[usconservative]

$4000 tax credit to employers who hire someone unemployed for 6 months+. Clearly it would be paid for by 1) eliminating the unemployment payment, and 2) getting this working back to work, contributing income tax.

It's not paid for by anything, other than an employer who absorbs the other costs of "hiring" someone to get a "tax credit."

Do you have any idea how many times this has been proposed, and how many jobs it's created?

At least 5 times, and 0 jobs. It's yet another re-tread of an idea Obummer has already tried selling. It's a non-starter. NO employer in their right mind incurs tens of thousands of dollars of hiring costs to get a four thousand dollar credit. That's a losing proposition that only a socialist/marxist/economic idiot like Obama can embrace.

[Tim n Texas]

I agree an employer isn’t going to create a job just for the credit...but It may encourage some hiring from the unemployment rolls, for openings they currently have... And employee payroll tax would eventually return the cost of the tax credit back to the treasury. I know that some corporate recruiters actively look for these types of incentives.

[cableguymn]

Agreed. 4 grand is peanuts in the world of hiring. Now all men are not created equal. The unemployed are more likely to get a job than someone who is busting their butt at a get by job until they can find better.

Again. Why am I working this damn hard at a get by job while looking for better?

That government tit looks better everyday while those of us working are treated as idiots.

[cableguymn]

Agreed. 4 grand is peanuts in the world of hiring. Now all men are not created equal. The unemployed are more likely to get a job than someone who is busting their butt at a get by job until they can find better.

Again. Why am I working this damn hard at a get by job while looking for better?

That government tit looks better everyday while those of us working are treated as idiots.

[cableguymn]

Agreed. 4 grand is peanuts in the world of hiring. Now all men are not created equal. The unemployed are more likely to get a job than someone who is busting their butt at a get by job until they can find better.

Again. Why am I working this damn hard at a get by job while looking for better?

That government tit looks better everyday while those of us working are treated as idiots.