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Triana

(22,666 posts) Wed Dec 4, 2013, 03:44 PM Dec 2013

Why won't Republicans pass a Jobs Bill?

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Why won't Republicans pass a Jobs Bill? (Original Post) Triana Dec 2013 OP

Hard to say it better than Dr Reich... Wounded Bear Dec 2013 #1

Kick! Cha Dec 2013 #2

What's a "jobs" bill anyway? Puzzledtraveller Dec 2013 #3

Well ideally it would be structured as an infrastructure bill - we have a lot of infrastructure el_bryanto Dec 2013 #5

The word "A**holes" come to mind elias7 Dec 2013 #4

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

1. Hard to say it better than Dr Reich...

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Wed Dec 4, 2013, 03:46 PM

Dec 2013

Cha

(297,323 posts)

2. Kick!

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Wed Dec 4, 2013, 04:18 PM

Dec 2013

Puzzledtraveller

(5,937 posts)

3. What's a "jobs" bill anyway?

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Wed Dec 4, 2013, 04:22 PM

Dec 2013

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

5. Well ideally it would be structured as an infrastructure bill - we have a lot of infrastructure

Reply to Puzzledtraveller (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 10:09 AM

Dec 2013

in our nation that needs work - things like older buildings, bridges, roads, dams, parks and the like. And we have a lot of people who are out of work and need jobs - why not combine the two? Improve our crumbling infrastructure while letting people work an earn a decent wage?

Bryant

elias7

(4,008 posts)

4. The word "A**holes" come to mind

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Thu Dec 5, 2013, 10:03 AM

Dec 2013

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