The American Jobs Act (Obama Jobs Bill) Should be Passed

I will offer rebuttals to my opponents arguments and rebuild my own case."The Act is clearly not bipartisan. Every Republican US Senator voted against it"Many Republican Senators have come out against the legislation, however, if you read the White House Press Release regarding the legislation, it contains many concepts supported by legislation in the past. The Act is bipartisan, however the U.S. Congress is simply polarized.""It would simply exacerbate our debt problems in my opinion"Congressman Paul Ryan represents a misunderstanding. He believes by cutting taxes, we cut government revenue. However, if you look at the facts, this is wrong.When Bill Clinton passed a pro-business tax cut in the 902, the revenues from business taxes, although they had been cut, went up. Yes, despite cutting taxes, revenues goes up. Congressman Ryan is mistaken, by cutting taxes we will actually increase government revenue. As I've pointed out throughout this entire debate, tax cuts are a successful and viable way to support the economy. Are they the biggest way? No. Will they help? Absolutely. With 14.6 million Americans out of work, we need all the help we can get."At $2.2 trillion, we can't afford to spend all that money. The infrastructure bank would fix very little..."According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, in 2008 and 2009, our degrading infrastructure cost the economy a whopping 2 trillion dollars. Yes, 2.2 trillion to fix is at lot of money. However the cost of doing nothing, is far bigger. The infrastructure bank would actually fix an enormous amount. My opponent failed to look at my Hazelroth evidence. In 1989, the California Legislature approved $181 million to start an infrastructure bank. Over time, that $181 million dollar has been able to finance $220 billion in road construction. That is one reason California's infrastructure is in better shape then the average."Infrastructure projects from the previous stimulus haven't fixed anything"To compare the 2009 Stimulus Package and the 2011 Stimulus Package is like comparing apples and oranges. It can't be done. And in fact, if you look to my Zandi evidence, you can see that infrastructure spending gives 159% returns into the economy." Good tax cuts are a solid venue to economic growth"That's why I'm for cutting the payroll tax." You say that this spending will "revitalize public schools." School spending has increased enormously"In fact, school spending has gone down drastically. Ask any public school teacher in America. If you don't take their word, try this evidence: ( http://www.cbpp.org...). This evidence clearly says that 46 out of 50 states have enacted education budget cuts in the past year. The simple fact of the matter is that we need to fix our schools. It's time to get serious about education."We don't need to spend federal government money at all on infrastructure"No other body of power, not the largest corporation in the world, will have the ability to spend 2.2 trillion on an infrastructure project with little hope of such returns. This is one item our government must take care of.the conditions of our roads would improve because companies want to improve the quality of roads because they are bad for business.No company can frivolously spend millions to fix local roads in order to increase business. That argument is illogical. "Unemployment benefits do make people lazy."No, unemployment benefits do not make people lazy, they help those who need time to get back on their feet.When my father lost his job December of last year (He found a job in February), he immediately went to find another job all the while recieving unemployment benefits. I'm well aware that this is only one example, but I hold a high opinion of the American people and I do beleive many of them are hard workers, not lazy as my opponent would contend. "We do need teachers, firefighters, and police officers, but too many government employees does crowd out private investment"There is not a private sector of firefighters or police offers, so government cannot be crowding out private investment. "School spending should be directed at local levels."The federal government passes educational funding legislation, then gives directly to state and local government. "These construction jobs will go away when the money dries up."It's a funny thing about infrastructure, it keeps degrading. Construction companies will always be needed to fix infrastructure for that simple fact. The money wno't dry up unless the U.S. government goes bankrupt (and it won't)."the best, most-competent people usually don't get laid off."Sometimes businesses go bankrupt and people lose their jobs, regardless of how well they performed. "The top 1% pay 41% of the taxes. They have paid enough." And the top 1% still has excessive millions. When Warren Buffett came out and declared he paid less taxes than his secretary, something has gone amiss." In a recession, the WORST thing we can do is raise taxes. It crowds out private investment."That would be why this bill includes tax cuts.Examining his counterplan, we are debating the Obama Jobs Bill, nothing more nothing less. The topic of this debate is not "The Obama Jobs Bill and/or any other plan one may propose". We are debating the Obama Jobs Bill and nothing more.But to appease my opponent, I'll debate him on his "counterplan"." eliminating the corporate tax would create millions of jobs by itself. "At cost of millions of government jobs due to lost revenues. The gain is nothing because the loss is equal."We need to CREATE jobs by promoting economic freedom" We tried economic freedom, and that led us into the 2008 financial calamity." My opponent never explained how this act is different than the first stimulus"I don't have to, were not debating the first stimulus! But I will, to once again appease my opponent. The first stimulus created thousands of jobs and began vital infrastructure projects. The 2011 stimulus is a different approach, it will revitalize education, streamline regulations, modernize schools, cut taxes, and redo infrastructure. The 2011 plan is more comprehensive than the 2009 plan. I must urge an affirmative ballot. Thank you.