The New York Times reports:
The administration may also merge the Department of Commerce, the Office of the United States Trade Representative and some economic divisions at the State Department into a new agency, administration officials said. Possible names include the Department of Jobs or the Department of Competitiveness.Brilliant. How about the Department of I-Got-Nuthin? The man is floundering. Doesn't he have a bus to catch or something?
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How about "The Department of I've Never Created a Job, Never Even Had a Real Job, I Have No Freaking Idea How Economies Work, What Is This 'Private Sector' You Keep Referring To Department.
ReplyDeleteObama's main problem is that he thinks the answer to everything is another government program. If government would get the hell out of the way, we could make our own darned jobs.
ReplyDeleteHow about just the Department of Commerce. You know, the Department that is supposed to *encourage* buying and selling.
ReplyDeleteAnd it could hire actual people who have run a business before, and have veto power over EPA regulations.
Hey, it could happen. (but not with this guy)
If they were really serious about helping to create a climate of jobs, the administration would start eliminating government agencies and replacing those agencies with...nothing. Cut spending and reduce the regulatory burden on the economy. Stop the crony capitalism that seeks to favor special interests, politically favored boondogles (i.e., "green jobs") and friends of the administration. Get government out of the way and let the innovative and entrepreneurial energy of the country get to work.
ReplyDeleteExactly. That dog isn't barking.
ReplyDelete@WuzzaDem: Like that name. Other ideas:
ReplyDeleteDepartment of Job
Department of Clues
A job is not a vehicle for an individual to be a consumer. It is a vehicle for a business to earn a return on invested capital. Obama thinks it's the former, and doesn't comprehend the latter.
ReplyDeleteCain: There isn't a Department of Happiness!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant.
Obama is clueless. The government cannot create jobs. The government CAN destroy jobs and is very good at it. If Obama was serious, he would suspend all regulatory activity and just play shepherd and get the flock out of the way.
"How about just the Department of Commerce."
ReplyDeleteSilly wabbit, commerce doesn't create jobs, government programs create jobs.
Can this comedy show of an administration get any funnier?
ReplyDelete