By Mark Martin
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. President Obama is facing a lot of skeptics in Congress and among the American people. Mindful of his sagging ratings the president is expected to propose his jobs plan Thursday night before a Joint Session of Congress; $300 billion in tax cuts & federal spending.
While the president said his administration is putting in the work to help the economy a new ABC News-Washington Post poll finds a vast majority of Americans disagree.
The poll showed that 77 say the country is on the wrong track. Record numbers say they dont trust Obama to fix the economy.
These people in Washington act like they care about this country. They care about themselves one voter said.
I thought he was going to create those jobs he promised I mean any kind of job but its gotten worse said Grace Arroyo a resident of Lorain Ohio.
People familiar with the plan say it will include a one-year extension of a payroll tax cut for workers and an extension of expiring jobless benefits.
The president is challenging Republican lawmakers to step up to the plate and back his jobs strategy. New poll numbers show many in the U.S. have lost faith in Washingtons ability to fix the economic crisis.
You say youre the party of tax cuts? Well then prove youll fight just as hard for tax cuts for middle-class families as you do for oil companies and the most affluent Americans he challenged. Show us what you got.
Obama also wants to put federal money into infrastructure projects and hire construction workers.
But Republicans will likely oppose any new spending unless its offset by cuts.
Meanwhile GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney introduced his own plan involving cutting corporate taxes and government regulation.
The right answer for America is not to grow government. It is instead to create the conditions that allow the private sector and entrepreneurs to create jobs Romney told a crowd in Las Vegas Tuesday.
Mark Martin serves as a reporter and anchor at CBN News reporting on all kinds of issues from military matters to alternative fuels. Martin also fills in on the anchor desk for CBN News Newswatch.
