Sept. 22, 2011 - Loser of the Week - Cincinnati Veterans

This week's LOSER OF THE WEEK is the US Veterans in Cincinnati.

Obama had advocated targeted employment programs for our Iraq and Afghanistan military veterans. Cincinnati had started a program and had selected, many months in advance, to hold a "Jobs Fair" today at Paul Brown Stadium.

However, last week, Obama decided to use Cincinnati's Brent Spence Bridge as a back drop for a political rally. Because of this grandstanding, the Jobs Fair had to be cancelled by the Secret Service for security reasons.

Many ironies are easy to detect:

It's not a "Jobs' Speech" but a Tax Speech. The $450B is paid for by new taxes. It is not funded through normal government funds. It only "creates" jobs through wealth redistribution.

Highway officials say the Brent Spence bridge replacement plans are not ready and they don't plan to hire workers till 2015 or later - so Obama jobs bill doesn't apply. The $450B does not address this bridge. This bridge has been classified as "functionally obsolete." Which means it was not designed to handle the current capacity without traffic delays. But, it will not fall down!!! Using this logic, all of Los Angeles should be repaved and widened.

It's like living with a 3G Iphone instead of upgrading to the latest model.

Obama has said nothing to address the bridge from Louisville to Indiana that is now closed because it has structural cracks. This bridge closure is DIRECTLY affecting commerce and economics. Why not go there for a rally? I guess Indiana and Kentucky are not "Swing States."

Is it Irony or Poetic Justice that Obama's politics just got in the way of a "Community-based" jobs program.

You tell me.



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