In the wake of today’s disappointing jobs numbers, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued a statement arguing that the problem was congressional Republican obstructionism on jobs legislation and student loan bills. Yes, student loan legislation:
Republicans in Congress have responded to a massive jobs shortage and weak economy with obstructionism and dishonesty. They have repeatedly blocked public investment that would create jobs and spur growth, including President Obama’s American Jobs Act. They have held up countless necessary bills, including relief for student loans, by insisting on yet more tax cuts for the richest one percent and preserving existing tax breaks for outsourcers. They push a politics of austerity, which here and in Europe is strangling our economy.
Not sure exactly how the student loan bill is “necessary” to addressing the unemployment numbers.
