Although George W. Bush is often called a Neoconservative by his critics, the truth is that this accusation is more one of rhetoric than reality. While Neocons may actively support him, by background and belief he's much more of a traditional Republican than any kind of Neocon, but because of the negative perception of Neocons his opponents do everything they can to paint him as one.…
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26 - bhw
I haven't been talking to anybody. I heard a report on the radio by an economist, who stated that the jobs created each month have fallen short of the jobs needed just to keep up with the new workers entering the workforce. THe figures he gave were something like this: we need about 150,000 new jobs/month to keep up with the new workers alone and we've been short of that all throughout the recovery.
He said that companies are reporting better earnings but aren't creating new jobs, which is what Bush said they would do [create the jobs] as a result of his stimulation package.
27 - Hal Pawluk
No, RJ, Bush was a shrub in Texas 10 years ago when Kemp and Bennett were campaigning against the idea of not providing tax-paid services to illegals.
28 - Maurice
The economy is a gigantic (and slow moving) thing. I would be interested to hear theories on how a President could effect a change.
It seems to me he has little power in this regard.
29 - Dave Nalle
>>I haven't been talking to anybody. I heard a report on the radio by an economist, who stated that the jobs created each month have fallen short of the jobs needed just to keep up with the new workers entering the workforce. THe figures he gave were something like this: we need about 150,000 new jobs/month to keep up with the new workers alone and we've been short of that all throughout the recovery.<<
I suppose that would be a good theory if the 150,000 new workers entering the work force were an accurate figure. You can only reach that number by counting new workers, illegal immigrants AND people returning to work after being unemployed. The math just doesn't work if you count only genuine new workers. So if you're counting people returning to work, those people don't count against the job creation numbers, because they are returning workers, not new workers and are already counted among the unemployed.
>>The economy is a gigantic (and slow moving) thing. I would be interested to hear theories on how a President could effect a change.<<
Well, we've seen that interest rates can impact the economy, albeit slowly. That implies that something which has an equivalent sweeping effect on the economy, like a meaningful tax cut could do the same thing with perhaps a year's delay. But beyond that, the president can't do much to 'create jobs'. That's just a silly concept.
Dave