You tried to imply that the Obama administration was so preoccupied with healthcare reform in 2009, that they totally neglected job creation.
However, before the word Obamacare was even coined, there was this:
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President Barack Obama signed his $787 billion economic stimulus package into law Tuesday (Feb 18th, 2009), with an upbeat speech emphasizing the road to recovery.
The signing culminated a full White House press to pass the legislation, one of the largest economic rescue programs since Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. It was a remarkably speedy achievement, enacted into law less than a month after Mr. Obama took office.
Mr. Obama touted the measure's investments in health care, infrastructure, energy, education and, most importantly, job creation, as well as a variety of tax cuts.
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So how many jobs creation packages have the Republicans put forth? The Libertarians?
I checked the Libertarian Party platform to see their positions/policies on employment/jobs. Not much there:
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We support repeal of all laws which impede the ability of any person to find employment. We oppose government-fostered forced retirement. We support the right of free persons to associate or not associate in labor unions, and an employer should have the right to recognize or refuse to recognize a union. We oppose government interference in bargaining, such as compulsory arbitration or imposing an obligation to bargain.
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Mostly just anti-Union...of course, it doesn't matter much, since the Libertarian party has almost no elected officials on any level, and could not generate 1% in the last election (after 40+ years as a political party).
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