Journal macrealist's Journal: Jobs are not an issue! 4
Agggghhhhh!!!! Enough already! Fiscal policy does not create or destroy jobs in the course of a few years (in most cases), and is a giant, course knob for tuning the economy.
Don't blame the president for losing jobs! There was not much he could do. The closest you could come to blaming him and hold an ounce of credibility is to say that the consequences of the last election was the sharp pointy thing that burst the bubble. And I doubt anyone would buy that (that is part of the liberal third).
Claiming credit for creating jobs is slightly more justified. The few times that fiscal policy has proven effective in the short term are when the economy needs a little kick in the pants (FDR's New Deal, post 9/11). And his increased spending and tax breaks seems to have done just that. The problem is that sooner or later we need to pay the bill for this, and he doesn't seem to understand or at least admit it.
But, much like the burst, the increased spending and changed fiscal policy was a inevitable event, not planned leadership. (actually, I believe the reasons behind the increased spending were examples of extremely poor leadership, but that was a previous entry).
So get of of his back about the lost jobs and focus on something important like his awful leadership, or choice of single minded dictatorial neo-con advisors, or his lack of understanding of the world outside the US heartland. Unfortuanately, these are all things that the Nascar dads just don't care about.
Don't blame the president for losing jobs! There was not much he could do. The closest you could come to blaming him and hold an ounce of credibility is to say that the consequences of the last election was the sharp pointy thing that burst the bubble. And I doubt anyone would buy that (that is part of the liberal third).
Claiming credit for creating jobs is slightly more justified. The few times that fiscal policy has proven effective in the short term are when the economy needs a little kick in the pants (FDR's New Deal, post 9/11). And his increased spending and tax breaks seems to have done just that. The problem is that sooner or later we need to pay the bill for this, and he doesn't seem to understand or at least admit it.
But, much like the burst, the increased spending and changed fiscal policy was a inevitable event, not planned leadership. (actually, I believe the reasons behind the increased spending were examples of extremely poor leadership, but that was a previous entry).
So get of of his back about the lost jobs and focus on something important like his awful leadership, or choice of single minded dictatorial neo-con advisors, or his lack of understanding of the world outside the US heartland. Unfortuanately, these are all things that the Nascar dads just don't care about.
Clinton/Bush DID create jobs (Score:2)
The fact that creating all of these jobs just happened to put people in the United States out of work is just a byproduct, and is nothing to worry about, according to the free traders. Or Free Traitors- a way more accurate discription of anybody who supports globalism of any sort, especially those who worship Ricardo
Re:Clinton/Bush DID create jobs (Score:2)
Re:Clinton/Bush DID create jobs (Score:2)
His Achievement (Score:1)