More Change We Can Believe In That Lies To Us
EAST PEORIA, ILL. — President Obama today repeated the claim we asked about yesterday at the press briefing that Jim Owens, the CEO of Caterpillar, Inc., “said that if Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.”
Caterpillar announced 22,000 layoffs last month.
But after the president left the event, Owens said the exact opposite.
Asked if the stimulus package would be able to stop the 22,000 layoffs or not, Owens said, “I think realistically no. The truth is we’re going to have more layoffs before we start hiring again”
“It is going to take some time before that stimulus bill” means re-hiring, he said.
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Obama continues to surprise/disappoint as his inexperience in actually running something rather than running for political office becomes more apparent by the day.
Jake Tapper is the man. But how long do you think ABC will keep him at the White House? He’s definitely not Obama’s lap puppy.
I could see the President of Caterpillar having said something to that effect. He didn’t say that the President mis-quoted him, he seemed to also sort of fumble with the words, being unsure of the future.
Obama might have easily stretched his words or meaning, but it just seemed like good old rhetoric from someone that is where they are because of it.