To: Sdgla who wrote (761723 ) 1/6/2014 9:26:37 PM From: TimF Respond to 1) taking advantage of low interest rates to spend money on high-return infrastructure projects 2) with inflation quiescent, continued monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve 3) rolling back oppressive occupation licensing requirements 4) reforming the federal disability-benefit system 5) admitting more high-skill immigrants 6) giving unemployed workers a modest cash bonus when they secure employment 7) paying jobless benefits monthly so workers who get a job at the beginning of a pay period could take in both unemployment compensation and a paycheck for that month 8) temporarily reducing or eliminating the capital-gains tax on new business investment 9) offer assistance to some long-term unemployed workers who want to start businesses 10) relocation subsidies to the long-term unemployed to finance a good chunk of the costs of moving to a different part of the country with a better labor market 11) significantly lowering the minimum wage for the long-term unemployed for at least the first six months after the date they begin work at their new job, and coupling that lower minimum with an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit or with wage subsidies exclusively available to the long-term unemployed 12) greater work sharing where a company could cut hours by, say, 20% instead of 20% of workers and each worker could claim 20% of his unemployment benefit.
