I am not trying to attack Perry, but trying to gauge FReepers' opinions on how politicians "create" jobs.
As an entrepreneur who pays no attention to what politicians do or don't do in deciding to hire or invest, I am always amused by such claims by either party. Thanks to those of you who tried to answer the question in the vein it was intended.
That may be feasible in some instances, but indefensible in many or most. Politicians can mandate what taxes you pay, what benefits you provide, what salaries/wages you pay, what products you can sell, where you can sell them, where you can expand, your hiring & firing practices, determine whether you are considered for government contracts, make it easier for your employees to unionize, enforce licensing criteria to engage in your business, seize your property via eminent domain, et cetera, et cetera.
That kind of impact should never be ignored.