALI BENDAVID
President Obama unveiled a $447-billion package of proposed tax cuts and infrastructure spending, the American Jobs Act, which he said would "provide a jolt to an economy that has stalled" and foster job creation. "You should pass it right away," he told a joint session of Congress.
.President Barack Obama called on Congress Thursday to pass a $447 billion package of spending initiatives and tax cuts to boost economic growth, in what might be the White House's last chance to change its political fortunes before the 2012 campaign kicks into high gear.
More than half of Mr. Obama's plan consists of payroll-tax cuts for employees and employers, an idea the White House hopes will appeal enough to Republican lawmakers to be enacted.
The president also called for more than $55 billion in spending to extend unemployment insurance benefits through 2012 and funding initiatives for Americans who have been out of work for more than six months.
"Ultimately, our recovery will be driven not by Washington, but by our businesses and our workers," Mr. Obama said, according to prepared remarks released by the White House. "But we can help."
The president's plan, unveiled in a speech to a joint session of Congress, is an attempt to wrest the initiative in Washington's protracted debate about fiscal policy. Both parties emerged from the debt-ceiling fight this summer with their approval ratings heading south as the economy stalled and the unemployment rate stayed above 9%.
"There should be nothing controversial about this piece of legislation," Mr. Obama said. "Everything in here is the kind of proposal that's been supported by both Democrats and Republicans—including many who sit here tonight. And everything in this bill will be paid for."
Mr. Obama studiously avoided calling his American Jobs Act a "stimulus" plan, a term freighted with political baggage. It also proposes $85 billion in aid to state and local governments, including cash for hiring teachers and refurbishing schools, as well as a $10 billion infrastructure bank and $50 billion for transportation projects.
President Obama lays out proposals on job-creation and economic growth before a joint session of Congress this evening. Aaron Zitner has a preview of the speech on The News Hub. (Photo: AP.)
.Republicans also are eager to focus their attention on policies designed to foster job creation, and they offered lukewarm support for some of the ideas—a marked change. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) said a payroll-tax break is not the best idea for promoting growth, but added that "it does provide tax relief for people. It's certainly part of the mix."
Republicans applauded Mr. Obama's proposal to let workers keep receiving unemployment checks while they audition for a job. And some Republicans liked the idea of an infrastructure bank, funded with federal dollars, though others were suspicious of how the funds would be spent. Mr. Obama's suggestions for increased spending on roads, rail lines, airports and water ways, as well as aid to states, drew GOP opposition.
White House officials say they don't expect Congress to pass every piece of the president's proposal. In that sense, the jobs plan is in part a political strategy designed to give Mr. Obama room to campaign against Congress if lawmakers don't act. After this fall, hopes of accomplishing legislation diminish significantly with the election looming.
Mr. Obama largely bucked pressure from members of his own party who have urged him to put forward a bold, left-leaning vision of how to stimulate the economy.Lawmakers may try to enact a package of elements in Mr. Obama's speech that have bipartisan support, in part, to show that Washington can tackle hard problems. "I think it would surprise us all how quickly optimism could return if the relation between the parties could improve," Mr. Cantor said. The GOP also opted against offering a formal televised response to the speech and has been wary in recent days of appearing overly partisan.
But a handful of GOP lawmakers, including Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.) and Rep. Joe Walsh (R., Ill.), did not attend Thursday's address, deriding it as little more than a campaign speech.
Mr. Obama's speech came on the heels of a government report that showed the economy added zero jobs in August.
The options available to policy makers, including at the Federal Reserve, are constrained both by the tepid public interest in spending more money on stimulus projects and the limits of monetary policy with short-term interest rates close to zero.
The president made deficit reduction a footnote in his speech Thursday night. But, aware of voter interest in curtailing spending, he stressed that his stimulus plan will be paid for by closing tax loopholes and other deficit reduction measures.
Mr. Obama will call on a congressional supercommittee crafting a deficit-reduction package to aim for a larger number that also pays for his $447 billion plan over the next decade.
Economists have offered tepid enthusiasm for the plan, noting its relative small size and the debatable impact of a temporary cut in payroll taxes. The payroll-tax and unemployment-insurance provisions, if enacted, would be equivalent to about 1% of gross domestic product.
White House officials said most of the spending in Mr. Obama's plan would take effect in 2012, although some funding, such as the $35 billion for teacher hiring, could be spread over the next two years, White House officials said.
On the tax front, Mr. Obama's plan would cut the payroll tax for employers in half for businesses' first $5 million of wages. Additionally, businesses would get a full payroll tax holiday for any increase in payroll up to $50 million.
Mr. Obama's plan includes an initiative, modeled after programs in states like Georgia and North Carolina, which would allow people who have been unemployed for six months or more to work for up to eight weeks while receiving unemployment benefits, a way to forestall the problems that come with long-term unemployment.
The president's plan also includes a work-sharing initiative that allows people to receive some unemployment benefits to avoid layoffs.
The plan would put $25 billion toward refurbishing at least 35,000 schools, the White House said, and an additional $5 billion would go toward community colleges.
The proposal doesn't include a plan to deal with the housing market. White House officials said the administration would put forward a housing proposal in coming weeks.
Mr. Obama will begin to sell his plan Friday in Richmond, Va., an area represented by Mr. Cantor. Mr. Cantor will also be in the area headlining his own economic event.