Need jobs? Create an incentive to hire people.
1. Renew the Bush tax cuts to encourage businesses to expand include in that tax reform package an elimination of the capital gains tax. “Pay for it” by a 2 year freeze on Government spending and a re-imposition on the 1995 “Pay as you go” Congressional budget rules with none of the current loopholes
2. Offer a $1500 per new employee tax credit to business to cover the hiring and training costs.
3. Kill cap and trade, health care reform and all the other boodgoggle anti capitalism bills currently being considered in the Congress. Have 0 vow to veto any legislation that will cost real current US jobs with vague promises about imaginary “Green” job in the future.
4. Put the same time and effort they wasted on their health care destruction bills, to create and pass the "Developing America’s Resources" act to remove all legal bottlenecks and obstacles in Government regulation and permit process that is blocking development of all US energy resources and commit the US Government to exploiting any and all US energy sources to end our dependency on imported energy by the year 2020.
What all this current govt intervention in the Economy is doing is causing business, and capital, to hunker down in a bunker mentality wondering what new Govt boondoggle they are going to be told to pay for.
The problem is lack of jobs, the solution is to incentives the 10s of thousands of businesses around the country to hire a few people and create new jobs by eliminating Govt regulations that prevent us from doing things to develop our own energy resources.
These are long term solution that also provides immediate short term gains.
We are totally screwed with this gang in office and the big question is whether or not we have learned anything by it or not.
Will the RNC still put forth rinos like Crist or McCain while ignoring Palin, Rubio and others that have conservative values? The next three years can either kill the massive move to socialism or enhance it.
Lets hope for the best.
The only "given" is that we will do our part here in the New Media.
In "The Moon is a harsh Mistress" the author proposes a legislature where, for two years, and and all new proposals require a 2/3 majority to become law. In year three, the legislature can only repeal existing laws, with 1/3 or more vote to do so.
We could call it the "Upon Further Review" reform. And replace the BeltWay media with John Madden, so we can enjoy the play-by-play.
I know your intentions are good, but a new-hire incentive is gimmicky intrusion like cash for clunkers or an incentive for homebuyers or artificially low interest rates. Let those for whom it makes business sense hire—without penalizing those who’ve already hired—and drastically cut taxes and spending across the board.
You’re right but real solutions don’t fit the Keynesian mindset liberals have. They want to empower government, not business or the people. So the Democrats plan will not work even though they wish it to be so.
I really don’t see anything positive happening until after the 2010 elections, and not even then if Republicans don’t take control of, or have enough votes to stop them.