His latest piece of work includes "eliminating capital gains taxes on small businesses" but my sources tell me that the majority of small businesses don't pay capital gains taxes.
There are also incentives to businesses who hire new workers, but it sounds like another "cash for clunkers" scheme to me, and businesses will either not benefit much from it, or they will be able to cheat it.
Another is eliminating fees for small business loans and guaranteeing them. Again, I don't see a lot of help there, and it could open doors for abuse.
Then there is $50 Billion for more construction projects. Uh hello? Lets fix more crap that could probably wait, and while we're at it create more jobs for illegal aliens while making a few contracters fat and happy in a recession?
Then there are a few provisions to give tax credits to people who upgrade their homes to be more energy effecient and to "green jobs". My problem with this is that people get tax credits to upgrade old appliances that they were probably going to upgrade anyway because they are old and broken, or are old and they can save more on their utilities by upgrading them... so they would probably have upgraded anyway... either way, no new jobs there.
As for the "green jobs" measures, it's great in theory, but when 80% of the jobs created are created abroad for things like purchasing and installing wind turbines and solar cells, how does that help us here?
To me it sounds like the same old tired agenda Obama had during his campaign and what he tried to accomplish last year, but with a new label meant to make us feel like change was happening.
Obama campaigned on "change" and "hope" so far all he has delivered on is "hope" which doesn't take a high school drop-out to recognize as intangible and unhelpful.
I could hope for 40 years to have a Ferrari but without hard work and sacrifice AIMED at achieving that goal, it's not going to happen.
So, what do I think will create jobs?
- Fine US based businesses that outsource positions abroad.
- Cap, reduce, or remove taxes on small businesses. Period.
- Reduce the federal government as a whole.
- Replace the tax code with the Fair Tax plan.
- Block the government from being involved in commercial, corporate, and small business affairs entirely. In capitalism, it's sink or swim, with no bailouts if you fail.
In otherwords, leave us the hell alone and we'll make money and grow the economy. Get in our way and everyone will suffer. It's a proven fact that Government cannot compete with private industry and commercialism. They are out gunned, under-motivated and under-educated to perform in a competive enviornment unless they use power and position to muscle out the backbone of the American economy.
The American Way is all about everyone having a chance to succeed and be successful. The ones who do not are the ones who don't want to work for it. That's why they live on the streets or work in fast food joints if their over 20 years old. They are not entitled to what hard working people get until they learn how to work for it.
Socialists and Communists want everyone to benefit the same, regardless of their efforts. If you believe in this you need to move to some other country that supports laziness. America was founded by hard working people who worked, fought, bled and died for everything they got. It's time we got back to our roots.
There are jobs out there, if you don't have one, you aren't working hard enough to get one, therefore you don't deserve one, or else the government is paying you too much to not get one.
I've been there, and I know what its like to sit back and know I am getting a check worth more than any number of jobs I could be taking and choose to wait for something better. But when those checks ran out you can bet I took whatever I could the next day. I hated unemployment, but it was almost enough to scrape by on, and it ran out. That is the way it's supposed to be. It's not supposed to be extended, it's not supposed to increase. It's there to give you a CHANCE to find something like what you had. If you can't, it's time to find something else, even if you're 40 years old applying to McDonalds for the first time.
You had your chance. There's no "Participant" ribbon in real life, and nobody owes you anything if you can't take it on your own.
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