This week, President Obama said he had a “to-do” list for Congress. Well, Senate Republicans have a list for the president as well—a “to-stop” list. Stop creating complicated and unnecessary job-killing regulations. Stop trying to raise taxes on job creators and small businesses. Stop blocking the Keystone pipeline. Stop stirring up class warfare that divides Americans.
If the president would stop any of these things, it would bring welcome relief to the country at a time when relief is desperately needed. Instead, he has chosen to point fingers and try to blame Republicans for the failure of his “stimulus” plan, the disaster that is Obamacare, the unsustainability of trillion-dollar deficits, and the fact that he can’t even get a single vote from his own party in support of his budgets.
Those are just a few of the embarrassments that President Obama wants Americans to ignore, but they are increasingly doing the opposite. Young people, especially, have been hit hard by this administration’s policies, and are now paying attention to what the White House is doing wrong:
“Today’s slow economic growth is a disaster for those unemployed and underemployed as they look for jobs when so few new jobs are being created. For younger Americans as a group, this is a particularly acute issue.” (“One In Three Young U.S. Workers Are Underemployed,” Gallup, 5/9/12)
UNIVERSITY STUDY: “In a study to be released Thursday, the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University found that recent graduates are taking awhile to find work. Only 49% of graduates from the classes of 2009 to 2011 had found a full-time job within a year of finishing school…” (“For Most Graduates, Grueling Job Hunt Awaits,” The Wall Street Journal, 5/7/12)
ABC NEWS: “A survey released Thursday showed that only 34 percent of 18-to-24-year-olds are ‘satisfied’ with the Obama presidency. More than half – 51 percent – said they were either ‘disappointed,’ ‘worried’ or ‘angry,’ according to the survey from the Public Religion Research Institute and Georgetown University’s Berkeley Center.” (“Bad Economy Puts Obama In Tight Spot With Young Voters,” ABC News, 4/20/12)
Below are some of this week’s best tweets about the to-stop list:
@Senate_GOPs
President Obama has a list of things he wants Congress to do. Americans just want Obama to stop. http://bit.ly/JhYQW3 #ObamaStopList
@SenJohnThune
I agree w/ Leader McConnell. POTUS’ ‘to-do’ list for Congress is breathtaking in its cynicism. http://bit.ly/J85uAK #ObamaStopList
@RWrasse
Don’t miss this video of @SenJohnThune reacting to President Obama’s “to-do list” http://bit.ly/KLJtoh #ObamaStopList
@RachelKnust
Obama wants Congress to invest in clean energy technology; Americans want Obama to stop blocking solutions to #PainAtThePump. #ObamaStopList
@Katherine750
Instead of dictating a list of cosmetic fixes to Congress, I’d like to see #Obama stop opposing #KXL and its 20,000 jobs. #ObamaStopList
@ashlee_strong
A ‘to-do’ list from Obama? @SenJohnThune says we need a ‘to-stop’ list: http://bit.ly/IVQE3j #ObamaStopList