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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: JakeStraw who wrote (4023)2/25/2004 10:53:27 AM
From: tontoRead Replies (3) | Respond to of 81568
 
There are some on this thread that fail to understand this...

We are having a ferocious jobs debate, most of it fraudulent. If presidents could easily create jobs, the unemployment rate would rarely exceed 3.5 percent. But all they can usually do is influence the economy through taxes, spending and regulatory decisions -- and hope that job growth follows. In our market system, private employers play the pivotal role. They will add jobs only if: (a) demand justifies new workers; (b) labor costs aren't at unprofitable levels; and (c) they think healthy economic conditions will last. Electing a president based on job creation makes as much sense as selecting a doctor based on palm reading.



To: JakeStraw who wrote (4023)2/25/2004 12:06:22 PM
From: ChinuSFORead Replies (2) | Respond to of 81568
 
Mr. Samuelson can expound all sorts of theories on the President's ability to create jobs. But no matter how hard he and people like him try, it is hard to convince people of that especially so close to the heels of the Clinton prosperity and opportunity for jobs here in the US.

The American people like to keep it plain and simple. How is it that Clinton produced all those jobs and could work with his NAFTA neighbors, is what they ask.