Econ Comments
Forbes | Immigration: It's Time To Get Serious About Legalizing All Work
Rather than put up roadblocks to human migration as it applies to the United States, it’s time to legalize all work within the U.S.
WSJ | Why the Jobs Plan Falls Short
Instead of temporary tax breaks and more spending, we need permanent tax incentives, development of our energy resources, and entitlement reform.
Daily Caller | The American Jobs Act won’t create jobs, it will destroy them
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. President Obama’s American Jobs Act must be considered in that context.
Blogs
NRO: The Corner | You Snooze, You Lose
Basically, the American Jobs Act of 2011 (still the only one so far) proposes to abolish the corporate income tax. I am all in favor of that jobs bill. And it certainly beats stimulus by way of more infrastructure spending.
Calculated Risk | State Unemployment Rates "little changed" in August
The fact that 45 states and the District of Columbia have seen little or no improvement over the last year is a reminder that the unemployment crisis is ongoing.
Daily Capitalist | The Hoax That Is The Infrastructure Bank
Jobs aren’t created by government. That is not to say that government employees or contractors do not work; they do. What it means is that government does not create wealth-creating jobs that are self-sustaining as would a private business.
