Comments on: JOBS TALK AND BS WALKS http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/01/09/jobs-talk-and-bs-walks/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:01:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/01/09/jobs-talk-and-bs-walks/#comment-455639 Catron Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:07:57 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/01/09/jobs-talk-and-bs-walks/#comment-455639 I would add, Marc, that tax cuts are a consistent producer of jobs and <i>genuine</i> recoveries. It worked in the early Sixties, the early Eighties and in 2002. I would add, Marc, that tax cuts are a consistent producer of jobs and genuine recoveries. It worked in the early Sixties, the early Eighties and in 2002.

]]> By: Doug H http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/01/09/jobs-talk-and-bs-walks/#comment-455635 Doug H Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:57:35 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/01/09/jobs-talk-and-bs-walks/#comment-455635 Marc, how about reducing regulations instead of increasing them? The current state of regulation only benefit the bureaucrats and the lawyers. How about ditching the plan to increase everyone's health care bill by 8%? A plan that would only benefit the government bureaucrats and lawyers. How about ditching the plan to increase everyone's taxes under cap-and-trade? A plan that would cost a lot, and do nothing for the environment. But, at least Al Gore, George Soros and GE would get paid. Well, and the bureaucrats. How about NOT bailing out every politically connected company and let them fail so that companies that can do a good job are allowed to fill in the gap? Both the Bush administration (which Senator Obama voted for - by the way) and the current administration have spent hundreds of billions of dollars for no real purpose, except pay off the politically connected. With all of the uncertainty and lack of trust in Congress, it is no surprise that businesses cannot hire. If your margin is less than 10%, you don't know if you can afford new employees if any combination of the proposed legislation goes through. So companies are waiting to see if Congress will let them hire or will steal the money so it can be given out as welfare. Marc, how about reducing regulations instead of increasing them? The current state of regulation only benefit the bureaucrats and the lawyers.

How about ditching the plan to increase everyone’s health care bill by 8%? A plan that would only benefit the government bureaucrats and lawyers.

How about ditching the plan to increase everyone’s taxes under cap-and-trade? A plan that would cost a lot, and do nothing for the environment. But, at least Al Gore, George Soros and GE would get paid. Well, and the bureaucrats.

How about NOT bailing out every politically connected company and let them fail so that companies that can do a good job are allowed to fill in the gap? Both the Bush administration (which Senator Obama voted for - by the way) and the current administration have spent hundreds of billions of dollars for no real purpose, except pay off the politically connected.

With all of the uncertainty and lack of trust in Congress, it is no surprise that businesses cannot hire. If your margin is less than 10%, you don’t know if you can afford new employees if any combination of the proposed legislation goes through. So companies are waiting to see if Congress will let them hire or will steal the money so it can be given out as welfare.

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/01/09/jobs-talk-and-bs-walks/#comment-455617 Marc Brown Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:26:46 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/01/09/jobs-talk-and-bs-walks/#comment-455617 So what would you two bright sparks do to turn the economy round? So what would you two bright sparks do to turn the economy round?

]]> By: ECM http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/01/09/jobs-talk-and-bs-walks/#comment-455605 ECM Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:09:54 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/01/09/jobs-talk-and-bs-walks/#comment-455605 Even if the green job mirage wasn't sheer lunacy (see: Spain), there is the laughable fact that the economy needs a helluva lot more than a meager "tens of thousands" of jobs. Even if the green job mirage wasn’t sheer lunacy (see: Spain), there is the laughable fact that the economy needs a helluva lot more than a meager “tens of thousands” of jobs.

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