Back to normal in 11,667 years

President Obama made a big splash recently by proudly pointing to 25 jobs saved in Ohio. The cost of taking a trip to Ohio was more than the combined cost of their yearly salaries. If you do the math you come up with the following numbers. Twenty-five jobs have been created in about a month since the Stimulus Bill was passed. These are 25 government jobs, not private-sector jobs and they are paid for by our tax dollars. At 25 jobs per month we would have 300 jobs in one year. At that rate, to achieve 3.5 million jobs, it would take us 11,667 years to achieve his goal. We are just about there. Because we live in a complex world we believe that all problems have complex solutions. That is not always the case. If President Obama really wants to solve our financial crisis he needs to cut the size of government, control government spending, institute tort reforms, eliminate capital gains taxes, cut personal income taxes, eliminate costly regulations, cut government subsidies and drastically cut corporate tax rates.

Ray Cziczo

Antioch