Sandy Clark, CGCS said: Yes, they are jobs but thousands more government jobs? We the taxpayers are flipping the bill which means less money in our pockets and less for business, the real job creators.
Sandy, businesses (abiet the large ones) have been sitting on billions if not trillions of dollars, how much more money do they need? I bet if jobs were created then there are more people with money and then a demand for more products. That is the overall picture, I know each industry or business sector is different, but wouldn't for the overall health of the economy does it really matter where the jobs come from? If the busniesses or job creators as some call them won't create jobs, then tax them and use the taxes to create government jobs, heck if that is so lucritive, why hasn't the private sector gone after the Navigator jobs? Just like many of the jobs of rebuilding Iraq and Afgainistan went to private contractors. Let's rebuild our infrasturcture, contractors and construction workers back to work, no extra government jobs there.
Would I prefer the private sector create jobs? Sure, but we have either failed our businesses by not educating our people for the new jobs, or the private sector market has really changed from maybe a manufactoring base to more of a service base, much from improved technologies and other various issues and conditions.
Why can't we be doing both? Austarity has not helped some Europe.
Mel