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2011-10-13 Economy

Rise of the Unemployables - The engines of job creation fall silent.

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Posted by Besoeker 2011-10-13 16:35|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Americans are creating lots of jobs ... in other countries.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-13 16:45|| 2011-10-13 16:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Get rid of Sarbanes Oxley (which cripples competitiveness of US companies), cut corporate taxes (cut capital gains and allow them to be indexed for inflation) and clean up the tax code to eliminate the Swiss cheese of loopholes for privileged companies versus competitors (level playing field), and the growth -- and thus jobs -- will come back.

Posted by OldSpook 2011-10-13 19:57|| 2011-10-13 19:57|| Front Page Top

#3 ..and drill like mad to drop the cost of energy, specifically transportation, and you'll see a much faster recovery to the benefit of nearly everyone but the usual suspects [regulatory and greenie].

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-10-13 20:12|| 2011-10-13 20:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Procopius2k Ditto that. Drill baby drill. Food and energy. Open new coal mines. Drill more gas wells.
Quickest way out of this and put the highest number of people back to work quickly. OS is correct also free business from so much regulation. Then you can deal with your problems with money in the bank rather than borrow from the future.

Posted by Dale 2011-10-13 21:35|| 2011-10-13 21:35|| Front Page Top

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