Senate Jobs Bill Better Than Nothing

Yesterday’s bipartisan Senate vote for cloture on a jobs bill is a step in the right direction, but it nowhere near enough to turn things around for working families. 

The following is a statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka regarding the vote:
 

Working families are demanding to see real results from Washington and we have to focus on jobs, jobs, jobs – because there will be no economic recovery without serious job creation.  We need 10 million jobs and Wall Street and the rich -- who have benefited for years from Bush’s economic policies -- need to pay to rebuild the economy and middle class they destroyed.
 
Today’s successful cloture vote was a step forward for Majority Leader Reid’s jobs bill, which correctly eliminated the unnecessary and unhelpful tax breaks included in the Baucus-Grassley bill.
 
But on its own this bill is merely a band aid on an amputated limb.  Senator Reid has said this bill is just the first step and more actions need to be and will be taken.  We couldn’t agree more.  We need bigger and bolder actions to ensure that we create 10 million jobs and that Wall Street pays the bill to fix the financial disaster.
 
We will continue to fight for our five point jobs plan that calls for extending unemployment insurance benefits, food assistance and health benefits; rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure and investing in green jobs; increasing aid to state and local governments because you don’t throw teachers, firefighters and police overboard when times are tough; increasing funding for neglected communities to match people who want to work with jobs that need to be done; and using TARP money to get credit flowing to small businesses.

America’s workers need jobs now.  We need action from Washington now.  The Senate should bring big and bold jobs bills to the floor.  It’s time to let the American people know where their representatives stand on the most crucial issue of our time – and it’s time for action, not excuses.

 
(Photo: Service Area Organizer Andy Thompson goes over the Good Jobs Now presentation at the Western Wisconsin Building and Construction Trades Council meeting.   Photo Credit: Jerry Jackson of UA Local 434. Be sure to check the blog tomorrow, when we will feature Good Jobs Now highlights from meetings across the state.)

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[writing jobs]

well it goes to shows that he is not responsible enough!