In Your Opinion, What Would Create the Most Jobs?

[uscitizen]

How about tax incentives for keeping jobs here and penalties for sending them overseas?

I like it in theory.

But what about all of those that are employed here in the USA by companies abroad? Surely they would lose their jobs in retaliation.

Question is; Do we employ more overseas than overseas employs here; or visa-versa.

Personally, I do not know the answer. Anyone else know?

the overseas companies would just shut down their US operations and cut off their profit? If so an american company would rise to fill the need.

 

[Jarhead]

How about tax incentives for keeping jobs here and penalties for sending them overseas?

I like it in theory.

But what about all of those that are employed here in the USA by companies abroad? Surely they would lose their jobs in retaliation.

Question is; Do we employ more overseas than overseas employs here; or visa-versa.

Personally, I do not know the answer. Anyone else know?

the overseas companies would just shut down their US operations and cut off their profit? If so an american company would rise to fill the need.

I did not say they would shut them down. I am saying that other countries, as their unemployment increases as we persuade companies to employ Americans with incentives, would see that such an action works, and would do the same to companies of their countries.

And as for your second part of your answer; Maybe the time has come to consider isolationism? I do not believe so, but that seems to be your suggestion?


However, I may have mis-read what you meant.

 

[Care4all]

Doesn't it make sense to lower corporate taxes? You know, entice businesses to want to do business here... The more people working the more income tax the Government will collect.

We have the highest/most complex corporate tax structure in the industrialized world.

Nope, not true....

we actually have one of the LOWEST "EFFECTIVE" corporate tax rate in the world....
Once the corps take all of their deductions and write offs they pay on average about 6-8% in taxes on their gross sales....

we have one of the LOWEST tax rates paid in the world for corporations....only Ireland and iceland have lower effective corporate taxes.

They may start out high...like a 35% corporate tax rate...but with all of the loopholes and deductions that have been writen in to the tax code...the corporate rate for what they actually have to pay in taxes turns out to be very low....

 

[uscitizen]

I like it in theory.

But what about all of those that are employed here in the USA by companies abroad? Surely they would lose their jobs in retaliation.

Question is; Do we employ more overseas than overseas employs here; or visa-versa.

Personally, I do not know the answer. Anyone else know?

the overseas companies would just shut down their US operations and cut off their profit? If so an american company would rise to fill the need.

I did not say they would shut them down. I am saying that other countries, as their unemployment increases as we persuade companies to employ Americans with incentives, would see that such an action works, and would do the same to companies of their countries.

And as for your second part of your answer; Maybe the time has come to consider isolationism? I do not believe so, but that seems to be your suggestion?


However, I may have mis-read what you meant.

I am also leaning more towards isolationsim/protectionsim with ties to Canada and other Nations in the Americas. But to limit imports, etc with China, etc.

globalization appears to not be in Americans best interests.

 

[uscitizen]

Doesn't it make sense to lower corporate taxes? You know, entice businesses to want to do business here... The more people working the more income tax the Government will collect.

We have the highest/most complex corporate tax structure in the industrialized world.

Nope, not true....

we actually have one of the LOWEST "EFFECTIVE" corporate tax rate in the world....
Once the corps take all of their deductions and write offs they pay on average about 6-8% in taxes on their gross sales....

we have one of the LOWEST tax rates paid in the world for corporations....only Ireland and iceland have lower effective corporate taxes.

They may start out high...like a 35% corporate tax rate...but with all of the loopholes and deductions that have been writen in to the tax code...the corporate rate for what they actually have to pay in taxes turns out to be very low....

Care, you just can't keep hitting up the side of the head with truth!

If we have such high tax rates why do foreign corporations keep locating their factories here instead of just shipping their products in?

Must be because of our low labor costs?

 

[Care4all]

saw a program yesterday on fixing our infrastructures that said it will take 3 trillion just to bring bridges/overpasses/us roads to a satisfactory level....

I will say congress missed their chance on that....only 10% of the 700 billion stimulus was allocated to our infrastructure

some of these private electric companies need to put out and rebuild the electric grid....

some of the bridges might need to become private bridges with fees...

 

[Samson]

I've often wondered how reflective my own little economy might be reflected in the National Economy.

My Economy's Status Quote:

1. I've just paid, according to TurboTax, about 8% 2009 earnings to Federal Income Tax

2. I have 10% annual income = Savings

3. I have 100% annual income = Retirement Savings

4. Monthly Living Costs = 75% Monthly Income

Overall, I believe everything's OK, now, in fact, I could probably invest slightly more.

But I won't.

Because, I believe Monthly Living Costs >> 100% Monthly Income

Why? = Devaluation of the $$$

How could Obama prevent the devaluation of the $?

Simply stop printing money: Propose a balanced budget amendment.

 

[Mr. H.]

Drill baby drill.

 

[RodISHI]

Quit giving exemptions to large corporations. I'm with Xeno create and enforce fair regulations.

Making exceptions to rules and laws for a select few that are already on the books creates an uneven playing field. I was looking at the pesticide/herbicide exemption applications last week. Congress legislated limits for pesticide uses. DOW and other giants apply for exemptions to go above and beyond these safety limits that are set by applying for exemptions. When they are granted those exemptions small family farms that do not use these herbicides and pesticides cannot compete with large corporate farms that pour that stuff on every year in what is called 'burn down'. A small family farm will hire extra help to control weeds rather than pollute their own land and the community like this. The health of everyone down stream from these 'burn down' applicators suffer.

This countries leaders and bureaucrats have created ideal settings for corporate giants and left the little guy in the position of trying to survive against these giants who are strictly profit driven no matter what and will go to extremes to obstruct new private business enterprise startups.

Revamp the Disadvantage Business Credits (DBE). Instead of giving these moneys to large corporates put out grants for small startup enterprises and new growth to small business enterprises. The programs have been abused for years by larger well established corporates and a few sellouts to these corporates.

Do away with all the freebies and perks that are being given to large corporates. Start breaking up the monopolies and people will once again take the initiative to start building. Give tax breaks to investors wiling to back new startup manufacturers and producers. Put limits in place to keep these businesses that take handouts in the country out of these programs. The taxpayer paying for mega corporation X to make a giant profit by stripping wealth from the small communities needs to be stopped. The government assisting corporation X with taxpayer funds to go into other countries to rape and pillage the people and the lands is not working out very well either. Outsourcing commodities while stripping the small family farm has helped build a few monopolies that desire to own the entire world. The more I look at it the sicker it makes me feel about what our country has allowed these giants to do both to its own people and people in other countries.

Kill the guarantee loan programs. The banks have used these programs to line their own pockets with tax payer dollars while stripping out every profitable organization along the way that they could. It has put the nations money into the hands of a few that really could care less if new business enterprises make it or not. In some case the banks insured that the small enterprises could not survive. Put SBA and student loan programs back into the hands of government employees. HUD has been a money pit to line the pockets of a few that have used and abused the programs for well over fifty years now, it also needs to be revamped.

Revamp the not for profit laws. Corporations and politicians that have establish not for profits to do their bidding that gives them a place to dump money to stifle competition or places for their own entertainment that adds very little to the benefit of the communities unless you happen to be rich enough to afford to be one of them.

 

[uscitizen]

Drill baby drill.

that would create few jobs.

Conserve, conserve, conserve. Save our oil for later when it is $200/bbl.

 

[Truthmatters]

Doesn't it make sense to lower corporate taxes? You know, entice businesses to want to do business here... The more people working the more income tax the Government will collect.

We have the highest/most complex corporate tax structure in the industrialized world.

Nope, not true....

we actually have one of the LOWEST "EFFECTIVE" corporate tax rate in the world....
Once the corps take all of their deductions and write offs they pay on average about 6-8% in taxes on their gross sales....

we have one of the LOWEST tax rates paid in the world for corporations....only Ireland and iceland have lower effective corporate taxes.

They may start out high...like a 35% corporate tax rate...but with all of the loopholes and deductions that have been writen in to the tax code...the corporate rate for what they actually have to pay in taxes turns out to be very low....

How I wish facts mattered to all Americans, I fear you are just shoveling gold into a toilet with this poster.

 

[rdean]

Drill baby drill.

Why does the right keep saying that?

Every time I see it, I stop and try to explain why this is nonsense.

The US government DOES NOT drill for oil. If they did, Republicans would go absolutely bonkers with "Marxist/Socialist/Fascist take over".

The US Government "LEASES" land to oil companies. But that oil belongs to THEM, NOT US.

If they find oil, it goes on the open market. IT DOES NOT COME HERE unless we pay competitive prices for it.

If the price starts to fall, oil companies HOLD BACK on the oil until the price goes back up.

That is the way it works.

NOW, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT "DRILL BABY DRILL" MEANS AND WHY THEY BELIEVE IT WOULD WORK?

 

[Samson]

NOW, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT "DRILL BABY DRILL" MEANS AND WHY THEY BELIEVE IT WOULD WORK?

It might add another hole in your head?

 

[uscitizen]

Drill baby drill.

Why does the right keep saying that?

Every time I see it, I stop and try to explain why this is nonsense.

The US government DOES NOT drill for oil. If they did, Republicans would go absolutely bonkers with "Marxist/Socialist/Fascist take over".

The US Government "LEASES" land to oil companies. But that oil belongs to THEM, NOT US.

If they find oil, it goes on the open market. IT DOES NOT COME HERE unless we pay competitive prices for it.

If the price starts to fall, oil companies HOLD BACK on the oil until the price goes back up.

That is the way it works.

NOW, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL MY WHY THEY BELIEVE "DRILL, BABY, DRILL" WOULD WORK?

the right says that because the oil companies tell them to.
The oil companies now have plenty of leases to keep them busy drilling if they choose to drill.
The oil companies just want more leases to sit on till the price goes up.
And the republican parrots are working for big oil.
They just do not realize it.

 

[Samson]

Drill baby drill.

Why does the right keep saying that?

Every time I see it, I stop and try to explain why this is nonsense.

The US government DOES NOT drill for oil. If they did, Republicans would go absolutely bonkers with "Marxist/Socialist/Fascist take over".

The US Government "LEASES" land to oil companies. But that oil belongs to THEM, NOT US.

If they find oil, it goes on the open market. IT DOES NOT COME HERE unless we pay competitive prices for it.

If the price starts to fall, oil companies HOLD BACK on the oil until the price goes back up.

That is the way it works.

NOW, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL MY WHY THEY BELIEVE "DRILL, BABY, DRILL" WOULD WORK?

the right says that because the oil companies tell them to.
The oil companies now have plenty of leases to keep them busy drilling if they choose to drill.
The oil companies just want more leases to sit on till the price goes up.
And the republican parrots are working for big oil.
They just do not realize it.

Do you think it might be better for oil companies "to sit on" leases until the price [of the leases?] goes down?

I have new Toyota you should look at. Wonderful investment! I expect the price to go down!!!

 

[boedicca]

What would create more jobs?

I'm assuming the question concerns Private Sector (Real) Jobs.

- Simplify and cut taxes (flat, no deductions)
- Taxes paid once per year at the end of October (right before major elections in the years they occur)
- Balanced budget amendment
- Automatic sunset provisions in federal programs
- Immediately cut federal spending 20%
- Feds forbidden to place unfunded mandates on states
- No Public Employee unions
- Public employees and officials under the same Social Security, 401K, and medical care programs foisted on the private sector (no special deals or pensions)
- Cost of living increases for Social Security limited to CPI, not wage inflation
- Phase in the Chilean Model for retirement savings
- Starting Public Employee compensation pegged at 25% below private sector for equivalent jobs in the same local area, capped at 100%. Public employee raises not to exceed CPI in any given year. During official recessions, no raises. Vacation balances capped at 4 or 5 weeks accrual (like many private sector companies) - make it use it or lose it. Enact an excessive absenteeism policy to make it easier to fire public employee slackers. We also need some way to limit overtime - haven't worked that out yet.

I can come up with more, but this is a good start.

 

[uscitizen]

Got that right off of the RNC webpage?

 

[Samson]

What would create more jobs?

I'm assuming the question concerns Private Sector (Real) Jobs.

- Immediately cut federal spending 20%

Unlike potato chips, I'd be happy with JUST ONE!

 

[manu1959]

We currently have 70,000 bridges that are considered unsafe. Our electrical grid is one of the oldest in the world.

"One in seven bridges in the United States is functionally obsolete."
Bridge Collapse in Minnesota: Many Dead, Tens Injured, more Missing in Minneapolis Disaster

1994 La Cienaga Bridge

1989 Cypress Street

Little progress since last year’s bridge collapse
One year after deadly Minneapolis accident, other spans still at risk
No rush to fix bridges since collapse - Life- msnbc.com

File:I35W Collapse - Day 4 - Operations & Scene (95).jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Can anyone say they feel safe driving over America's old bridges after seeing pictures like this?

cypress collapsed during an earthquake....it has since been rerouted and rebuilt .....

la cienaga collapsed in the northridge earthquake ...it was rebuilt in less than a year...

 

[manu1959]

Drill baby drill.

Why does the right keep saying that?

Every time I see it, I stop and try to explain why this is nonsense.

The US government DOES NOT drill for oil. If they did, Republicans would go absolutely bonkers with "Marxist/Socialist/Fascist take over".

The US Government "LEASES" land to oil companies. But that oil belongs to THEM, NOT US.

If they find oil, it goes on the open market. IT DOES NOT COME HERE unless we pay competitive prices for it.

If the price starts to fall, oil companies HOLD BACK on the oil until the price goes back up.

That is the way it works.

NOW, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL MY WHY THEY BELIEVE "DRILL, BABY, DRILL" WOULD WORK?

the right says that because the oil companies tell them to.
The oil companies now have plenty of leases to keep them busy drilling if they choose to drill.
The oil companies just want more leases to sit on till the price goes up.
And the republican parrots are working for big oil.
They just do not realize it.

actually most of your pet programs are paid for by taxes on oil.....until the government can figure out what to tax instead there is no incentive for the government to push something else.....