More proof that the left is anti job.

The problem is that liberals (and Washington elite) do not understand business and how they operate. The Corporate jet is a tool that is used just like hammer, screwdriver or bulldozer that is used to produce a product or service to earn the company money. Employees are laid off or fired when business takes a down turn. The corporate jet is used to move executives from one place to another quickly just as the President flies from place to place. If the executives flew commercial they would spend much of their time in the Airports going through security and waiting on the plane schedule. To the executive time is money and they don't make money sitting in an airport waiting. If they can't make money then they can't keep the company running. The idea that a company would lay off people to keep the corporate is crazy. When the decision is made to reduce the work force they do it based on the cost/benefit to the company. If they can save money by selling the jet then they sell the jet, if on the other hand there is a part of the company that is losing money then that is the part that is shut down. Corporations do not answer directly to the public or to the government they answer directly to the investors (stock holders) and the stock holders are becoming more involved in actions of the company. They are demanding and getting a say in the executive compensation. They are questioning the actions and making changes just as they did during the civil rights movement of the 60' and 70's. Stock holders only make money when the company makes money and the company can't make money by following every fad that comes along. The companies invest in things that will make them money.

Um, between the manufacturing and support the private jet industry employs over a million people... that's the US part alone. Yes, there have been layoffs in the last two years... since the last time Obama, Pelosi and Reid targeted the industry. It's just like what happened when the Clinton administration did the same thing to the domestic yacht industry. They put a hefty tax on domestic yachts... and almost destroyed the industry because it made it cheaper to buy foreign yachts. Face it, when you say no one should buy something because it's extravagant, you are saying that no one should work in that industry. Anti Job!

You forget the first rule of liberalism. Results are irrelevant, we're only supposed to see how much they care.

Nope, he won't admit it. That has become a common theme for him. Make sure someone gets some kind of benefit from the government, then when the person accepts it, go after them for it. Thuggery 101.

Well, there's one thing he is good at - thuggery.

Kenzie, I find it funny how republicans didn't support the corporate welfare in the stimulus bill, but now it is so important that they are will to allow the government to default on it's debts. See, sometimes people put stuff in a bill that is pork for a state that will help that states employers. You should actually be happy that Obama found pork to cut, and wonder why republicans didn't vote for this pork, but are fighting tooth and nail to keep it.

Why not? Are they a business expense? Yes. That means they should be written off. Tax deductions aren't subsidies. Please keep the two separate.

Now, can you explain to me the benefits of chasing over a million American jobs overseas?

Ted, what kind of "business expense" is it when a retired CEO uses the corporate jet to fly his family around the world? Look at these golden parachutes that CEO's are getting with full access to the company jets. This is $3 Billion dollars over 10 years worth of corporate welfare. According to republicans we are in drastic times, where everything should be on the table. Why not corporate welfare?