Request for Help, A phony Jobs Debate [View All]

[indie_voter]

Any salient rebuttals you could throw my way? ;^)

Thanks in advance:

We are having a ferocious jobs debate, most of it fraudulent. If presidents could easily create jobs, the unemployment rate would rarely exceed 3.5 percent. But all they can usually do is influence the economy through taxes, spending and regulatory decisions -- and hope that job growth follows. In our market system, private employers play the pivotal role. They will add jobs only if: (a) demand justifies new workers; (b) labor costs aren't at unprofitable levels; and (c) they think healthy economic conditions will last. Electing a president based on job creation makes as much sense as selecting a doctor based on palm reading.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3560-2004Feb24.html