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From: LindyBill	10/12/2009 2:02:00 PM
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Democrats and Job Creation . . . or Not [Veronique de Rugy] The Wall Street Journal reports about the sense of panic that Democrats are feeling right now faced with the fact that stimulus and increase in unemployment rates seem to go hand in hand. As a result: >>>This explains why political panic is beginning to set in, and various panicky ideas to create more jobs are suddenly in play. The New York Times reports that one plan would grant a $3,000 tax credit to employers for each new hire in 2010. Under another, two-year plan, employers would receive a credit in the first year equal to 15.3% of the cost of adding a new worker, an amount that would be reduced to 10.2% in the second year and then phased out entirely. Why 15.3%? Presumably because that's roughly the cost of the payroll tax burden to hire a new worker. The irony of this is remarkable, considering the costs that Democrats are busy imposing on job creation. Congress raised the minimum wage again in July, a direct slam at low-skilled and young workers. The black teen jobless rate has since climbed to 50.4% from 39.2% in two months. Congress is also moving ahead with a mountain of new mandates, from mandatory paid leave to the House's health-care payroll surtax of 5.4%. All of these policy changes give pause to employers as they contemplate the cost of new hires—a reality that Democrats are tacitly admitting as they now plot to find ways to offset those higher costs.<<< I wonder what level of unemployment Democrats need before they start considering actual rate cuts. A cut in the payroll tax would stimulate the economy instantly by cutting the cost of employing people. Is that really too hard to understand? The article is here. For more on the inability of the government to create jobs, go here and here. The Corner on National Review Online (12 October 2009) corner.nationalreview.com

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