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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate Republicans Block A Bill That Would Create 1 Million New Jobs For Young People
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/16/senate-republicans-block-bill-create-1-million-jobs-young-people.htmlSenate Republicans Block A Bill That Would Create 1 Million New Jobs For Young People
By: Jason Easley
Thursday, July, 16th, 2015, 3:00 pm
Senate Republicans voted down a bill from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) that would have provided funds to state and local governments to create 1 million new jobs for nations struggling young workforce.
The Senate voted down the legislation that was an amendment to the education bill by a 43-55 margin. The legislation would have provided $5.5 billion to state and local governments for jobs and training programs. Republicans objected to the bill because it would have been paid for by closing a tax loophole for billionaires.
Before the vote, Sanders urged his colleagues to support the bill,
I applaud President Obama for visiting a federal penitentiary to highlight the fact that, tragically, the United States has more people in jail than any other country on earth and one of the reasons that we have so many people in jail is that we have an obscenely high level of youth unemployment. The time has come for us to begin investing in jobs and education for our kids, not jails and incarceration. Lets create productive citizens in America, not more criminals.
When it came time to vote, Republicans sided with their billionaire benefactors. After the vote, Sanders said, I am disappointed but not surprised that so many Republican senators opposed this common-sense approach to dealing with an overlooked national crisis.
Youth unemployment is a crisis. According to a report from The Economic Policy Institute, youth unemployment (age 17-20) among African-American high school graduates is 51.3%. Among Hispanics, the unemployment rate for this same age group was 36.1%, and among white youths the unemployment rate was 33.8%. The nations young workers are in the midst of a depression level employment crisis, but Senate Republicans voted to not make the wealthiest Americans pay a penny more in taxes.
Senate Republicans demonstrated again today that ordinary Americans arent a priority to them.
What the Republicans in the Senate did was an absolute disgrace. The Republican presidential candidates claim that they will fix broken Washington, but the problem isnt in Washington. The problem is the broken and billionaire-owned Republican Party.
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Senate Republicans Block A Bill That Would Create 1 Million New Jobs For Young People (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jul 2015
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ruffburr
(1,190 posts)1. Color me shocked-
Standard republican empathy with the people, None whatsoever!
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)2. Republicans are not interested in creating jobs.
Republicans are not interested in the citizens of this country.
They make this perfectly clear at every opportunity.
riversedge
(70,322 posts)3. I find this so
disgusting !!
........ Republicans objected to the bill because it would have been paid for by closing a tax loophole for billionaires.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)4. Disgusting!
There really is no end to how piggish and hateful they can be.
sheshe2
(83,940 posts)5. Sadly,
This is what we get when we sit out elections.
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)6. Job training programs are great
If you think about what they are doing then the benefits to society are obvious.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)7. Spends less than 2 days of military cost in Iraq but this bill had to go?
City Lights
(25,171 posts)8. Republicans are a malignant tumor on the planet. nt
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)9. +1
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)10. Way to go, repukes! You just handed Bernie a new campaign issue.
And one that will resonate with young voters.