September 14, 2011 letter to the Editor  September 14, 2011
Helping the  job situation  I wrote an open letter to President
Obama chiding him for focusing on the deficit and not paying
attention to jobs. To my surprise, I just received an answer.
And in all fairness, I must say that he has done quite a bit
about the job situation in spite of the opposition from
Republicans in the House and the Senate.  Following is a list of
the things done to create jobs and to help the unemployed that
he cited in his letter:  The American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act; The Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act; The
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010.  The letter
also mentions legislation to help small businesses with tax
breaks and better access to credit. And he also mentions
extensions of COBRA benefits to help people with health care
when they lose their jobs.  To encourage job creation in the
United States, he says he is replacing tax laws that send jobs
overseas with new incentives to create t