Brother can you spare a dime?

"The cold truth of the matter, though, is that there's not much Washington can do to gin up permanent jobs on such short notice."

Not true, a big war would create plenty of jobs.

Not true, a big war would create plenty of jobs.

A very good point. WW2 government spending on war was huge for getting out of the depression.

Obama could always start up a brown shirt personal army to go along with his intended gestapo IRS agents when the HC bill passes. That would create plenty of jobs!

Of course, starting a war of agression against Kanook Land and/or Mehico would help spurn jobs too!

"The cold truth of the matter, though, is that there's not much Washington can do to gin up permanent jobs on such short notice."

There are plenty of things Washington can do, right now, to spur job growth.

1. Kill health care 'reform' once and for all. It's gonna fail eventually. Put a pillow over its face and kill it now.

2. Leave tax rates as they are.

So long as there is uncertainty, there will be no new jobs.

A very good point. WW2 government spending on war was huge for getting out of the depression.
#3 | POSTED BY ANDYUHENET

Great solution. Hire them from the unemployment roles and send them to get killed.

The Obama Administration has no experience in the private sector whatsoever. All they know is government, and that's all we're going to get. Government takeovers of banks. Government takeovers of automakers. Government takeovers of health care. Government takeovers of any business that releases CO2.

This is what you get when the Obama cabinet room has the least amount of private sector experience in history.

Ah well. Good thing we're not running deficits or anything, else it might pose a serious problem.

So what is private enterprise waiting for? And are they going to stop outsourcing jobs?

Not that I expect government to be the answer. All I can say is, private enterprise got their lower wages and benefits, mergers, outsourcing, tax breaks... and look where we are now.

DW private enterprise is waiting to see what kind of job killing mandates come down from the govt. Cap & Trade, Higher taxes, insurance mandates, those types of govt mandates kill business expansion.

do I what did! become self employed and get assed raped at a whopping 40% tax bracket!

job creation is a stupid fucking idea.

for example:

1. move all the people out of the western half of the united states.

2. have the military bomb the shit out of the fucking place for 6 solid months.

3. move the people back in.

0 percent unemployment.

fucking retarded.

the problem is religious. i.e. people need to be re-tasked into doing productive things to enhance things for the future. the problem comes in that this is not profitable. thus americans simply don't know what to do with themselves.

result = stagnation regardless of which bullshit fascist course is taken, because other options are considered blasphemes.

end result = see roman empire.

do I what did! become self employed and get assed raped at a whopping 40% tax bracket!

#10 | POSTED BY AUNTIESOCIAL

Do an s corp not sole proprietor or c corp and write off your expenses. Stupidity is why you are paying 40%.

As long as big business dominates the country there will be no new jobs in America, war or no war. The fact is that if America went to war like they did in 1942 the foreign countries would benefit more then America. Where do you idiot pubbies think everything is manufactured these days? The rust belt? Just take a look at Bush's war and then ask yourself 'Who benefited? Not America and not American corporations. People who think job creation is done by destroying and rebuilding are as old fashioned as plug tobacco.

Jobs will never be created in America again until the economic engine of big business is destroyed and market forces again make it profitable for individuals to once again produce something of value besides over priced hamburgers and worthless contraptions like the Hummer.

As long as big business dominates the country there will be no new jobs in America, war or no war. The fact is that if America went to war like they did in 1942 the foreign countries would benefit more then America. Where do you idiot pubbies think everything is manufactured these days? The rust belt? Just take a look at Bush's war and then ask yourself 'Who benefited? Not America and not American corporations. People who think job creation is done by destroying and rebuilding are as old fashioned as plug tobacco.
Jobs will never be created in America again until the economic engine of big business is destroyed and market forces again make it profitable for individuals to once again produce something of value besides over priced hamburgers and worthless contraptions like the Hummer.

#13 | POSTED BY RINGMASTER

you are spot on..small biz is not given the same deference as large corporations. You have to act like big biz through the type of incorporation in order to receive the preferred treatment. Most major manufacturing corporations build elsewhere and typically only assemble here to get the made in america lie propagated.

Obama could always start up a brown shirt personal army to go along with his intended gestapo IRS agents when the HC bill passes. That would create plenty of jobs!
Zero

The estimate is 17,000 IRS jobs to fine and then order jail for people who do not buy insurance.

The cold truth of the matter, though, is that there's not much Washington can do to gin up permanent jobs on such short notice.

Each year about 65,000 work visas are issued. Given the current state of the economy, that program should be halted. Furthermore, enforcement of existing laws vis-a-vis immigration (legal and illegal) would also be useful.

Time: Private Enterprise is Where Jobs are Created

Unfortunately those jobs will be created in India and China.

"So what is private enterprise waiting for?"

Little things like Visa's and immigration not withstanding.

Political stability is needed, in order to forecast future investments. Looking at HRC, CapNTrade, CardCheck, I believe we are headed to that sort of economy. There is alot of uncertainty, while I am against those pieces of legislation, the struggle to see which side will be the victor, causes paralization of the small and large companies.

If the left, as I predict, wins, turn and look at France or Germany and recognize the future, as "securing" a 23% unemploymet rate for youth. Countries where the hiring of an individual comes with a large "non" employee cost, companies large or small will take thier time to hire.

Too much change is occuring, for people to invest. Even the small business, and average midclass investor, has to look at possible future tax liabilities, currently he/she is unsure what lies ahead.

Not true, a big war would create plenty of jobs.

A very good point. WW2 government spending on war was huge for getting out of the depression.

#3 | Posted by andyuhenet

A myth---according to various graphs and stats we began to emerge earlier after the gold reserve act was passed---the war only ramped up an already improving situation.

Jobs will never be created in America again until the economic engine of big business is destroyed and market forces again make it profitable for individuals to once again produce something of value besides over priced hamburgers and worthless contraptions like the Hummer.

#13 | Posted by RingMaster

Wow (feeling myself to see if I physically exist), agree somewhat with Ringmaster---what has to be destroyed is the wedding of corporatism (big business) and Washington---big business will always exist but their influence peddling on Washington has to be broken. As our currency is debased manufacturing (in some shape and form) will come back to these shores. Also, China's labor market is being squeezed and wages are going up in that country along with inflation---it'll be a process that takes time both politically and economically but it should happen as long as policy makers don't hinder it.

you are spot on..small biz is not given the same deference as large corporations. You have to act like big biz through the type of incorporation in order to receive the preferred treatment. Most major manufacturing corporations build elsewhere and typically only assemble here to get the made in america lie propagated.

#14 | Posted by Legio

Owning a small business, I don't want deference--just don't keep screwing us up with all the regulations, budget deficits, taxes, etc. And don't give deferential treatment to the big boys that I compete with---because we'll (and are) kick their rearends.

Private Enterprise?

Is that an English term?

I thought it was chinese.

#2 Danni
You never fail to amaze.

JM

"Not true, a big war would create plenty of jobs.

#2 | Posted by danni "

A big war does not create jobs; the debt to fund a big war does. Guess what? The US is currently deep in debt from two expensive wars and has little job growth to show for it. So be careful what you wish for.

Owning a small business, I don't want deference--just don't keep screwing us up with all the regulations, budget deficits, taxes, etc. And don't give deferential treatment to the big boys that I compete with---because we'll (and are) kick their rearends.

#21 | Posted by matsop

There lies the problem.. you want a different outcome and spit in the wind instead of using the system as it stands.

Time: Private Enterprise is Where Jobs are Created

Can you say "No shit Sherlock!"

Don't tell the Marxist regime in the WH. They have no clue for this is the fist time that not one of the POTUS's inner circle has ANY private sector biz experience.

All these ass clowns, mainly from academia, only wrote papers on business theory while studying Marx & Socialism....

Big business, profits and capitalism are now labled as bad words by the Lefties in the MSM, politicians and universities.

We are slowly becoming a Euro Socialist country like most of Western Europe. Zero or negative growth with most of the population working for or receiving some form of assistance from the central Gubment.

There lies the problem.. you want a different outcome and spit in the wind instead of using the system as it stands.

#25 | Posted by Legio

Clarify?

Damn........... Who would have thoutht time would say that?

That's How the Cookie Crumbles!

"Private Enterprise is Where Jobs are Created"......and when the taxes from those new jobs are collected they will be sent directly (of course) to....Israel...just like your other tax money is!!!

I'm poised to start a new retail business to go along with my current internet business. I have been in negotiations with two mall operators. Interesting that they both are now breaking out not only cost per SqFt(rent) but also taxes per SqFt. I was quoted $3.00 SqFt on taxes two weeks ago. Do you think these developers know something we don't know yet? When ask, one developer told me regional taxes were a wild card situation now.

On a side note I would have pulled the trigger on this project a couple of month ago if I had any confidence that these clowns in Washington and Harrisburg, PA were not looking at my business like a fattened calf ready for harvest.

Global Corporations have been conspiring with our Government for forty years to offshore jobs. They haven't created any jobs, except bartenders, maids and waitresses. That's the new economy. The factories aren't coming back. All we can do is stop the bleeding, save what we still have and buildup emerging industries. Equally important is put a stop to the influence these crooked bastards have in Washington and prosecute all white collar crime. Put a stop to Government of, by and for the Corporation.

Time to take out the Illuminati, the Bilderburgers, the Council of Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, Club of Rome, United Nations, World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and our Alien Reptilian Overlords.

I think I listed 'em all....

/sarc

Of course jobs come from the private sector but giving corporations whatever they want won't create jobs. Because if it is cheaper to hire a Chinese peasant to make something than it is to hire an American, the manufacturer is going to create jobs in China, not here. And then their apologists will say its the American's workers fault for not living the lifestyle of a third world peasant. Companies need to be incented to keep manufacturing here - which is no only an economic necessity but is vital to our national defense as well. The hands-off, "let them do what they want and they'll do what is best for all of us" philosophy was never that well thought out and has proven to be a failure.

As for the article...

a great big "Well, DUH!"

Everything is dependent and parasitical on the private sector --- the private sector feeds itself and the government lives on it like a tick on a dog, sucking and sucking until the dog dies.

Everything spawned by government, their failing schools, welfare and other entitlements, government bureaucrats, programs, grants, and goodies ad nauseum live off the private sector and would not be possible without its productivity.

Why then do our Democrat politicians do everything to destroy the very source of all they pass out for votes? Partly because they are insulated from the destructive results of their policies by the pay and retirement packages they give themselves. The other reason is sheer power and authority their position gives them over other people.

These are the classic authoritarian personalities that are so inclined to invoke tyranny.

Its real easy: If there was no money to loot in Washington, DC, no one would be there...