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Related: About this forumHuffpo: Republican Jobs Bills Won't Actually Create Jobs, Say Economists
Republican Jobs Bills Won't Actually Create Jobs, Say Economists
Posted: 07/24/2012
The GOP jobs package, which currently includes 32 bills, represents Republicans' hallmark legislative accomplishment over the past two years. In the months ahead of the election, they will lean on it as proof of two things: that they are not the do-nothing obstructionists that Democrats paint them as, and that they are working hard to address the 8.2 percent unemployment rate.
But there's a problem with their jobs bills: They don't create jobs. At least, they won't any time soon.
In interviews conducted by The Huffington Post with five economists, most said the GOP jobs package would have no meaningful impact on job creation in the near term. Some said it was not likely to do much in the long term, either.
"A lot of these things are laughable in terms of a jobs plan that would produce noticeable improvements across the country in the availability of employment in the next four or five years," said Gary Burtless, a senior economist at Brookings. "Even in the long run, if they have any effect all, it would be extremely marginal, relative to the jobs deficit we currently have."
Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody's Analytics, agreed that the bills would have almost no effect on job creation in the short term, though he was slightly more optimistic about their long-term prospects.
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Posted: 07/24/2012
The GOP jobs package, which currently includes 32 bills, represents Republicans' hallmark legislative accomplishment over the past two years. In the months ahead of the election, they will lean on it as proof of two things: that they are not the do-nothing obstructionists that Democrats paint them as, and that they are working hard to address the 8.2 percent unemployment rate.
But there's a problem with their jobs bills: They don't create jobs. At least, they won't any time soon.
In interviews conducted by The Huffington Post with five economists, most said the GOP jobs package would have no meaningful impact on job creation in the near term. Some said it was not likely to do much in the long term, either.
"A lot of these things are laughable in terms of a jobs plan that would produce noticeable improvements across the country in the availability of employment in the next four or five years," said Gary Burtless, a senior economist at Brookings. "Even in the long run, if they have any effect all, it would be extremely marginal, relative to the jobs deficit we currently have."
Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody's Analytics, agreed that the bills would have almost no effect on job creation in the short term, though he was slightly more optimistic about their long-term prospects.
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Huffpo: Republican Jobs Bills Won't Actually Create Jobs, Say Economists (Original Post)
flpoljunkie
Jul 2012
OP
Liar Boehner carries a 'jobs bill' card featuring the bogus 'jobs creatin' Keystone XL pipeline
flpoljunkie
Jul 2012
#2
Am in total agreement re Keystone XL jobs. Very few jobs--most temporary and go to Canada.
flpoljunkie
Jul 2012
#4
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,415 posts)1. What are these "jobs bills" this article speaks of
and why would anybody think that they would actually create jobs?
flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)2. Liar Boehner carries a 'jobs bill' card featuring the bogus 'jobs creatin' Keystone XL pipeline
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,415 posts)3. Last I checked though
very few long-term jobs (and even short-term jobs) would have been created. Anyway, possibly despoiling the environment even further, particularly for such limited gains, is not worth it. President Obama IMHO made the right decision and took a huge political risk in doing so.
flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)4. Am in total agreement re Keystone XL jobs. Very few jobs--most temporary and go to Canada.
dkf
(37,305 posts)6. Obama is touting "home grown energy" in his latest ad.
He is going to approve it.
Turbineguy
(37,345 posts)5. Whether or not it creates jobs is of no consequence.
Will it get a Republican in the Whitehouse? Will it get Republican control of the Senate and will it maintain Republican control of the House? That's all that matters. They want to be the King, even if it is -of a shit heap.