http://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-oba...201911584.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Are President Barack Obama's ideas for job creation really bipartisan as he claims? Not when the means for paying for them are put in the equation.
The president dodged various facts and and left some evidence in the dust in his latest challenge to Republicans to get behind his jobs program or offer a real alternative.
OBAMA: "Every idea that we've put forward are ones that traditionally have been supported by Democrats and Republicans alike."
In claiming bipartisan support for the components of his proposal, the president appears to be referring just to what the plan would do, not how it's paid for, but that's a crucial distinction he doesn't make.
OBAMA: "We can either keep taxes exactly as they are for millionaires and billionaires, with loopholes that lead them to have lower tax rates, in some cases, than plumbers and teachers, or we can put teachers and construction workers and veterans back on the job."
THE FACTS: True, "in some cases" wealthy people can exploit loopholes to make their tax rate lower than for people of middle or low income. In recent rhetoric, Obama had suggested it was commonplace for rich people to pay lower rates than others, a claim not supported by IRS statistics. But on Thursday, Obama accurately stated that it only happens sometimes.....snip~
Hopefully some will keep these up front and center. Focusing on those parts which shows this President is not telling the truth to all that is there with his proposal. Moreover the creation of another Bank for government. This is where I am concerned that Conservatives will give in and go for it. Thinking it is another honey pot to get money from. :-\
Again he will keep focusing on he teachers and education. Which is his base. Playing them like a fiddle. Yet this is not the way to create mass jobs in this country. >