tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post1736216438545736352..comments2023-12-18T10:15:52.664-06:00Comments on Gillette-Torvik Blog: A Gillette-Torvik Conversation™: End employment discrimination against the unemployed?Bart Torvikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-84511054250260193972011-10-26T07:12:14.810-05:002011-10-26T07:12:14.810-05:00Flag Goofy Job Ads!
Don't count on government...Flag Goofy Job Ads!<br /><br />Don't count on government intervention, it's time to take matters into our own hands. All of the job sites have a "flag" or "report" button on the pages the ads are hosted on. Click those buttons when you see an ad telling the unemployed not to apply, requiring a credit check for a position that does not handle money, or requiring a disproportionate amount of experience for a job (Such as 10 years of experience for an entry level position).<br /><br />It's time for the job seekers, the unemployed, and the employed who are just sick of what's going on to exercise their rights and...<br /><br />Flag Goofy Job Ads!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-39852269928549329332011-09-15T11:28:10.457-05:002011-09-15T11:28:10.457-05:00Interesting. So Obama wants the economy to tank, s...Interesting. So Obama wants the economy to tank, so that he can blame it on GOP inaction? This strikes me as a less than brilliant plan. Obama's electoral calculus is pretty simple: if the economy is improving nicely in the fall of 2012, he will almost certainly be reelected. If it isn't, he might not be. Throwing the game nOw to blame it on RepuBlicans would be unwise--whosever fault it actually is, Obama will get blamed. After all, Congress won't be running for president. Instead, te GOP candidate is going to be a governor or ex-governor -- i.e. A "Washington outsider". <br /><br />What the GOP will do, I think, is split the bill up and pass its most uncontroversial provisions -- like job training and tax cuts. Then that bill will either get killed by a democratic Senate, vetoed by Obama, or passed. I don't think "but it wasn't MY bill" will be a food rallying cry for OBama on the hustings.Bart Torvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661031240106200076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2295869345625274211.post-78606634032244301482011-09-14T23:10:37.396-05:002011-09-14T23:10:37.396-05:00A comment from a link to this post on Facebook (no...A comment from a link to this post on Facebook (note to self figure out how to import comments from Facebook):<br /><br />A little lesson in real politik. The president has no illusions that his latest jobs proposal will make it through congress. Although parts of it enjoy bi-partisan support; Obama will not accept a piece meal deal. For the president it's all or nothing. Why not settle for a partial victory and take what congress is willing to give you? Here's why: Passage or not; the economy is going to continue to struggle thru the 2012 election. There simply is not enough time to appreciably turn things around. Obama offered a plan he knew the republicans would reject. This rejection will form the central part of his campaign theme. Namely that the economy is stuck in neutral not because of his policies that were actually enacted but because of those that weren't -due of course to republican opposition. The president can't afford to let any part of this jobs proposal actually reach his desk. He is counting on the republicans to defeat this plan. If they are smart; the republicans will accept the entire plan, granting him a legislative victory with the knowledge that its effect on the economy over the next year will be negligible. This will seriously diminish his ability to shift blame onto them. However; pragmatism is not the Tea Party's strong suit.Adam Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498496568932193475noreply@blogger.com