An Illustration of the Situation

The convolution of language used by the administration on the relationship between the government intervention and jobs is magnificent.

I have long contended that government cannot "create" a job. That is something that free enterprise business does. They "create" a product or a service that causes a demand and in response the entrepreneur hires people to fill a need that did not previously exist. Government cannot do that. I'm joined in this belief by no less than Milton Friedman who said, "government creates jobs by hiring people to dig holes we don't need and then hiring more to fill them up."

To promise to "create or save" jobs is the truly artful construction. That involves adding in the intangible of somehow intervening to preclude a job being lost. How can anyone measure if a job not lost was somehow saved? And if it were saved, how can they be certain it was related to any action of the government?

But, if you want to know how this is working out, here's a creative little viddie to help you get a picture of the situation:



Only in the socialist mind can the growth of government, the proliferation of welfare dependency and the increasing mis-management of businesses possibly lead to reversal of the unemployment spiral. The quickest way to "create or save" jobs? It's easy! Simply cease government action. Adjourn Congress and unplug the phones to the Federal bureaucracy.

Ain't gonna happen.