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Obama Signs JOBS Act: Will It Improve the Job Market?

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President Obama signed a bill on Thursday that will make it easier for small businesses to find investors. The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act makes it possible for "ordinary Americans ... to go online and invest in entrepreneurs that they believe in," with the hope that small businesses will expand quicker and start hiring. He also hopes the bill will help bridge the gap between Republicans and Democrats, and House Minority Leader Eric Cantor helped sponsor it.

Obama said at the signing ceremony, "I've always said that the true engine of job creation in this country is the private sector, not the government. Our job is to help our companies grow and hire ... That's why I've cut taxes for small businesses over 17 times. That's why every day I'm fighting to make sure America is the best place on Earth to do business." But will the JOBS bill improve the job market? Tell us what you think.

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  • redneck 2012/04/05 22:52:11
    No, it will hurt the job market
    redneck
    +16
    no it won't help until obama care is repealed along with his strong arm the EPA,these are the big problems in creating jobs.The cost of doing business in America has gotten out of control,the insurance companies are raping us.

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  • Thisism... Ballade... 2012/04/09 19:21:45
    Thisismyname
    Right, because the Depression, the latest Wall Street meltdown, etc. was caused by over-regulation. Spend a few dollars on some history books.
  • Ballade... Thisism... 2012/04/09 19:34:49
    Balladeer-PWCM-POTL
    I have; history is my specilty...guess you forgot the savings and loan debacle when banks weren't allowed by REGULATION to sell assets....the current housing bubble caused by teh REGULATION and threats from Barney Fwank's housing commoitee....guess you are ignorant of 'poolmageddon' a new REGULATION coming
    out of Cass Sustein's office

    OH YOU WANT TO TALK HISTORY:

    let's talk aobut the Post ww1 depression of 14 MONTHS under calvin Coolidge VS the ten YEAR depression under Progreessives like Hoover and FDR

    the difference Coolidge got out of Business' way Hoover and FDR did not
  • Gangstersteve1993 2012/04/08 19:20:00
    No, it will hurt the job market
    Gangstersteve1993
    +2
    Nothing will stop the debt. It may of worked a few times but it won't work now as it still spreads across the world one by one like a disease.
  • miller51550 2012/04/08 18:49:40
    The job market will stay the same
    miller51550
    +3
    First... OBAMA has done MORE to hurt the Job Market than he has done to help it.

    Business is AFRAID of all the rules, regulations, policies that he has ORDER DONE, ALLOWED TO HAPPEN or is PLANNING!

    Obama has not WORKED a day in his life...

    He is a commie pig, that wants to have everyone living on the Dole with a FEW POWERFUL friends and cronies puling all the strings and being RICHER.

    Guy need to be put digging ditches for about six months, and making minimum wages, and MO should be busing tables in Chicago for about the same time.


    Thy would then appreciate the American Working Class... and not be STEALING the Taxpayer blind.
  • Thisism... miller5... 2012/04/09 19:30:21
    Thisismyname
    >Obama has not WORKED a day in his life...

    Here's something you can work on: cutting hyperbolic nonsense out.

    >Business is AFRAID

    I love how business owners are afraid of so many things, yet they expect a more bloated wage every year. And you repeat their spin for free, don't you?

    >everyone living on the Dole

    Bob Dole? Oh, that "everyone on welfare" meme was old in 2009, find a new one to parrot endlessly.

    >Guy need to be put digging ditches for about six months, and making minimum wages, and MO should be busing tables in Chicago for about the same time.

    You need to crack open a window and get a smell of reality before you go commanding other people what to do.
  • miller5... Thisism... 2012/04/16 02:39:31
    miller51550
    Let's see..Obama worked at a Basklin and Robbins in Hi. STOLE from the owner and gave free ice cream to his FRIENDS.

    No record of anyting even like manual labor any time in his life. Gig as community Organizer, Glorified Legal Clerk as a Lawyer, Part-time Lecturer of Constitution Law. (Political Appointment to punch his resume.) Coke, Crack Pot User in HS and college.

    Business owners are afraid of Being Bankrupted by Obama and his policies.

    And Dude, I have lead men in Combat.. So I know about Command...

    You lead from the front... and by example.

    Obama is like Al Capone and John Dillinger in his management style.

    Illega, Crooked and if you get in my way... Ill gun you down.
  • ed carter 2012/04/08 18:45:33
    No, it will hurt the job market
    ed carter
    +2
    This is just another 'cutesy' bumper sticker of which we've heard before. What is an "Ordinary American" who invests in entrepreneurs?
    This obsfucation of "...true engine of job creation is the private sector...." Since when has T.A.R.P. been redefined as 'private sector'?
    And why have we lost more jobs ,and companies moving overseas.....not to mention his attack on wealth,giving our oil feilds in the Gulf to Mexico and Brazil,along with $20 B,since he took office?
    Nothing more than the same old contradictions he uses to appease a part of the voting public ,that he has no intentions on doing.
  • Grandpa 2012/04/08 18:12:31
    The job market will stay the same
    Grandpa
    +2
    Some thing he should have done 3.5 years ago >> A liar and a cheat from IL. ,the most corrupt state in the union >>> The change he was talking about 3.5 years ago should take place with in the NEXT 9 months >> Hopefully we will get a man fo "HONOR " to replace him >>>> Vote wise in 2012
  • ed carter Grandpa 2012/04/08 18:49:28
    ed carter
    Grandpa....agreed...we voted with blind benevolent hearts once....now we must vote with our heads.
  • No-to-n... Grandpa 2012/04/09 00:31:42
    No-to-neocons
    +1
    HONOR?...Romney...ROTFLMAO...... his dad got him a deferment for his so called "Missionary" work IN FRANCE. Then he got nearly three years of deferments for his "academic studies". Then once those tricks couldn't keep him from the draft, he some how "pulls" a high draft number (like so many other men from wealthy family's, and, or political connections, miraculously did) which kept him out of the war all together. MAN OF HONOR MY A$$.
  • Grandpa No-to-n... 2012/04/09 12:37:38 (edited)
    Grandpa
    I NEVER said Romney ,You assumed and you know what that makes you >>> He used his faith to stay out, In serving his beliefs, It does not allow him to serve in anything but as a non combatant >>. The one we now have has served no one but himself and spent much of his time bad mouthing this country as his wife does >> She wasn't proud of this country till we voted her husband into office >> A man with no past ,records sealed filled with lies and hate for a country that has given him everything >>> Blames every thing on others ,and take no blame for what he is doing to our country >>. Thier are NO officials in Washington with "HONOR" , only those there to line thier pockets and care little for our wishes or this country >. They all talk the talk ,but when it comes time for action they all kick the can down the road for the next guy >>> Who's to blame ?? We the people who beleave the bullsh-- and smooth talk they use to get in office >> Look at thier voting record on Term Limits < Pay cuts, Earmarks and all the money given to buy allies ,while they drive the debt "OUR" kids will be stuck with >> THEY are selling us out , For what to make a buck ?? Vote wise to 2012
  • No-to-n... Grandpa 2012/04/10 04:02:17
  • Tom Camfield 2012/04/08 17:08:20
    Yes, it will improve the job market
    Tom Camfield
    +2
    Yes--but perhaps not much if Republicans have their way. Their support here is mostly for pre-election day image. Otherwise, they'll continue attempting to thwart Obama at every turn.
  • Louisa ... Tom Cam... 2012/04/09 14:04:20
    Louisa - Enemy of the State
    What if small business's get a boost and turn around and hire illegal aliens....
  • Diane 2012/04/08 16:05:46
    Yes, it will improve the job market
    Diane
    +1
    It will certainly help.
  • mwg0735 2012/04/08 16:05:12
  • JCD aka... mwg0735 2012/04/08 18:59:29
    JCD aka "biz"
    So why did the Republicans support the bill?
  • No-to-n... mwg0735 2012/04/09 00:33:01
    No-to-neocons
    It was a Republicans bill clown.
  • HOMBRE 2012/04/08 15:13:39
    The job market will stay the same
    HOMBRE
    +2
    With the price of gas the job market will get bad. Than you got Obama playing dumb not understanding why market suck with all his big government policies smothering job growth while blaming someone else. Jobs wont turn around until you have a person that knows how free market work and unplugs every one of Obama regulations. Fire everyone of those czars.
  • ed carter HOMBRE 2012/04/08 18:56:00
    ed carter
    +1
    And what most peple have forgotten,or don't realize, is that since Obama has been in office.....GAS,FOOD,DURABLE GOODS,ETC,,.....Prices APPEAR to have gone up, but the reality is he has enabled the VALUE of the dollar to decline,resulting in it needding more paper to get the same amount of goods.Mozambique,here we come.
  • tdterry1999 2012/04/08 14:59:30
    No, it will hurt the job market
    tdterry1999
    +3
    Stupid Government
  • dePSyChO 2012/04/08 13:52:56
    Yes, it will improve the job market
    dePSyChO
    I'm really hoping it will.

    But hey, at least he's trying.
  • Bali dePSyChO 2012/04/08 16:19:58
    Bali
    +1
    he sprinkles fairy dust and you all breath in as deeply as possible. get a clue, nothing he has done has worked.
  • dePSyChO Bali 2012/04/08 16:24:46
    dePSyChO
    Evidence?
  • Bali dePSyChO 2012/04/08 16:26:41
    Bali
    +1
    porkulus bill.....obamacare......deficit reduction....need i say more?
  • Grizz 2012/04/08 13:47:33
    The job market will stay the same
    Grizz
    +3
    EVERYTHING that ovomit has signed has either hurt,or had no effect on things.
    He and his whole "administration' are completely clueless. no obama
  • intolerantrwj 2012/04/08 12:24:50
    The job market will stay the same
    intolerantrwj
    +3
    .... about as empty a Plan as the suits in the picture.

    Hey, I got an idea .... get out the Red Pen and start eliminating some of the BS laws created by .... well, by some of those same Empty Suits in the pic.


    Here's a start .... OPIC ... NAFTA ... CAFTA ... Foreign Aid ... Illegal Aliens
  • Nica24 2012/04/08 05:53:20
    No, it will hurt the job market
    Nica24
    +3
    Anything this man signs hurts our country, its been proven already. Look were we are at now!
  • JCD aka... Nica24 2012/04/08 08:39:53
    JCD aka "biz"
    Please read Fef's comment just below.
  • Nica24 JCD aka... 2012/04/08 18:48:52
    Nica24
    And.....
  • Louisa ... Nica24 2012/04/09 14:05:49
    Louisa - Enemy of the State
    +1
    We're right where HE wants us.
  • Fef 2012/04/08 05:23:59
    The job market will stay the same
    Fef
    +6
    The Republican Congress and Senate Democrats joined in signing this bill. It probably has offsetting gains/minuses for job creation.

    The bill, however, can't help on its own enough. Employers need certainty about the future. The uncertainty of Obamacare and Obama's 2012 re-election have frozen employers, investors and the markets.
  • Apache Fef 2012/04/08 15:08:30
    Apache
    +3
    "One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it."

    Ronald Reagan
  • Louisa ... Fef 2012/04/09 14:07:54
    Louisa - Enemy of the State
    Hmmm....will this be like the home mortgage debacle! We iOr might we invest in businesses that run with our money or tank almost immediately because they weren't that serious in the first place.........
  • lara 2012/04/08 04:54:46
    Yes, it will improve the job market
    lara
    +1
    I do not have a profound understanding of American politics, but I think it will work. Obama has been struggling for cutting taxes to provide more job opprtunities for people and it also improves the job market, to some dregree. A bill that can be come up with must be taken into serious consideration. It should play a part.
  • judge 2012/04/08 04:10:02
    The job market will stay the same
    judge
    +10
    Every job the government creates is paid for with more tax dollars. The only way a "jobs act" would create more jobs is if it abolished the IRS, the federal reserve, the UN, the CIA, and started protecting our own borders.
    Since Obama is a poser, everything he signs is null and void. Obama is a poser Obama is a poser
  • judge judge 2012/04/08 04:37:23
    judge
    +3
    How about releasing Alaskan oil? There would be more jobs if we could afford to drive to work.
  • Apache judge 2012/04/08 15:07:02
  • Bali Apache 2012/04/08 17:30:13
    Bali
    thats nice.....my tank is 32 gallons give or take, put a pencil to that. we will be like china, riding scooters with 8 aboard before long.
  • les_gvt Bali 2012/04/08 18:40:17
    les_gvt
    that is the plan- Obama owns stock in the scooter company

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