Excerpts from U.S. News & World Report
By: Reince PriebusFriday, October 14, 2011
“When President Obama took office in 2009, he found these three trade deals on his desk. They were previously brokered deals that Democrats had blocked in Congress. Estimates at the time suggested they could create billions of dollars in new export revenue for the United States, and access to these markets would create jobs here at home.
“But the president brushed them aside, doing the bidding of the labor union bosses that had backed his campaign. Then earlier this year, as he cobbled together a ‘jobs plan,’ he called on Congress to pass these trade agreements—pretending this was a bold new idea. Not only was it not new, it was misleading. Republicans wanted to pass them for years, but the president wouldn’t do his part and submit them to Congress …
“The president stalled to win political points, and America lost jobs, revenue, and opportunity …
“Even Democratic Sens. John Kerry and Max Baucus wrote in April, ‘Each day we fail to act costs American jobs and sales—and sends them elsewhere.’ Our unemployment rate is above 9 percent, and Obama’s inaction meant we lost jobs to China, Argentina, and Europe as they increased their trade with Colombia.
“You would think the president would learn from this mistake. But he’s doomed to repeat it once again—and it will cost more jobs. It’s a result of his unrealistic and irresponsible demand that his American Jobs Act be an all-or-nothing proposition …
“The president knows he cannot get re-elected on his record. The economy is flailing, and Americans are hurting. His only path to victory relies on misrepresentation and cynical political ploys. He’s used the American Jobs Act to knock Republicans in hopes of boosting his political prospects …
“It’s time for President Obama to truly make jobs his number one priority. The campaign can wait. The American people cannot. Republicans want to get this economy moving. There’s no more time for the president’s self-interested delay tactics …”
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