The American Jobs Act by the Numbers: 1,500

Following the Senate vote on jobs for teachers and first responders, President Obama made clear that blocking action on getting Americans back to work is unacceptable:

For the second time in two weeks, every single Republican in the United States Senate has chosen to obstruct a bill that would create jobs and get our economy going again...We must do what’s right for the country and pass the common-sense proposals in the American Jobs Act.

Every Senate Republican voted to block a bill that would help middle class families and keep hundreds of thousands of firefighters on the job, police officers on the streets, and teachers in the classroom when our kids need them most.
 
Those Americans deserve an explanation as to why they don’t deserve those jobs – and every American deserves an explanation as to why Republicans refuse to step up to the plate and do what’s necessary to create jobs and grow the economy right now.

Inaction won't work for American families that are just scraping by. President Obama intends to keep working with Congress to bring up the American Jobs Act piece by piece. That's why this week we're pulling out different aspects of the bill to show how it will impact you, like the expansion of the payroll tax cut passed last year that will provide a $1,500 tax cut to the typical American family in 2012.

Cutting taxes in half for 160 million workers next year is just one of the common-sense solutions included in the American Jobs Act to get the economy growing faster. The jobs bill will also invest in modernizing American schools, rebuilding American infrastructure, creating jobs for veterans and more--without adding to the deficit.

Taking steps like putting an average of $1,500 back in the pockets of working families to help restore security for the middle class is what American's are ready for and what the American Jobs Act is all about.