Obama talks jobs, says politics misplace focus

May 18, 2013 @ 3:03 am


President Barack Obama attends a roundtable at the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". CFUF is a Baltimore non-profit whose mission is to strengthen urban communities by helping fathers and families achieve stability and economic success. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) | Zoom

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expand the middle class.

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the U.S. should focus on attracting good jobs, educating workers and ensuring workers get paid a decent living.

Obama has been pushing those priorities in recent visits to Baltimore and Austin, Texas. Obama says he'll make the case in more U.S. cities soon.

Obama says politics in Washington often aren't focused on what Americans care about. He's alluding to a series of political troubles that dogged him last week and overshadowed his agenda.

In the Republican address, Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland says red tape in Obama's health care law will drive up costs. He says the embattled IRS needs less power, not more.

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Obama address: http://www.whitehouse.gov

GOP address: http://www.youtube.com/HouseConference


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  • CH wrote...
    There won't be any GOP by 2016 . . . .
    January 5, 2013 6:48 pm
    they blanked themselves in their shorts.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Just in time to invade Syria and Iran...
    January 12, 2013 12:18 pm
    .....I mean the "Nobel Peace Prize winner" sure does like killing people w/ drones.
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  • CH wrote...
    sure does like killing people w/ drones -
    January 13, 2013 9:10 am
    and your answer would be send in troops to get killed? what was your daft number again? get your WW1 helmet and report to the front line.
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  • CH wrote...
    What's a daft?
    January 14, 2013 7:56 am
    ask a three year old.
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  • CH wrote...
    King Obama to hold last news conference of first term -
    January 14, 2013 7:58 am
    hope he tell the republicans they are number one!! with the middle finger!!
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    "demands"
    January 14, 2013 8:19 am
    Well you know what, Barry? I DEMAND you stop f*#cking w/ my grand kid's futures, ya jackwagon!!!! STOP BORROWING AND SPENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • CH wrote...
    zero-zero -
    January 17, 2013 8:32 pm
    you need to back up one president for that statement!!
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  • CH wrote...
    King Obama to tackle gun violence -
    January 19, 2013 6:42 am
    Executive Order style!!
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  • C"mon Man wrote...
    Starting at 10:30 am
    January 21, 2013 11:31 pm
    Will stay in campaign mode and re-distribute wealth and deflect blame, and tell Bill Gates, Paul Allen,Jeff Bezos,Bill Boeing,The Nordstrom and Clapp family:" You did not build that!"
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  • CH wrote...
    " You did not build that!" Bill Boeing -
    January 22, 2013 8:29 am
    well maybe he did. 787!
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