SONICFROG DOT NET

The Speech… Pt 3

The Errors.

It’s been pointed out that Obama screwed up his understanding of Lincoln’s role within the Republican Party. In the grand scheme of things, that’s not that big a deal.

This Is! From Reuters:

Georgia jobs program cited by Obama has big flaws

Quote:

“This jobs plan builds on a program in Georgia that several Republican leaders have highlighted where people who collect unemployment insurance participate in temporary work as a way to build their skills while they look for a permanent job,” Obama told Congress.

But Georgia Work$ is being restructured to overcome significant flaws. Even within the state, it is seen as “not a marquee program,” said state Labor Commissioner Mark Butler, the Republican elected official who oversees it.

More than 30,000 people benefited from the program in the past, but in its current form, Georgia Work$ is tiny. Only 12 unemployed people signed up in August and 92 have done so since February, according to state Department of Labor statistics.

The voluntary program places unemployed people with firms for eight weeks of job training similar to an internship. Participants receive unemployment insurance plus a small stipend and have the chance of a job at the end of it.

Butler said the program he inherited in January was virtually bankrupt and “fraught with problems,” so he is surprised it has attracted so much national attention.

Doesn’t anyone in the White House believe in fact checking anymore?

PS. I do love the way the President demands that we pass the bill before there even is one.. is that so we can see what’s in it?????