4:37 pm ET
Apr 30, 2014

White House

Obama to Congress (Again): Why Won’t You Do What America Wants?

    • "“Americans have been way out in front of Congress on this issue,” Mr. Obama said Wednesday. “In fact, about three in four Americans support raising the minimum wage. POTUS

      Well, okay, even though your stat is bogus, why don't you authorize the Keystone pipeline which has a validated 65% public support even though the poll was done by a left leaning group.

      Moreover, when we get the pipeline done we could avert disasters like wipe out of the town of Lac-Mégantic a few months ago and today's derailment in lynchburg, deaths that are directly related to the lack of a pipeline.

      So like any good prog, selective application of arguments is their only principle.


    • Same question to Obama...

      America wants Obamacare gone...so end it.

      America wants the deficit lowered...you ran that you'd halve it...so fix it before you beat ALL President's combined.

      America wants jobs...raising the minimum wage will slash 500,000 jobs...so move along on it.

      America wants lower energy costs....so stop using executive actions to harm coal plants, jobs.

      America wants anwsers on the IRS....so cut your not a smidgen B.S. and expose what all know, your side using it illegally to quiet foes.

      America wants to be respected in the world...you've only lowered it, so step up or quit.

      America wants the truth about Benghazi, not your continuing B.S. to protect your political six...start by saying where you were that night, why you went to Vegas.

      The list goes on of things Amercia wants Obama, but it's not what you want and that's the problem. 2016 can't come soon enough.

    • Bravo Giovanni Galtiago! Agreed!

    • Has Obama ever taken an economics course? Competing in the global marketplace means letting wages match what the markets will bear.

      What scares me more is the printing of money. Someday in the near future, the dollar will plunge and we will have runaway inflation. Time to make some foreign investments or move to another country.

    • No need for a president went congress Meke all the desisiones Mr Obama need to show who is the president of united state of America and what he say gos like what happen to Mr sterling

    • Who is the big boss u or borlner..

    • Hilarious. If the administration actually did what America wants, Obama would not be POTUS and every radical liberal would be out of a job.

    • Republican Senators shot down a minimum wage hike and previously refused to pass emergency unemployment insurance. They already cut food assistance and programs for the poor.

      So let’s talk about the imperial washington senate outlays, appropriations and balances, which is googable at the treasury annual reports. The amount of money senators receive and what it goes to is mind-boggling.

      Without our approval, we taxpayers pay many, many millions into senate annual revolving funds for senate hair care/manicures/pedicures/barber/beauty care, fitness and gym, gift shop, stationary, senate restaurant, photographic and recording studios, pensions, health insurance subsidies, their paychecks and automatic pay raises, their free parking places at the airport, their automobiles, office supplies, an extremely generous retirement plan that includes both a traditional defined benefit pension rewarding years of service and salary, plus a 401(k)-type savings account, and retired members get cost of living adjustments, a benefit fewer than one in ten private sector pensions offer. Perks last a lifetime. And perks for spouses. Senate pay raises this year for salary were in the thousands.

      If you add up all these perks, Senators are making over $500,000 per year. They barely work 100 days per year and deliver a paltry product for us.
      They eat for free. We pay them.
      They insult us by refusing to deal with a wage hike for our nation's poor working families. Many of whom are women. Once again, the war on women.

    • Part of me was hopeful they would vote for the minimum wage increase, but part of me isn't surprised that they voted against it. Some things never change and I might as well get used to it.

    • I don't understand why nobody understands that minimum wage jobs are not jobs to raise families on. They are mainly for teenagers, like my grandson who needs spending money, or housewives and retirees who simply are supplementing the family income to pay for extras like travel. My biggest reason for not increasing to $10 per hour is that the skills needed in fast food restaurants and most retail stores don't match the salary increase the liberals are suggesting. One does not even need a high school diploma to flip hamburgers or operate a cash register so how can the worker demand $ 10-15 an hour for such a simple job.
      Also, it seems to me that increases in the minimum wage should be left to individual state legislatures. $10 an hour won't go as far in Los Angeles as it would in Des Moines Iowa. Let's use some common sense!

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