The Daily Caller: Nicholas Ballasy- U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr: 'President Obama Should Declare a National Emergency'

Source:The Daily Caller- U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr (Democrat, Illinois) talking about a direct government jobs program.

"Jesse Jackson Jr Obama should declare a national emergency." 

From The Daily Caller

Representative Jesse Jackson who's not shy when expressing his opinions (similar to Muhammad Ali, who he resembles) he's one of the most vocal members of Congress we have as far as expressing exactly what he's feeling, his opinions are always clear. And I'll give him a lot of credit for that, he's one of the most honest members of Congress that we have. (Which is like being the best rapper from South Dakota) 

Whether you agree or disagree with Representative Jackson (from Chicago) or not, I generally disagree with him, Representative Jackson who is with the so-called Progressive Caucus (closeted Democratic Socialists, in actuality) a bit left of myself. (To put it mildly) And I'm a Liberal Democrat. 

What Representative Jackson is talking about here is having President Obama essentially declare a state of emergency as it relates to the American economy. That our economy is so bad that so many people are unemployed right now, that the Administration can't wait for Congress to (get back from playing golf or raising campaign money) solve our economic problems. That President Obama has to step in and solve these problems on his own. And essentially try to solve these problems and implement his American Jobs Act by executive order. 

Executive orders aren't laws (otherwise they would be called executive laws) they can be repealed simply by Congress. The House and Senate coming together to repeal them and with a divided Congress, thats not likely, unless the President writes and executive order thats clearly Unconstitutional and is very unpopular. 

The problem that the President would have is essentially implementing new law constitutional or not, Representative Jackson has called Congress a "Rebellious Congress" similar to the times of the Civil War. That Congress wants to prevent the President from passing any new agenda by essentially not doing anything, that the House has blocked the American Jobs Act by not taking it up. And the Senate Republican Leadership, even though they are the Senate minority, has blocked the AJA with the cloture rule. 

It takes sixty votes in the Senate to debate or pass anything. So what Representative Jackson is saying is that President Obama should circumvent Congress and implement the AJA on his own administratively on his own and bypass Congress. Saying that Congress won't get around to passing the AJA or any jobs bill, we have almost no economic or job growth in the Country right now. We have 9.1% unemployment and that the President should declare a national economic emergency and deal with these issues on his own with his Administration, because no one else is prepared to deal with these issues. 

This is a very risky advice that could bring Congressional investigations. (House and Senate) I don't see how the President could do this without bringing a lot of heat to him (while he's up for reelection) and causing a lot of political problems for him that President Obama doesn't need. 

What the Obama Administration should be doing is trying to pass the AJA in several different steps: focusing on infrastructure investment in one step. Regulatory reform in another step. Tax reform in another step. 

Congress has already passed three trade agreements and then tax reform. Thats the best shot that President Obama has at passing a jobs bill.