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

I'll first go over my opponent case then back over my own for the Final Focus.Taking a look at my opponent's responses:"we live in a different era then we did in the "Work Together" era in politics. " That does not mean we cannot work together or attempt bipartisanship. "We would with payroll tax cuts because 47% of Americans pay 0 income taxes" Payroll taxes and income taxes are two very different things." Payroll tax cuts are simply short term gimmicks" We can't wait forever for long term acts to go into effect. We need relief now. "The infrastructure bank would fix very little"Actually, if you researched infrastructure banks in the United States, almost all of the banks have done exceedingly well."See the massive Solyndra loan scandal"We can't relate a private sector bank to a public sector infrastructure project. Simply because one project is bad does not mean they all are. In the same way, one cracked egg in a basket does not mean you have to throw all the eggs away. "Money could also be wasted on things like crosswalks for turtles"You show me the actual evidence, and we'll debate that. "We could spend nearly all of the money and see nearly no roads built. "Look to my Hazelroth evidence, infrastructure banks work."Infrastructure spending only nets the return when the roads get built."And when the roads are inevitably built, then we can net the profit. =)." Cutting the payroll tax isn't a particularly efficient way to cut taxes to spur growth."Once again, is cutting this tax the best way? No. Will it help? Absolutely.", lower taxes permanently on corporate and individual income tax"And from where, exactly, will we make up those lost revenues?"as fear-mongering liberals have claimed"For the sake of what is left of national unity, let's refrain from calling each other these types of names. I'm just moderate, but let's be respectful on both sides of the aisle." It's not a money problem, it's a union problem."All teachers have a union, not just public school teachers. This point is invalid."Catholic schools often get a fraction of the money public schools get, yet they aren't breaking down. "Catholic schools also have only a fraction of the students! "States and localities are better suited for infrastructure projects. "That is why the infrastructure bank uses private business to perform the tasks. It is clear you have done very little, if none at all, research on this topic. "divide and conquer."Or Unite and Succeed. "I am not saying that a particular company would have an interest. However, companies could band together because good infrastructure is good for all the business."Name me one or two companies that have the profits to pay for 2.2 trillion dollars worth of repairs. You can't, because not even Walmart (the largest business in the world) has the much money. To fix our roads, it would take the combined forces of the Fortune 500 and thousands more businesses. This is simply too unrealistic."Studies indicate that unemployment benefits increase the jobless rate by about 1.5%."Very specific, let's see the studies." Look at a graph of government spending growth as a percent of GDP and private sector growth as a percent of GDP. You see an inverse relationship." Very specific once again, show me the research. "When the money dries up, the construction companies won't have the incentive to hire the workers because they no longer receive money from the government. "It is a funny thing about infrastructure, it keeps degrading. The money won't dry up until the U.S. government no longer exists (that will probably, and hopefully, be a very long time). ""Excessive millions"-this phrase sounds extremely socialist. The rich EARNED their money. " The absoluetly earned their money, that doesn't give them the right to hoard it. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and others can be taxed as much as possible and still have billions. This tax isn't harming them, it's only helping everyone else. "Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. But he pays a lot more in taxes."Actually, had you researched this, you would find his secretary pays more in total taxes than he does. "The bill includes tax cuts, but also raises taxes on the rich, those who create jobs. We shouldn't be taxing the job-creators and redistributing it to everyone else. That is socialism and does not belong in this great nation."If this is so, lets stop all types of welfare. All types of food stamps. All types of foreign aide. Every single nation on the world would be socialist according to your definition. "The Democrats single-handedly destroyed the economy"Both sides played a part. Let's not play in absolution. Let's look at the round as a whole.My opponent has oddly claimed that each form of government aide is socialism. Every nation would socialist under this definition. I have shown throughout the debate that:A) Payroll tax cuts are a viable way to strengthen the economy. My opponent admitted this and conceded.B) A national infrastructure bank is necessary to fix our infrastructure. My opponent said private business should do. No one private business, or even the Fortune 1000 could do this alone.C) We have to modernize America's education. My opponent said we can't because that would be socialism.We cannot look to his counterplan as that does not pertain to our specified debate.I would like to thank my opponent for an interesting debate over the past couple days.I urge an affirmative ballot.