Growing Government is Not Creating Jobs
By Johnny Roosh
The President’s teleprompter mentioned “jobs” twenty nine times by my count. Unfortunately for the citizens of the United States of America, where “when the Union was turned back at Bull Run and the Allies first landed at Omaha Beach” and blah blah blah, their President thinks creating a public sector job is something other than simply enlarging the government.
…and at the same time, is still hawking the now infamous “Two Million.”
Because of the steps we took, there are about two million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed.
Who are these two million people?
200,000 work in construction and clean energy. 300,000 are teachers and other education workers. Tens of thousands are cops, firefighters, correctional officers, and first responders. And we are on track to add another one and a half million jobs to this total by the end of the year.
…and the other 1,410,000, sir?
All public employees, sir. With all due respect, we need jobs that “pay the bills,” sir.
The term “Clean Energy” or “Green Jobs” is a euphemism for “Government Subsidy” and “beauracracy”…and “Failure.” Sir.
The Obama administration’s call for green jobs as an economic savior initially sparked hope for economic recovery. But the federal funds have only dribbled into the sector
Among the victims: the plodding light-rail project in St. Paul; the massive layoffs at Suzlon’s wind turbine plant in Pipestone and the deep job cuts at New Flyer’s hybrid bus plant in St. Cloud, the site Vice President Joe Biden visited last year to herald the administration’s green initiatives.
…back to the teleprompter:
Now, the true engine of job creation in this country will always be America’s businesses.
…but not so much while Obama is President.
So tonight, I’m proposing that we take $30 billion of the money Wall Street banks have repaid and use it to help community banks give small businesses the credit they need to stay afloat.
More TARP? Jolly good idea, Mr. President, because the billions of TARP dollars already out there are getting lent out, right? The TARP that the banks that are lending, that are in good shape, are giving back to you with a “Thanks, but No Thanks”?
I am also proposing a new small business tax credit – one that will go to over one million small businesses who hire new workers or raise wages. While we’re at it, let’s also eliminate all capital gains taxes on small business investment; and provide a tax incentive for all businesses, large and small, to invest in new plants and equipment.
…like the health care reform you proposed? How’d that go?
Next, we can put Americans to work today building the infrastructure of tomorrow.
Read: grow government.
From the first railroads to the interstate highway system, our nation has always been built to compete. There’s no reason Europe or China should have the fastest trains
…ours will be faster because they will be empty!
or the new factories that manufacture clean energy products
…in China.
Tomorrow, I’ll visit Tampa, Florida, where workers will soon break ground on a new high-speed railroad funded by the Recovery Act.
…because if there is one thing Tampa needs, it’s a high-speed railroad.
There are projects like that all across this country that will create jobs and help our nation move goods, services, and information.
…how do you move a service? Sorry Mr. President, you were saying…
We should put more Americans to work building clean energy facilities, and give rebates to Americans who make their homes more energy efficient, which supports clean energy jobs.
…like this?
And let’s tell another one million students that when they graduate, they will be required to pay only ten percent of their income on student loans, and all of their debt will be forgiven after twenty years
Why don’t we just give them the money when they’re born like Hillary wanted to?
– and forgiven after ten years if they choose a career in public service.
…or you could tell them to skip all that and just give them the job.
From the day I took office, I have been told that addressing our larger challenges is too ambitious – that such efforts would be too contentious, that our political system is too gridlocked, and that we should just put things on hold for awhile.
For those who make these claims, I have one simple question:
How long should we wait? How long should America put its future on hold?
…apparently about three more years.





January 28th, 2010 at 8:49 am
I’m not a tax expert and don’t do my own taxes – I hire an accountant for that. But I’ve run small businesses for decades. I can’t remember when the capital gains tax was a big problem for any of my concerns. Income tax, yes; social security tax, medicare tax, those cost a bundle. I don’t know any small business owners who fret about cap gains.
But I remember paying for decades on my student loans, the interest on which was not deductable at the time. It was a heavy load for our young family but we scraped by, which taught us the imporance of living within our means and finding inexpensive ways to enjoy life together. Making student loans forgivable only encourages schools to raise tuition and graduates to become bureaucrats rather than business owners.
As for lack of funding for trains – the less said the better. The Whale Oil Harvesters Association and the Horse And Buggy Whip Manufacturers Guild are having a tough time, too. There’s a reason for that – they’re all antiquated technology unsuited for modern America. Replacing cars with trains does indeed give Americans a transportation choice: you can take this train, or the one after it, or the one after that. Sorry if that’s expensive and inconvenient but we’re saving the planet, you see.
I don’t think the President’s proposals will help.
January 28th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
you can take this train, or the one after it, or the one after that.
And if you want to stop and smell the flowers on the way, you’ll just have to use that Whale Oil Harverster drawn by a nag for which you will be issued your very own whip, manufactured by, yes, you guessed it – Horse And Buggy Whip Manufacturers Guild. See, everyone’s happy! Hope and Change, Baby!
January 29th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
One would figure that a long term Chicagoan would have figured out that the train isn’t even a very good way of getting around in the nation’s premier rail city. Of course, he’s the same guy who can’t figure out that all that welfare isn’t exactly working out well for the South Side, where his wife has worked for a long, long, time.
What is it that makes Ivy League grads so oblivious to reality?
January 29th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Hey, Johnny Doosh, where’s the teleprompter?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/29/transcript-of-president-o_n_442423.html
January 29th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Hey, Johnny [R]oosh, where’s the teleprompter?
AC, I think we both know where it is.
January 30th, 2010 at 6:38 am
Up the ass from which you pull all your “facts” perhaps?
January 30th, 2010 at 8:30 am
Getting warmer.