jackspratt wrote:WBU your analysis is interesting.
Obama is barely mentioned in the article you link to the Wall Street Journal. I also struggled to find further references via a google search.
As its title (Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act) suggests, the Act seems to be very much about a job creation scheme (in the wake of the financial crisis), and only a very minor part relating to overseas banks having to report their US clients.
The bill was also passed in a bipartisan fashion (68 - 29) in the Senate, so perhaps those 68 Senators (including the Republicans) should have to share some of the opprobrium you are heaping on Obama. After all, he can't pass legislation.
Perhaps you could provide some relevant, and credible links, showing how Obama was central to the creation and passing of the overseas banks section of this jobs' creation legislation.
Your obfuscation never ceases to amaze me.
You want to play tit for tat games with nomenclature, when the issue is the law.
First, you are correct, this bill was promoted as a jobs bill and one that would help small businesses. What politician is going to vote against that in an economic recession?
Second, I am equally angry with any politician, not just Republicans, who voted for this without knowing everything that was in it.
Third, Obama is not central to creating and passing anything ABOVE ground. His speeches prior to the passage of this bill demonized overseas investors. If I can find a link to any of those speeches, I will gladly post them.
How one firm may use Obama jobs bill
I was able to find the above link and title on the first page of my search. Get that browser fixed, jack.