(Community Matters) Pivots notwithstanding, Pres O and Paul Krugman agree it is way past time to prioritize creating jobs. Voters will decide if this has been appropriately prioritized by elected officials. Certainly the 82% disapproval rating for Congress signals that we’re all (my friend Prof Michael Brandl says the other 18% are all bankers & mnc execs) disgusted by their partisan antics. I believe Pres O’s administration has attempted to prioritize job creation and economic solvency but has been thwarted at nearly every turn by politicians playing to their radical base. And, voters expect results.
Krugman: The point is that it’s now time — long past time — to get serious about the real crisis the economy faces. The Fed needs to stop making excuses, while the president needs to come up with real job-creation proposals. And if Republicans block those proposals, he needs to make a Harry Truman-style campaign against the do-nothing G.O.P.
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Yes, although I don’t think it is true that the Obama administration has been focused on jobs so much as placating the financial markets and supporting the incumbent financial industry players. It’s amazing how much the supply side philosophy has permeated society and become the default operating system in both political parties. The recent drive to cut spending in the middle of a trenchant recession is misguided. If McCain were president maybe the Tea Party movement wouldn’t have gotten going and we would have a larger deficit and bigger stimulus than we have now – which would be a good thing, in my non-professional economic opinion.
Jobs have to be number 1 now. Bring back the WPA!