Comrade Obama...

Well, he did promise to create 3 million new jobs in 2009 and 2010: "In his weekly radio address on Jan. 10, 2009, Barack Obama said the No. 1 goal of his economic stimulus plan is to create 3 million new jobs in the next two years. Less than 20 percent of them will be government jobs." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28695368/ I haven't heard about Obama creating any jobs yet, but his goals would barely make up for the jobs lost so far this year even if he were successful: [b][i]"Between January and March, more than two million jobs were lost, according to the Labor Department’s employment report, released Friday. The severity and breadth of the job losses in March — which afflicted nearly every industry outside of health care — prompted economists to conclude that an agonizing plunge in employment prospects was still unfolding."[/i][/b] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/business/economy/04jobs.html More than two million jobs lost for 2009 as of the end of March! April wasn't a great month for jobs in the U.S. either. It is expected to become much worse: [b][i]"Economists also predict the jobless rate will rise for a longer time. Two-thirds say it won't stop rising until 2010 or later, vs. 51% in January. The unemployment rate in March was 8.5%, the highest in a quarter-century. The rate of underemployment — adding in part-timers who wanted full-time work or those who had stopped looking for a job — hit a record 15.6%. "Even after we come out of the recession I expect the unemployment rate to go higher and stay there for a while," says Sean Snaith, director of the Institute for Economic Competitiveness at the University of Central Florida. Given the severity of the downturn, he says, "Firms are going to proceed with caution when it comes time to staff up."[/i][/b] http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-04-26-economy-survey_N.htm Expect lots of excuses from Obama and attempts to blame others. It has already started with Chrysler's bond holders and secured creditors. You can see an interesting map of the U.S. job loss/job creation county by county here: http://www.slate.com/id/2216238/ Press play and pay close attention to January and February 2009. Obama is the President now and the buck stops with him.

they aren't in our neck of the woods, don't come looking here. We've been without work and without u.e. compensation since the first week in March.

Well these new jobs are in Washington D.C, the only city that has job growth during an economic down turn.

India. China. Japan. Where else would they be? It's too expensive to hire workers here, pay them a salary on top of skyrocketing costs of health insurance and other benefits. Soooo much easier to outsource to a man in India who can barely speak English and pay him 1/5th of what American workers make and then NOT pay him benefits.

Takes time. However, why aren't more American's creating jobs, finding creative ways to keep jobs? Why aren't all of the high paid executives in this country taking massive pay cuts, living like the rest of us, and keeping their workers paid and employeed? Namaste-Anora

I think the new jobs may be in half a year later, no, may be after a year, or to go abroad seeking employment? china is a good choice. I'm in chongqing, china, where the employment pressure is not great, as long as you have the ability.