Jobs Bill(s) and Program(s)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904332804576538361788872004.html

It's a long article but very informative.  The history of the government training and "helping" the unemployment.

Shocker.  Obama wants his new jobs program to follow the example of the Georgia job plan.  Read the article.:

Mr. Obama also wants a new federal initiative to be based on Georgia Work$, which the president describes as a program in which "people who collect unemployment insurance participate in temporary work as a way to build their skills while they look for a permanent job." But Georgia Work$ has produced far more headlines than jobs—fewer than 200 this year, according to a recent article in Politico.


Begun in 2003, Georgia Work$ gives people a chance to "train" at an employer for eight weeks. They receive no salary but continue collecting unemployment compensation and as well as a $240 weekly stipend from the state of Georgia. Last year, the stipend was increased to $600 a week and anyone who said they needed a job was allowed to participate. 


Does no one fact check this president?  He has twice (2009 and 2011) stated that Abraham Lincoln was the founder of the Republican Party.  Wrong, wrong, wrong.  


Who's driving the bus?


'til later