This is precisely what many of us here have been calling for from the Obama White House for months now, a program to get unemployed Americans who can't find any jobs in the private sector back to work.
Obama, on tour, declares he has a jobs plan
Obama made the declaration in a town-hall-style meeting in Iowa on Monday night. He is facing criticism for not advancing a bold strategy to bolster job growth and his reelection prospects.
"I'll be putting forward a very specific plan to boost the economy, to create jobs and to control the deficit," Obama said on the first day of his three-day Midwest bus tour. "And my attitude will be, 'Get it done.' "
If Congress fails to pass the legislation, Obama said, "the choice [in 2012] will be very stark and the choice will be very clear."
This will definitely put the Republicans on the spot on to take action to reduce unemployment at a time when Americans Big Business is doing virtually all of its hiring overseas leaving American workers in the lurch. I have a feeling that the tired old Republicans excuses along with the GOP's inclination to step back and let the economy slide from bad to worse won't cut it this time with the whole country watching. Band Aid GOP favorites in the form of employer tax credits won't get the job done either.
This has the potential to change the inside the beltway narrative,and shift the initiative away from the congress to the Obama White House.