Faced with a politically forced slowdown in health reform, President Obama says he will concentrate on creating jobs and bringing down the deficit.
To which economists will say, make up your mind. More jobs or less federal spending? If there is any way to do both simultaneously the recipe is being held secret.
Most agree that the best way to create jobs quickly is to jolt the private sector into hiring with tax cuts and incentives. Well, not yet it hasn’t. Taxes have been cut for businesses, large and small, for the past two years. Unemployment remains at a shade over 10…
Deficit reduction bigger challenge than job creation
