and now it s time to talk about jobs. all right. let talk about jobs. here s one, neil bowlen s job with the faa new on furlough. i have a hard time understanding their partisan bickering and rhetoric. we re reaching into our investments, savings, signed up for unemployment, and that s barely going to make the electric bill, much less the water and mortgage, so, yeah, we re incredibly disappointed. he says congress could have prevented his ordeal with just a day s work. here s why they failed to. it s a little complex but worth knowing. since 2007 the faa has been running on short-term funding bills that routinely pass through congress, almost like the debt limit until now. this time politics have intruded with republicans inserting language about rural airports and faa unionization into the process, neither of which democrats support. you can decide for yourself if you re for subsidizing rural airports or whether the faa should unionize. i m not taking a position. th
might be losing their paychecks. that s because badly-needed construction at american airports is at a standstill. air safety inspectors, for instance, are working without any pay. and the government is not collecting $200 million a week in airline ticket taxes. that s 1 billion tax dollars lost between now and when congress gets back to work. now remember, the lawmakers responsible for blowing this hole in the budget just spent months railing about the deficit. and when they got done with that, all they could talk about was jobs and how are going to be focused on creating jobs. the american people s p priority is the creation of jobs. creating jobs for the american peoe. create jobs in america. create jobs. create jobs. job creation. focus on jobs. new jobs. jobs. jobs. jobs jobs jobs jobs jobs. jobs. talking about jobs. are talking about jobs. and now it s time to talk about jobs. all right. let s talk about jobs. here s one. neill bolin s jo